Hello! I was planning to sell my S3 because I got an S4. So after wiping the memory of the S3, it rebooted but it froze while starting up. So I held down the power button for a few seconds to restart it hoping it would work fine. But when it turned on, it immediately went to a screen that said "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I can't go into Recovery mode on the phone, all I can go into is download mode. I tried to do a Emergency Firmware Recovery using Kies, but it didn't work. It either stayed at zero percent after downloading what was needed to update or it worked fine for a while until it showed up some error (I hate Kies with a passion). So I have no idea on what else to do. If I can't figure it out, I was just gonna sell it at a kiosk at the mall and just get whatever money I could get. **OH and my S3 is not or has ever been rooted.**
Please help! Thanks!
EDIT: My android version is stock TouchWiz 4.3 by the way!
Hello! I was planning to sell my S3 because I got an S4. So after wiping the memory of the S3, it rebooted but it froze while starting up. So I held down the power button for a few seconds to restart it hoping it would work fine. But when it turned on, it immediately went to a screen that said "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I can't go into Recovery mode on the phone, all I can go into is download mode. I tried to do a Emergency Firmware Recovery using Kies, but it didn't work. It either stayed at zero percent after downloading what was needed to update or it worked fine for a while until it showed up some error (I hate Kies with a passion). So I have no idea on what else to do. If I can't figure it out, I was just gonna sell it at a kiosk at the mall and just get whatever money I could get. **OH and my S3 is not or has ever been rooted.**
Please help! Thanks!
EDIT: My android version is stock TouchWiz 4.3 by the way!
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I could be off base a bit but I think you have a few options, standard disclaimer applies here if you Bork your phone worse than it is now by any thing typed below it is your fault not mine, I give fair warning of risks involved.
A) go to best buy have them flash whatever they can (this is the latest tech support info from samsung) perhaps they can fix it and you will still be official with warranty bit 0 in Grey letters,
there is very little risk involved with this option you might get into a car accident on the way to and from best buy.
B) intentionally hard brick your phone, use the SD card Debrick method, flash custom recovery such as twrp or cwm, flash a rom, bootloaders, modem and kernel. This method is not very safe, not 100% guaranteed to work nor recommended for an average user. There are significant risk involved and it will show warranty bit 1 in red letters when in download mode and it will also display flash count and custom instead of official this will also disable knox, root the phone and maybe other things I forgot about.
There is alot of risk involved here proceed with caution.
C) send/take the phone to a jtag service spend about $50 and the phone will still be official with warranty bit 0 with knox intact. There is a possibility that the phone cannot be recovered using this method so there is a low risk involved.
I recommend you use option A) go to best buy and let them try to work their smoke and mirrors. Then if that doesn't work try option B) because why not try to recover it yourself for free at home to save some money over option C) and if you are considering option C) they should be able to recover the phone so that removes most of the risk of option B) .
GOOD LUCK
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Btw you should try to sell it on www.swappa.com it is a great place to sell phones and it is endorsed by xda as our official market place to buy and sell, you can get between $200 and $350 on there depending on condition and buyers.
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I could be off base a bit but I think you have a few options, standard disclaimer applies here if you Bork your phone worse than it is now by any thing typed below it is your fault not mine, I give fair warning of risks involved.
A) go to best buy have them flash whatever they can (this is the latest tech support info from samsung) perhaps they can fix it and you will still be official with warranty bit 0 in Grey letters,
there is very little risk involved with this option you might get into a car accident on the way to and from best buy.
B) intentionally hard brick your phone, use the SD card Debrick method, flash custom recovery such as twrp or cwm, flash a rom, bootloaders, modem and kernel. This method is not very safe, not 100% guaranteed to work nor recommended for an average user. There are significant risk involved and it will show warranty bit 1 in red letters when in download mode and it will also display flash count and custom instead of official this will also disable knox, root the phone and maybe other things I forgot about.
There is alot of risk involved here proceed with caution.
C) send/take the phone to a jtag service spend about $50 and the phone will still be official with warranty bit 0 with knox intact. There is a possibility that the phone cannot be recovered using this method so there is a low risk involved.
I recommend you use option A) go to best buy and let them try to work their smoke and mirrors. Then if that doesn't work try option B) because why not try to recover it yourself for free at home to save some money over option C) and if you are considering option C) they should be able to recover the phone so that removes most of the risk of option B) .
GOOD LUCK
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Btw you should try to sell it on swappa it is a great place to sell phones and it is endorsed by xda as our official market place to buy and sell, you can get between $200 and $350 on there depending on condition and buyers.
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Thanks for the quick reply! I'm going to Best Buy either later or tomorrow to see what they can do. I called and they said they may be able to help. Oh and thanks for the website too! It sells for way more than I was offered! :good:
OK, so I got the chance to go to Best Buy yesterday and they wiped and put the software back on my phone. Works great! Thanks for the help!
RDup98 said:
OK, so I got the chance to go to Best Buy yesterday and they wiped and put the software back on my phone. Works great! Thanks for the help!
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Does Bestbuy charge for that service? I'm on ATT GS3 4.3 but for some reason cannot get rid of the Super Su app and I want to be unrooted. It keeps telling me that uninstall failed. I don't care about warranty because mine no longer has one. I tried to go to a lower stock rom or even just installing the upgrade but it won't work. Thanks
In odin mode it tells me the following:
Custom Binary Download= No
Current firmware = Official
Warranty Bit =0
SW Rev Check Fail: Fuse 2 > Binary 0
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Does Bestbuy charge for that service? I'm on ATT GS3 4.3 but for some reason cannot get rid of the Super Su app and I want to be unrooted. It keeps telling me that uninstall failed. I don't care about warranty because mine no longer has one. I tried to go to a lower stock rom or even just installing the upgrade but it won't work. Thanks
In odin mode it tells me the following:
Custom Binary Download= No
Current firmware = Official
Warranty Bit =0
SW Rev Check Fail: Fuse 2 > Binary 0
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Nope, it was free and it only took about 15 minutes. :good:
You say in the OP that you can get into download mode. When KIES says to do a recovery all it requires is download mode and not recovery mode.
If you can get to download mode, you should be able to do what kies calls an emergency recovery. It would take you to 4.1.1 then you could OTA up to 4.3. And no, this won't downgrade the bootloader. Kies will only downgrade the rom firmware. Find the emergecy recovery options in one of the menus in KIES.
edit. opps sorry, just saw that this didn't work for you.
What version of KIES are you using? there's KIES and then there's KIES 3. try whichever one you're not using, i suppose.
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You say in the OP that you can get into download mode. When KIES says to do a recovery all it requires is download mode and not recovery mode.
If you can get to download mode, you should be able to do what kies calls an emergency recovery. It would take you to 4.1.1 then you could OTA up to 4.3. And no, this won't downgrade the bootloader. Kies will only downgrade the rom firmware. Find the emergecy recovery options in one of the menus in KIES.
edit. opps sorry, just saw that this didn't work for you.
What version of KIES are you using? there's KIES and then there's KIES 3. try whichever one you're not using, i suppose.
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I tried the newest versions of both Kies and Kies 3 but it still didn't work. But I like I said earlier, I took it to Best Buy and they fixed it so it's all good.
Related
People have requested that the initial thread from the general section be cleaned up into a step by step, so here goes. This is ONLY FOR HONEYCOMB 3.2 for the SGH-i957.
NEXT WARNING: USE OF ODIN CAN DAMAGE YOUR PHONE IF USED INCORRECTLY. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DUE TO FOLLOWING THESE INSTRUCTIONS. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
Method 1
This is for people who want to keep the stock kernel. This will not trip the flash counter.
1. Download and Install the Samsung Drivers for your device. Install Kies, or the latest mobile drivers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956
2. Download CWM Recovery (courtesy of utkanos)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/recovery/testing/SGHI957/v2/CWMR5x_i957_recovery.tar.md5
2. Download Odin 1.85
http://www.mediafire.com/?cghfk06lcfiwi29
3. Open Odin 1.85 as administrator
4. Place the CWMR.tar file in the PDA slot. (Make sure you do not have any boxes in the options panel checked besides the ones that were checked when opening the program - should only be auto reboot and f.reset time)
5. Place the tablet in download mode. Hold vol up + vol down and hold power until the device powers on into download mode. Hit volume up to proceed after the warning screen
6. Plug the tablet into the computer on a main usb slot and it will be detected by Odin in one of the ID:COM slots (will appear as yellow)
7. Hit Start - cwm recovery should will be flashed to the tablet. Tablet will restart.
8. Download superuser.zip from the skyrocket forums (courtesy Copperhed)
http://www.mediafire.com/?4h8cmh287mcxuf8
9. Copy superuser.zip to the tablet
10. Reboot into recovery (Power + Volume Up)
11. Navigate to 'Install zip from SD card' and select 'superuser.zip'. You will get an SD Card error when it is done installing, this is normal.
You are now rooted with stock kernel.
Method 2
This is Da_G's work. This will trip your flash counter.
Steps:
1. Download and Install the Samsung Drivers for your device. Install Kies, or the latest mobile drivers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956
2. Download Da_G's modded kernel
http://ponack.net/TPC/dagnarf/sgh-i957-rooted-kernel-v2.tar
2. Download Odin 1.85
http://www.mediafire.com/?cghfk06lcfiwi29
3. Open Odin 1.85 as administrator
4. Place the modded kernel .tar file in the PDA slot. (Make sure you do not have any boxes in the options panel checked besides the ones that were checked when opening the program - should only be auto reboot and f.reset time)
5. Place the tablet in download mode. Hold vol up + vol down and hold power until the device powers on into download mode. Hit volume up to proceed after the warning screen
6. Plug the tablet into the computer on a main usb slot and it will be detected by Odin in one of the ID:COM slots (will appear as yellow)
7. Hit Start - the modded kernel should will be flashed to the tablet. Tablet will restart.
8. Go into market and download the Superuser App.
Optional - you can flash the stock kernel back using steps 3-7 above.
http://ponack.net/TPC/dagnarf/stock-kernel-odin-image-for-sgh-i957.tar
Changes in Da_G's Kernel
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Changes in this kernel:
ADB Insecure (gives you # root prompt at adb instead of $)
su, busybox added to ramdisk
script to install busybox and su at boot-up
init.d support for running init.d scripts at bootup
stock android bootanimation (so you can run custom boot anims)
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***Note: User Croak flashed the stock ATT Firmware to his Bell device and successfully used this root method afterwards.***
Initial Development Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390522
Credits:
Huge thanks to Da_G for doing ALL of the work on the modified kernel without owning the device.
Croak and Blackberrynomore for being the first to test!
Scarchunk for the CWM kernel zips!
Thanks Orlando we needed do that as there have been an increasing amount of people asking "how do I ". By the way if you type Odin 1.85 into Google it will come up with the first result being a link to a direct download from XDA. This makes it easier and faster to download because you get an instant file save dialog.
I am working on a ROM/Recovery for you guys now, need some testers with adb knowledge in irc.irondust.net #skyrocket
sweeeeeeet!
I'm going to do this as soon as I get home from work.
Then I can try to do the Hulu hack... Wish me luck with that...
P.S. Is it odd that superuser is already installed on my tab? (I'm assuming it's because Google is super smart and they know I had it installed on my old phone)
P.P.S. What do I have to do to get rid of this 5 minute post restriction You guys are worse than AT&T! Restricting my free speech like that!
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orlandoxpolice said:
WARNING: THIS WILL TRIP YOUR FLASH COUNTER
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Is that bad?
P.P.P.S I talk a lot... yes I know... tell me something that my gf doesn't tell me every day
Flash counter means that they can detect a custom flash, meaning warranty is void.
If you have your phone synced maybe it restored superuser.
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orlandoxpolice said:
Flash counter means that they can detect a custom flash, meaning warranty is void.
If you have your phone synced maybe it restored superuser.
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I have brought my phone back to the att warranty center for replacement and I don't think they have ever checked a flash counter...
kralco626 said:
I have brought my phone back to the att warranty center for replacement and I don't think they have ever checked a flash counter...
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I agree with this. You most likely will never have them call you out on a flash counter. Have to put the disclaimer in though.
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orlandoxpolice said:
I agree with this. You most likely will never have them call you out on a flash counter. Have to put the disclaimer in though.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
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HAHA, ya have to include those disclaimers.
I am rooted, as confirmed by root check basic
I'm going to try to make Hulu work now, I'll post the results if I can get Hulu to work!
kralco626 said:
HAHA, ya have to include those disclaimers.
I am rooted, as confirmed by root check basic
I'm going to try to make Hulu work now, I'll post the results if I can get Hulu to work!
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So I ended up downloading Flash Video Browser from the market, it doesn't even require root... It just runs flash websites as if they were running on a desktop computer.
Hulu worked great through that! Brought my tablet to the gym and ran on the treadmill while watching hulu! YAY!
Big thanks to Orlando, Croak and especially Da_G. 24 hours in to owning my tab, I am rooted. Now to find a hotspot app...
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Now to find a hotspot app...
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Shame I didn't back up my Bell ROM. Bell doesn't disable the built in hotspot functionality.
Good news is, there are several international versions of the Tab 8.9 LTE about to hit the ground in Asia and Europe (along with another Canadian carrier). That means that the chances of getting a good "generic" ROM leaked are looking pretty good. Check with Samfirmware on a regular basis.
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Shame I didn't back up my Bell ROM. Bell doesn't disable the built in hotspot functionality.
Good news is, there are several international versions of the Tab 8.9 LTE about to hit the ground in Asia and Europe (along with another Canadian carrier). That means that the chances of getting a good "generic" ROM leaked are looking pretty good. Check with Samfirmware on a regular basis.
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there are a few guys who have bell who may have just flashed the kernel and not the ATT stock first. Maybe they can do a system dump?
Hi guys!
Is it possible to reset the Flash counter in this Tab using a JIG ?
I have a microUSB JIG I bought for my SGS2.
Can I use it also for the Tab...?
I guess I can buy a standard USB to microUSB converter,
and connect it to the Tab's original USB cable.
The question is if those are the same pins in the Tab's connector as on the USB JIG,
Or the Tab needs different pins to be connected (with the 300 Kohm resistor)...
Newer bootloaders from Samsung are jig-proof. No resetting the counter at the moment.
Does Root remove the Bell SIM lock?
Or another way of asking, is there a way to remove the SIM lock without getting an unlock code?
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Newer bootloaders from Samsung are jig-proof. No resetting the counter at the moment.
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Thanks!
I understand our 8.9 LTE Tab is one of those...
the_hatrix said:
Does Root remove the Bell SIM lock?
Or another way of asking, is there a way to remove the SIM lock without getting an unlock code?
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You'll need to get a code the conventional way.
So far it looks like Samsung finally caught on (or rather, finally cared, or rather the carriers made them care) that it was stupid easy for the end user to unlock a Galaxy device.
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kobygold said:
Thanks!
I understand our 8.9 LTE Tab is one of those...
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If it makes you feel any better, my flash counter is up to 41 at the moment.
Lol what have you been doing Croak?
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Experimenting with overclocking.
Croak said:
You'll need to get a code the conventional way.
So far it looks like Samsung finally caught on (or rather, finally cared, or rather the carriers made them care) that it was stupid easy for the end user to unlock a Galaxy device.
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If it makes you feel any better, my flash counter is up to 41 at the moment.
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Do you know any legit place or sites to get the code?
So here's the story:
Stock Ice Cream Sandwich on device.
Did not use... Super One Click. Pretty much just skipped rooting? IDK, was in a hurry, didn't take necessary precautions.
Everything seems to work like a charm...
1) Downloaded KIES to install drivers.
2) Used ODIN to flash Clockwork Recovery Mod (getting a triangle now when booting, but nothing loads)
3) Used ODIN to flash I9100 ICS but it fails.
4) "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Getting this message. Always on.
5) Got to Download Mode (ODIN), but any computer I plug the USB into does not even start a proper connection. I believe there is electricity flowing, but no data/information being sent/received from either end.
(I could just clean everything up and try reflashing some things, but now my device won't even properly connect to ANY computer with the drivers all properly installed...)
6) Post in xda forums and pray to the Android Brick Gods.
Please... help. I am just wondering why any USB connection isn't working and how to fix it... is my kernel messed up? Did this Galaxy S2 (from Sprint) have the Brick Bug where the /data gets corrupted after a flash... and, finally, does this mean my phone is bricked? I am about to file an insurance claim and pay that $100 deductible :/
ekstatic said:
So here's the story:
Stock Ice Cream Sandwich on device.
Did not use... Super One Click. Pretty much just skipped rooting? IDK, was in a hurry, didn't take necessary precautions.
Everything seems to work like a charm...
1) Downloaded KIES to install drivers.
2) Used ODIN to flash Clockwork Recovery Mod (getting a triangle now when booting, but nothing loads)
3) Used ODIN to flash I9100 ICS but it fails.
4) "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Getting this message. Always on.
5) Got to Download Mode (ODIN), but any computer I plug the USB into does not even start a proper connection. I believe there is electricity flowing, but no data/information being sent/received from either end.
(I could just clean everything up and try reflashing some things, but now my device won't even properly connect to ANY computer with the drivers all properly installed...)
6) Post in xda forums and pray to the Android Brick Gods.
Please... help. I am just wondering why any USB connection isn't working and how to fix it... is my kernel messed up? Did this Galaxy S2 (from Sprint) have the Brick Bug where the /data gets corrupted after a flash... and, finally, does this mean my phone is bricked? I am about to file an insurance claim and pay that $100 deductible :/
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3) Used ODIN to flash I9100 ICS but it fails.
this is your problem. you need to follow directions, sorry, you have an sph-d710, not an I9100... you borked your bootloader... your options at this point are $50 jtag or $100 insurance, sorry... in the future, never flash I9100 roms, this is what will happen every time
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3) Used ODIN to flash I9100 ICS but it fails.
this is your problem. you need to follow directions, sorry, you have an sph-d710, not an I9100... you borked your bootloader... your options at this point are $50 jtag or $100 insurance, sorry... in the future, never flash I9100 roms, this is what will happen every time
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Yep, this is what I thought.
Thanks.
And what is jtag lol
ekstatic said:
Yep, this is what I thought.
Thanks.
And what is jtag lol
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http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-jtag-brick-repair/
Thanks, a lot, man. Would you say this is a much better option versus the insurance claim..?
ekstatic said:
Thanks, a lot, man. Would you say this is a much better option versus the insurance claim..?
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6 in one, half dozen in the other... you have a brick that is fixable via jtag, so if you want to save a few bucks on insurance it'll get you a working phone, if however you're for any reason dissatisfied with your phone (scratches, anything else not working, etc...) might as well just make the insurance claim... josh, the dude that's mobile tech videos, post on xda all the time, cant remember his user name though, he's a good dude, his service is legit... the only thing he cant fix is emmc bug brick, which does not apply to you
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6 in one, half dozen in the other... you have a brick that is fixable via jtag, so if you want to save a few bucks on insurance it'll get you a working phone, if however you're for any reason dissatisfied with your phone (scratches, anything else not working, etc...) might as well just make the insurance claim... josh, the dude that's mobile tech videos, post on xda all the time, cant remember his user name though, he's a good dude, his service is legit... the only thing he cant fix is emmc bug brick, which does not apply to you
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Yeah, I just ordered the jtag from the site... and it is a brand new phone so there are no scratches or anything really, I am fine with sending it into him and not doing insurance. Also, I don't think I have eMMC Bug Brick, but would there still be any possibility that I do?
ekstatic said:
Yeah, I just ordered the jtag from the site... and it is a brand new phone so there are no scratches or anything really, I am fine with sending it into him and not doing insurance. Also, I don't think I have eMMC Bug Brick, but would there still be any possibility that I do?
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nope, your problem is that fact you flashed an I9100 rom...
I've spent all day yesterday trying to fix this problem. I've downloaded gigs upon gigs of stock rom files, saw a ton of youtube videos etc. Still nothing.
So here's the deal. I had Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my phone for a while now and I've always had problems, although a nice rom but too many crashes, battery drainage etc. So I wanted to go to stock but before doing so I thought I'd give Cyanogenmod 11 a try and see how that works, which turns out to be worse and I lost all phone signal and data, pretty much no service. So now I tried to go back to stock for good. I downloaded the stock 4.1 something rom file, odin and tried going back which didn't work cause I would keep getting a fail sign on odin. By the way I tried different versions of Odin since that was suggested to me by my friend and that didn't do anything either. Then I read a blog about using Samsung Kies on my PC, now after I did that I got a message on kies that my phone encountered an error. Now when I turn my phone on I get a message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
Is my phone bricked for good? Can I go back to stock? I'm not sure what else to do here now. Why is it hard finding a stock unrooted 4.3 rom for my phone on the internet? I also can't use that clockwork recovery mode either, it just gives me the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" when I try going into that to even try and install Cyanogenmod again so I can use my phone until I find a solution to going back to stock.
Help ploxkthxbai.
Edit: Ok so I just installed clockworkmod recovery through odin and I was able to install a rooted stock rom through the recovery, but now the problem I'm encountering is that it gets stuck on the AT&T logo when booting up the phone. Installing stock rom through odin still gives me the fail message.
Edit 2: I tried installing a stock unrooted rom through recovery and it gave me some error but now the phone goes passed the AT&T logo after that however I have no service now. How do I fix that and how should I go about installing stock unrooted rom since Odin gives me the fail message?
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I've spent all day yesterday trying to fix this problem. I've downloaded gigs upon gigs of stock rom files, saw a ton of youtube videos etc. Still nothing.
So here's the deal. I had Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my phone for a while now and I've always had problems, although a nice rom but too many crashes, battery drainage etc. So I wanted to go to stock but before doing so I thought I'd give Cyanogenmod 11 a try and see how that works, which turns out to be worse and I lost all phone signal and data, pretty much no service. So now I tried to go back to stock for good. I downloaded the stock 4.1 something rom file, odin and tried going back which didn't work cause I would keep getting a fail sign on odin. By the way I tried different versions of Odin since that was suggested to me by my friend and that didn't do anything either. Then I read a blog about using Samsung Kies on my PC, now after I did that I got a message on kies that my phone encountered an error. Now when I turn my phone on I get a message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
Is my phone bricked for good? Can I go back to stock? I'm not sure what else to do here now. Why is it hard finding a stock unrooted 4.3 rom for my phone on the internet? I also can't use that clockwork recovery mode either, it just gives me the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" when I try going into that to even try and install Cyanogenmod again so I can use my phone until I find a solution to going back to stock.
Help ploxkthxbai.
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The easiest way to fix it is to take it to a best buy store they will flash stock 4.3 on it free of charge, this is the advice that is now given by Samsung. Alternatively you could get the phone jtag'ed or while it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue it is in download mode and you can flash things with Odin. You can attempt to flash a recovery image to see if you can access recovery and flash enewman17's stock restore from the development section. You can also attempt to hard brick it with Odin by flashing stuff that has pre 4.3 bootloaders then use the debrick method here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2549068.
I recommend you try the best buy method first, then try to flash a recovery, then try to hard brick it and recover it and lastly to get it jtag'ed.
If you can't get it recovered after intentionally hard bricking it you haven't lost anything you were still going to need a jtag service but it might work.
Under the advice of Samsung I tried the same thing you did and they told me to take it to best buy to get it fixed, instead I hard bricked it then used the sd card method to debrick it. Which I had already done twice. But that method doesn't work for everyone I was lucky 3 times and had to jtag once(flashed the i747m bootloader bad idea had to jtag) since then I have quit pushing my luck and only flash things I know are safe for the phone.
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Dagobert_ said:
I've spent all day yesterday trying to fix this problem. I've downloaded gigs upon gigs of stock rom files, saw a ton of youtube videos etc. Still nothing.
So here's the deal. I had Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my phone for a while now and I've always had problems, although a nice rom but too many crashes, battery drainage etc. So I wanted to go to stock but before doing so I thought I'd give Cyanogenmod 11 a try and see how that works, which turns out to be worse and I lost all phone signal and data, pretty much no service. So now I tried to go back to stock for good. I downloaded the stock 4.1 something rom file, odin and tried going back which didn't work cause I would keep getting a fail sign on odin. By the way I tried different versions of Odin since that was suggested to me by my friend and that didn't do anything either. Then I read a blog about using Samsung Kies on my PC, now after I did that I got a message on kies that my phone encountered an error. Now when I turn my phone on I get a message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
Is my phone bricked for good? Can I go back to stock? I'm not sure what else to do here now. Why is it hard finding a stock unrooted 4.3 rom for my phone on the internet? I also can't use that clockwork recovery mode either, it just gives me the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" when I try going into that to even try and install Cyanogenmod again so I can use my phone until I find a solution to going back to stock.
Help ploxkthxbai.
Edit: Ok so I just installed clockworkmod recovery through odin and I was able to install a rooted stock rom through the recovery, but now the problem I'm encountering is that it gets stuck on the AT&T logo when booting up the phone. Installing stock rom through odin still gives me the fail message.
Edit 2: I tried installing a stock unrooted rom through recovery and it gave me some error but now the phone goes passed the AT&T logo after that however I have no service now. How do I fix that and how should I go about installing stock unrooted rom since Odin gives me the fail message?
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Do you still have your IMEI on your phone or is it showing 0?
Dagobert_ said:
Edit 2: I tried installing a stock unrooted rom through recovery and it gave me some error but now the phone goes passed the AT&T logo after that however I have no service now. How do I fix that and how should I go about installing stock unrooted rom since Odin gives me the fail message?
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Go to settings, about device, what does it show for baseband? Then go to settings, status does the imei number for the phone show up, say unknown or 0? If it shows unknown for the baseband and imei you simply need to flash a modem. If it shows the correct baseband but your imei shows as 0 your imei has become corrupt search for imei restore the fresh a ton of threads about it most people loose lte after an imei restore but there is a fix for that too. If you are having problems with wifi try flashing a kernel.
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Go to settings, about device, what does it show for baseband? Then go to settings, status does the imei number for the phone show up, say unknown or 0? If it shows unknown for the baseband and imei you simply need to flash a modem. If it shows the correct baseband but your imei shows as 0 your imei has become corrupt search for imei restore the fresh a ton of threads about it most people loose lte after an imei restore but there is a fix for that too. If you are having problems with wifi try flashing a kernel.
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I just did that and my phone is now hard bricked. Won't turn on at all, won't vibrate or anything. It's completely dead. Tried the sd card method and that's not working so far. So I need a jtag service for this. Not even sure what that is right now until I look that up after this reply. I did look into those usb jigs but it seems that's only if it's soft bricked.
Edit: Trying the sd card method on the 4th try worked. Now back to fixing this.
Dagobert_ said:
I just did that and my phone is now hard bricked. Won't turn on at all, won't vibrate or anything. It's completely dead. Tried the sd card method and that's not working so far. So I need a jtag service for this. Not even sure what that is right now until I look that up after this reply. I did look into those usb jigs but it seems that's only if it's soft bricked.
Edit: Trying the sd card method on the 4th try worked. Now back to fixing this.
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What did you flash that hard bricked your phone? A modem should have been pretty safe to flash. I have flashed a bunch of different ones the worst that ever happened to mine was no service or poor service.
What exactly still needs fixing? No service still? Did you check imei and baseband? Intact, unknown or 0? Will be available till about 7am off and on.
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What did you flash that hard bricked your phone? A modem should have been pretty safe to flash. I have flashed a bunch of different ones the worst that ever happened to mine was no service or poor service.
What exactly still needs fixing? No service still? Did you check imei and baseband? Intact, unknown or 0? Will be available till about 7am off and on.
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Oh man, I might be sounding like a total noob by now but damn I've never had problems installing custom roms and going back to stock before.
So I flashed a modem that was for my phone and carrier in some thread here and that hard bricked my phone when I rebooted my phone. I tried the sd card method and in the end that worked and I could start my phone but no service or anything which at this point is the least important thing. In that thread of the sd card method it mentions how to flash a bootloader to make the phone not require the sd card (which was requiring it on my phone to start up the phone) and now it's hard bricked by trying that, and the sd card is not making it boot into download or recovery mode at all now.
If only I had enough to buy another phone I would seriously punch this phone repeatedly until nothing was left. I've spent like 2 days on this phone now with about 5 hours not counting sleep of time away from fixing this phone.
Dagobert_ said:
Oh man, I might be sounding like a total noob by now but damn I've never had problems installing custom roms and going back to stock before.
So I flashed a modem that was for my phone and carrier in some thread here and that hard bricked my phone when I rebooted my phone. I tried the sd card method and in the end that worked and I could start my phone but no service or anything which at this point is the least important thing. In that thread of the sd card method it mentions how to flash a bootloader to make the phone not require the sd card (which was requiring it on my phone to start up the phone) and now it's hard bricked by trying that, and the sd card is not making it boot into download or recovery mode at all now.
If only I had enough to buy another phone I would seriously punch this phone repeatedly until nothing was left. I've spent like 2 days on this phone now with about 5 hours not counting sleep of time away from fixing this phone.
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Are you certain the battery is charged? Should be a question that should be un asked but it does happen. The bootloader you flashed you're sure was for your model and carrier(AT&T vs canadian)? If you flashed the wrong model bootloader then you will need to jtag, If not when I was debricking my phone I had to do a battery pull after each time I wanted the phone to boot with the debrick SD. Are you doing that I don't want you to feel stupid but if you have a lack of sleep and are frustrated simple things can be overlooked. My thought is that If the sd method worked before it should work now especially if you are using the same debrick image. Out of curiosity what model is your phone and carrier?
I wish you the best of luck and hope all works out.
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Are you certain the battery is charged? Should be a question that should be un asked but it does happen. The bootloader you flashed you're sure was for your model and carrier(AT&T vs canadian)? If you flashed the wrong model bootloader then you will need to jtag, If not when I was debricking my phone I had to do a battery pull after each time I wanted the phone to boot with the debrick SD. Are you doing that I don't want you to feel stupid but if you have a lack of sleep and are frustrated simple things can be overlooked. My thought is that If the sd method worked before it should work now especially if you are using the same debrick image. Out of curiosity what model is your phone and carrier?
I wish you the best of luck and hope all works out.
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Yeah the battery is charged, I've tried the battery on another phone as well. I do pull out the battery and all that, and yeah I know simple things can be overlooked. Which is why I tried again today. Oh well I guess it's just one of those things that just won't work for whatever reason. Anyways, my model is SGH-I747 for AT&T. I even made sure that none of it was the SGH-I747M. Oh well jtag is what it is, I guess I rather pay than have to deal with this problem. Only thing is that I've never done that before and so many people are offering it on ebay and I don't know who to go with, I mean I'm sending my phone to someone with no real guarantee or anything that I will get my phone back. And yeah there's user feedback but that could also mean a thousand fake accounts giving good reviews or friends and family giving good reviews for 1 penny sales. Anyone you suggest I go with? Either on ebay or out of ebay? Thanks for all the help btw.
Everything seems to be going downhill for me right now. My computer will not recognize any Micro SD or SD cards. It will recognize pro duo cards but not any SD or Micro SD card. I tried all my Micro SD cards and SD cards today and none of them are being detected although they do show up in MiniTool Partition Wizard. I even bought another card reader and it's the same thing. So now my computer is being a twat about this. I think I might as well just listen to some Linkin Park and slit my wrists to end it all. But before I do that, anyone know why my PC won't recognize SD and Micro SD all of a sudden?
Hello. Last week I got impatient with the fact that I could not write to my sd card under the newest versions of Android (thanks, Google!), so I rooted my phone with a (supposedly) unobstrusive ROM as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143479.
And today, after installing the baseband update, my phone will no longer boot. The screen just goes dark after saying Samsung Galaxy Note II.
I tried reinstalling the root, I tried installing a custom ROM, I tried resetting to factory and clearing the cache. Nothing has worked.
I really would like to have my phone back Does anyone have any suggetions?
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pstuart82 said:
Hello. Last week I got impatient with the fact that I could not write to my sd card under the newest versions of Android (thanks, Google!), so I rooted my phone with a (supposedly) unobstrusive ROM as described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2143479.
And today, after installing the baseband update, my phone will no longer boot. The screen just goes dark after saying Samsung Galaxy Note II.
I tried reinstalling the root, I tried installing a custom ROM, I tried resetting to factory and clearing the cache. Nothing has worked.
I really would like to have my phone back Does anyone have any suggetions?
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Try Kies software (samsung), let me know if this works for you.
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Try Kies software (samsung), let me know if this works for you.
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I only backed up some of my applications. I am not sure this will work but I will try when I get home.
If anyone else has any ideas, I would still appreciate to hear them. I need the phone for business reasons, so I need to purchase another tonight if I am not able to fix this one.
FWIW, at one point I noticed that the phone still made my speakers crackle when I put it near them, so it was transmitting *something*. The screen is blank though.
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Try Kies software (samsung), let me know if this works for you.
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I'm in his exact same boat. Rooted about a month ago, the update soft bricked my phone. I've tried everything from flashing rom after rom to trying to recover in Kies.
No dice, when you try to recover in Kies, it won't recognize your device, it just saying Connecting until it asks you to reboot your device.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Been triyng to fix this for 18 hours so far
If you need any info to help just tell me I'll provide everything.
Some info:
In download mode, this is displayed;
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I317
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
RP SWREV: A3
tplaistow said:
I'm in his exact same boat. Rooted about a month ago, the update soft bricked my phone. I've tried everything from flashing rom after rom to trying to recover in Kies.
No dice, when you try to recover in Kies, it won't recognize your device, it just saying Connecting until it asks you to reboot your device.
Any help is greatly appreciated. Been triyng to fix this for 18 hours so far
If you need any info to help just tell me I'll provide everything.
Some info:
In download mode, this is displayed;
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I317
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
RP SWREV: A3
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Your specs are EXACTLY the same as mine. I am getting the dreaded SW Rev. Invalid Magic string when I try to flash from Kies. I am currently downloading a 4.4.2 ROM from d-h.st to try to fix it; I will keep you updated.
Side rant: If you're a tiny website like d-h.st, probably not a good idea to force the user to type in their credit card by hand. Seriously, I was all ready to throw money at the screen and get this stupid thing over with, but like heck if I'm going to type my credentials into that kind of site.
Just curious guys but have you all tried flashing stock rom back to the phone using odin?
jaybeerange said:
Just curious guys but have you all tried flashing stock rom back to the phone using odin?
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jaybeerange- this will not work because Samsung Kies tries to restore to version 4.1.2, but the boot loader disallows it because it's too old.
If you have a 4.4.2 sitting around, by all means, let us know. I've been trying to download from d-h.st, but rumor has it that it will fail.
I am literally out of options.
Yeah the one from dhst is the one im talking about. I dont know why it wouldnt work. If I remember right it doesn't contain the bootloader so that shouldnt be a problem. The bootloader just wont allow itself to revert to an older version but its a 4.4.2 rom so it should work
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Just to be clear you know that when I say odin I mean the odin application and not kies right?
This OTA update bricked mine as well. Don't install this if your rooted!!!
I was able to take the update and im rooted and running custom recovery. Only thing I can think of that might be different is that I never took the official ota update. I flashed a stock 4.4.2 rom in recovery so im still on the 4.3 bootloader
Sweet mother of Zeus, I downloaded the 4.4.2 ROM off d-h.st, flashed it in Odin, and unbricked my phone.
Instructions for everyone else:
* Download Android 4.4.2 stock here: http://d-h.st/8HG. FYI, don't bother buying a subscription to the site to speed up the download unless you're doing it to thank the owners. Membership WON'T DO ANYTHING to help your speed. You'll just have to wait ~4 hours.
* Flash with Odin 3.0.7.
If anyone who has rights wants to post in this thread, it might be helpful.
I plan to set up a torrent tonight for anyone who wants to download it without the long wait.
Here is the magnet link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:03336f24f4d6b9e86ca608d7766287edc7cd5d73&dn=I317-ODIN-UCUCNE5-Stock-No-Recovery.zip&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80
By all means download, but PLEASE seed if you do. I am allocating a lot of bandwidth but I can only upload so much!
PS. If you're worried about the reliability of the torrent, d-h.st provides an md5 sum that you can use to check the file after you've downloaded it.
Exactly what the guy said about flashing the stock rom is right. However, since my phone didn't have enough space, it didn't reset my phone. Maybe it works if you go into download mode (power, volume up and home) and then reboot it works. Have rebooted it twice since then and it still works. Everything is just how i had it before the update, but with the update.
no seeds for the torrent?
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no seeds for the torrent?
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I don't know what to tell you. Three people have already downloaded it from me (unfortunately, none is seeding).
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I don't know what to tell you. Three people have already downloaded it from me (unfortunately, none is seeding).
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I think the technical term in torrent speak is leeches. So your torrent has zero seeders, zero peers, and 3 leeches.
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Rule #1 of OTA. No root and stock completely.
This link here shows you every file that the OTA checks for and many other things before it does anything.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001611244
If something does not match, it craps out.
I'm downloading the Zen's ODIN NE5 from dev-host now. They must have fixed issues because it's flying.
I should have it in 10-15 minutes. I have uploaded a version that I had to androidhost, but I'm waiting to hear from Zen if he's ok with me posting a mirror.
And I need to make sure that what I'm downloading and what I have uploaded in the same. But like I said looks like Dev-Host is working better, or at least better than it has been the past couple of days.
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I think the technical term in torrent speak is leeches. So your torrent has zero seeders, zero peers, and 3 leeches.
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It wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't explicitly asked people to seed. Anyway, there's pne seeder: me. Interestingly, I tried to attach to it with uTorrent, and I can't connect to the host. So maybe there's something wrong with my torrent server. If you want, PM me and I will sign in to Windows and seed from there.
Had exact same issue and flashed the boot loader and now my phone works great!
here is the link: http://d-h.st/qDY
Have a good one guys
Had a lot of hope for this, but I'm now getting one step further in my loop (I see the ATT logo spinning then it just hangs).
Any ideas?
I flashed TWRP with odin.
After that I was not able to boot or start recovery.
Only download mode is possible.
In download mode it shows
warranty void 1 (0x030c)
I also cannot flash anything in odin anymore.
After initializing, it immidiatly stops with the error:
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
Can anybody help me, how to get this beautiful phone running again?
Thanks so much!
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TEKHD
bill340 said:
I flashed TWRP with odin.
After that I was not able to boot or start recovery.
Only download mode is possible.
In download mode it shows
warranty void 1 (0x030c)
I also cannot flash anything in odin anymore.
After initializing, it immidiatly stops with the error:
<ID:0/004> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
Can anybody help me, how to get this beautiful phone running again?
Thanks so much!
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try to download the firmware from http://samfirm.net/threads/official-rom-full-galaxy-note-7-sm-n930f-n930fxxu1apg7-xxv-23-07-2016.98/ and try to flash via odin.
Never ever try to flash anything till the time there is no evidence of success.
I tried that, but the problem is that I always get this error in Odin when trying to flash...
Did you check OEM unlock before you flash as per the instructions? not doing so will result in a boot loop.
Try different cable and USB port. I had trouble with both that had me running in circles.
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Yes, I did OEM unlock before the flash.
Different cable and USB port makes no difference...
Usually when I have issues I try to uninstall all drivers related to phones and only install the one I need. Then after a restart and forcing the phone into Odin I'm able to flash without issues.
It might be failing because of a Partition size error. Have you tried the Samfirm Tool to download a firmware from your region?
Have you tried Emergency Device Recovery from SmartSwitch PC ?
Also, I'm doubtful whether this is a new trick up from Samsung's sleeve. This Phone is still new, so it's quite a learning process. Maybe Samsung has implemented something to block these unofficial flash attempts. However I thank you taking the risk and trying the recovery first.
Can you help me, where I can get this?
Have you tried Emergency Device Recovery from SmartSwitch PC ?
bill340 said:
Can you help me, where I can get this?
Have you tried Emergency Device Recovery from SmartSwitch PC ?
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Download and install SmartSwitch for PC. Then follow this Video.
I really have no luck here...
Any idea?
Googled already, but did not really find anything besides reinstalling...
I dont think theres a fix for this issue yet. There's also no subtantiated literature in the larger cummunity pertaining to rooting the Note 7.
I am guessing this is an additional precaution taken by Samsung therefore the rooting process needs a very specific set of steps in order to circumnavigate the systems Sammy has put in place. The thread itself says WIP, so I applaud you for your courage.
Nonetheless my suggestion is to instead of waiting for an answer which no one can provide, go to Sammy and bull**** to them that u plugged in the computer and it became a brick.
Theres is no possible senario whereby the internet can help you because we know next to nothing about Note 7.
I sincerely hope that you can come out of the situation with a working Note 7 in your hands whilst not burning a hole in your wallet due to the repairs. God-speed my friend, God-speed.
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I really have no luck here...
Any idea?
Googled already, but did not really find anything besides reinstalling...
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This seems to be an issue in your drivers, Please uninstall all samsung related and flash box related (if exists) in your PC and try installing it again.
Alternatively, you can just walk into a Samsung Care store and get it done while you wait.
I did that already... No luck. I will try on a different pm next.
Bill sad to see this happened to you
I am exactly coming for the same forum and was following the same steps thought u were, but u took one more step forward and flashed the vitanamese firmware, your phone just messed up there. Was actually about to do the same thing but then read your comments. My phone starts but with errors and has battery drainage , i havent lost anything as it is still virgin and havent transfered anything to it yet. Will wait probably 4 to 5 days more for the official firmwares to release and fire it in.
Sorry to say but u had become the test subject...
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The recovery mode cannot be accessed, no matter how hard you try
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I just was in the Samsung Care Center in Singapore with my bricked phone.
After 1 hour waiting time, a Samsung guy explained me, that they cannot do anything about it, because they don't have parts ? for this phone in Singapore because it was not launched yet and also there is no international warranty on it.
He had no idea about any software recovery or anything and suggested to get back to Dubai, where I got the phone from.
Really a bad Customerservice experience.
I also want to thank all of you for your great help and suggestions!
I think I will send the phone back to the store in Dubai now.
Well tht will be a good choice
But if u give it three more days and wait for the official firmwares to release would save you some time.
I am still following up with it.
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I really doubt, that this will help, since I cannot flash anything in odin. After initialization I always get the error "FAIL (DeviceInfo)"
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I just was in the Samsung Care Center in Singapore with my bricked phone.
After 1 hour waiting time, a Samsung guy explained me, that they cannot do anything about it, because they don't have parts ? for this phone in Singapore because it was not launched yet and also there is no international warranty on it.
He had no idea about any software recovery or anything and suggested to get back to Dubai, where I got the phone from.
Really a bad Customerservice experience.
I also want to thank all of you for your great help and suggestions!
I think I will send the phone back to the store in Dubai now.
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Same here in (Dubai) Mate, They don't even have the parts, or Tools to open the device up. If you remember me, I screwed up my Note 7 a week back, Just after two days from launch, and I still didn't receive it. They are still unable to sort it out.
I'm sure when a proper firmware for XSG (Dubai - Same as your device) and a proper ODIN is released to flash the Note 7, this will be a piece of a cake. Just hope for the best, As just like you - I too took a leap of faith and did something stupid.
Anyway, Wishing you luck !
I am not sure if this will help....
What happens when you try a older version of Odin?
Its worked for me in the past, with my s6 edge.