I had a stock 4.1.2 firmware at the beginning
I flashed aosp roms and got stuck on them and couldnt get back to stock-based roms
anyhow, I got advised to flash a stock firmware through odin
and I did, it was 4.2.2
and it was successful according to odin
but I only got that screen that is all about "samsung galaxy duos..." and the phone turned back off then that screen then off
I couldnt access recovery
I couldnt flash another recovery
I couldnt flash another firmware
all failing
and I'm getting that "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! current eMMC firm version [ ]!!!!!!" in download mode
any suggestions ?
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I am not new to rooting and flashing rom however, I switched from my rooted GS3 running CM11 to the Note 2. I flashed the stock firmware (root66) and made the mistake of running the OTA 4.1.2 update which caused my note to be soft bricked. The phone boots to the samsung logo and freezes there. I flashed several stock firmware using odin that pass but when my phone reboots it freezes at the samsung logo. I can not access recovery mode, only downloading mode. I know its a way to fix this I'm just not sure how. Any suggestions?
MaddenMS6 said:
I am not new to rooting and flashing rom however, I switched from my rooted GS3 running CM11 to the Note 2. I flashed the stock firmware (root66) and made the mistake of running the OTA 4.1.2 update which caused my note to be soft bricked. The phone boots to the samsung logo and freezes there. I flashed several stock firmware using odin that pass but when my phone reboots it freezes at the samsung logo. I can not access recovery mode, only downloading mode. I know its a way to fix this I'm just not sure how. Any suggestions?
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Easy peasy, flash philz v5.00.5 (not the latest) through odin then u should be able to access recovery, from recovery flash a custom ROM so u can get unstuck, then when everything is fine, flash a stock rom from sammobile and hopefully it should work.
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So, I'm not a complete noob to flashing roms/rooting devices. I flashed cm 11 to my s3, and decided I wanted to go back to stock via Odin. For some reason when I tried to turn on my device it was still showing the cm 11 splash screen and wouldn't proceed any further. It isn't technically bricked. I guess this would be classified as a boot loop to the nth degree. I tired to boot in recovery mode and wipe the cache partition and all user data to the same cm 11 robot taunting me. When I tried the process (flashing stock vi Odin) again to possibly fix whatever might have been a miss, I got the error message on the download screen "secure check fail: sb12." On the download mode screen it also says I am running the official system rom. I don't know what steps I need to take from here to get my phone to actually boot via the stock rom. Has anybody else had this issue or similar? Any help in resolving this would be greatly appreciated.
Is your phone a i747? If you are you running a stock 4.3 bootloader on your i747, you can't use Odin to flash back to stock unless the ROM was specifically designed to be flashed in Odin.
What is shown on the screen in download mode?
audit13 said:
Is your phone a i747? If you are you running a stock 4.3 bootloader on your i747, you can't use Odin to flash back to stock unless the ROM was specifically designed to be flashed in Odin.
What is shown on the screen in download mode?
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I was under the impression the rom I was attempting to flash was indeed intended for Odin. It is the SGH-I747.
The download screen states,
Product Name: SGH-I747
Custom Binary: Custom
System Status: Official
Qualcom Secure Boot: Enable
Warranty Bit: 1
Bootloader AP SWERV: 2
Here is an added bit of fun, in the midst of the process I accidentally checked "Nand erase all," in Odin at one point.
Based on the information provided, your phone is running a stock ATT 4.3 bootloader. The CM11 splash screen is still showing up because the flash did not actually happen. You're lucky your phone was not bricked in the process of using Odin. I recommend not using Odin to flash a ROM that tries to alter the bootloader.
I recommend flashing a custom recovery such as Philz Touch in Odin and flashing a different KK ROM such as Valudis.
If you want to get back to stock, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
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Based on the information provided, your phone is running a stock ATT 4.3 bootloader. The CM11 splash screen is still showing up because the flash did not actually happen. You're lucky your phone was not bricked in the process of using Odin. I recommend not using Odin to flash a ROM that tries to alter the bootloader.
I recommend flashing a custom recovery such as Philz Touch in Odin and flashing a different KK ROM such as Valudis.
If you want to get back to stock, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
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My next question would be how can I move the zip files I download to the internal storage of my phone to flash them through Philz Touch?
Have you tried using kies?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
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Have you tried using kies?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
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I did. It said the the device couldn't be updated, or something to that effect.
Kies will not work without a stock recovery or a rooted phone from my experience.
I would be surprised if kies can restore your phone as ATT never released a full 4.3 stock ROM. ATT only made 4.3 available via an OTA update.
audit13 said:
Kies will not work without a stock recovery or a rooted phone from my experience.
I would be surprised if kies can restore your phone as ATT never released a full 4.3 stock ROM. ATT only made 4.3 available via an OTA update.
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I don't know about AT&T, but I'm on Telus in Canada and I used kies to revert back to stock 4.3 with CWM recovery and phone rooted, and it worked no problem.
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Based on the information provided, your phone is running a stock ATT 4.3 bootloader. The CM11 splash screen is still showing up because the flash did not actually happen. You're lucky your phone was not bricked in the process of using Odin. I recommend not using Odin to flash a ROM that tries to alter the bootloader.
I recommend flashing a custom recovery such as Philz Touch in Odin and flashing a different KK ROM such as Valudis.
If you want to get back to stock, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
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So, I know there is a "thanks," button but I feel like that would be a little too informal for how much I appreciate your help! I downloaded ADB to move the rom (I went with AOKP because it was the first one that worked) to my phone, flashed it using TWRP and...BAM! We are back in business. Thanks for the direction, I thought I had a nice, new, shiny brick on my hands for about two days.
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I don't know about AT&T, but I'm on Telus in Canada and I used kies to revert back to stock 4.3 with CWM recovery and phone rooted, and it worked no problem.
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Canadian carriers use the i747m while att users get the i747.
The Canadian carriers did release a full 4.3 ROM unlike att who did not.
So i lost my warranty recently and seen that there is a new version out... my old one was the standard 4.1.2 which i wanted to upgrade... so i installed a new bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2747963 (the "Latest nd3 bootlader" http://d-h.st/TQq)... used Odin 3.9, shut my n7100 down, booted it up in download/odin mode and connected it to the PC. it worked, then i flashed the Bootloader... seemed to work... it reseted.... and is FOREVER STUCK on the first loading screen "Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100" until i grab the battery and get it out.
then i can go back to the download mode.... i wanted to try a factory reset, but even this doesn't work, because i can't get into the recovery mode....
that made me so mad... i thought it worked out really well... and then this... right in my face
heeelp plssss......
Senaphur said:
So i lost my warranty recently and seen that there is a new version out... my old one was the standard 4.1.2 which i wanted to upgrade... so i installed a new bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2747963 (the "Latest nd3 bootlader" http://d-h.st/TQq)... used Odin 3.9, shut my n7100 down, booted it up in download/odin mode and connected it to the PC. it worked, then i flashed the Bootloader... seemed to work... it reseted.... and is FOREVER STUCK on the first loading screen "Samsung Galaxy Note II GT-N7100" until i grab the battery and get it out.
then i can go back to the download mode.... i wanted to try a factory reset, but even this doesn't work, because i can't get into the recovery mode....
that made me so mad... i thought it worked out really well... and then this... right in my face
heeelp plssss......
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You were on 4.1.2 and flashed a kitkat bootloader? Did you even read instructions carefully? The latest KK bootloader only works on 4.3 and higher android versions.4.1.2 is not supported.Now download a stock 4.4.2 ROM flash it via odin( ND3 firmware and higher)
singhpratik87 said:
You were on 4.1.2 and flashed a kitkat bootloader? Did you even read instructions carefully? The latest KK bootloader only works on 4.3 and higher android versions.4.1.2 is not supported.Now download a stock 4.4.2 ROM flash it via odin( ND3 firmware and higher)
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I have the same issue. I was running the latest aosp 4.4 build rom and still it freezes on boot. Can get odin to flash so will try to revert to stock rom
Was trying to get the phone back to stock so I can upgrade. I followed the instructions on the How to Return a Device Back to Stock thread, downloaded the stock TAR, rebooted and tried to boot into recovery but it would not let me. I then tried to boot into the device as normal and now I have a screen with the message Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. Any suggestions? I downloaded and tried but cannot connect via Kies 2.6.. I can still get into the device via ODIN. Suggestions?
What firmware did you use to flash? Flash NH7 if you haven't
A little back-story and a possible solution.
demonr6 said:
Was trying to get the phone back to stock so I can upgrade. I followed the instructions on the How to Return a Device Back to Stock thread, downloaded the stock TAR, rebooted and tried to boot into recovery but it would not let me. I then tried to boot into the device as normal and now I have a screen with the message Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. Any suggestions? I downloaded and tried but cannot connect via Kies 2.6.. I can still get into the device via ODIN. Suggestions?
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I've never updated my S4 past the MDL firmware. I encountered this problem a few months back when I wanted to revert back to 100% stock MDL. I had updated my baseband/modem though to NB4, yet still obviously had the MDL bootloader. I was scared to death that I had bricked my phone because nothing I did would let me boot past that screen. I couldn't get to recovery, normal boot, nothing... the phone would just automatically go to that screen: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.
What I did was simply revert my baseband/modem back to MDL. Once that was done successfully I was able to flash the MDL firmware again and booted right up. If this might be your issue, you will have to know which baseband/modem you were using and which bootloader version you were running before you attempted to flash stock. It should go without saying that the main idea here is to have your baseband and bootloader versions match before flashing the firmware in Odin.
Seems a little odd to me as the stock Odin-flashable firmware includes the modems and all... I'm just passing along what worked for me when I had that problem.
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I've never updated my S4 past the MDL firmware. I encountered this problem a few months back when I wanted to revert back to 100% stock MDL. I had updated my baseband/modem though to NB4, yet still obviously had the MDL bootloader. I was scared to death that I had bricked my phone because nothing I did would let me boot past that screen. I couldn't get to recovery, normal boot, nothing... the phone would just automatically go to that screen: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.
What I did was simply revert my baseband/modem back to MDL. Once that was done successfully I was able to flash the MDL firmware again and booted right up. If this might be your issue, you will have to know which baseband/modem you were using and which bootloader version you were running before you attempted to flash stock. It should go without saying that the main idea here is to have your baseband and bootloader versions match before flashing the firmware in Odin.
Seems a little odd to me as the stock Odin-flashable firmware includes the modems and all... I'm just passing along what worked for me when I had that problem.
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I'll repost from another hoping this explains it as it is the only thing I can think of.. but it worked.
TLDR: installed stock TAR not stock TMO TAR, updated (stupid me) to 4.3, wrong baseband and recovery did not go back to stock using the stock TAR and the Philz Touch recovery would not have flown to return the phone. I figured it out with some help though!
Thank you, that was it. I returned it to stock after following the instructions in the how-to thread but something happened and it boned the recovery where it would reboot into the device every time. Being they need to inspect the phone and in my case they wiped it in front of me when I turned it in it had to be fixed. The device received the updates from TMO and stupid of me I installed them so it was now 4.3 hence the reason I could not install the stock 4.2 anymore. I found the stock firmware you mentioned above and installed it and it fixed it but tripped the counter. I installed the updates from TMO and it was enough to pass inspection. I was able to go into recovery at the store, show the clerk while he was dicking around with the paperwork for the Note I was about to buy. I reached over, showed him "look here it is in recovery and here is wipe data factory reset okay?" and wiped it. He muttered okay thanks or something like that and we were golden. Heck if he could have read the counter anyways it is so flipping tiny.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Hello everyone,
I have a TMO Note 3 running Lollipop at this moment, the phone is rooted, but I tried flashing a new ROM and it soft bricked on me. ODIN stopped at the very beginning of flashing and just bricked the phone. Also TWRP was not working either and still not, but I was able to bring the phone back from the semi-dead state it was in. I want to flash it again but now I don't know if I did something wrong (most likely) and I just need some feedback on what to do. I wanna go to a stock rom so i can upgrade to the actual Lollipop Rom from T-mobile but I was also wondering if I can just flash a stock 5.0 rom that runs better than the one I have. Additionally, I just cant get TWRP to stick at all; every time I try to flash it and try to go into recovery, phone goes into boot loop. Here are some screenshots of the current "about phone" section. I am sorry if i am not asking the right questions but I gotta start somewhere. Thanks everyone in advanced!
https://imgur.com/a/dpn3Y
If you can get into download mode, flash the latest stock rom from Sammobile.com.
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If you can get into download mode, flash the latest stock rom from Sammobile.com.
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look for the samfirm tool, its faster then going through sammobile:good::highfive: