I dont't see odin or download in the phone at all. Just connect to Kies. Is my phone bricked? Can it be restored? If it can be restored, can someone lead into the right direction? I was trying to restore the phone and my power went out for 10 min and now it's back on
If you haven't shut off the phone you should be able to load it back up in Odin desktop and start over. Can you get into download mode?
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thanitos said:
If you haven't shut off the phone you should be able to load it back up in Odin desktop and start over. Can you get into download mode?
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when I plug in Odin, I get the yellow bar 0:[COM4] but nothing happens, i gets stuck on boot.bin. and nothing is on the display except for the firmware upgrade encountered..blah blah
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
Read it and follow the instructions.
Make sure you click the Thanks button for entropy and creepyncrawly
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i tried and tried and tried. i just took it to att and was able to exchange for a new one through warranty
alee821 said:
i tried and tried and tried. i just took it to att and was able to exchange for a new one through warranty
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Please don't root or mod that new phone unless you read before you do. You don't belong Modding a phone
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Lol. I couldn't figure out how to make my phone do what I wanted so I returned it for a new one that I still won't be able to figure out how to make do what i want because I don't wanna learn just give me cool shizz naoww!
The problem wasn't your phone. It was a kies / driver / USB port problem, lots of people are experiencing the same thing. But I agree with the above poster, please don't modify the new one. If THIS was something you're willing to return it for, imagine if u had an actual problem.
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This guy is as bad as moneyover
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alee821 said:
I dont't see odin or download in the phone at all. Just connect to Kies. Is my phone bricked? Can it be restored? If it can be restored, can someone lead into the right direction? I was trying to restore the phone and my power went out for 10 min and now it's back on
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Try installing Samsung Kies http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...Hsxw4ptEdLDgjmDtA&sig2=s2Ik_zAvbYl1EZ28DFGk_A
then pop off your battery and get your Model and serial (NOT IMEI!) numbers and write them down.
in kies click on tools>emergency firmaware recovery a window should popup
boot your device into download mode
on the "emergency fw recovery window" should show your device... it will ask for your SN and model, input them as it shows on the back of your device. It will then install the latest Samsung FW (ICS).
worked for me when i got mine to the point odin wasnt working.
Stock SGH-I777 "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue"
My phone froze and when I tried to boot it back up it showed "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue". I'm running a stock jellybean rom so I tried emergency recovery with kies and it gets stuck at "Proceed to firmware emergency recovery" at 0%. I have tried using different usb cables, ports and even different pc's. I also reinstalled all the drivers properly. I tried flashing a stock rom using odin but it always fails. I can go into download mode but not recovery mode. I looked at many threads and the common course of action is to flash with odin. I have tried numerous times with different methods and it still won't get fixed. Please help. Thanks in advance and I apologise if this question is getting old but I am stumped.
note: before this happened the phone was working perfectly fine. I was running a stock rom and no root
@csgo0013,
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Did you follow all of these steps in order? If not, go through this sequence again, from 1 through 6.
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Flashing the kernel
Thanks @cyril279. I tried it again with no luck. Flashing the kernel failed. And now it shows that the current binary is now custom. It was official before. And also the binary counter went from 1 to 3. IDK if that helps at all
The increased binary counter is likely the result of attempts to flash the Siyah (non-stock) kernel. I was unaware that it would notch the counter if the flash was NOT successful.
Assuming that you followed the steps thoroughly, in their correct order, and using the correct firmware for the exercise, (siyah kernel and SBL.bin) then I am left to assume, as the post states, that your eMMC memory is damaged.
I have not had much experience with damaged eMMC memory, so perhaps our peers can chime in with other options that may be available to verify the condition of the device.
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Try the following, just in case the problem is nand r/w corruption.
[...the six steps...]
If you are unable to get any of these to flash successfully, first you should assume a bad port, or bad cable, and try other ports, other cables, even another pc. If you can get no flash to succeed, then you may have damaged eMMC memory.
In case it is damaged memory, see this post from Mobile Tech Videos.
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Thanks @cyril279. I tried it again with no luck. Flashing the kernel failed. And now it shows that the current binary is now custom. It was official before. And also the binary counter went from 1 to 3. IDK if that helps at all
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I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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Flash root66 in Odin with the PIT and check the NAND erase option in Odin.
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heggood said:
I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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What did you do before you started getting the bootloops? Just wondering for background on what happened to better steer you in the right direction.
Dido
BoostedB18C said:
What did you do before you started getting the bootloops? Just wondering for background on what happened to better steer you in the right direction.
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I have the very same problem been without vzw note for about two weeks. What happend to me was i had flashed goodness noteworthy for the sprint/vwz note II i was suppose to flash three files from 3minit in order for the rom to work correctly but i ended up flashing something for the sprint version... Hopefully i can get some help from this too. . . Thank you in advance!
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What did you do before you started getting the bootloops? Just wondering for background on what happened to better steer you in the right direction.
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Not exactly sure what happened with the phone. I bought it from a guy that does lots of flashing to his devices and he said he messed it up and took it to a repair place that tried to reflash it for him and he said the tech said the battery died in the process. I plan to try the idea posted above about checking nand erase in Odin but won't be able to till tomorrow, any other ideas will be much appreciated.
heggood said:
Not exactly sure what happened with the phone. I bought it from a guy that does lots of flashing to his devices and he said he messed it up and took it to a repair place that tried to reflash it for him and he said the tech said the battery died in the process. I plan to try the idea posted above about checking nand erase in Odin but won't be able to till tomorrow, any other ideas will be much appreciated.
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The issue is Root66, and I believe the alternative recovery ROM, doesnt wipe the internal SD so whatever is causing your issue may still be there in some form or fashion. If that doesn't work then you could try the VRALJB or VRALL4 restore Roms and see if they work, if the guy was a flasher then he may have unlocked it before the VRAMC3 update screwed everything up.
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The issue is Root66, and I believe the alternative recovery ROM, doesnt wipe the internal SD so whatever is causing your issue may still be there in some form or fashion. If that doesn't work then you could try the VRALJB or VRALL4 restore Roms and see if they work, if the guy was a flasher then he may have unlocked it before the VRAMC3 update screwed everything up.
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What do you mean by, "the issue is root66?" Are you saying I shouldn't use it to flash? Those other 2 Roms when I have tried normally to flash it only runs for about 30 seconds then Odin says fail (vral4 & vraljb). The vramc3 and root66 actually runs the entire cycle and Odin says pass but phone stays stuck on flashing Samsung note 2 logo.
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What do you mean by, "the issue is root66?" Are you saying I shouldn't use it to flash? Those other 2 Roms when I have tried normally to flash it only runs for about 30 seconds then Odin says fail (vral4 & vraljb). The vramc3 and root66 actually runs the entire cycle and Odin says pass but phone stays stuck on flashing Samsung note 2 logo.
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I mean that the Root66 ROM doesn't completely wipe the phone like the VRALJB and VRALL4 Roms do because of the way it was made, like I said earlier though if you check the NAND Erase box in Odin before flashing it should get you back to normal.
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shangrila500 said:
The issue is Root66, and I believe the alternative recovery ROM, doesnt wipe the internal SD so whatever is causing your issue may still be there in some form or fashion. If that doesn't work then you could try the VRALJB or VRALL4 restore Roms and see if they work, if the guy was a flasher then he may have unlocked it before the VRAMC3 update screwed everything up.
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OK, so I have tried the ticking Hand Erase All in Odin 3 times now with root66, did not work either. But now there is a difference, not sure if its good or bad. When I try to power on the phone it goes to the android downloading logo without the Odin mode script in the top left hand corner, instead of bootlooping the note 2 logo.
shangrila500,
I'm up and running now. I tried the vraljb rom after the 4th attempt of root66 failing and vraljb worked. I guess doing the erase in Odin made that work, thanks very much. the phone is now on 4.1.1, should I do a manual update or no?
heggood said:
shangrila500,
I'm up and running now. I tried the vraljb rom after the 4th attempt of root66 failing and vraljb worked. I guess doing the erase in Odin made that work, thanks very much. the phone is now on 4.1.1, should I do a manual update or no?
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Its up to you what you want to do, if you would like to update to VRAMC3 and keep the phone locked then you can go ahead and take the OTA. If you wanna unlock I would go ahead and unlock on VRALJB instead of updating, then flash the ROM of your choosing.
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if your stuck in a boot loop like i was, try the verizon wireless software upgrade assistant and use the repair assistant... worked for me!!
haskatice said:
if your stuck in a boot loop like i was, try the verizon wireless software upgrade assistant and use the repair assistant... worked for me!!
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Do you mind uploading a copy of this program. I cant seem to find it anywhere and I desperately need it!
I can't find that verizon program anywhere either. I've tried most everything suggested. I even tried plugging in my wife's SCH-i605 and it didn't load the verizon program.
try the verizon wireless software upgrade assistant and use the repair assistant
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Me three. Where's that software upgrade assistant at?
ok i got the same problem i took the ota 4.3 and im stuck in boot loop on samsung note 2 screen it just keeps flashing..
I have tried pulling the battery out i cant get into recovery it doesnt get that far... any ideas?
hayabusa3303 said:
ok i got the same problem i took the ota 4.3 and im stuck in boot loop on samsung note 2 screen it just keeps flashing..
I have tried pulling the battery out i cant get into recovery it doesnt get that far... any ideas?
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I've been at this constantly since my earlier posts. I can't reliably say what's causing it but the only fix that I have is to restore a Nandroid backup of Clean ROM that I have then try again. Sometimes it reboots, sometimes it's bootloop. Weird.
I have same original issue. My i605 is stuck on Samsung boot screen and I cannot access recovery mode. Download works. I've tried root66 with PIT and NAND Erase via Odin 3.09 several times. Odin says PASS but phone never gets past boot screen. I rooted phone about 18 months ago and don't recall steps. I was running CM11 for past 6 months. Any ideas?
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heggood said:
I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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just simply flash under the "PDA" tab.. i can include the link to it if u want
ive got the same kind of issue
heggood said:
I have a sch-i605 verizon note 2. It is stuck in a boot loop. I can not access recovery, only download mode. I have flashed with odin over 20 times and am still stuck. I have tried all stock files, pit, all versions of odin, 3 different oem cables, 3 different pcs (1 win7 premium, 2 winXP), all 10 different USB ports. I have rebooted the pc's several times. I can get the stock samsung file from their site and the root66 stock rooted file to pass in odin but the phone is still in a bootloop. Please help if you can with any ideas, thanks!
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i get the go to verizon, go directly to verizon, do not pass go and bring 200 bucks for a new chump phone message after installing the new twrp app from the freekin play store. my device is supported as per their list of supported devices and i was trying to install 2.84 like they advised before going to 3.0. i cant even get it to turn off without cracking the case and removing the battery. plz advise... i love that phone so much, ghetto ass cracked screen and all. its rooted and running alliance rom 26 or 30 at the time of this most unfortunate event. send donations in lieu of flowers PLZ HELP
My S2 GT-I9100 International was stuck in bootloop but now says "Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again". I can go to download mode and ODIN recognizes my phone so what do I do now to get out of this mess. I was previously on NEATRom and everything was working perfectly and all of a suddenly my phone started to boot loop. Please help.
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My S2 GT-I9100 International was stuck in bootloop but now says "Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again". I can go to download mode and ODIN recognizes my phone so what do I do now to get out of this mess. I was previously on NEATRom and everything was working perfectly and all of a suddenly my phone started to boot loop. Please help.
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i had the same prob. Solution is easy. Just download the originial stock rom. You can flash this by using odin. Select pda and your file (should be a .tar file). good luck!
Firmware upgrade on a custom stock ROM ?? You don't do that. Do as above or you could flash philz kernel through Odin and restore you're bk up.
I had the same problem, but I thought,if firmware upgrade encounters an issue , you can't enter download mode
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Tried flashing Kernel with ODIN also tried flashing a stock official ROM. No luck. Kernel gets stuck at NAND Write and ROM says FAIL.
Search for Hopper8's 'Odin troubleshooting' thread. Try the stuff in that thread. Keep trying it. Only way you're fixing it is if you get it to successfully take an Odin flash.
I had the same problem, and flashing the Stock official ROM with Odin worked for me, just make sure you're using the correct version of Odin, I think I had to try one or two different versions before the flash worked for me.
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Tried everything. Different versions of ODIN, different stock roms, 3 part jb rom, custom kernels, followed Hopper8's thresd to the T and still no luck. Can't get a single successful flash. Everything stops inbetween. The only thing I havent tried is flashing a bootloader. Since I'm out of options and replacing is too expensive for a 3yr old phone im willing to risk anything now. Thing is I was on neatROM jb 4.1.2 was this problem happened so which bootloader file can I try flashing via odin?
Service centre (a bootloader flash isn't going to fix your problem).
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Service centre (a bootloader flash isn't going to fix your problem).
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yup service centre said Rs.10,500/- ($170) to replace the motherboard. Noway I'm spending that much to fix a 3yr old phone so is there anything else I can try before dumping it in the trash.
Nope. You insist you've tried everything. What do you want anyone here to suggest ?
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yup service centre said Rs.10,500/- ($170) to replace the motherboard. Noway I'm spending that much to fix a 3yr old phone so is there anything else I can try before dumping it in the trash.
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Nope. You insist you've tried everything. What do you want anyone here to suggest ?
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MistahBungle is right, no magic tricks here. If you really have followed through the entirety of my guide, and done it again on a different pc, and still no luck, then I'm afraid it's done for unfortunately. The one step I'd encourage you to try over again is flashing the 3 part firmware again. If you're satisfied that you've nothing more to try then throw it out. Or send it to me or MistahBungle.
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Just try to flash siyahkernel tar and if that don't work try some other cable. If nothing works i suggest you to sell it and buy another mobile.
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Try flashing just cwm through odin. Then may be you can fix problems. Just a thought mate.
SO now that my phone has been officially declared dead is there any way to recover some data from it? I have a few recordings and photos that are on the phone and I can get it into download mode so is there any possibility of data recovery?
Unlikely. A company who specialises in recovery of data from dead HDD's might be able to help, but it's very much a longshot & will be very expensive if possible.
radicalgel said:
SO now that my phone has been officially declared dead is there any way to recover some data from it? I have a few recordings and photos that are on the phone and I can get it into download mode so is there any possibility of data recovery?
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The phone is NOT dead. You van save it by forcing it to download mode by usb jig (1$ on ebay), then flash unsecure kernel (like Siyah/Dori with CWM inside) using Odin. If you're unable to do it by yourself - take the device to a cellphone repair shop.
My note 3 will only boot to the samsung note logo and keeps looping back to it with out anything else. i tried stock rom and reset but nothing works. is the phone bricked and can i get a replacement.
Did you update your firmware before flashing any ROMS?
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nolimit06 said:
Did you update your firmware before flashing any ROMS?
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No i was on the MI3 stock
ruffes21 said:
No i was on the MI3 stock
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Try using ODIN and flashing the stock tar file. That should set you straight. You should be able to find what you need in the Android Dev section. If you are new to ODIN, open the app on your pc, click PDA, find the stock tar file, ensure "repartition" is unchecked and hit start. That should get you back to 100% stock. Do any applicable system updates and attempt the root process again. If you have any troubles look for qbking77's Note 3 root guide. Good luck. If all else fails I'd try a return and hope they don't know how to check for the flash flags.
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nolimit06 said:
Try using ODIN and flashing the stock tar file. That should set you straight. You should be able to find what you need in the Android Dev section. If you are new to ODIN, open the app on your pc, click PDA, find the stock tar file, ensure "repartition" is unchecked and hit start. That should get you back to 100% stock. Do any applicable system updates and attempt the root process again. If you have any troubles look for qbking77's Note 3 root guide. Good luck. If all else fails I'd try a return and hope they don't know how to check for the flash flags.
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Tried flashing stock tar, didn't work. i'm going to end up going to sprint tomorrow and see what happens.
ruffes21 said:
Tried flashing stock tar, didn't work. i'm going to end up going to sprint tomorrow and see what happens.
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Someone found a way to fix the galaxy 3's soft brick problem that was like this over at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 I'm hoping someone creates those files for the Note3 so I can try it.
ruffes21 said:
Tried flashing stock tar, didn't work. i'm going to end up going to sprint tomorrow and see what happens.
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I had the same problem, flash CF-Auto-Root again
this happened on my 2nd day with my new note 3. had to exchange it. There was no way to fix it.
I had the same problem but I was able to get my phone to boot into recovery. I did a wipe data/factory reset and it worked afterwards.
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factory reset and reflash didnt work. exchanged at sprint, rooted new phone and everything is working fine:laugh:
Bricked note 3/help
Tried to root my NOTE 3 through Odin and instructions here and is bricked stuck at the screen below.. Anyone can help or recommend a repair place in NYC?
I had the same problem, except my problem was when I tried to restore nandroid back up....the root, and flashing of the rom went well.
I went to restore my nandroid back up, and it started bootlooping. This was the 2nd time this issue occurred, the first time downloading the tar resolved it. The second time it did not.
Nice dude..glad all worked out!
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krios66 said:
Tried to root my NOTE 3 through Odin and instructions here and is bricked stuck at the screen below.. Anyone can help or recommend a repair place in NYC?
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I can help you if you still need it
solved it by accident
Thanks so much for your reply and availability to help but after some hours of despair I read somewhere that Kies would be help and fiddled with the settings a bit and realized that I could download and restore factory settings through the software... Such a relief not ending up with a $800 paperweight!!! (and tought me a lesson not to trust just about any rooting direction posted here!!!)
krios66 said:
Thanks so much for your reply and availability to help but after some hours of despair I read somewhere that Kies would be help and fiddled with the settings a bit and realized that I could download and restore factory settings through the software... Such a relief not ending up with a $800 paperweight!!! (and tought me a lesson not to trust just about any rooting direction posted here!!!)
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How do i get to this software if im stuck in bootloop...I tried everything and nothing has wurked...Tell me how i can get into Kies and do this if u please...???
ronny71 said:
How do i get to this software if im stuck in bootloop...I tried everything and nothing has wurked...Tell me how i can get into Kies and do this if u please...???
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As I'm on a Mac will try to reconstruct the scene
On Kies go to Tools and choose Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
After some prompts for inputing first the Model number and the S/N, Kies will start downloading the software and will prompt you when to connect your phone..
Very easy....
krios66 said:
As I'm on a Mac will try to reconstruct the scene
On Kies go to Tools and choose Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
After some prompts for inputing first the Model number and the S/N, Kies will start downloading the software and will prompt you when to connect your phone..
Very easy....
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Where did you find the serial number? The numbers on the box and under the battery don't work for me so I can't get past that screen.
Trahloc said:
Where did you find the serial number? The numbers on the box and under the battery don't work for me so I can't get past that screen.
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Well, that's exactly what I used what was below the battery and the box... without those you can't really move forward... does it give you an error when you log in with those?
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Well, that's exactly what I used what was below the battery and the box... without those you can't really move forward... does it give you an error when you log in with those?
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Yeah says they're invalid serial numbers. I asked a buddy of mine to give me his numbers and I get the same error with his. I did the DEC number as both full XXXXXXXXXXXXX and XXX XXX XXX XXX etc ...
Neither work. Also tried with HEX. Guess I'm just seriously SOL.
I purchased the phone already rooted, but it was on a stock ROM running 4.3 and had TWRP recovery on it. I wanted to unroot and be completely stock, because it was acting funny (wouldn't reboot as it should from the menu, and a couple other things). So I followed this guide:
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-repair/how-to-unroot-galaxy-note-3/
and it failed. So i tried again from my USB3.0 port and it failed. I'm stuck on the yellow triangle screen which says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Pleas select recover mode in Kies & try again." I downloaded Kies3 and there's nothing in the firmware recovery list, and when I went to upgrade and initialization, I put in the model and s/n, it tells me that the SM-N900P isn't compatible or wont work with that.
I'm at a loss, any help would be great to get me back to a working phone! Thanks!!
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I purchased the phone already rooted, but it was on a stock ROM running 4.3 and had TWRP recovery on it. I wanted to unroot and be completely stock, because it was acting funny (wouldn't reboot as it should from the menu, and a couple other things). So I followed this guide:
http://galaxynote3root.com/galaxy-note-3-repair/how-to-unroot-galaxy-note-3/
and it failed. So i tried again from my USB3.0 port and it failed. I'm stuck on the yellow triangle screen which says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Pleas select recover mode in Kies & try again." I downloaded Kies3 and there's nothing in the firmware recovery list, and when I went to upgrade and initialization, I put in the model and s/n, it tells me that the SM-N900P isn't compatible or wont work with that.
I'm at a loss, any help would be great to get me back to a working phone! Thanks!!
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Well, I managed to fix it, I downloaded "N900PVPUBMJ4_N900PSPTBMJ4_N900PVPUBMJ4_HOME.tar.md5" from a forum on here, and that managed to work, unlike the one I had tried previously. Back in business.
Just to let you know you can't downgrade the bootloader is the reason it was failing ....
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no root??
WHy would you want to be stock, you are missing so much, and what do you mean it was acting funny?
musicman625 said:
WHy would you want to be stock, you are missing so much, and what do you mean it was acting funny?
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I can't go back! Dont want to.
Help would be appreciated
themorningsleeve said:
Well, I managed to fix it, I downloaded "N900PVPUBMJ4_N900PSPTBMJ4_N900PVPUBMJ4_HOME.tar.md5" from a forum on here, and that managed to work, unlike the one I had tried previously. Back in business.
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where did you find the download?
alexk421 said:
where did you find the download?
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When in doubt, turn to this thread,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47983560
[ROM][TAR][ODIN] Full Restore (Return To Stock) N900PVPUBMJ4 TAR
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I'm having real issues trying to get a stock ROM on my Virgin Mobile S3 (GT-I9300) and I'm hoping you guys can help me. I've looked absolutely everywhere for a solution but so far nothing has worked.
OK so a little history about the problem:
Using phone as normal, and then randomly turns off. Turn it back on and I get the two Samsung splash screens loop booting constantly. I boot into recovery mode and do a factory reset - same problem. Clear the cache - same problem. Send phone back to Virgin and they tell me I've rooted and installed a custom ROM which I absolutely have not but they have a screenshot with the custom counter showing '1'.
I've no idea how this is possible, but I would have remembered if I'd installed a custom ROM. Anyway, they send it back because I'm not going to fork out £100 for them to flash it.
So...lots of research later, I download the latest Odin (3.09), find the most likely stock ROM that will work with my phone (Carrier is Virgin Mobile UK). I find this ROM on SamMobile: I9300XXUGMK6_I9300OXAGMK6_BTU. Cannot for the life of me find an actual Virgin rom so this apparently should be fine as it's a generic EU build.
Fine, so I apply it using the AP selection in Odin, connect phone, it goes through and applies fine "PASS" etc.. and phone reboots automatically.
Now, it just sits at the Samsung splash screen (the static white text) and doesn't go any further. I've left it upwards of 10 minutes but no dice. So look online and find threads that suggest booting to recovery and doing a factory reset will do the trick. So try that (Power+volume up+home) and same problem - static splash screen. Balls.
So now I don't know what to do. I either need to try an actual Virgin ROM which doesn't seem to exist(?!) or my phone is truely bricked and I'll finally have a good reason to destroy the thing.
Can anyone let me know what the next steps should be? I would be eternally grateful.
Thanks in advance.
I found the s3 to be a pain when doing a reset. Basically do it twice. Wipe, flash, wipe then boot. As far as I know btu is correct but virmin mobile used to rent their airspace from tmobile who are now half ee. Such a minefield..
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shivadow said:
I found the s3 to be a pain when doing a reset. Basically do it twice. Wipe, flash, wipe then boot. As far as I know btu is correct but virmin mobile used to rent their airspace from tmobile who are now half ee. Such a minefield..
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When you say 'wipe' do you mean factory reset via recovery mode? Because I'm not able to access that. All I can get to is Download Manager to use with Odin...
I thought you said you could access recovery and you had cleared cache. In that case you are buggered. If it goes through the flashing phase and reboots but you still cannot get into recovery then you have 3 options..
1. Flash another rom but no lower than 4.3. Carrier shouldn't matter.
2. Full on flash with pit file (dangerous and can perma brick).
3. Return the phone under warranty and state that the flash counter also clocks official flashes too, samsung should know this as they make the phone.. staff need training if they say otherwise.
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Try the rescue firmware from general forum, follow the instructions exactly as it includes a pit.
It sounds like nand failure, so it's possible that you won't be able to fix it.
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I thought you said you could access recovery and you had cleared cache.
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Apologies for not being clearer, before sending it back to Virgin for the warranty repair I could access the recovery mode fine, when I got it back I couldn't - whether that was caused by the flashing of the firmware or something Virgin did I don't know unfortunately.
Try the rescue firmware from general forum, follow the instructions exactly as it includes a pit.
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Thanks for the tip - I've flashed the stock recovery and I can now get into recovery mode! Looks slightly different but I can now access the factory reset/wipe cache options so that's some improvement.
I'm just downloading the stock international ROM as per this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/fix-s3-to-factory-unroot-stock-recovery-t2323847 but it's going to take a few hours. Thanks so much for your advice so far i'll report back once the download completes.
No joy
I can however get into download mode and recovery mode now. Is there anything else I can try? Is it possible I can get a custom recovery image on there and flash it with something other than the stock rom?
I've got a feeling you're correct and it could be a hardware fault. Virgin say I can pay £100 to get it fixed, if they have to replace the entire phone that would prove it wasn't 'tampering' that caused it so I could potentially get my money back I guess, if I complained. I think that might be my only option now.
Ok I just booted into recovery mode and I was greeted with this error:
Any ideas what this could mean?
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Ok I just booted into recovery mode and I was greeted with this error:
Any ideas what this could mean?
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I say this to people who have this sort of problem but I mention the dreaded word and they tend to ignore it but will tell you what to try anyway.
Install Kies 3 for android 4.3 (there I said it Kies) on the top menu bar click Tools then Firmware Upgrade and Installation
Follow the on screen instructions, this process will wipe the phone and install the most up to date original carrier / phone firmware, after this the phone should work and you can then root, flash roms etc , it may work for you so try it, don't just dismiss it because it refers to the use of Kies
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I say this to people who have this sort of problem but I mention the dreaded word and they tend to ignore it but will tell you what to try anyway.
Install Kies 3 for android 4.3 (there I said it Kies) on the top menu bar click Tools then Firmware Upgrade and Installation
Follow the on screen instructions, this process will wipe the phone and install the most up to date original carrier / phone firmware, after this the phone should work and you can then root, flash roms etc , it may work for you so try it, don't just dismiss it because it refers to the use of Kies
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Unfortunately I've already tried Kies, and it doesn't recognise the device when in recovery mode.
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Unfortunately I've already tried Kies, and it doesn't recognise the device when in recovery mode.
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Make sure you are using the USB cable supplied with the phone and it is connected direct to your PC USB port, ideally the ones on the back but don't connect through any multi USB port connectors.
The USB cables and how you connect can make a difference