As the title suggests, my Galaxy S3 is stuck on a boot loop at the Samsung logo. I have tried to reflash (pwr+volup+home) but just restarts the phone. I can enter Backup mode (pwr+voldown+home) but every time I attempt to flash with any rom, Odin fails.
Obviosuly I can't set the phone to debugging mode because it won't start up.
I'm straight out of ideas now. Any suggestions?
Sorry, are you saying you cannot get into download mode? From off, vol up, home and power?
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sorry, I can get into download mode (pwr+volDOWN+home) but that is all.
Flash stock rom via odin.
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Don't you need debugging enabled to flash the stock Rom?
Debugging is an android setting. You do not flash roms when in android. You flash them in download mode
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Odin keeps failing though on all firmware.
I've made sure it's the correct phone, country and carrier. Any ideas?
I hate to say but this happend to me with a galaxy s.
It had a broken display.
I think the motherboard was damaged. I couldn't flash it.
If xou have warranty try to send it to samsung
Read the stickied basics Odin fail can be cable usb port drivers .
jje
failing with what error?
Glebun said:
failing with what error?
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When I select the PDA and click start I get the big red fail above the ID:Com.
Have tried all USB ports on two laptops and three USB cables
maurice_j said:
When I select the PDA and click start I get the big red fail above the ID:Com.
Have tried all USB ports on two laptops and three USB cables
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Screenshot please?
Hey,
Got stuck after last cyanogenmod update?
Thats what happened to me.
Reading this post, i entered recovery mode and flashed an old ZIP version i have in my SD.
Worked great. Now updating to build of yesterday instead.
Hope works for you.
burton158 said:
Hey,
Got stuck after last cyanogenmod update?
Thats what happened to me.
Reading this post, i entered download mode and flashed an old ZIP version i have in my SD.
Worked great. Now updating to build of yesterday instead.
Hope works for you.
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You can't flash a zip from download mode
slaphead20 said:
You can't flash a zip from download mode
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Sorry, I meant recovery mode
burton158 said:
Sorry, I meant recovery mode
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Cant get into recovery as per post 1.
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Goomanager app flashed a wrong recovery to the phone, now it won't boot but is stuck at the black "Samsung GALAXY Txt" Boot screen. does anybody know how to fix this? i wouldn't mind having to hard reset it. I tried flashing new recovery using adb/fastboot but adb doesn't "see" the device. thanks if you answer!:good:
bdec said:
Goomanager app flashed a wrong recovery to the phone, now it won't boot but is stuck at the black "Samsung GALAXY Txt" Boot screen. does anybody know how to fix this? i wouldn't mind having to hard reset it. I tried flashing new recovery using adb/fastboot but adb doesn't "see" the device. thanks if you answer!:good:
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I'd try using Odin to flash the stock firmware for your phone (Can be found on Samfirmware).
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shimp208 said:
I'd try using Odin to flash the stock firmware for your phone (Can be found on Samfirmware).
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Unable to enter Download Mode
I flashed a wrong ROM as well, but my problem is that I can't enter Download Mode to re-flash the device with Odin.
Any idea?
Thanks
caraconan said:
I flashed a wrong ROM as well, but my problem is that I can't enter Download Mode to re-flash the device with Odin.
Any idea?
Thanks
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Are you able to get into recovery mode still? For download mode make sure your holding down the correct key combination to get into download mode. You can also try using a USB Download jig which you can get from here, which when plugged into the phone will force the phone into download mode. As a fair warning the download jig's don't usually work with newer model phones but for a couple bucks it's worth a try. Let me know if you still have questions.
Motherboard dead?
Sorry to invade this post. I would just like to have confirmation on my device and it's pretty similar to what is found here. The only way I can access download mode is by pressing Q+Power and then adding the battery. Odin connects to everything, I can even flash the firmware from Bell for my Galaxy gt-i5510M and it PASS. But I can't still power it up, is the motherboard or something similar dead?
Thanks
jfilippo said:
Sorry to invade this post. I would just like to have confirmation on my device and it's pretty similar to what is found here. The only way I can access download mode is by pressing Q+Power and then adding the battery. Odin connects to everything, I can even flash the firmware from Bell for my Galaxy gt-i5510M and it PASS. But I can't still power it up, is the motherboard or something similar dead?
Thanks
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If your device can still access download mode and Odin can successfully connect to your device an flash the firmware your device's motherboard is not dead. Try re-flashing the firmware to your device and checking auto-reboot option in Odin this way when the firmware finishes flashing the device will automatically reboot and hopefully power on then.
Thanks for the fast answer, you've been answering 3 people back on this thread, impressive.
Unfortunately I made sure of that, the auto reboot was checked but it doesn't reboot the device. I wanted to put a screenshot but I didn't realize you need around 10 posts to be able to post outside links. I've been looking through xda for a while but never posting.
I'm used to adb, so Odin is a bit new I have to admit. I've put the ops file, callisto in this case, in the appropriate ops , and then the One Package file I got from samfirmware "I5510UGKC5_I5510BMCKC5_BMC". Is there something else I could flash? It wouldn't be like some other phones where I could put down a Custom Recovery, go back to stock, etc. ?
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Thanks for the fast answer, you've been answering 3 people back on this thread, impressive.
Unfortunately I made sure of that, the auto reboot was checked but it doesn't reboot the device. I wanted to put a screenshot but I didn't realize you need around 10 posts to be able to post outside links. I've been looking through xda for a while but never posting.
I'm used to adb, so Odin is a bit new I have to admit. I've put the ops file, callisto in this case, in the appropriate ops , and then the One Package file I got from samfirmware "I5510UGKC5_I5510BMCKC5_BMC". Is there something else I could flash? It wouldn't be like some other phones where I could put down a Custom Recovery, go back to stock, etc. ?
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To clarify did you put the firmware in the correct slot in Odin (PDA slot in this case) when flashing? Also double check your flashing the correct firmware for your device, as that could also be part of the problem.
Well you figured some things that were wrong. I was putting it in the one package slot. So I tried in the PDA slot, but it said "Invalid Image Type". From the sticker inside the battery compartment, it does say it's the GT-I5510M, so the 551 from Bell Canada it seems. But it's not easy to find a firmware for it, and the only one I found is at sammobile. There's plenty others under GT-I5510, but they're all European.
Any idea what I could use instead? The full name of the firmware I have is: "I5510UGKC5_BMCKC5_HOMEDOWNLOAD_TEST.tar" or "I5510UGKC5_I5510BMCKC5_BMC.zip" for the zip.
Thanks a lot for following this.
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Well you figured some things that were wrong. I was putting it in the one package slot. So I tried in the PDA slot, but it said "Invalid Image Type". From the sticker inside the battery compartment, it does say it's the GT-I5510M, so the 551 from Bell Canada it seems. But it's not easy to find a firmware for it, and the only one I found is at sammobile. There's plenty others under GT-I5510, but they're all European.
Any idea what I could use instead? The full name of the firmware I have is: "I5510UGKC5_BMCKC5_HOMEDOWNLOAD_TEST.tar" or "I5510UGKC5_I5510BMCKC5_BMC.zip" for the zip.
Thanks a lot for following this.
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You can try ignoring the "Invalid Image Type" error and trying to flash anyway just don't unplug your phone from Odin until it fully completes the process.
shimp208 said:
You try ignoring the "Invalid Image Type" error and trying to flash anyway just don't unplug your phone from Odin until it fully completes the process.
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I did, but didn't work, I should have mentioned that. So the screen is still blank. But another driver got recognized and installed once the firmware was installed, Samsung com 3 if I remember well. I was hoping when I saw that!
jfilippo said:
I did, but didn't work, I should have mentioned that. So the screen is still blank. But another driver got recognized and installed once the firmware was installed, Samsung com 3 if I remember well. I was hoping when I saw that!
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With the new COM port being recognized try the procedure again and see if it has any different results.
sorry to interrupt you people.. but are you sure that it is a proper firmware file. because the pda file is .tar file. also, try entering the recovery mode and flashing a cwm recovery. then check if the system is mounted.
Sorry I've been away, meaning no phone and laptop with me. Thanks for the replies. I tried to flash again the firmware last week but nothing happened unfortunately.
adisawant said:
sorry to interrupt you people.. but are you sure that it is a proper firmware file. because the pda file is .tar file. also, try entering the recovery mode and flashing a cwm recovery. then check if the system is mounted.
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I can't access recovery mode, only download mode by simultaneously putting the battery back in and pushing Q+Power. But I am wondering also if it could be a wrong firmware... Can I just flash a custom rom through Odin? Would that make up for it? Anything to having back in working order.
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Sorry I've been away, meaning no phone and laptop with me. Thanks for the replies. I tried to flash again the firmware last week but nothing happened unfortunately.
I can't access recovery mode, only download mode by simultaneously putting the battery back in and pushing Q+Power. But I am wondering also if it could be a wrong firmware... Can I just flash a custom rom through Odin? Would that make up for it? Anything to having back in working order.
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i dont think flashing it will help. Just try to download another firmware and flash it.
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Hi guys. my samsung galaxy sgh-i777 wont start up. i can only get into download mood but cannot get into recovery mode. i downloaded odin 1.85 and downloaded the stock firmware for my phone. when i start running odin in stalls on "setup connection" then fails. is there any way around this? can someone help please! Thanks!
pichienyfl said:
Hi guys. my samsung galaxy sgh-i777 wont start up. i can only get into download mood but cannot get into recovery mode. i downloaded odin 1.85 and downloaded the stock firmware for my phone. when i start running odin in stalls on "setup connection" then fails. is there any way around this? can someone help please! Thanks!
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Clean your usb port/remove the plug and then try
122ninjas said:
Clean your usb port/remove the plug and then try
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I unplugged it. cleaned and unistalled kies (i read that it can interfere) and still same problem. says cant open serial port.
pichienyfl said:
I unplugged it. cleaned and unistalled kies (i read that it can interfere) and still same problem. says cant open serial port.
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I thought you wanted recovery..
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I thought you wanted recovery..
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i would like to get into recovery mode but it wont let me. the only thing i can do is open it up in download mode. if i just normally start the phone it shows the first screen saying samsung...then it shuts off. if i hold down the volume down and the power button it does the same. i can only get into download mode. need a fix.
pichienyfl said:
i would like to get into recovery mode but it wont let me. the only thing i can do is open it up in download mode. if i just normally start the phone it shows the first screen saying samsung...then it shuts off. if i hold down the volume down and the power button it does the same. i can only get into download mode. need a fix.
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That's probably because for recovery you need to hold down the volume down and up buttons and the power button.
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Nick281051 said:
That's probably because for recovery you need to hold down the volume down and up buttons and the power button.
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that just takes me into download mode. does anyone know where i can download the official ICS stock but in a TAR format not ZIP? that way maybe i can use it on ODIN
pichienyfl said:
that just takes me into download mode. does anyone know where i can download the official ICS stock but in a TAR format not ZIP? that way maybe i can use it on ODIN
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TAKE OUT YOUR USB! I told you this. If a USB is in it will go into download mode
122ninjas said:
TAKE OUT YOUR USB! I told you this. If a USB is in it will go into download mode
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I have taken out USB and still will not go into recovery mode
pichienyfl said:
I have taken out USB and still will not go into recovery mode
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Clean it more. Or read the stickies to find out how to flash to stock.
Did you find the tar file?
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bjg020683 said:
Did you find the tar file?
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Read the stickies they are there instead of asking to be spoonfed
do solved your issue
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I have taken out USB and still will not go into recovery mode
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Well I was did same thing with my sgh i777, but I bing my issue in 2 hours. Just you need odin and sgh i777 original stock. I hope you will find it by binging it or reply me I will upload it for you.
Have a nice day
First make sure you're using the latest odin available. Second, a lot of time for me, my phone will only get recognized on certain usb ports on my computer so odin doesn't see it. For example the two top front ports don't recognize it at all. The middle two do. I have an idea of why but haven't bothered to try fixing it. Point is, try every usb port u have. If it still doesn't recognize it, try reinstalling kies and the latest usb drivers for our device. (there are generic usb drivers for it)
We're you using a custom rom before? With which kernel? Odin a custom kernel with recovery, like siyah etc..... Then use 3 button combo to get into recovery
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Hi guys,
I'm very new here and also a noob when it comes to rooting and flashing custom ROMS. I was following the instructions of Archidroid in installing his CustomROm Archidroid. The instructions are easy to understand and very helpful. I was able to download his ROM and put it to my externalSDcard as recommended. I downloaded the lates Odin and Philztouchrecovery as instructed and put it on the PDA field. Then I was successful in putting my phone to download mode. Now here's the problem after I replugged my phone to my computer, nothing happened! "<ID:0/003> Added!!". >>This message did not appear on the message box of Odin. The last message from Odin is leave CS mode. What am I doing wrong?? My phone is the Galaxy S3-GT-I9300. And it hasn't been rooted yet. If there's already a thread about this please let me know so I can get to it, I tried searching but I can't find the answers that I need here. Please help!
BodjieJed said:
Hi guys,
I'm very new here and also a noob when it comes to rooting and flashing custom ROMS. I was following the instructions of Archidroid in installing his CustomROm Archidroid. The instructions are easy to understand and very helpful. I was able to download his ROM and put it to my externalSDcard as recommended. I downloaded the lates Odin and Philztouchrecovery as instructed and put it on the PDA field. Then I was successful in putting my phone to download mode. Now here's the problem after I replugged my phone to my computer, nothing happened! "<ID:0/003> Added!!". >>This message did not appear on the message box of Odin. The last message from Odin is leave CS mode. What am I doing wrong?? My phone is the Galaxy S3-GT-I9300. And it hasn't been rooted yet. If there's already a thread about this please let me know so I can get to it, I tried searching but I can't find the answers that I need here. Please help!
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is your phone recognized by odin? i mean it should look like com:xx. if not, try changing the usb ports. and by the way you sure you are in download mode? volume down+home+power ?
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is your phone recognized by odin? i mean it should look like com:xx. if not, try changing the usb ports. and by the way you sure you are in download mode? volume down+home+power ?
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Have tried all three USB ports in my laptop but still the same and yes, I am in download mode. One thing I can add and I don't know if it has anything to do with it is, on the top left the custom binary is a NO. I'm really new at this. One more question if my phone is being recognized by laptop when I plug it in like it appears as a portable device on My Computer it means that the USB drivers are installed and correct, right?
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Have tried all three USB ports in my laptop but still the same and yes, I am in download mode. One thing I can add and I don't know if it has anything to do with it is, on the top left the custom binary is a NO. I'm really new at this. One more question if my phone is being recognized by laptop when I plug it in like it appears as a portable device on My Computer it means that the USB drivers are installed and correct, right?
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custom binary has nothing to do here buddy. first you need to root the phone using CF-ROOT method. and flash the philz recovery.zip from CWM recovery that comes after flashing with CF-ROOT. later you will be able to flash any custom rom through philz recovery.
step1: open odin
step2: put phone in download mode(volume down+home+power)
step3: connect phone via usb
step4: odin recognizes the phone
step5: cf-root and the following methods stated at the beginning
sriram231092 said:
custom binary has nothing to do here buddy. first you need to root the phone using CF-ROOT method. and flash the philz recovery.zip from CWM recovery that comes after flashing with CF-ROOT. later you will be able to flash any custom rom through philz recovery.
step1: open odin
step2: put phone in download mode(volume down+home+power)
step3: connect phone via usb
step4: odin recognizes the phone
step5: cf-root and the following methods stated at the beginning
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I think I know the problem now. Odin is not recognizing my phone when its on Odin mode. I tried 3 different USB cables already but just the same. I tried to what you said but Odin is simply not recognizing my phone.
BodjieJed said:
I think I know the problem now. Odin is not recognizing my phone when its on Odin mode. I tried 3 different USB cables already but just the same. I tried to what you said but Odin is simply not recognizing my phone.
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do you have kies installed on your laptop? if yes, stop it running in the background from task manager. if this is not the problem, try another laptop or pc.
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do you have kies installed on your laptop? if yes, stop it running in the background from task manager. if this is not the problem, try another laptop or pc.
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I checked the task manager and KIES is not running and its not even installed. I guess I need to try a different laptop or PC.
BodjieJed said:
I checked the task manager and KIES is not running and its not even installed. I guess I need to try a different laptop or PC.
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yes you need to. also try restarting your laptop.
Sounds more like no drivers installed. Try installing kies to get the drivers and then ensure it's not running in the background. That should solve your problem.
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Sounds more like no drivers installed. Try installing kies to get the drivers and then ensure it's not running in the background. That should solve your problem.
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I tried it on another laptop and its still the same. So I guess I'm gonna try to install KIES here. Thanks guys, I really appreciate it. I'll update you what will happen next.
U have to install drivers first u know that right?
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Do all of the above and if none of that works try older version of Odin....I have had problems before with newer version of Odin and found that some of the older versions work well.
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Do all of the above and if none of that works try older version of Odin....I have had problems before with newer version of Odin and found that some of the older versions work well.
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You're all correct!! Its the drivers! Thanks so much guys!
I've rushed into trying to root my Galaxy S4, but used the wrong process. I have a GT I9505 and used the SCH-I545 pre-release kernel making it stick after the samsung screen.
It has a blue light in top corner, I've removed battery and put it back in and when I try to turn it on in top left it says;
KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set warranty bit: kernel
I've tried flashing stock ROM but to no avail just hangs on connecting in Odin!
Please help! At this point I would like to get my phone back to normal or root it properly. Thanks
At this point I have only installed an incompatible kernel. It still boots into recovery mode and Download mode!
Ripebear said:
I've rushed into trying to root my Galaxy S4, but used the wrong process. I have a GT I9505 and used the SCH-I545 pre-release kernel making it stick after the samsung screen.
It has a blue light in top corner, I've removed battery and put it back in and when I try to turn it on in top left it says;
KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set warranty bit: kernel
I've tried flashing stock ROM but to no avail just hangs on connecting in Odin!
Please help! At this point I would like to get my phone back to normal or root it properly. Thanks
At this point I have only installed an incompatible kernel. It still boots into recovery mode and Download mode!
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Download stock Firmware for you phone and flash it from Odin. Does Odin recognise phone in Download mode? If not, do you have kies or samsung usb drivers installed?
shut_down said:
Download stock Firmware for you phone and flash it from Odin. Does Odin recognise phone in Download mode? If not, do you have kies or samsung usb drivers installed?
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I've tried to do that but I'm not sure if I have the correct firmware! I'm in UK on Vodafone.
I have a download but I try to install it and it just says Fail every time!? It still recognises the phone but now it says;
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. PLease select recovery mode in KIES and try again.
Could you help me find a place to get a decent speed download of the firmware?
I'm unsure of the model details cause I can't get it on!
Ripebear said:
I've tried to do that but I'm not sure if I have the correct firmware! I'm in UK on Vodafone.
I have a download but I try to install it and it just says Fail every time!? It still recognises the phone but now it says;
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. PLease select recovery mode in KIES and try again.
Could you help me find a place to get a decent speed download of the firmware?
I'm unsure of the model details cause I can't get it on!
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Try here: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9505
I do not have GT-I9505, so I am not sure if there are any faster links. That phone have its section, you will much faster find answer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4
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Try here: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9505
I do not have GT-I9505, so I am not sure if there are any faster links. That phone have its section, you will much faster find answer here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4
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Thanks for reply.
The second link just links back to these forums don't they? I've actually posted in the S4 Q&A since you mentioned so I'll see what they say.
Will KIES be of any use here?
Ripebear said:
Thanks for reply.
The second link just links back to these forums don't they? I've actually posted in the S4 Q&A since you mentioned so I'll see what they say.
Will KIES be of any use here?
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If you can't boot into the system Kies has no use. Better wait someone with your phone to answer you. (in that thread).
Get your official firmware from Sammobile.com if odin doesn't recognise the phone install the correct drivers for the i9505 you can also try to use a different version of odin 3.09 for instance
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Hi i have a s5839i which is stuck on boot screen. Im trying to flash stock firmware via odin. The only problem is that when i plug the phone in my laptop tries to install usb modem or something and after searching for quite a while it fails, and odin doesnt detect the phone. What can i do?
Benholder90 said:
Hi i have a s5839i which is stuck on boot screen. Im trying to flash stock firmware via odin. The only problem is that when i plug the phone in my laptop tries to install usb modem or something and after searching for quite a while it fails, and odin doesnt detect the phone. What can i do?
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install samsung drivers , then try
Done that but wdoesnt work. When i plug phone in windows tries to install drivers but fails
I'm sorry but this section is for general purposes only. Please post your question in the Q&A section (for s5830i) next time
Ok thanks. I have posted a thread there about clockworkmod not working maybe you can take a look and help?
modem driver
Benholder90 said:
Ok thanks. I have posted a thread there about clockworkmod not working maybe you can take a look and help?
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here..this worked for me...just click install nyway when it asks