I have a straight talk SCH-S960L that I was attempting to upgrade to android version 4.2.2 from 4.1. I put the phone into download mode, entered ODIN, and attempted the upgrade. It presented me with a FAIL! message. I wanted to back out. I got up and went to the restroom, while I was gone my younger sister unplugged my phone and took the battery out. (!!!!!!!) In a state of panic I jammed the battery back in,now the phone presents me with a message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, select recovery mode in Kies and try again." The upper left corner also reads "ODIN MODE. and UNSUPPORTED DEV TYPE in red letters. I attempted to use Kies to recover, but Kies does not want to connect to my phone (technically says device not responding). I have read that reinstalling the firmware is the best way to go, but I can't seem to be able to find firmware for straight talk phones. I hear Sprint works equally as well, but for fear of bricking it hard, I don't want to screw with it anymore until I know for sure what to do. Can anyone offer me any help please?
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I have a straight talk SCH-S960L that I was attempting to upgrade to android version 4.2.2 from 4.1. I put the phone into download mode, entered ODIN, and attempted the upgrade. It presented me with a FAIL! message. I wanted to back out. I got up and went to the restroom, while I was gone my younger sister unplugged my phone and took the battery out. (!!!!!!!) In a state of panic I jammed the battery back in,now the phone presents me with a message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, select recovery mode in Kies and try again." The upper left corner also reads "ODIN MODE. and UNSUPPORTED DEV TYPE in red letters. I attempted to use Kies to recover, but Kies does not want to connect to my phone (technically says device not responding). I have read that reinstalling the firmware is the best way to go, but I can't seem to be able to find firmware for straight talk phones. I hear Sprint works equally as well, but for fear of bricking it hard, I don't want to screw with it anymore until I know for sure what to do. Can anyone offer me any help please?
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Where did you get the 4.2.2 update file from? My current version is 4.1.3 and when I attempt to update I get no update available. If you were willing to flash to a non stock ROM before, why not try now?
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I went to upgrade my unrooted, totally stock Gs2 this morning to ICS via Kies. It downloaded the actual firmware to the PC, but froze on 2% for about 2 hours when upgrading the firmware to the phone
I unplugged it, and when I tried to turn the phone on in recovery mode to do an emergency firmware restore, it simply went to a screen that says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Select Recovery mode in Kies and try again". I can't get out of this screen, and when I attempt to recover in Kies, it stays at 0% or cancels out...HELP!!!!
It wont let me do a hard reset or boot up in recovery mode.
Btw- The samsung rep I spoke to on Livechat said he had no information about the ICS update and refused to acknowledge it's release.
Am I totally out of luck, or is there a way to save my phone?
If you were running stock, and using Kies for the update, I would call AT&T for a warranty replacement ... unless you bought it as a refurb more than 90 days ago.
Sent from my Galaxy S II (i777)
I think any sign of life (screen coming ON) means you can still recover it. Ask creepyncrawly on these forums, he has a ton of information on this. If you can't find him try mobiletechvideos they have JIG's and can recover for a price if you send your phone to them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
Checking in, I've got the same problem. I'm beyond frustration at this point because I can't even convince it to boot into recovery mode, which means that it can't conduct an emergency recovery...
Edit: Emergency firmware recovery just started working for the first time! I'm at 85%...updates as they come.
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I went to upgrade my unrooted, totally stock Gs2 this morning to ICS via Kies. It downloaded the actual firmware to the PC, but froze on 2% for about 2 hours when upgrading the firmware to the phone
I unplugged it, and when I tried to turn the phone on in recovery mode to do an emergency firmware restore, it simply went to a screen that says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Select Recovery mode in Kies and try again". I can't get out of this screen, and when I attempt to recover in Kies, it stays at 0% or cancels out...HELP!!!!
It wont let me do a hard reset or boot up in recovery mode.
Btw- The samsung rep I spoke to on Livechat said he had no information about the ICS update and refused to acknowledge it's release.
Am I totally out of luck, or is there a way to save my phone?
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I would suggest flashing back to stock UCKH7. Follow the guide How to Prepare Your Phone to Return to the Store or for Warranty Replacement which is linked in my signature. Do this whether you were originally on UCKH7 or UCKK6.
If you know you started on UCKH7 then you can probably flash without doing a wipe data/factory reset. If you know you started on UCKK6 then you must do a wipe data/factory reset, and may have to do it anyway if you have any problems. You will lose any installed applications and personal settings.
In Kies "recovery mode" means "Odin mode". Pull/replace battery, hold down your volume keys, plug in USB cable and see what Kies does.
You should have posted in this already existing related thread. Read it, you might find an answer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726730
Yup, as out friend Miami pointed out, there is already a thread for this. Lets keep this conversation over there to avoid confusion.
Okay, honestly, I didn't try doing anything out of the ordinary, I swear. I was trying to update my phone from Gingerbread to ICS.Using Samsung Kies, everything was going great, until halfway through the update Kies told me something along the line of "Phone cannot be recognized". Then it told me a bunch of steps which involved powering the phone off and reconnecting. I did just that.
Now my phone is stuck on a screen that reads Odin Mode and says: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. I can't get into download mode either. Everytime I try, my screen just goes black and my phone vibrates every 6 seconds or so.
I've tried recconecting to Kies, but it says "Device not responding. To resolve issue, reboot the device". I can't really reboot because it just goes back to the "Firmware encountered an issue" screen.
Yes, I've re installed Kies already. I do have "Odin" downloaded on my phone, but I don't know how to use it.
God, this is why I didn't dabble in custom roms or whatever. But I still get screwed over. >_>
Whoever helps me out, I thank you so much. Please, anyone. =/
(I have a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket from AT&T)
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Okay, honestly, I didn't try doing anything out of the ordinary, I swear. I was trying to update my phone from Gingerbread to ICS.Using Samsung Kies, everything was going great, until halfway through the update Kies told me something along the line of "Phone cannot be recognized". Then it told me a bunch of steps which involved powering the phone off and reconnecting. I did just that.
Now my phone is stuck on a screen that reads Odin Mode and says: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. I can't get into download mode either. Everytime I try, my screen just goes black and my phone vibrates every 6 seconds or so.
I've tried recconecting to Kies, but it says "Device not responding. To resolve issue, reboot the device". I can't really reboot because it just goes back to the "Firmware encountered an issue" screen.
Yes, I've re installed Kies already. I do have "Odin" downloaded on my phone, but I don't know how to use it.
God, this is why I didn't dabble in custom roms or whatever. But I still get screwed over. >_>
Whoever helps me out, I thank you so much. Please, anyone. =/
(I have a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket from AT&T)
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This is not the ****rocket forum. and all at&t releases suck. they bring problems to our device too. just flash a custom ROM.
From your section. this should get moved.
MrPleh said:
Okay, honestly, I didn't try doing anything out of the ordinary, I swear. I was trying to update my phone from Gingerbread to ICS.Using Samsung Kies, everything was going great, until halfway through the update Kies told me something along the line of "Phone cannot be recognized". Then it told me a bunch of steps which involved powering the phone off and reconnecting. I did just that.
Now my phone is stuck on a screen that reads Odin Mode and says: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. I can't get into download mode either. Everytime I try, my screen just goes black and my phone vibrates every 6 seconds or so.
I've tried recconecting to Kies, but it says "Device not responding. To resolve issue, reboot the device". I can't really reboot because it just goes back to the "Firmware encountered an issue" screen.
Yes, I've re installed Kies already. I do have "Odin" downloaded on my phone, but I don't know how to use it.
God, this is why I didn't dabble in custom roms or whatever. But I still get screwed over. >_>
Whoever helps me out, I thank you so much. Please, anyone. =/
(I have a Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket from AT&T)
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Omg another slowrocket? Dude...just...no...if u don't even know your model number to ur phone don't bother doing anything else to it and read
Sent from my SGH-i777 using XDA
Sorry, but if you cannot be bothered to find the right board to post in, i won't be bothered to move it for you..
(This assumes your "sent from" line is correct. If your device actually is an i777, let me know)....
Hi all,
Im new to the forum and did some searching but cant find the info i need. I tried rooting my verizon note 2 to casuals one click and didnt realize i had updated to android 4.3 prior. So it tried to root 4.1.2. Now my phone has the yellow triangle and says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I tried kies and kies 3 and neither one recognizes my phone.The only way to shut the phone off is to pull the battery.When i reinstall the battery i have a brief window to volume down+home+power and it takes me to odin. I saw this problem in the forums for roms but couldnt find anything on rooting.Please tell me i can fix this and go back to stock, and i didnt lock my phone up for good.I know im an idiot and i didnt back up anything. Ive learned my lesson and will do more research before attempting this again.I also realized there is no root for 4.3 yet. My phone was stock before i tried all this. Its the verizon sch-1605.Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!
gilitin99 said:
Hi all,
Im new to the forum and did some searching but cant find the info i need. I tried rooting my verizon note 2 to casuals one click and didnt realize i had updated to android 4.3 prior. So it tried to root 4.1.2. Now my phone has the yellow triangle and says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I tried kies and kies 3 and neither one recognizes my phone.The only way to shut the phone off is to pull the battery.When i reinstall the battery i have a brief window to volume down+home+power and it takes me to odin. I saw this problem in the forums for roms but couldnt find anything on rooting.Please tell me i can fix this and go back to stock, and i didnt lock my phone up for good.I know im an idiot and i didnt back up anything. Ive learned my lesson and will do more research before attempting this again.I also realized there is no root for 4.3 yet. My phone was stock before i tried all this. Its the verizon sch-1605.Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!
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Couple of things:
- if you've received the 4.3 update, your bootloader is locked and (currently) un-touchable. Don't try to flash, well, anything.
- if you've received the 4.3 update, you've also received Samsung's odius KNOX technology. If you do try to flash anything most things (especially recoveries), you'll trip the KNOX counter and invalidate your warranty (I believe it also means you can't use your phone in enterprise setups that use KNOX)
The good news is that you can restore your phone to working order! You'll need to install the Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant. XDA member scoobysnack posted a link to download the software, though you can also get it from any functioning Verizon Samsung smartphone that's plugged into a computer.
After you've installed the software, turn your phone on and plug it into the computer. Run the software and select the tab on the left column titled 'Repair'. Click on the repair button near the right side and sit back & wait. The software will download the 4.3 OTA and install it. Like ODIN, it is imperative that you not unplug your phone during this process.
If you have trouble getting the software to recognize your phone, it may help to put it into download mode. I had to go through this myself (I foolishly forgot about the bootloader issue and tried to flash a recovery. Sigh).
You can achieve root for 4.3, but there are some serious concerns about Kingo, the software the provides root. XDA doesn't allow links to them due to unanswered questions about privacy concerns due to unusual traffic capture going between the software and (apparently) servers in China
thanks so much. ill try it in the morning when i get off work.
Also when i was in odin and plugged my phone in, the software on the pc didnt recognize my phone either. Is that something i should worry about. I guess the box was supposed to turn green but never did.Many thanks
ok so i got home today and tried downloading verizon software update from the link you gave and it wont open the program. Ive tried on 2 different computers. so i called verizon tech to see if they have it cause i can only find it on the website described eariler, and they said they dont have it. Its only in your phone. Well i cant access my phone to get it and im stumped. They said to go into a verizon store and they should be able to fix it. What are my options? I dont have any data on the phone i need to save so can i just go back to a previous version or wipe it out? Or do i have to do a custom rom? Thanks in advance.
gilitin99 said:
ok so i got home today and tried downloading verizon software update from the link you gave and it wont open the program. Ive tried on 2 different computers. so i called verizon tech to see if they have it cause i can only find it on the website described eariler, and they said they dont have it. Its only in your phone. Well i cant access my phone to get it and im stumped. They said to go into a verizon store and they should be able to fix it. What are my options? I dont have any data on the phone i need to save so can i just go back to a previous version or wipe it out? Or do i have to do a custom rom? Thanks in advance.
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When you go into ODIN mode (turn off your phone, power on using POWER+HOME+VOL-DOWN), do you a line that reads 'KNOX WARRANTY VOID'? It would be in the upper left corner under 'SYSTEM STATUS'.
I ask because if you don't have that line, you didn't upgrade to 4.3 and your bootloader is NOT locked. You should be able to flash to 4.1.2 from ODIN and go from there (CASUAL to unlock & root, et cetera).
If you do have that line, then your only option is the VZW Software assistant. I'm uploading it now and I'll send you a link via PM. Please keep in mind that if you use the VZW Software assistant, whether your bootloader is currently locked or not, it most definitely will be locked after using it. If you're already locked, no harm done, but I'd make sure first.
So I have a S4 i9545 for Verizon. It was on 4.2.2 rooted and I upgraded using Fireflash with I545_OC1_Stock_DeOdexed_ROMwNK4_BL.zip. Everything seemed fine so I was using Titanium back up to remove the bloatware and then my battery died. When I charged it and booted up it got to the Verizon screen and hung there. I reset and tried several more times. I tried to use odin and flash a stock ROM SCH-I545_VZW_1_20140330160240_yni63xq6zh and I also tried one more. Odin gave a an error and failed. I then tried going into the boot loder and flash the I545_OC1_Stock_DeOdexed_ROMwNK4_BL.zip. Not sure if this was foolish or not. When I booted up I got to a black screen and there was a voice talking, maybe some sort of training, but I couldn't do anything.
If anyone can point me in the right direction on how to unbrick my S4 I would appreciate it. I know I screwed up.
Right now when I turn on the phone it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again. I tried connected to my computer and opening kies but it doesn't find it.
Try disconnecting your phone, completely closing Kies, then re-launching it with your phone still disconnected. Then click Tools > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization then follow the prompts
I successfully rooted my phone about a year and a half ago, all went well. Sunday night I had my phone plugged into my computer, and somehow I must have clicked "update" in the Verizon Assistant thing. So it starts updating, and about 2 seconds later I realized what I did. So the phone finishes updating and then goes into the setup wizard. I got a couple questions in and got a message to the effect of "The wizard stopped working", I'd hit "ok" and less than a second later the message would pop back up. So I figured I'd reflash the existing ROM in Odin. "Fail".
Now my phone turns on and goes straight into what I believe is Odin mode. It says "ODIN MODE" with the same text it has in what I know is Odin mode. The only difference is that it doesn't have the green android in the center, it says "Software Update Failed - Your device didn't update successfully, Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repair your device and complete the update". (Is this the same mode as entering Odin mode with the power/home/vol dn buttons?) So I tried that. Five times. Each time it stops at 83% and says the phone was unplugged. It wasn't, I tried combinations of different cables/USB ports.
From what I've found so far, you need to know my bootloader to help me. The ROM I flashed all those months ago (and tried to reflash recently) was "I545VRUFNC5_I545VZWFNC5", My original build was "KOT49H.I545VRUFNG6", The Verizon Repair Assistant sees "Version OF1"... So I guess I have NC5 or some screwed up combination of NC5 and OF1?
I *may* have had a little bit of data on the phone that I'd like to save, almost everything was on the external card, which I have now removed to prevent accidents. However, I believe I've already lost any data that was in the phone? I'd be perfectly happy to get it working at all, but I would like to update to OF1, since it appears it can be rooted. If that's wrong, I'd like to have the newest version that can be rooted. But like I said, working at all would be great.
Thanks so much for any help
-Jason