I have had this phone in its current (bricked) state for about a year now. When it first happened, AT&T convinced me to get a replacement... hence me not having fixed this yet. That phone was stolen, and i really need to get this one to work now.
It has been awhile since i originally bricked it so i will try to remember exactly what happened. I was trying to root it, pretty soon after the S4 was released. At the time i was rushing it and ended up deleting the OS completely. I can get into ODIN download mode, but that is about all. I have tried installing a recovery, but it doesn't seem to work. It does not fail, but it is impossible to boot into.
Every other thing i have tried to flash on ODIN has failed.
Anyway, on to some specifics.
At the ODIN download screen:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I337
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0xfffffffc
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0xfffffffc
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMMC BURST MODE enabled
START [224, 1440]
BAR [240, 1440]
after attempting some flashes, it also says "check fail fused : 5 binary : 4"
The screen that it boots to without holding any volume buttons pictures a phone, a warning triangle, and a computer monitor. It says basically the same stuff in the top left, and below the picture it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies a& try again."
I have tried with Kies btw, no dice.
I was an idiot when i did this, but i have heard from people that if i can get to download mode there is a way to fix it.
I should also mention, I have gone to best buy multiple times. None of the various samsung people that have been there will fix it. One of them seemed like he tried to but as soon as it said "fused" that was it.
I have tried various solutions such as this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2621279
I have been on here for ages, but this is my first, or one of my first posts. I hope someone out there can throw me a lifeline!
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My gt-7500 froze during a gaming session, so i rebooted the thing. This made me get into odin 3 download modew without any intention to do so. Problem is, i cannot seem to get out of it, nor am i able to turn the device completely off anymore, it restarts itself, or dies when empty batteqry.
Samsung refuses to help me and is blaming me for trying to jailbreak the device, so i had to find out what that ment, and i ended up here. I do have quite abit of technocal skills, but i have no experience with this device, nor did i intend to until this happened.
Can someone please guide me in the right direction to get back to plain original samsung software?
The gt have some info where it's stuck, and here it is if it helps.
Reason: no kernel
Secure mode : secure
Check signature : check
Custom binary download: no (0 counts)
Current binary : samsung official
Waitting usb cable...
Outch
Seems like yours is an actual hardware failure and somehow the memory containing your kernel (the software that makes it tick) has died.
Just call them again, stress that you have not modified the device, and they can check that that's actually the fact.
I would not go rooting / flashing the device on my own if this happened just out of the blue, then clearly the hardware must be faulty.
Would tend to agree. If you are the original owner and have never attempted to root before then you certainly have a case against them refusing to service you. Who is to say it won't happen again if you were to reflash things onto it yourself.
Sounds like you could though as it is in download mode currently.
Sent from my SCH-I905 using Tapatalk
So there is no easy software i could use to attempt exiting the downloadmode, without attempting to modify anything?
If you hold down the volume down button while it restarts does it give you the option to boot into recovery mode?
No i do not get any option to go into anything else.
Hold down the power button until it restart itself
Sent from my GT-P7500 using XDA App
Im returning the ta. To the vendor tomorrow, and will keep you updated on my progress to proove tjis was not caused due to me doing something to void the warranty.
Kentimeter said:
My gt-7500 froze during a gaming session, so i rebooted the thing. This made me get into odin 3 download modew without any intention to do so. Problem is, i cannot seem to get out of it, nor am i able to turn the device completely off anymore, it restarts itself, or dies when empty batteqry.
Samsung refuses to help me and is blaming me for trying to jailbreak the device, so i had to find out what that ment, and i ended up here. I do have quite abit of technocal skills, but i have no experience with this device, nor did i intend to until this happened.
Can someone please guide me in the right direction to get back to plain original samsung software?
The gt have some info where it's stuck, and here it is if it helps.
Reason: no kernel
Secure mode : secure
Check signature : check
Custom binary download: no (0 counts)
Current binary : samsung official
Waitting usb cable...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Good luck! When you get a new tab, come back to learn about what you've been missing (root + custom ROM). But, yeah, I agree that it's a hardware failure if nobody has ever rooted it. (BTW- download mode is just "download mode"; ODIN is just the name of a program everyone here uses to flash the tab when it's in download mode)
I didn't get a new tab, but they did however acknowledge that there was an hardware error, so they changed the mainboard.
I think they would get more positive reputation if they didn't blatantly go out and blame people of jailbreaking stuff before they even look at the problem.
But aslong as the tab is working after this, i'm happy
Today my Samsung galaxy R i9103 with original Hong Kong ROM turned into brick..
Rooted for 5 months.
And I have found a .bat on other forum to get into odin 3 download mode
Same as Kentimeter, Reason: No Kernal, and I don't have any other options after rebooting my phone. It just gets me to the same page.
What can I do besides taking it to Samsung to fix it? since I won't be in Hong Kong until 2 months later...
Sigh. This is disappointing.
I've been rooted for a long time. Essentially the same thing happened to me that did to OP. Froze randomly, rebooted, and bam. Download mode with no kernel.
So am I essentially screwed? This is beyond disappointing.. only had the tablet for a year...
So I had been a loyal iPhone customer for 3 years. I only got the 3GS beacuse it was the hot phone back then. Well it finally died on me and I decided to jump into the Android market as I was not so happy with the iphone 4S and the 5 is a ways away. I had been jailbreaking my iphone since day-1. It can still go back to iOS 3.0, I'm only mentioning because I have a fair amount of experience jailbreaking and unlocking that phone, multiple times on multiple OS's and been through multiple bricks. Never one this bad however.
I decided to root my Samsung Galaxy SIII and looked up how to do it online. I saw a tutorial video and followed it, the link for the firmware was down so I googled it and found the same filename but in Japan (i can hear the sighs). Anyway, I ran Odin3 1.85 and used that CF-Root-SGS3-v6.2.tar I downloaded and it failed. The phone is now stuck on a screen that reads:
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ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SGH-I747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (1 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
(Galaxy Icon) - (Warning Icon) - (Computer Icon)
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
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I have tried Kies and it says it "SGH-I747 doesnt support initializing"
At&t? It sounds like you didn't really know what file you were flashing.
Try flashing this through Odin.
EDIT: wrong link. This should help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
hi all , my phone died about a week ago, ive tried flashing it with all sorts using odin, tried the kies restore method aswell all to no avail,
I cannot get passed the white Samsung gt-i9300 writing , I cannot boot into recovery, I can however get into download mode, odin recognises the phone, but whatever I flash it wants a pit file for, and when I input various pit files it just gets stuck at mapping pit (something like that)
displayed on download mode is the following :
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME :
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD :NO
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS : CUSTOM
FIRSTLY notice there is no product name , upon reading up on this it means the phone has suffered sudden death syndrome, firstly if this is the case is there a way I can fix it?? secondly if not how likely is it that Samsung will fix it ?? considering it has custom firmware on it ?? shoud the custom firmware matter as from what I read its to do with a bad emmc which is hardware right ?
any advice or help will be appreciated
thanks
okz19
Nothing you can do, motherboard needs replacement. Your binary count is zero but phone was rooted, even so you should be able to get a warranty repair.
Contact Samsung and tell them SDS has happened.
Also, questions go in the Q&A forum, not general. A search would have returned many similar posts.
I have a probably soft bricked i9300 that I have inherited from my brother. Since it is almost impossible to do anything with my HTC Desire, I would like to get this S-III running and use it.
According to my brother's explanation Viber was locking on the Phone so he got into recovery menu, pretty much pressed every option that he could found without knowing what he is doing. You may call it a monkey test. He is kind a over-confident non-technical guy.
Now the phone stays in non animation Samsung i9300 logo. Phone does not charge, I can get into download mode. Odin tells that it can't find the PIT file and When I give PIT file, it does not do anything.
Download Mode Screen Says
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME:
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
My questions are:
- Are there anything like a wiki page that puts everything together, so that I can see if I miss anything? I am not familiar with the android jargon. I am having hard time understanding all the parts. For example there are several PIT files, which PIT is proper for me?
- If nothing can be done with Odin/Kies/Heimdall, can someone connect with JTAG and correct it?
- Are there any professional who can make this JTAG (or whatever operation) for me that I can find in this forum? (Device is a grey market item so Samsung service is not an option for me)
Best regards
Zorbey
Product name is blank, emmc chip is blown so new motherboard required. If you searched and read this post why ask the same question?
Hello members, so here is my short story, I bought the note 2 close to release date. Within a few days I dropped and cracked it and ended up just buying a used phone. A little later I decided to revive it and get the screen fixed, I think at one point i had it working but that was a couple years ago. I think I might have rooted it, then at some point put it back to normal but I cant remember. I do not remember what version I have on it or if I did take the 4.3 with the locked bootloader. I have tried all the tricks out there I can find, including trying to get Kies to see it and do a recovery and also using Odin 3.10 with the .pit and root 66 vzw stock. All I get after using Odin is a reboot, the samsung logo then black screen. I can not seem to get recovery to open, just Odin which shows
ODIN MODE
Project Name: SCH-I605
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
Know Warrenty Void: 0
RP SWREV: A2
Not sure what my next steps should be
Thanks
Hi all,
I'm trying to fix my friends Samsung Galaxy s6 SG-G925f which got itself in a bootloop. He hasn't flashed any roms, or rooted,... he's not too tech savvy, it happened by itself. I figured this would be an easy one, cause I could still get into download mode (impossible to get into recovery). So I downloaded the original firmware from sammobile (slow) for the 925F in Belgium, but as you can guess that didn't work. Odin failed flashing it.
I tried so many different things since then:
Different android versions that were listed on sammobile.
Tried flashing different recoveries, on which odin failed as well or reported that "recovery was not seandroid enforcing" following by a bootloop
Tried messing with the pit (ZEROLTE_EUR_OPEN_HIDDEN200M.pit), which finally made odin complete a firmware flash, but still no cigar.
I have read stuff about doh 6 and doi1, but I don't really understand any of it, not even sure if it applies to a Belgian phone.
Download mode reports:
SM-G925F
CURRENT BINARY: Custom (I have been able to change this to stock, but that's all it did)
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x020c)
RP SWREV: B:3 K:2 S:2
After an entire day, I haven't gone past the galaxy s bootscreen, haven't been able to enter any recovery mode, oh yeah and samsung smart switch emergency recovery failed as well.
I have fixed many different phones, just by reading on xda, but I'm really at a loss with this one. I would really appreciate some help!
Thanks a bunch
Kind regards
I have the exact same issue posted here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/help/soft-brick-s6-edge-g925i-t3346589
Well, I haven't been able to boot a single rom/recovery...
Flash these 3 things through Odin;
Make sure you use the correct Odin version (3.10.7)
925F Bootloader (BL)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995301219
925F Modem (CP)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995301220
TWRP by arter97 (AP)
http://www.arter97.com/browse/S6/ke...r97-recovery-g925fi-13.0-twrp_3.0.0-0.tar.md5
Flash this ROM with optional Add on package for the bloat.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...xtrestolite-deodexed-mod-edition-1-3-t3119968
You should be up and running in no time.
Merci Michiel!
But sadly, that didn't work either. (I already tried flashing those files yesterday, did it again today) Still a bootloop, unable to get into recovery, I only see the samsung galaxy logo, with the red 'recovery is not seandroid enforcing).
Something weird just happened as well: samsung smart switch actually finished the emergency recovery without any error; said the device would reboot and that i had to reconnect it. I was overjoyed, but of course, you guessed it; nothing changed!
I should maybe also mention, that when I unplug the phone from the computer, the samsung logo appears once or twice and then stops. The phone becomes completely unresponsive until I hook it back up to the pc or charger.
This is not looking good, is it?
Don't worry. Will probably have something to do with your PIT file. Do you know your CSC code?
Well, I was also thinking it might have to do with the pit. I don't know where to find my csc, although smart switch had a pop up I copied that said: PDA: pb2 csc pb2 phone pbp. Don't know if this is what I need? Thanks a lot for the reassuring advice!
Hmmm... Where did you buy your phone?
Well, it's a friends phone, I don't exactly know where he bought it, but I think at Vandenborre. Although I also recall seeing (lux) somewhere in smart switch, does that mean it's bought in Luxemburg? Does this matter for the PIT file?
I just tried the latest MM from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G925F/PRO/
, but removed the hidden.img from the tar, no luck either...
Tried a couple of different PIT files as well, using the pit menu in odin and also tried putting them in the tar as suggested in a couple of posts. Nothing..
If nothing goes I will buy it for 50€.
No, it's not bought in Luxembourg but Vandenborre uses phones with LUX CSC. Don't ask me why.
Did you try;
SM-G925F OXA multi CSC ( BTU CPW DBT ITV KOR NEE XEF XEO XEU ) ZEROLTE_EUR_OPEN.pit?
Yep, that didn't work either, I'm going to try all the different PIT's on this website:
http://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30136
Should I flash the bootloader, CP file and arter recovery with these pits, is it necessary to unpack them and add the pit file to the tar?
Could you send me the IMEI and/or SN by PM? Then I will see what the exact CSC and official firmware is.
Thanks a bunch for your help in this thread!
Still having no luck booting in any kind of operating system or recovery, although I've tried tons of different firmwares, PIT files, 4 versions of odin, and a dozen of smart recoveries. Stuck in bootloop and the only thing I can change is having the "recovery was not seandroid enforcing" message appear or disappear (without ever being able to enter in recovery). And sometimes the galaxy logo makes place for a blue screen telling me to use samsung smart recovery.
With the help of Michiel, I've found out it's a LUX version and Smart Switch Recovery shows a pop up saying:
"Initialized version: : PDAB2 / CSCB2 / PHONEBP (LUX)"
So I've flashed this firmware: G925FXXS3DPB2_G925FLUX3DPB2_G925FXXU3DPBP_HOME.tar.md5, but still nothing!!
Only explanation I can think of right now is that the above file doesn't contain a CSC/PIT and that the LUX version uses an unique PIT file? Is that even possible?
Same issue here
Have same issue , only "Boot Loop" and D.Mode, any recovery my G925F accept.
Tried a very Big lot of Stock fw, recovery, Custom Recovery, Repair Fw, but nothing get in recovery or boot up this phone.
My configuraction is this in D.Mode:
Product name: SM-G925F
Current Binary: Samsunf Official
System Status: Custom
Reactivaction Lock: OFF
Security Download : Enabled
Knox Warranty Void: 1 (0X0304)
RP SWREV: B:3 K:2 S:2
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Click to collapse
Also i flash with Smartswitch his Original MM 6.0.1 "Wind ITV" get success but always in Boot Loop and very strange that this configuraction: "System Status: Custom", not turn back Official how will to be.
I know that is G925F branded Wind ITV, but have also flashed with 4 part file extract from "Smartswitch", (Tip of Zip in Temp folder), where there's also his PIT but nothing change
Honestly?, is the first time i cannot repair one S6/S6Edge....have also many Professional tool but useless for solve this issue.
So, since i've seen many users in the web with same issue, i hope that anybody can help we all to suggest what haven't tryed and finally understand where can be the real problem.:good:
If can help, have say me that can be one HW issue, some IC damaged but is very dangerous replace or rehoot these components...
Other expert have say me that can happen when try with "chimera Tool" tryng to repair Boot and have this result, i not know if in this one is been done it, this phone is of one my friend that love put his handles where not know...
Any Expert here can be of help?