Set warranty bit: recovery issue - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone, I have a samsung galaxy j5 rooted with cf root 4 months ago. Everything was fine until I got a message yesterday prompting to restart my phone as threats were found. I restarted as stated, however afterwhile my phone got stuck on android logo with a notification at the top in yellow " set warranty bit: recovery ". I removed the battery and put it back, only to get the same message. I even tried hard resetting it, but couldn't get into recovery mode. I don't know what's going on. Please help. It's burning inside.

Sounds like you got a virus that locked out your device. You may need to reflash a full stock setup and wipe your device.

There are many variants of j5 00f and I can't see those information as my mobile is switched off. So can I install any one of those

Lol. What answers ))) a virus.. No dude. It's showing these lines because of the aboot.bin file. When it finds unsigned kernel/recovery images it shows that lines. This can be also caused by rooting.
Sent from galaxy J5. [SM-J500F/DS] . Please quote/mention me when reply to me.

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[Q] Odin 3 download mode (don't know any other place to ask)

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...
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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...

[Q] Galaxy Note 2

Hello all,
A friend of mine has a galaxy note 2 from AT&T. I'm not clear as to what exactly he did but he says he had it unlocked and had custom firmware on his phone and the phone did an update on its own and locked up, but by looking up on the Internet all signs point to a soft brick. The phone only turns on and displays firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. My dumb as volunteered to help him as I thought how hard could this be? Anyway Kies failed to help. Secondly I followed the instructions on here as far as downloading Odin, downloaded stock firmware, downloaded Samsung drivers. I plug it in a all appears good in Odin. Mp5 file checks OK and once it starts running there is even a progress bar on the phone showing its downloading but once it gets to the end it fails every time. The screen on the phone displays
Odin Mode
Product name sgh-I317
Current Binary Samsung official
Current status: custom
Knox warranty void: 1
RP SWREV: A3
SW REV: invalid magic string
Any help would be appreciate I've almost had it with attempting to help. He apparently didn't know what he was doing now I obviously don't know what I'm doing.
Thatguycurt said:
Hello all,
A friend of mine has a galaxy note 2 from AT&T. I'm not clear as to what exactly he did but he says he had it unlocked and had custom firmware on his phone and the phone did an update on its own and locked up, but by looking up on the Internet all signs point to a soft brick. The phone only turns on and displays firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again. My dumb as volunteered to help him as I thought how hard could this be? Anyway Kies failed to help. Secondly I followed the instructions on here as far as downloading Odin, downloaded stock firmware, downloaded Samsung drivers. I plug it in a all appears good in Odin. Mp5 file checks OK and once it starts running there is even a progress bar on the phone showing its downloading but once it gets to the end it fails every time. The screen on the phone displays
Odin Mode
Product name sgh-I317
Current Binary Samsung official
Current status: custom
Knox warranty void: 1
RP SWREV: A3
SW REV: invalid magic string
Any help would be appreciate I've almost had it with attempting to help. He apparently didn't know what he was doing now I obviously don't know what I'm doing.
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Sounds like you are trying to install a version of the firmware that is older than the one that was on there. What is the build version that you are trying? What step is it failing at in Odin? I'd recommend getting the newest version of 4.4.2 to avoid the risk of trying to downgrade.
Odin fails right at the end. I see a green progress bar on the phone as well as on my pc screen. I'm at work right now so I'm not too sure as to exactly what or where it fails. What firmware do you recommend I attempt to place on it? Thanks for your reply also, I appreciate it.
Thatguycurt said:
Odin fails right at the end. I see a green progress bar on the phone as well as on my pc screen. I'm at work right now so I'm not too sure as to exactly what or where it fails. What firmware do you recommend I attempt to place on it? Thanks for your reply also, I appreciate it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal.../rom-att-i317-ucucne5-mj4-stock-odex-t2802189
es0tericcha0s said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal.../rom-att-i317-ucucne5-mj4-stock-odex-t2802189
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Which one do I pick?
Ok...update....
After using Odin to put this firmware on AT&T UCUCNE5 i317 Stock ODIN Note 2 the phone actually rebooted when finished and seemed like everything was normal. However it shows Samsung Keyboard has unfortunately stopped working every ten to fifteen seconds and will not stop. I tried clearing data and cache of the Samsung keyboard app and that did not work. I tried factory and data reset of the phone as well as wipe partition cache and none of that worked. Any suggestions?? I couldn't do anything so I
managed to use a Bluetooth keyboard to go to play store and download new keyboard app but I'm using my google account for that and I personally don't want him having my account on his phone.
I apologize for all the troubles, I'm trying to help him out and didn't realize I was in over my head with no experience on this.
Thatguycurt said:
Ok...update....
After using Odin to put this firmware on AT&T UCUCNE5 i317 Stock ODIN Note 2 the phone actually rebooted when finished and seemed like everything was normal. However it shows Samsung Keyboard has unfortunately stopped working every ten to fifteen seconds and will not stop. I tried clearing data and cache of the Samsung keyboard app and that did not work. I tried factory and data reset of the phone as well as wipe partition cache and none of that worked. Any suggestions?? I couldn't do anything so I
managed to use a Bluetooth keyboard to go to play store and download new keyboard app but I'm using my google account for that and I personally don't want him having my account on his phone.
I apologize for all the troubles, I'm trying to help him out and didn't realize I was in over my head with no experience on this.
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You'll need to install a custom recovery, use that to wipe the system partition and data reset again then immediately reboot to Download Mode and reinstall the NE5 update.
You sir have been very helpful and I can't thank you enough. I was clueless coming into this thinking I could help my friend effortlessly but that was not the case. I've never had the intentions of rooting a phone or placing a custom mod on one but honestly now I'd like to try it lol!! With your help and this website I was able to fix his phone. I can't thank you guys enough. You're awesome!!!

Note 5 Bootloop

Recently I rooted my phone, Note 5 (t-mobile variant). It did not go too well. Everything worked fine but when I would power it on, there would be a message in the corner that read, "Kernel is not seandroid enforcing". After I rooted it would randomly shut off, especially during phone calls. I was getting sick of it. Yesterday I accidentally opened the smart manager app and I saw it said threat detected so I clicked on it and it said something about Knox and I pressed restart. Big Mistake! I soft bricked because it was on a constant bootloop. Since then, I was able to install TWRP Recovery. I need the files on my phone. I'm not trying to install a ROM, I just want it back to the way it was. Is it possible to get all my files off the phone before factory resetting it?
Just downloaded original firmware in sammobile and reset your device in odin, always be careful that your really download your right firmware with the right device

SM-G930A failed firmware update. Stuck at blue emergency recovery screen

Hi all,
I am stuck. Here is my sad story.
I have an ATT S7 that I was attempting to load the S7 Tmobile image using Odin. After hitting the encryption error in odin, my searching led to the PrinceComsey version and that got around that problem. I then hit a Fail(Auth) error and tried a few other suggestions that I found. The last part I tired as ticking the "update phone bootloader" option. Odin failed again, this time, the phone was stuck in recovery menu loop. I tried to clear and restore to factory settings, but couldn't get out the loop. Finally, it stopped booting the base menu and now I get the wonderful blue screen exclamation mark that tells me I need to use Samsung's Emergency recovery. I can't even turn the device off now. The only other thing I can get it to do is to get to the download screen.
From all I have read, it seems the next step is to upload a valid stock image with Odin and that should be that. So that's where I am stuck. I have tried a couple different images, but they all fail in one way or another. I think what I need help with is figuring out which image is the right one to install. At this point I just want to get back to a working phone, so an ATT image is fine for now, but would ultimately want to get to a Tmobile image now that I have switched carries.
Any help is much appreciated!
Use smartswitch to restore stock software.
Also, try to use the right forum , you probably get more help
Oh dang... I claim temporary insanity for putting this in the S6 forum. ugh.
In any case, thanks for the response. I got it all figured out. Here are some tidbits in case it is helpful to someone in the future.
1) Yes I tried the emergency recovery using smart switch. It turns out that you need the device serial number. It also turns out that on my ATT supplied S7, there is no s/n etched on the back. And just for laughs, it isn't even printed on the original box. So if you do not have it written down and your device isn't functioning. You are SOL.
2) After several failed attempts, the magic formula was the modified Odin and the Jan'17 SM-G390T build that I found. I selected all four files for flashing and the n-th time was the charm.
3) I am now running the Tmobile build of Nougat on my ATT S7 with everything working as it should. That includes the phone using the tmobile signal booster that the ATT build couldn't find and has wifi calling available. It is exactly as I wanted.

i cant post on this goddamn thread my god

[SORRY FOR TITLE BUT IT DIDNT WORK FOR ME LIKE 10 TIMES]
Hi guys, quick information:
Yesterday tried to autoroot my s7 edge with chain fires autoroot. Unfortunately I heard that it wont work on latest firmware after I tried to root it.
So I just wanted to reset my whole Phone. (Accidently) Downloaded wrong Firmware, tried to install it with odin. didnt work. writing failure. Boot loop.
Left it over night (kept it loading over night). Woke up. Phone is VERY hot. Couldnt touch it. ok. removed cable. cool down.
Ok. Noticed I picked wrong one. Downloaded correct one tried again. Didn't work.
Phone wont let me hard reset (wipe cache/ Home Button + Volume Up + Power Button doesnt work)-
Can't even get to Boot Logo-
Can only get into download mode but screen goes black after a while.
Everytime I try to install the stock firmware , progress bars in odin and on phone goes to a third and then phone screen goes black and the bar doesnt move at all. if i normally try to boot it this text shows up: an error has occurred while updating the device software. use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software. Cant use it because it want me to use a serial number i dont have / people on internet said its iemi number but it wont work. on videos on yt i saw people with iemi number AND serial number. in my buying papers no information about this serial number. not on my backcover of my phone.
Don't know what to do.. please anyone help
Information about Phone: SM-G935F
First remove your imei. Never post that openly on a forum or you could end up getting your device cloned.
The serial number is on the box.
You might have very well full bricked your device. Flashing the wrong firmware is a short road to a brick.
The buttons won't work due to partially written software. The wrong software at that.
Your only hope is finding the box and flashing the right software or you will have to send it in for repairs which might cost you a bit.
zelendel said:
First remove your imei. Never post that openly on a forum or you could end up getting your device cloned.
The serial number is on the box.
You might have very well full bricked your device. Flashing the wrong firmware is a short road to a brick.
The buttons won't work due to partially written software. The wrong software at that.
Your only hope is finding the box and flashing the right software or you will have to send it in for repairs which might cost you a bit.
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sry found a topic with same problem. I guess my s7 edge is now a piece of scrap laying around. no way to fix it.
Laune_ said:
[SORRY FOR TITLE BUT IT DIDNT WORK FOR ME LIKE 10 TIMES]
Hi guys, quick information:
Yesterday tried to autoroot my s7 edge with chain fires autoroot. Unfortunately I heard that it wont work on latest firmware after I tried to root it.
So I just wanted to reset my whole Phone. (Accidently) Downloaded wrong Firmware, tried to install it with odin. didnt work. writing failure. Boot loop.
Left it over night (kept it loading over night). Woke up. Phone is VERY hot. Couldnt touch it. ok. removed cable. cool down.
Ok. Noticed I picked wrong one. Downloaded correct one tried again. Didn't work.
Phone wont let me hard reset (wipe cache/ Home Button + Volume Up + Power Button doesnt work)-
Can't even get to Boot Logo-
Can only get into download mode but screen goes black after a while.
Everytime I try to install the stock firmware , progress bars in odin and on phone goes to a third and then phone screen goes black and the bar doesnt move at all. if i normally try to boot it this text shows up: an error has occurred while updating the device software. use the emergency recovery function in the smart switch pc software. Cant use it because it want me to use a serial number i dont have / people on internet said its iemi number but it wont work. on videos on yt i saw people with iemi number AND serial number. in my buying papers no information about this serial number. not on my backcover of my phone.
Don't know what to do.. please anyone help
Information about Phone: SM-G935F
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Okay Guys, small update: Just Made my phone work again.
Had no opportunity to install stock firmware somehow for a long time- Tried to install TWRP multiple times with odin failed alot.
Worked a few minutes ago. Why it didnt work? Download Mode stops after a while.
So TWRP installed- Now i can finally open Recovery mode. It told me that there was no os installed. true. I tried to install my os again. it worked.. soo. yea.
what do we learn?
dont root if you dont know anything about your phone :good:
sincerly,
me, the noob.

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