Hello guys, am supposed to have posted this a long time ago, but now am chanced.
i Have a samsung s4 verizon (I9500). i wanted to downgrade it from android 5.0 to 4.2, but whenever i try to flash the new firmware with odin i get an error ( Nand Write start.... Fail(Auth)). So i tried flashing a cmw recovery using rom manager, it just flashes, but when i try to reboot to recovery, i still get the same custom recovery. after trying to flash the recovery many times, i think the recovery partition got bricked. cus when i try to boot into recovery, i get an error saying: (Start Up Failed: your device didnt start up successfully. Use the verizon Software Repair assistant on a computer to repair your device) I didnt get how to use the verizon software repair....., but since my phone was still booting up normally, i reall didnt bother, i just kept on trying to flash a new recovery, but was still receiving the same error. so about a week ago, i was playing with my build.prop and i edited a property(ro.build.recovery.... cant really remember the name) after that i tried rebooting my fone the next day, and it just stuck on the samsung logo b4 normal boot. i guess it must have been the value i changed in the build prop. I have tried flashing a new firmware with odin, but i still get the same error (nand write fail(auth))
Now in summary this is my problem
My samsung s4 wont boot up.
My samsung s4 wont boot into recovery mode.(I get startup failed)
What i have Tried doing
1. Tried flashing new firmware with odin= i get an error saying, Nand write fail
2. Tried flashing new firmware with heimdall= i get an error saying "Can't confirm end of file transfer sequence"
please any body with a posible solution. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
this section is for the i545
DO NOT FLASH ANY VERIZON SOFTWARE ON THE I545 YOU WILL LOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER
jesus do you not read before grabbing random **** and flashing it
if it really is a i9500 with a unlocked bootloader (e.g you are using TWRP or Real CWM) then do not use anything from this sub you will lock the bootloader permamently or hardbrick it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477 is what you want
Legitsu said:
this section is for the i545
DO NOT FLASH ANY VERIZON SOFTWARE ON THE I545 YOU WILL LOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER
jesus do you not read before grabbing random **** and flashing it
if it really is a i9500 with a unlocked bootloader (e.g you are using TWRP or Real CWM) then do not use anything from this sub you will lock the bootloader permamently or hardbrick it
..... is what you want
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please when i put on the phone it shows samsung gt i9500, but in download mode at the top right hand corner i can see SGH I545. Please is there any difference
Intellect2 said:
please when i put on the phone it shows samsung gt i9500, but in download mode at the top right hand corner i can see SGH I545. Please is there any difference
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its a i545 then use the i545 odin tars
Legitsu said:
its a i545 then use the i545 odin tars
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okay, please do u have any link to those files
Intellect2 said:
okay, please do u have any link to those files
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SMH. Second sticky from the top. In this Sub-Forum. The one that says "de-brick". You flashed the firmware for the wrong variant and bricked it.
De-brick SCH-I545VRUGOF1
easy fix download samsung kies and do a recovery flash. i literally also bricked my phone then fixed it with kies
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Hi guys,
I need your help.I want to help a friend of mine to flash stock jb rom.
When tried to flash the first odin stucked at hidden and the second time at system after changing usb port and rebooting the computer.
I found somewhere that flashing pit file then the firm may work
Is that because he didn't do a factory reset before flashing?
He's got an s3 I9300 with orange rom 4.0.4.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
Styrke said:
Hi guys,
I need your help.I want to help a friend of mine to flash stock jb rom.
When tried to flash the first odin stucked at hidden and the second time at system after changing usb port and rebooting the computer.
I found somewhere that flashing pit file then the firm may work
Is that because he didn't do a factory reset before flashing?
He's got an s3 I9300 with orange rom 4.0.4.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Flashing a pit will usually hard brick the phone. If odin is correct version, phone is connected properly and you are flashing the right rom for your phone then the worst had already happened, nand failure.
You are missing a lot of information in your post, what does the screen say in download mode and how did you arrive at needing to flash back to stock?
boomboomer said:
Flashing a pit will usually hard brick the phone. If odin is correct version, phone is connected properly and you are flashing the right rom for your phone then the worst had already happened, nand failure.
You are missing a lot of information in your post, what does the screen say in download mode and how did you arrive at needing to flash back to stock?
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He told me that there is the error Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please selcect recovery mode in Kies.
He wanted to upgrade to jb and he said to me that some system apps are missing because its from orange.
Yes im sure that it's the right firmwate its for i9300 took it from samfimware with highest changelog its for Vietnam.
And im using odinv307
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Write out exactly what the phone screen says when in download mode.
Did you disable Kies before the flash, sounds to me like kies interrupted the flash
I can't contact him right now.Is it sure that the phone won't go back to download mode if the pit file was passed without firm ? If not is it possible to recover it with Jtag ?
@slaphead20 yes I killed it from the task manager
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Write out exactly what the phone screen says when in download mode.
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Here is what its mentioned
Odin mode
product name GT I9300
custon binary download Yes ( 1 counts )
current systeme samsung official
system stats custom
Now after flashing the pit file the download mode still can be accessed and when rebooting it shows samsung gt-i9300 logo
Can you tell me what can i do to not getting odin stuck while flashing ?
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Styrke said:
Here is what its mentioned
Odin mode
product name GT I9300
custon binary download Yes ( 1 counts )
current systeme samsung official
system stats custom
Now after flashing the pit file the download mode still can be accessed and when rebooting it shows samsung gt-i9300 logo
Can you tell me what can i do to not getting odin stuck while flashing ?
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk HD
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At what point does it get "stuck"? what exactly does it say in Odin?
rootSU said:
At what point does it get "stuck"? what exactly does it say in Odin?
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It doesn't say anything.It's just the flashing process does not progress.Latest time the phone was flashed it got stuck while flashing system.img
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Doesn't sound good to me. I would have thought it was a send for repair job.
As you've already flashed a pit I think you have a hard brick, all I can suggest is try this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6
I will try that.Thanks all for trying to help.Appreciate it
Please help! I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-I545) rooted on VRUAME7.
I did something really stupid and tried to flash the Google Wallet Mod and it ended up bricking my phone. It would show the Samsung and unlocked Custom logo and then the screen would go blank with the blue light on permanently. For some reason, I couldn't get into recovery mode (ClockWorkMod). Only Download mode worked.
So, I tried following the instructions here: http://droidviews.com/2013/how-to-unbrick-your-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-gt-i9505/ to get my phone back.
I repartitioned with the pit file in those instructions and tried to flash a MDK build, which didn't do anything. Then I wised up and tried the ME7 build. It also didn't work. The phone would still only show the screen with the unlocked Custom logo and then it would turn off. I could still only get into Download mode.
I also tried the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259, which got me a little further at one point, where I could hear the boot up sound and it would get stuck on the white screen with the Verizon logo. After doing that once and rebooting it is back to just showing the unlocked Custom logo and turning off again.
Is there anything else I can try? I've searched and searched the forums and I'm coming up empty now.
lobo78 said:
Please help! I have a Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 (SCH-I545) rooted on VRUAME7.
I did something really stupid and tried to flash the Google Wallet Mod and it ended up bricking my phone. It would show the Samsung and unlocked Custom logo and then the screen would go blank with the blue light on permanently. For some reason, I couldn't get into recovery mode (ClockWorkMod). Only Download mode worked.
So, I tried following the instructions here: http://droidviews.com/2013/how-to-unbrick-your-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-gt-i9505/ to get my phone back.
I repartitioned with the pit file in those instructions and tried to flash a MDK build, which didn't do anything. Then I wised up and tried the ME7 build. It also didn't work. The phone would still only show the screen with the unlocked Custom logo and then it would turn off. I could still only get into Download mode.
I also tried the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259, which got me a little further at one point, where I could hear the boot up sound and it would get stuck on the white screen with the Verizon logo. After doing that once and rebooting it is back to just showing the unlocked Custom logo and turning off again.
Is there anything else I can try? I've searched and searched the forums and I'm coming up empty now.
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Soft brick can ALWAYS be fixed by reflashing stock ROM. Find the stock ROM and put it on ur device (in CW recovery is mount USB-OGT while plugged into ur computer). Flash it after you WIPE the device. Then reboot. Thumbs up if this helped!
Also a tip is DONT FUDGE AROUND WITH THE DEVICE. If its bricked, the device can be recovered. But if you do random attempts it will cause other problems. That's from experience. Hard bricked my friends Galaxy S cause I kept on flashing **** on it. Root on!
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Just make sure you Odin ME7 stock ..you cant go to the older firmware..
Use odin to flash stock me7 and you should be good to go.
sulla65 said:
Use odin to flash stock me7 and you should be good to go.
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Any chance of linking the ME7 download. Thats been the hard part for me. Cant find it anywhere.
ballsagna said:
Any chance of linking the ME7 download. Thats been the hard part for me. Cant find it anywhere.
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samsung-updates.com
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
Needing some help here guys, I've got a Verizon SCH-i605.
Phone was originally rooted and unlocked with casual when first released. Phone had always been on stock rom with root and custom recovery. Prior to the 4.1.2 OTA Update from Verizon I flashed factory Recovery followed by using Root Keeper to keep root and successfully updated to 4.1.2. Since that time phone had been kept on Stock Rom with root and factory recovery and life was good until today. The phone received the 4.3 update and it was decided to allow the update. During install the phone rebooted but got stuck on the black screen with the words "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" that is first displayed when booting up. The phone will not boot past that point and just sticks to that screen. I attempted to book into factory recovery with no luck, but I've been able to boot into Odin.
Steps I have take:
I downloaded the 4.3 system files"VRUEMJ9" from imnuts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
I used Odin3 v3.07 and placed the file in PDA and Odin states it was successful but the phone reboots and gets stuck back on the same "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" Screen as mentioned before. At this point i'm at a loss. I flashed the sch-i605-16gb.pit file which was successful flash but no boot. I also tried flashing the system file back to 4.1.2 which failed so I reflashed the VRUEMJ9 File and now back to the same stuck boot screen. Does anyone have any suggestions at this point cause i'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
twofourturbo said:
Needing some help here guys, I've got a Verizon SCH-i605.
Phone was originally rooted and unlocked with casual when first released. Phone had always been on stock rom with root and custom recovery. Prior to the 4.1.2 OTA Update from Verizon I flashed factory Recovery followed by using Root Keeper to keep root and successfully updated to 4.1.2. Since that time phone had been kept on Stock Rom with root and factory recovery and life was good until today. The phone received the 4.3 update and it was decided to allow the update. During install the phone rebooted but got stuck on the black screen with the words "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" that is first displayed when booting up. The phone will not boot past that point and just sticks to that screen. I attempted to book into factory recovery with no luck, but I've been able to boot into Odin.
Steps I have take:
I downloaded the 4.3 system files"VRUEMJ9" from imnuts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
I used Odin3 v3.07 and placed the file in PDA and Odin states it was successful but the phone reboots and gets stuck back on the same "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" Screen as mentioned before. At this point i'm at a loss. I flashed the sch-i605-16gb.pit file which was successful flash but no boot. I also tried flashing the system file back to 4.1.2 which failed so I reflashed the VRUEMJ9 File and now back to the same stuck boot screen. Does anyone have any suggestions at this point cause i'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
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Try a factory reset in stock recovery if you can get to it.
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akellar said:
Try a factory reset in stock recovery if you can get to it.
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It doesn't even respond to the Vol up + Home + Power button other than going straight to the same "Samsung galaxy Note II" Screen as mentioned before.
I recovered from that
twofourturbo said:
Needing some help here guys, I've got a Verizon SCH-i605.
Phone was originally rooted and unlocked with casual when first released. Phone had always been on stock rom with root and custom recovery. Prior to the 4.1.2 OTA Update from Verizon I flashed factory Recovery followed by using Root Keeper to keep root and successfully updated to 4.1.2. Since that time phone had been kept on Stock Rom with root and factory recovery and life was good until today. The phone received the 4.3 update and it was decided to allow the update. During install the phone rebooted but got stuck on the black screen with the words "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" that is first displayed when booting up. The phone will not boot past that point and just sticks to that screen. I attempted to book into factory recovery with no luck, but I've been able to boot into Odin.
Steps I have take:
I downloaded the 4.3 system files"VRUEMJ9" from imnuts http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2040264
I used Odin3 v3.07 and placed the file in PDA and Odin states it was successful but the phone reboots and gets stuck back on the same "SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE II" Screen as mentioned before. At this point i'm at a loss. I flashed the sch-i605-16gb.pit file which was successful flash but no boot. I also tried flashing the system file back to 4.1.2 which failed so I reflashed the VRUEMJ9 File and now back to the same stuck boot screen. Does anyone have any suggestions at this point cause i'm stuck. Thanks in advance.
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Did you put your phone in download mode before re-applying VRUEMJ9 with ODIN?
Yes. I got the phone into Odin each time I flashed it.
I had the same issue and this is how I got it working.
I start up the phone in download mode, connected to my pc, opened the verizon upgrade assistant and do a repair flash. That worked. I rooted using Kingo. However the bootloader is locked and you won't be able to use any custom recovery.
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rdeluis said:
I had the same issue and this is how I got it working.
I start up the phone in download mode, connected to my pc, opened the verizon upgrade assistant and do a repair flash. That worked. I rooted using Kingo. However the bootloader is locked and you won't be able to use any custom recovery.
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Amazing.. Thanks for your help. Had a little struggle finding the upgrade assistant so I had to pull it from my note 3 and install it with my note 3 before hooking up the note 2. But once it was installed on my computer it picked up the Note 2 in Odin Mode and worked perfectly.. Thanks again for your help..:good:
This was the solution I was searching for. the 4.3 update bricked my wife's note II. this fixed it. thanks.
mustc said:
This was the solution I was searching for. the 4.3 update bricked my wife's note II. this fixed it. thanks.
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I bricked my note II, and CNNOT:crying: find the the software "VZW upgrade assistant" !!!!! Could you upload the installer or email me? Thank you so much!:crying::crying:
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twofourturbo said:
Amazing.. Thanks for your help. Had a little struggle finding the upgrade assistant so I had to pull it from my note 3 and install it with my note 3 before hooking up the note 2. But once it was installed on my computer it picked up the Note 2 in Odin Mode and worked perfectly.. Thanks again for your help..:good:
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I bricked my note II, and CNNOT find the the software "VZW upgrade assistant" !!!!! Could you upload the installer or email me? Win7 x64
Thank you so much!
Will this work for non-verizon devices ? How we fix this problem ? (device is note 2 )
Hi Guys,
This afternoon a prompt for a Software update appeared, I okayed it without thinking twice. Then it auto shut down for a reboot and never came back up. Its is stuck on boot screen with yellow writing top left Set Warranty Bit : kernel
I tried reflashing stock rom with ODIN, I got the PASSED green message , but the phone still stuck on boot loop.
Also I tried installing twrp recovery but that did not help.
I read somewhere this has to do with KNOX efuse getting damaged but i am not sure what this means and what could be done.
Just to give more details KNOX WARRANTY VOID is showing as 0x1
Also I dont give a **** about the warranty i just want my phone back
Please help I can't use the phone at all.
bebseh said:
Hi Guys,
This afternoon a prompt for a Software update appeared, I okayed it without thinking twice. Then it auto shut down for a reboot and never came back up. Its is stuck on boot screen with yellow writing top left Set Warranty Bit : kernel
I tried reflashing stock rom with ODIN, I got the PASSED green message , but the phone still stuck on boot loop.
Also I tried installing twrp recovery but that did not help.
I read somewhere this has to do with KNOX efuse getting damaged but i am not sure what this means and what could be done.
Just to give more details KNOX WARRANTY VOID is showing as 0x1
Also I dont give a **** about the warranty i just want my phone back
Please help I can't use the phone at all.
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What mega you have? Gt-i9200 or gt-i9205
What have you flash on your phone?
alexischino said:
What mega you have? Gt-i9200 or gt-i9205
What have you flash on your phone?
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Hi i have i9200
I am trying to flash stock ROM. i got the file from SAM MOBILE.
Does the country make any difference? because I tried 3 or more and same results.
bebseh said:
Hi i have i9200
I am trying to flash stock ROM. i got the file from SAM MOBILE.
Does the country make any difference? because I tried 3 or more and same results.
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mm the same case with my mega ..... just make CWM flash recovery after fail rom ...
1- make update rom = fail
2- make cwm recovery
3- DONE
bebseh said:
Hi i have i9200
I am trying to flash stock ROM. i got the file from SAM MOBILE.
Does the country make any difference? because I tried 3 or more and same results.
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No the country makes no diffrent as long the rom is for the GT-I9200
bebseh said:
Hi Guys,
This afternoon a prompt for a Software update appeared, I okayed it without thinking twice. Then it auto shut down for a reboot and never came back up. Its is stuck on boot screen with yellow writing top left Set Warranty Bit : kernel
I tried reflashing stock rom with ODIN, I got the PASSED green message , but the phone still stuck on boot loop.
Also I tried installing twrp recovery but that did not help.
I read somewhere this has to do with KNOX efuse getting damaged but i am not sure what this means and what could be done.
Just to give more details KNOX WARRANTY VOID is showing as 0x1
Also I dont give a **** about the warranty i just want my phone back
Please help I can't use the phone at all.
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Flash the cwm after then install other ROM see how.
Hi Guys, in urgent need of help. I have a Samsung galaxy S3 I9300 that hangs on boot screen and freezes. The phone will not go into recovery mode at all just goes direct to download mode. I have tried to re-flash the stock firm ware using odin but have run into problems as initially it asked for a pit file and them once I got this fails and says cannot repartition. on top of this I believe the problem with odin may be a comms issue as when I try installing the device drivers when connecting phone to computer, this fails even though I have already downloaded and installed this. I have never rooted my phone but I do believe the phone is soft bricked?
so to summarize there is a comms issue from phone to pc and flash issue which are probably both connected.
any help is very much appreciated. Thanks in advance
What did you install to cause this bootloop?
IzzcyFloat said:
What did you install to cause this bootloop?
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I did not install anything, I passed the phone on to a family member when I upgraded, it was reset to factory settings and worked for 2 months. then one day just decided it didn't want to boot up just hangs on the screen that says samsung galaxy s3
anujbedi said:
I did not install anything, I passed the phone on to a family member when I upgraded, it was reset to factory settings and worked for 2 months. then one day just decided it didn't want to boot up just hangs on the screen that says samsung galaxy s3
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Can you boot to download mode?
Edit: oh you can enter download mode is it rooted or not?
try to clean cache, dalvik cache and flash again
IzzcyFloat said:
Can you boot to download mode?
Edit: oh you can enter download mode is it rooted or not?
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no the phone has never been rooted can get to download mode but not recovery mode
Try the rescue firmware and pit from general forum. If this fails to flash then your emmc chip is damaged.
anujbedi said:
no the phone has never been rooted can get to download mode but not recovery mode
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try rooting your phone with this
http://www.samsungsfour.com/tutoria...-i9300-running-on-android-4-3-jelly-bean.html
Oh wait if you dont want to root search the forum on.how to go back to stock cant find the sticky for that sorry
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Try the rescue firmware and pit from general forum. If this fails to flash then your emmc chip is damaged.
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Thank you, could you possibly give me a link for that, I have not really found my way around here and I would really appreciate it
anujbedi said:
Thank you, could you possibly give me a link for that, I have not really found my way around here and I would really appreciate it
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Maybe he is refering to this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30087735&postcount=6