Samsung J3 Achieve (SM-J337p) *Stuck in factory binary loop * - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to read this. Hopefully somebody out there can point me in some sort of direction. Ill make this really brief....
_ Samsung J3 Achieve - SM-J337p
_In factory binary mode
_Will not boot into download mode
_Adb debugging cant be reached
_Will only go into recovery mode
************Any methods out there that i can establish some sort of communication with the device so i can get it on its way back to life???*******************

Hi , maybe you can try with USB jig which put your device into Download mode , you can buy on eBay or some other sites , or you can try to download latest stock firmware for your device and extract boot.img , system.img and to flash just select from recovery adb , write inside minimal ADB & Fastboot command tool sideload boot.img and press enter also try system.img . You have on the internet how to extract those files from Samsung stock firmware . Good luck : )

Hey thanks! I'm going to try right now when I get gone. I bought an SD card because I read that helps if you do it right.

Bump, i have same problem, i can not put phone in downlaoad mode, please give link for USB JIG

Solution
I own the same fone. And I nuked it the EXACT same way. You will need it's factory firmware. Pull out your battery, hold down the volume down button and while holding it down plug your fone into the computer. Phase 3 profit.

mptech7102 said:
I own the same fone. And I nuked it the EXACT same way. You will need it's factory firmware. Pull out your battery, hold down the volume down button and while holding it down plug your fone into the computer. Phase 3 profit.
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Keep the battery out while doing all of that? I followed what you said but it didn't even turn on without the battery being in the phone ...

I'm an idiot
I'm sorry bro, I told you wrong. The thing is I think the instructions I just reread are opposite of what you gotta do but either way you'll have it working within two tries. If you got a buddy this will be easier because it's hard on the hands. You need to be holding down power, home and volume when you plug the USB in. Thing is I think I remembered the fac binary making it volume up instead of down but I couldn't swear to it. That fac binary is some weird stuff ain't it? If you need the proper working firmware I've got it.

mptech7102 said:
I'm sorry bro, I told you wrong. The thing is I think the instructions I just reread are opposite of what you gotta do but either way you'll have it working within two tries. If you got a buddy this will be easier because it's hard on the hands. You need to be holding down power, home and volume when you plug the USB in. Thing is I think I remembered the fac binary making it volume up instead of down but I couldn't swear to it. That fac binary is some weird stuff ain't it? If you need the proper working firmware I've got it.
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So you are saying, take out the battery and then hold down volume, power and home and then plug the usb in? I just tried, this did not work.
Or did you mean to keep the battery in the phone and then do the same combination? Didn't work either.
Any solutions?

I'm sorry such a horribly late response. This worked on both of my achieves. I tested it just now. Still works. But leave the battery out. It's a shame xda doesn't do video. It is the same button combo as normal download mode. Just executed right before you plug in the fone.

I have a similar issue - none of the prescribed key sequences have worked. I just ordered a jig on ebay but may also try to build a recovery.zip and flash it from SD. If anyone succeeded with that and has the zip file already built, I'd be willing to donate $20 to save me the headache, lol.

This is crazy
That's crazy. I know I can't have the only J3 Achieves that does this. I've got two and tested them both. You are pulling the battery out first right? It won't do it with the battery still in. Does this work for anyone else? Is it allowable to post my Telegram username on here so I can show video of this in action?

OK, so the download jig worked. I'm able to get in download mode. Now, where can I download a reliable version of the Stock ROM? I should mention that I have to reload the ROM because what got me into this problem before is I loaded the "Combination" ROM which is actually just the factory binary test ROM. Won't make that mistake again.
What version of ODIN do I need? I think mine is pretty current. Re-piartition or not? HOME_CSC or the other CSC? I have a ROM downloaded but I haven't gotten it to load so far...
I'm on Sprint and in Ohio if any of that makes a difference...

mptech7102 said:
That's crazy. I know I can't have the only J3 Achieves that does this. I've got two and tested them both. You are pulling the battery out first right? It won't do it with the battery still in. Does this work for anyone else? Is it allowable to post my Telegram username on here so I can show video of this in action?
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This actually works on almost any Samsung that has a removable battery. Almost all the newer ones I've handled actually have 2 bootloaders. You can trigger emergency download mode, aka the other bootloader by interrupting the normal download mode 2x in a row, usually. Flash fails sometimes do it too. You aren't the only buddy. That's saved me more than once.

I'm not sure I follow what you're saying? I've tried flashing multiple times, sometimes with re-partition on and others with it off. One of the tries it said success after just a few seconds and rebooted the phone (into the factory binary again). Is the problem with the ROM I downloaded or how I'm trying to apply it? I believe it's the ARJ2 version that I downloaded. Maybe there is another version I should try flashing first?

OK, I got the stock ROM reloaded - finally. Now, however, I'm back to the problem that started all of these problems in the first place. When I flash TWRP, the phone won't boot. It shows the initial screen and then goes into a mode where it is either black or dark gray (momentary flashes like it's trying to do something). I've verified my version of TWRP (released in October). Any ideas how to flash this one correctly?

If this is the one from TwrpBuilder you didn't do anything wrong. It's no good. It was based on my recovery image so I know they got a good image but it doesn't work.

Trying to put Lineage OS on the Samsung Galaxy J3 Achieve (SM-J337P) ...any tips?

Boot mode j series
BrianN_Cols_OH said:
I'm not sure I follow what you're saying? I've tried flashing multiple times, sometimes with re-partition on and others with it off. One of the tries it said success after just a few seconds and rebooted the phone (into the factory binary again). Is the problem with the ROM I downloaded or how I'm trying to apply it? I believe it's the ARJ2 version that I downloaded. Maybe there is another version I should try flashing first?
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I know it sounds crazy but to put many of the Samsung J series (like The Samsung Galaxy J3 Achieve SM-J337P smartphone) in boot mode you: 1. Turn on your PC 2. Plug your USB cable into your PC 3. Do NOT plug your USB cable into your phone 4. Remove the battery from your phone 5. Hold your unpowered phone in your hand 6. Hold down the volume button with one finger while holding the power button down with another finger 7. At a half second later, while holder those other buttons, hold down the home button while shoving the phone end of the USB cable into the phone slot for USB. You will need many fast fingers to pull this off. If you get the phone end of the USB cable balanced right at the edge of the phone end of the USB slot, without connecting, you can rest it on the edge and then shove it the rest of the way in as you push down the home button at the same time.

Customizing Update For Samsung Galaxy J3 2018 Achieve SM-J337P
Danbrown45 said:
I know it sounds crazy but to put many of the Samsung J series (like The Samsung Galaxy J3 Achieve SM-J337P smartphone) in boot mode you: 1. Turn on your PC 2. Plug your USB cable into your PC 3. Do NOT plug your USB cable into your phone 4. Remove the battery from your phone 5. Hold your unpowered phone in your hand 6. Hold down the volume button with one finger while holding the power button down with another finger 7. At a half second later, while holder those other buttons, hold down the home button while shoving the phone end of the USB cable into the phone slot for USB. You will need many fast fingers to pull this off. If you get the phone end of the USB cable balanced right at the edge of the phone end of the USB slot, without connecting, you can rest it on the edge and then shove it the rest of the way in as you push down the home button at the same time.
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Customizing Update For Samsung Galaxy J3 2018 Achieve SM-J337P
- Most users have reported that they have sourced the factory ROM and it installs, and reinstalls easily in ODIN 3.13.1 in Windows and Heimdall on Linux
- Nobody has reported finding a good TWRP .tar file, yet, that installs via ODIN 3.13.1 in Windows. HAS ANYBODY FOUND ONE? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A GOOD WORKING TWRP ON THIS PHONE?
- Nobody has reported finding a good unlock .tar file that installs via ODIN 3.13.1 in Windows. HAS ANYBODY FOUND ONE? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A GOOD WORKING UNLOCK ON THIS PHONE?
- Nobody has reported an install file to put LINEAGE OS on this phone via ANY flashing method, yet. HAS ANYBODY FOUND ONE? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A GOOD WORKING LINEAGE OS ON THIS PHONE?
- To boot this phone into ODIN(AKA DOWNLOAD) MODE with the warning triangle screen, you usually have to remove battery, plug usb into pc, push the 3 buttons while shoving usb into phone at last second (This will take every finger you have)
If anybody has any break-throughs with this phone. Please post them here for all to try. It seems to be a decent phone and worth the effort.

Update on unlock
Danbrown45 said:
Customizing Update For Samsung Galaxy J3 2018 Achieve SM-J337P
- Most users have reported that they have sourced the factory ROM and it installs, and reinstalls easily in ODIN 3.13.1 in Windows and Heimdall on Linux
- Nobody has reported finding a good TWRP .tar file, yet, that installs via ODIN 3.13.1 in Windows. HAS ANYBODY FOUND ONE? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A GOOD WORKING TWRP ON THIS PHONE?
- Nobody has reported finding a good unlock .tar file that installs via ODIN 3.13.1 in Windows. HAS ANYBODY FOUND ONE? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A GOOD WORKING UNLOCK ON THIS PHONE?
- Nobody has reported an install file to put LINEAGE OS on this phone via ANY flashing method, yet. HAS ANYBODY FOUND ONE? HAS ANYONE GOTTEN A GOOD WORKING LINEAGE OS ON THIS PHONE?
- To boot this phone into ODIN(AKA DOWNLOAD) MODE with the warning triangle screen, you usually have to remove battery, plug usb into pc, push the 3 buttons while shoving usb into phone at last second (This will take every finger you have)
If anybody has any break-throughs with this phone. Please post them here for all to try. It seems to be a decent phone and worth the effort.
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Update: There is now a video on YouTube called: "Unlock Samsung J337P Bit 2" that shows a guy unlocking a
Samsung Galaxy J3 2018 Achieve SM-J337P using software called "GSM Tool 1.0.0.0061 by GCPro_Team 08/01/2019" and then there is also blog discussion of someone unlocking the phone with some different software called: "Samsung Tool PRO 34.1 from GCPro_Team". Don't know about the second tip but the first video shows him doing it in Windows.

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Phone ! PC-Can't get past this (bricked?)

Was attempting to flash one of the leaked samsung roms using ODIN. Only way we were able to get phone into download mode as using the ADB command line with ADB Reboot Download.
Odin saw it, we started the process. Seemed to be working, but it got stuck with a black screen for over an hour (when I flashed my Vibrant process to all of 10 minutes). We thought the phone just didn't reset, so we unplugged it and hit the power button...and the dreaded cell phone...!...PC screen came up.
I've tried all manner of trying to get into recovery/download mode with no avail. Again, we tried EVERY combination of button presses to get INTO download mode initially, but only the ADB command line method worked.
Now we cannot get past this screen. Any ideas???
SCREWED!!!! Call TMO and have them send you a new one. Nothing you can do if it is hardware locked.
That's what I was afraid of. That is what he is going to do, glad mine didn't have that happen as that ROM has my Vibrant working like it should (GPS works now!!)
I wonder if having to force download mode via ADB was an indication that this phone would have a problem with flashing anything to it??
Never had a brick as many times as I fooled with my Dash and G1. Guess it was bound to happen sometime.
if the battery pull method won't get you into download mode you're likely screwed...
- Make sure USB cable is connected to PC, but disconnected from phone
- pull battery
- hold down VOL+UP & VOL+DOWN and do not release
- insert battery
- insert USB cable into phone
If after a few seconds download mode appears, release VOL keys...and....you've got download mode...if not, it's safe to say your gonna replace the phone..
If that works, I'd also recommend using Odin3 v1.30 instead of v1.00 that most people use. Available here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026
Wishing you the best of luck!
Try runnin odin with NO pit or pda file. Ive been at that screen like 100 times, let me kniw what it does
You mean start ODIN and just plug in the phone?
tweak89 said:
You mean start ODIN and just plug in the phone?
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try my steps in this post , works every time for me, to get to download mode ...

Phone breack because incorrect pit file

hi every body , my t-mobile vibrant has breaked because i have flash incorrect pit file with odin, now my phone is off and have the black screen and odin can't know my phone ,i do every way i know but it's still in black screen and not runing downloading mod or recovery, and odin can't know it too , somebody help me ...
There are about a 1000 different posts on this forum and others that explain the half-dozen (or more) ways to get your phone into download mode. They don't all work on every Vibrant, but keep trying. One of them will work. If all else fails, buy/make a usb jig that will force it into DL mode. This one works for me every time: With Odin open, plug USB cable into your computer. Pull your battery out and leave it out. Hold down both the volume up AND down buttons at the same time and plug the USB data cable into the phone.
N.B. 1. If you aren't using a Samsung data cable, this may fail.
2. Try different (older) versions of Odin. My phone for some reason really prefers Odin 3 Version 1.0--no idea why, but it would sometimes hang with later versions.
3. Run Odin as Admin. (Right click, run as, etc...)
If you need an older version of Odin, search. After that, if you can't find it, search some more. If that fails, PM me and I will put v1.0 up (but I know you will find it before it comes to that)
Edit: Get the proper pit file here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/stockodinjfd/files/s1_odin_20100512.pit/download and don't ever use anything else unless a trusted developer tells you to.
It never seizes to amaze me how people just start flashing away without doing the proper research and understanding what flashing an Android phone is all about.
Unbelievable
You need to get your phone to a download mode. To get the download mode:
1. Unplug your phone
2. Pull the battery
3. Make sure the other end of the usb is still connected to a PC
4. Press and hold Vol Up and Down
5. Plug the USB to your phone
6. Slide the battery in
I did all of those steps with two hands. lolz
Good luck
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hi every body , my t-mobile vibrant has breaked because i have flash incorrect pit file with odin, now my phone is off and have the black screen and odin can't know my phone ,i do every way i know but it's still in black screen and not runing downloading mod or recovery, and odin can't know it too , somebody help me ...
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Phone won't turn on

Sometimes my I5500 won't turn on.
This has already happened 2 times (with two different firmwares I5500XWJPL and I5503TTLPJP9). The phone shows absolutely no signs of life - screen is black, no sounds, nothing.
I tried everything: pressing VolumeDown+Center+Power, VolumeDown+Home+Power, with or without battery/SIM/charger/SD. Tried removing battery for 30 minutes, charging battery in external charger.
Sometimes when charger is connected, it shows green battery on the screen, but still won't boot.
Last times I spent several hours fiddling with it until it finally turned on..
Can someone tell my if there is a fast way to revive the phone next time this happens?
Maybe your arm11boot is damaged, but still partly working. You need replace that partition. I saw arm11boot partition image in one Russian FW. I can't remember actual name. You can try that, but caution. You might brick your phone compleatly!
sorry for reviving this thread.
but I got the same problem now. Tried to use ROM Manager to install CWM Recovery (following a blogpost explaining how to install a Custom ROM on the SG5). Might have accidentally clicked a different CWM Rec. version than I thought I did. However, ROM manager showed a message, telling me that CWMR was installed correctly.
So I wanted to boot into CWMR up to flash my device with the latest CyanogenMod 7 port from MADTeam. Used the "boot into recovery" option from ROM manager for that purpose. The next thing I know is my phone not reacting to anything.
Tried all methods mentioned afore (Vol- + Home + Power / Vol- + Center + Power, with/w.o. SD card and/or battery inserted). Screen keeps being off, no sign of life, phone wont even do anything when plugged to my PC or a charger.
The phone has been rooted properly before and was running Stock 2.1. Houston, we've got a problem.
Rigardi said:
sorry for reviving this thread.
but I got the same problem now. Tried to use ROM Manager to install CWM Recovery (following a blogpost explaining how to install a Custom ROM on the SG5). Might have accidentally clicked a different CWM Rec. version than I thought I did. However, ROM manager showed a message, telling me that CWMR was installed correctly.
So I wanted to boot into CWMR up to flash my device with the latest CyanogenMod 7 port from MADTeam. Used the "boot into recovery" option from ROM manager for that purpose. The next thing I know is my phone not reacting to anything.
Tried all methods mentioned afore (Vol- + Home + Power / Vol- + Center + Power, with/w.o. SD card and/or battery inserted). Screen keeps being off, no sign of life, phone wont even do anything when plugged to my PC or a charger.
The phone has been rooted properly before and was running Stock 2.1. Houston, we've got a problem.
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Take your battery out, put it back in and turn your phone on, then it will boot up into recovery mode. I also have this problem from time to time, sometimes it boots into recovery, sometimes not and i have to remove/replace the battery.
I actually thought that this might be a useful feature for say - if you wanted to upgrade a friends phone to cyanogenmod in the pub, for example.
did try that. now even had the battery removed for about an hour. put it back in. still no reaction on pressing the power button or one of the combinations that should put it into recovery or download mode. no sign of life when plugging the phone to my computer or the charger.
I do fear the worst, though I dont know how ROM manager was actually able to brick the phone that badly.
Rigardi said:
did try that. now even had the battery removed for about an hour. put it back in. still no reaction on pressing the power button or one of the combinations that should put it into recovery or download mode. no sign of life when plugging the phone to my computer or the charger.
I do fear the worst, though I dont know how ROM manager was actually able to brick the phone that badly.
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In that case then this also happened to me - While exploring the rom manager application after first ever flashing my phone i accidentally selected the wrong phone model from the 'flash clockworkmod recovery' option and my phone was gone forever. Perhaps your problem is similar.
(Luckily it was under warranty and they replaced it. The method worked so well in fact it happened 'accidentally' a second time i acquired a 3rd i5500 out of the box )
bought mine already used, so no chance for a warranty replacement :/
gonna give it a shot with a usb jig now, maybe i can get the thing into d/l mode with that, so I can revive it with odin.
Rigardi said:
bought mine already used, so no chance for a warranty replacement :/
gonna give it a shot with a usb jig now, maybe i can get the thing into d/l mode with that, so I can revive it with odin.
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what about the Emergency DLoad Mode, which is not the Download Mode? Did you try it?
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how do I access emergency d/l mode?
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I actually CAN get download mode (or what I assume it to be) running by pressing Vol- + Menu + Power (while Vol- + Home + Power wont do anything, nor does the USB jig that arrived today). Took me some time to discover this, as this doesnt seem to be the usual 3-button-combination used. BUT: while the phone is now recognized by my PC, it wont show anything on the screen.
Odin (tried 4.28 and 4.43 on both win7 x64 and x32 and everyting related to Kies shut down) does now detect my phone. However, it always gets stuck at "Setup Connection" when I try to flash the stock rom or CWMR. Tried different approaches (from starting DL-mode with the phone being connected to my PC to separately starting DL mode and then connecting, starting it up with the battery already being in place, starting it up with sliding the battery in place while holding the 3 buttons etc.), none of them gets me further so far.
Another hint I found was setting the Baud-rate of the Samsung mobile modem to 203400, but this, unfortunately, didnt change anything.
Anyone got a lead on how to get Odin finally started properly?
Rigardi said:
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I actually CAN get download mode (or what I assume it to be) running by pressing Vol- + Menu + Power (while Vol- + Home + Power wont do anything, nor does the USB jig that arrived today). Took me some time to discover this, as this doesnt seem to be the usual 3-button-combination used. BUT: while the phone is now recognized by my PC, it wont show anything on the screen.
Odin (tried 4.28 and 4.43 on both win7 x64 and x32 and everyting related to Kies shut down) does now detect my phone. However, it always gets stuck at "Setup Connection" when I try to flash the stock rom or CWMR. Tried different approaches (from starting DL-mode with the phone being connected to my PC to separately starting DL mode and then connecting, starting it up with the battery already being in place, starting it up with sliding the battery in place while holding the 3 buttons etc.), none of them gets me further so far.
Another hint I found was setting the Baud-rate of the Samsung mobile modem to 203400, but this, unfortunately, didnt change anything.
Anyone got a lead on how to get Odin finally started properly?
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ops, sorry: I miss your previous message!!
Now I got it and read this last post.. let some time to think about it, I'll replay soon.. but, generally speaking, at this point there's not so much you can do..
If you can get it into Download or Recovery mode, then you should be fine.
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Rigardi said:
UPDATE
I actually CAN get download mode (or what I assume it to be) running by pressing Vol- + Menu + Power (while Vol- + Home + Power wont do anything, nor does the USB jig that arrived today). Took me some time to discover this, as this doesnt seem to be the usual 3-button-combination used. BUT: while the phone is now recognized by my PC, it wont show anything on the screen.
Odin (tried 4.28 and 4.43 on both win7 x64 and x32 and everyting related to Kies shut down) does now detect my phone. However, it always gets stuck at "Setup Connection" when I try to flash the stock rom or CWMR. Tried different approaches (from starting DL-mode with the phone being connected to my PC to separately starting DL mode and then connecting, starting it up with the battery already being in place, starting it up with sliding the battery in place while holding the 3 buttons etc.), none of them gets me further so far.
Another hint I found was setting the Baud-rate of the Samsung mobile modem to 203400, but this, unfortunately, didnt change anything.
Anyone got a lead on how to get Odin finally started properly?
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download mode is Vol - / Central Button / Power..
Im aware of that. However, Vol- + Menu + Power is the only key combination that the phone will react upon.
Anyway. Brought it to a mobile phone shop on friday, called them on monday and according to them, the phone should be fixed by tomorrow, wednesday. Seems like ROM manager has done damage that cant be undone without knowing how to handle a JTAG device. But at least its not completely broken. Learning that will cost me 25 Euros, though.
One final update to this: Got the phone back today, they were indeed able to fix it.
Conclusion:
While installing a non-fitting CWM-Recovery through ROM Manager will make your Galaxy 5 unfixable via Odin, it still can be saved by making proper use of a JTAG.
Rigardi said:
One final update to this: Got the phone back today, they were indeed able to fix it.
Conclusion:
While installing a non-fitting CWM-Recovery through ROM Manager will make your Galaxy 5 unfixable via Odin, it still can be saved by making proper use of a JTAG.
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... for only 25 €!!!
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Bootlooping, Odin mode stuck, need a bit of advice

OK, here the story. My SGS2 started acting up a few days ago, it thinks it's charging all the time now. I searched and found that this seems to be a common problem with the port, so I cleaned the contacts on the microUSB connector, but it's not helping. I decided today that I'll just take it in since it's still under warranty, and I'd like to do it after work today since I live almost an hour away from the AT&T Store near the hospital. Problem was, I'm running AOKP on it and I don't have access to a computer with Odin on it where I can restore it to stock. Then I find the thread that details how I can download the .tar file and flash on the phone with Mobile Odin. Seems to work great, but it goes into a bootloop afterwards. One member posted that he had the same problem, but it was solved by booting into recovery and doing a full wipe. Here's where I have a problem now.
I can only boot into Odin mode, and it gives me the choice where it's asking me if I'm sure I want to load a custom binary or cancel and reboot. When I click that I want to load the binary, I get to the Odin mode screen; it reads
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
Downloading...
Do not turn off target!!
That's it. If I reboot normal, it goes into bootloop. Otherwise, it sits there with the battery logo showing, whether it's plugged in or not.
I'm pretty sure when I get home tonight, I can plug it in and get something going on my desktop, but I'd like to hit up the store before I head home. Anyone got any ideas or suggestions?
If you can't boot into recovery using the three button method, I'm not aware of any way to put it into recovery mode without a computer. You didn't say, but I assume you used vol+, vol-, & pwr?
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If you can't boot into recovery using the three button method, I'm not aware of any way to put it into recovery mode without a computer. You didn't say, but I assume you used vol+, vol-, & pwr?
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Yup, and that's what comes up. I'm thinking it has something to do with the fact that the phone thinks it's plugged in. I guess I'll just have to plug it in my desktop when I get home and work on it from there. Worst case scenario is that I just take it to AT&T tomorrow as it is, tell them about the false charging problem, and when I tried to do factory reset to see if it would fix things, this is where it's stuck.
I can't believe I spent the first 30 years of my life without a cell phone and now I don't feel right if it won't work for a day or two.
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If you can't boot into recovery using the three button method, I'm not aware of any way to put it into recovery mode without a computer. You didn't say, but I assume you used vol+, vol-, & pwr?
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I'm having the same problem after trying to install S-Voice. You indicate that there is a way to get into recover using a computer. Can you explain?
Thanks.
drjim said:
I'm having the same problem after trying to install S-Voice. You indicate that there is a way to get into recover using a computer. Can you explain?
Thanks.
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need adb.
adb reboot recovery
Google
Update:
I actually managed to catch it when it didn't think it was plugged in and do full wipe. It worked after that, sorta. It didn't think it was plugged in all the time, but it was still real funky; like the power usage curve started high, had a sudden big drop, then went up from there. Plus, when it was off, it would flash between a grey battery with a circle and a green on, back and forth. And I couldn't power it on unless it was plugged in. Once I showed them that, AT&T gave me a new SGS2. It's rocking Shostock2 now, so problem solved.

[Q] Verizon Note2 boots into download mode but computer wont recognize phone

Hello, I have searched through the forum and it appears that my Note 2 has SDS.
But I just hoping someone would be kind enough to help verify my assumation. My
phone will not boot pass the samsung screen and it will not boot into recovery.
But the phone will boot into download mode and this is the info that appears
on the screen:
Odin Mode
Product Name:
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
But with the phone in download mode and connected to my computer, the coumputer
and Odin is no longer recognizing that my phone is plugged in.
My phone was running CM10.1 with TWRP recovery.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated
Well there are a few things that could be going on. The first, you may need to manually go into your device manager on your computer and remove all Samsung drivers I know it sounds crazy but it works, getting rid of that "unknown device id" you get when you connect your phone to the computer. Now there are some hidden drivers that you have to enter a command only once to be able to see, I'll try to get a link posted to a guide on how to do it.
With your phone in download mode plug it back to your computer now make sure that your computer is disconnected from the Internet because windows will ignore the driver you want and just grabs one. But you will have to download the usb driver you need to your computer first so after the deletion of all other Samsung drivers it will be the only one windows can install. I will see if I can get you all the links for the computer command and for the driver.exe. /This is the guide to remove your old drivers.
http://www.petri.co.il/removing-old-drivers-from-vista-and-windows7.htm Here is the driver link, and I hope this helps you out. http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/topic/3619-if-you-are-having-the-hardware-id-missing-error/#
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Thank you so much for the reply. I did as you instructed and removed all
of the previous installs/verisons of the Samsung drivers, downloaded the
new verison of drivers, unplugged my pc's network cable to disable the
internet and installed the new drivers. But as I was doing this, I realized
that I didnt explain my problem well enough. My apologies. The problem
is that when I connect my phone to my pc, the pc acts as if nothing has
been plugged into the usb port. By the way I did complete your instructions
in hopes that it would still correct my problem but unfortunately no luck. I
even tried using my notebook pc that I havent ever used with the phone
and installed the Samsung drivers but both the desktop and notebook
act as if nothing is being plugged into the usb port. Hope this makes
sense.
Again, thank you every much for you help and any other suggestions
will be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried a different version of odin? I actually use the gs3 version for my note2 and it works perfect. Can you get into recovery at all? And are you familiar with running adb commands from your computer? Also try a different usb cable and then try different usb ports on your computer. Its very odd that odin won't see it while in download mode¿
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The only two verisons of Odin that I have use are Odin3 v3.07 SGSIII and Odin3 v1.85.
With the phone plugged into the usb port, anything I try in both versions of Odin returns:
"<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"
When I try to boot into recovery, by "Vol up, Home, Power" the phone goes to the
Samsung Galaxy Note II screen. if I continue to hold "Vol up, Home, Power" the
phone will go to the Same Samsung screen for about 2 seconds, then goes blank
for a second, then back to the same Samsug Galaxy Note II screen and will
continue this cycle as long as I hold the buttons.
Yes, I have very basic knowledge of adb commands but only in regards to pulling
and pushing some files to my other android devices.
One other bit of infomation I just noticed about the phone is that, with the phone
being powered off and then plugging the phone to charge, the battery icon appears
but its gray, no power % or anything. I do have a second Note2 and if I swap
batteries, both batteries are around 80% charged. Not sure if this litttle bit of info
is helpful.
Again thank you so much and I truly appreciate your help.
I finally gave up and used an available upgrade to get a new phone which works on all fronts. Now if I could just solve this bricked phone, maybe I could sell it...or blow it up.
Oh_wow said:
I finally gave up and used an available upgrade to get a new phone which works on all fronts. Now if I could just solve this bricked phone, maybe I could sell it...or blow it up.
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Well is it a note 2 or what kind? Thats bricked? If you want to get rid of it pm me and we'll talk.
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Droidjava said:
The only two verisons of Odin that I have use are Odin3 v3.07 SGSIII and Odin3 v1.85.
With the phone plugged into the usb port, anything I try in both versions of Odin returns:
"<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)"
When I try to boot into recovery, by "Vol up, Home, Power" the phone goes to the
Samsung Galaxy Note II screen. if I continue to hold "Vol up, Home, Power" the
phone will go to the Same Samsung screen for about 2 seconds, then goes blank
for a second, then back to the same Samsug Galaxy Note II screen and will
continue this cycle as long as I hold the buttons.
Yes, I have very basic knowledge of adb commands but only in regards to pulling
and pushing some files to my other android devices.
One other bit of infomation I just noticed about the phone is that, with the phone
being powered off and then plugging the phone to charge, the battery icon appears
but its gray, no power % or anything. I do have a second Note2 and if I swap
batteries, both batteries are around 80% charged. Not sure if this litttle bit of info
is helpful.
Again thank you so much and I truly appreciate your help.
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I'm having this same exact issue as you. Can't find a fix at all. Will probably have to head into Verizon and grab a new phone. :crying:
When you are booting this particular phone into recovery you know the right way BUT just as you see the first Logo take your finger off the power button while still holding volume up and home and see if that will work.
Also on a side note if you have a micro sd adapter then you might be able to get a recovery image on it from your computer and put it back into the phone and try to push it in with fastboot, you say you were running cm10. what, (if none of the above works), were you doing at the time of this problem? Flashing, turning on, or what?
You may want to check this out too if you haven't done so already.
http://galaxynote2root.com/
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mad96 said:
When you are booting this particular phone into recovery you know the right way BUT just as you see the first Logo take your finger off the power button while still holding volume up and home and see if that will work.
Also on a side note if you have a micro sd adapter then you might be able to get a recovery image on it from your computer and put it back into the phone and try to push it in with fastboot, you say you were running cm10. what, (if none of the above works), were you doing at the time of this problem? Flashing, turning on, or what?
You may want to check this out too if you haven't done so already.
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I actually got it fixed, problem I was having was even though Samsung Drivers were installed on my desktop, Odin still would not recognize(phone would make the connection noise on my PC and show "Serial Android"). So first thing this morning as I came into work, installed drivers and phone was detected by Odin. Flashed .PIT/PDA files and got it working again. :good:
Cool man good deal!
You may want to post a Fix solution for the problem you were having in case others don't know what to do and panic and send their device in on a insurance claim. Kudos
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mad96 said:
Well is it a note 2 or what kind? Thats bricked? If you want to get rid of it pm me and we'll talk.
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It's another VZW Note 2 and I'm still going to try for a solution. When that gets old, I'll definitely pm..
The problem with the phone occurred sometime between plugging it in to charge Sunday
night and Monday morning. The phone appeared to be fine that night but when I woke up
and looked at the phone, it was at the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen. The phone is
plugged into a surge protector/battery backup. The one my pc is plugged into. So I don't
believe it was a power surge but who know.
I believe I'm coming to the conclusion that either the phone's usb/power port or the phone
itself is defective. No matter what I try, none of the computer will even act as if anything is
plugged into the pc's usb port. All adb commands pretty much return a <waiting for device>.
I tried to boot into recovery the different way you suggested but unfortunately no luck. The
phone just gets to the Samsung screen and stops. I think the biggest issue is that the
computers act as if nothing is plugged into the usb ports. This prevents Odin or adb commands
from working. Which eliminates all options that I have tried. I have tried different usb cables
and other phones with the different usb cable and they all seem to work correctly.
At this point, I think tomorrow, I'm going to have to look into getting some kind of replacement
phone if I can't get something to at least see that the phone is actually plugged into the usb port.
I want thank you Mad96 for giving me all the help, suggestions and options. If you do have
anymore that you think might work, I would greatly appreciate them but for the life of me, I
can't figure out why all of the computers act like the phone isn't plugged into the usb ports.
I'll see if I can get some other info from friends of mine, new ideas if so I will gladly let you know.
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Droidjava said:
The problem with the phone occurred sometime between plugging it in to charge Sunday
night and Monday morning. The phone appeared to be fine that night but when I woke up
and looked at the phone, it was at the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 screen. The phone is
plugged into a surge protector/battery backup. The one my pc is plugged into. So I don't
believe it was a power surge but who know.
I believe I'm coming to the conclusion that either the phone's usb/power port or the phone
itself is defective. No matter what I try, none of the computer will even act as if anything is
plugged into the pc's usb port. All adb commands pretty much return a <waiting for device>.
I tried to boot into recovery the different way you suggested but unfortunately no luck. The
phone just gets to the Samsung screen and stops. I think the biggest issue is that the
computers act as if nothing is plugged into the usb ports. This prevents Odin or adb commands
from working. Which eliminates all options that I have tried. I have tried different usb cables
and other phones with the different usb cable and they all seem to work correctly.
At this point, I think tomorrow, I'm going to have to look into getting some kind of replacement
phone if I can't get something to at least see that the phone is actually plugged into the usb port.
I want thank you Mad96 for giving me all the help, suggestions and options. If you do have
anymore that you think might work, I would greatly appreciate them but for the life of me, I
can't figure out why all of the computers act like the phone isn't plugged into the usb ports.
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Sorry if youve already answered this, have you tried a second PC to see if it can detect it? Sounds similar to my issue.
1.Tried unlocking bootloader using Casual.
1a. Casual fails on recovery and doesnt reboot.
2. Battery pull, samsung bootloop every second or so.
2a. Plug device into second computer, will install driver automatically (takes a few min)
2b. Access device with odin off external HDD
2c. Flash PIT/PDA Restore files and reboot.
Should solve the issue of logo reboot. Basically factory Reset is what your doing. You'll be on stock unrooted device.
Yes, unfortunately I have tried multiple pc's with windows, linux and
even a Mac. I have a Droid Razr Maxx that I wasn't using so I'll just
use it until I decide if I'm going to use the insurance or if I'll just
wait and buy one of the new phones I've been considering.
Again, I want to thank you for all of your help but I'm going to put
the Note2 up for now.
The problem exists with Windows XP, as the latest updates from Samsung have changed the drivers and are not supported on XP anymore in order to do it.
Interesting I have a VZW Note 2 that won't even allow me to put it into Download Mode so that I can Odin to it.
Any clues?
HI! I have the same issue with my wife's N7105 (stock fw) - it happened after leaving it charging overnight with only 5% battery left. Only difference is that I can no longer get into the stock recovery. The screen only shows white lines when I try to fire it up normally or try to enter stock recovery. However screen is fine when I go into download mode.
When I tried to flash the fw, it says no PIT partition found. Everytime I try to flash the PIT via odin, it always fails. I tried 4 different versions of odin, tried it on winxp and win7, and basically tried the steps listed in this thread.
You think this is already a hopeless case?
jolex_sp said:
HI! I have the same issue with my wife's N7105 (stock fw) - it happened after leaving it charging overnight with only 5% battery left. Only difference is that I can no longer get into the stock recovery. The screen only shows white lines when I try to fire it up normally or try to enter stock recovery. However screen is fine when I go into download mode.
When I tried to flash the fw, it says no PIT partition found. Everytime I try to flash the PIT via odin, it always fails. I tried 4 different versions of odin, tried it on winxp and win7, and basically tried the steps listed in this thread.
You think this is already a hopeless case?
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Flash the PIT with a rom, like Root66 or the Alternative Restore rom in droidstyles thread, and see if that helps.
You have tried different USB cords correct?
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shangrila500 said:
Flash the PIT with a rom, like Root66 or the Alternative Restore rom in droidstyles thread, and see if that helps.
You have tried different USB cords correct?
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Yeah, I already tried different usb cords.. Regarding droidstykle's thread, I noticed that it's for the VZW SCH-I605 variant.. will it work for the international N7105 variant? or did I miss another thread for the N7105?

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