Hi Guys,
I hope someone can help, I’ve watched countless videos and tutorials and not one has fixed the issue I have with my tablet.
Initially I had a boot loop problem and purchased a new battery. Now when I try to enter recovery mode I don’t see a list of commands. When it does enter a mode it only gives me an option to download a custom OS or to restart (which throws it back into the startup loop). If I select the download option the android icon appears with “Downloading”. But in the top left hand corner it says
Odin Mode
Product Name: GT-P5210
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
The tablet doesn’t appear to be doing anything?
Do I need to connect it to a PC and do something else? In the recovery videos online it shows options to clear cache etc but I cannot access any menus? It only will go into the above download mode?
Please can someone advise me
Thanks
Did you solve this problem?
Downloading just means it's waiting to get anything from Odin.
Has to be connected to a PC of course.
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Hi !
First, sorry for my english and my noobs question. I search for a solution on this forum, but whitout exactly the same problem as me, I dont know what to do.
So, I try to root my samsung galaxy tab 3 7 SM-T210R with this tutorial: howtorootmobile [dot] com [slash] how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-tab-3-7-0-on-android-4-1-2 (sorry, I cant post outside link, but its important in this case).
But it failed at "MODEM" and then nothing happened, so I exit odin3 to not break my new tab (christmas gift :/) and now the tab show "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". I cant restart, I can enter in recovery mode, I cant do anything. In the top of the screen, its written "ODIN MODE; CURRENT BINARY: Custom; SYSTEM STATUS: Official; HW REV: 0x5;"
Help me please, I'm very scared that I "brick" my tablet.
because battery can't remove, just leave till battery power runs out.and charge. if enough, try to enter recovery mode,if can not solve try enter download mode,and flash again with factory rom,
I've been running CM10.1 for quite a while with no issues, but I decided to "experiment" with a 10.2 ROM that I found. I've managed to brick the tablet to the point where I have 2 boot options:
1) With no intervention, it boots directly into Download mode
2) I can hold the power button and volume key and get the option for Recovery or Download, but Recovery mode does *NOT* work. It just blinks and stays on the screen with the Recovery and Download options.
I've tried flashing with ODIN, but no luck. On the downloading screen, there is a message at the top left that says: "Reason: No Kernel". I'm not sure if this actually means there is no kernel on flash or if it is unrelated.
The other information on this screen is:
Secure Mode: Secure
Check Signature: Check
Custom BInary Download: No (0 counts)
Current Binary: Samsung Official
Waiting for USB cable...
When using ODIN, ODIN reports that it was successful in copying the new recovery image to flash. But, the result is always the same.
Does anyone have suggestions or know what the problem may be? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks!
After trying to root my tablet with ZenFoneRoot, my Tablet went into Demo mode and I couldn't use it at all. I tried flashing with the classic ASUS method (putting the firmware on the SD and updating) but after the update completed, demo mode was still there. So I went into fastboot mode and did a "fastboot wipe system", realising after that I can flash everything except for the system/ directory, which was not a .img file (duh, silly me).
If I select recovery from DroidBoot, I get a message saying "Installing system update" followed by "Error" and that's it... no recovery menu, no nothing.
What should I do to recover my tablet?
Here are the contents of my update zip file from ASUS.
http ://i.imgur.com/LT5SDMj.png
After some research I flashed the WW_MeMo_Pad-11.2.3.17.3-2014100 droidboot (fastboot.img), boot and splashimage and now I can:
fastboot -w -i 0x0b05 flash update UL-K017-WW-11.2.3.21-user.zip
But I get the following error
E: unable to rename file /cache/update.zip: Cross-device link
Tried doing a
fastboot erase cache
without any luck...
Do you guys have any ideas?
Also tried creating a yaffs2 image using "mkyaffs2 system/" but I get a zlink: Invalid Arguments error
A few days later, I contacted Asus, explained the problem and they asked me to send my tablet somewhere out of town and I have to pay for the service (which I think will cost me 50% of the tablet's value). Well this didn't help at all.
I even tried writing a bash script that would fastboot flash system/path for every file in the system directory (yes, flashing ~1000 files took me 30 minutes). But the tablet won't start, even though the files are there and I wiped the system & cache partition before. I still don't understand how the recovery option works or why "wipe data" gives me an error. All I need is a valid system.img file, that's all.
From my research, I'm starting to think that the .zips are signed with SignAPK.
Sorry for asking this question, over and over again. I just want to share my progress with this, seeing that there are some posts without replys regarding this product and with the same problem).
What if I compile Android, copy the libs/ and etc/ directories and flash the resulting system.img (will try this tomorrow).
Thank you!
AndroidDestoryer said:
After trying to root my tablet with ZenFoneRoot, my Tablet went into Demo mode and I couldn't use it at all. I tried flashing with the classic ASUS method (putting the firmware on the SD and updating) but after the update completed, demo mode was still there. So I went into fastboot mode and did a "fastboot wipe system", realising after that I can flash everything except for the system/ directory, which was not a .img file (duh, silly me).
If I select recovery from DroidBoot, I get a message saying "Installing system update" followed by "Error" and that's it... no recovery menu, no nothing.
What should I do to recover my tablet?
Here are the contents of my update zip file from ASUS.
http ://i.imgur.com/LT5SDMj.png
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I am having the same problem .I cannot get into recovery mode,as u explained in above. i think RootZenFone app only works for android:4.3
Thanks for sharing
Same boat here
I tried rooting my ME70C/K01A with RootZenFone-1.4.5r.apk.
Unfortunately I tried it after the 4.4.2 update and now I seem to be stuck in some sort of demo mode. There's a blue icon in the notification bar and I occasionally get a pop-up dialog saying that demo mode has stopped.
I purchased it just this week so I'm thinking back to the store it goes. Maybe I'll just stay with my Motorola Xoom..
bob
Well what I did since the last time I posted was:
- I successfully created a system.img image (using the tools in ADK) that I can flash into my MeMo pad, but the tablet doesn't boot even tough it was a successful flash Anddddd... I'm stuck at this point. Any more ideas?
To remove the offline demo in the notification in ME70C
To remove the offline demo in the notification
1. Enable developer mode in tab.
2. Download APD_offline_ME70C.zip and follow the step mentioned in contentupdateSOP0624.pdf.Once you go thought all the step mentioned .Tab will start playing the demo. (Note:-it will to update around 4-5mins, you check in notification bar)
3. Now need to deactivate the demo mode.
When the demo video playing on screen
Hold Back Key for more than 10 seconds, until is shows a page to key in password 741603.
The tab will automatically reboot and wipe all user data and deactivate demo mode.
Wait until factory reset complete. Once everything is finished tab will boot up with welcome screen
In this process the tab will be factory reset .So backup the data
I found the APD file and contenASUS website
Successfully rooted Asus Memo Pad(Me70c)K01A
1. Go to setting- Developer Option and enable USB Debugging.
2. Wi-Fi and forget network (if had connected access point).
3. Disable Wi-Fi and put the tab in Airplane mode.
4. Download and install RootZenFone-1.4.6r.apk
5. Then run the app. Below press the button “ok I know, please root!” . A warning will pop up just press ”OK”. It may take around 2-3 mins to finish; mean time will show message that demo mode active.
6. Check the notification bar there should be brown the update finish.
7. Power off the tab and boot to boot-loader and then select recovery.
8. The tab will restart to recovery and automatically make system update and gives an error and reboot the tab.
Now there must be SuperSU installed in app list. Then just update the SuperSU app from the play store.
Tested on
Model Number
K01A
Android version
4.4.2
Kernel version
3.10.20 [email protected] # 1TueNov 11 14:34:52CST 2014
Build number
KVT49L.WW_MeMO_Pad-11.2.3.21-20141111 release-keys 044000281_201406160030
Credit : shakalaca
dashu42332 said:
1. Go to setting- Developer Option and enable USB Debugging.
2. Wi-Fi and forget network (if had connected access point).
3. Disable Wi-Fi and put the tab in Airplane mode.
4. Download and install RootZenFone-1.4.6r.apk
5. Then run the app. Below press the button “ok I know, please root!” . A warning will pop up just press ”OK”. It may take around 2-3 mins to finish; mean time will show message that demo mode active.
6. Check the notification bar there should be brown the update finish.
7. Power off the tab and boot to boot-loader and then select recovery.
8. The tab will restart to recovery and automatically make system update and gives an error and reboot the tab.
Now there must be SuperSU installed in app list. Then just update the SuperSU app from the play store.
Tested on
Model Number
K01A
Android version
4.4.2
Kernel version
3.10.20 [email protected] # 1TueNov 11 14:34:52CST 2014
Build number
KVT49L.WW_MeMO_Pad-11.2.3.21-20141111 release-keys 044000281_201406160030
Credit : shakalaca
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Hi I am pretty new with this, in step 7. Power off the tab and boot to boot-loader and then select recovery.<-----How do you boot to bootloader?
el_rolas said:
Hi I am pretty new with this, in step 7. Power off the tab and boot to boot-loader and then select recovery.<-----How do you boot to bootloader?
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I found this thread while looking for a way to unlock the bootloader but I did not do step 7 - I used 1.46r (attached), installed it, forgot network, went to airplane mode, ran Root Zenphone and then rebooted (not to recovery) and I am now rooted with Busybox installed and not in Demo Mode (and didn't have to disable it)
el_rolas said:
Hi I am pretty new with this, in step 7. Power off the tab and boot to boot-loader and then select recovery.<-----How do you boot to bootloader?
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while boot holding down the volume up+ power button till asus logo.Then release button this will land-up in boot-loader,there you can select recovery.It will automatically boot recovery does the remaining things.
Worked great on my
BestBuy, Asus - MeMO Pad 7 - 8GB - Black
Model: ME70C-8G-BK SKU: 8770005
Thank you!
themykel said:
I found this thread while looking for a way to unlock the bootloader but I did not do step 7 - I used 1.46r (attached), installed it, forgot network, went to airplane mode, ran Root Zenphone and then rebooted (not to recovery) and I am now rooted with Busybox installed and not in Demo Mode (and didn't have to disable it)
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Work perfectly
version KVT49L_WW_MeMO_Pad-11.2.3.27-20141223 release-keys 044000281_201406160030 (vary strange that this version is not presente in Asus site...)
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dashu42332 said:
To remove the offline demo in the notification
1. Enable developer mode in tab.
2. Download and follow the step mentioned in .Once you go thought all the step mentioned .Tab will start playing the demo. (Note:-it will to update around 4-5mins, you check in notification bar)
3. Now need to deactivate the demo mode.
When the demo video playing on screen
Hold Back Key for more than 10 seconds, until is shows a page to key in password 741603.
The tab will automatically reboot and wipe all user data and deactivate demo mode.
Wait until factory reset complete. Once everything is finished tab will boot up with welcome screen
In this process the tab will be factory reset .So backup the data
I found the APD file and contenASUS website
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Hi I have the same issue, but I have no success with "Hold Back Key", when video is playing his entering after few seconds in full screen and back key from the screen dissapear. Please can you help me with that. Thanks!
Chk out this video .This will help out deactivation of demo mode http://youtu.be/vptHAKTvoyw ...
If still don't work ,better to factory reset and try the step from the beginning
I cannot get into Recovery Mode. I boot into Fastboot, select Recovery mode, unit reboots, see the ASUS logo and then it hangs and eventually goes to a blank screen. Almost like the recovery partition is empty.
I was trying to restore my tablet back to a fresh install so I ran (in fastboot mode):
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
How can I get stock recovery back? All I can do it get into fastboot mode. Unit has no OS on it now since I wiped the system partition.
My phone cannot boot into the OS. I would like to back up the photos directly in the recovery mode using USB cable+PC before factory reset.
Before the problem happened, my phone was attempted to update the software for about a week. Since it did not have enough free space, it prompted me to either free up more space or do the update later. I always hit update later. Until 3 days ago in the morning, my phone restarted (perhaps attempted to update) and stuck at the red Verizon screen and cannot power off unless power off from bootloader or Android recovery. I have tried to go to Safe mode but the phone just would not go past the red Verizon screen. If I go to Android Recovery by hitting power+volume up+home buttons together, it says system update (blue screen)-->update fail (blue screen with a dead robot)-->Android Recovery (black screen). In the Android Recovery, I have tried to wipe cache partition but still cannot get into the OS.
Now, I am hoping to back up the photos in my phone from a PC with a USB cable directly in the recovery mode. My phone is not rooted and does not have TWRP or any recovery app installed. When I connect the phone to a PC, the icon in notification (bottom right of Windows 10) shows that the PC can find my phone. However, when I go to "This PC", the phone does not show up in the "Devices and Drives." I have also tried Samsung Smart Switch and it cannot find the phone.
Please help! Thank you.
Hello dear users of xda.
I have read alot of threads on several forums to find a fix for my broken phone, since I am hoping that the problem is caused by the software, rather than the hardware.
Sadly I was not able to find the fix yet and therefor you guys are my last shot at this issue. This account is also freshly registered, so I will not be able to post any links or images to help you guys out understanding what happened ... so please just bear with me here
Since I am from Germany I hope you can also excuse small mistakes regarding my writing in this thread. Thank you in advance
Lets dive right into this with a few details:
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925F)
Never rooted, flashed -> always official updates
Android 7 was up to date
Phone has no branding or any kind of simlock
What happened:
My phone was turned off a few days ago when I woke up. Since I always charge it over night it couldnt be out of power and that confused me.
I then pressed the On/Off-Button to start it and the phone booted up.
But the boot did get stuck on the Samung logo-animation. I mean the animation which is usually displayed after the big "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge powered by Android".
I waited a minute or something and nothing happened, it seemed like the boot froze up and I turned it off.
When I booted it up again the samsung animation would not even finish and then freeze up. The animation is displaying the letters from left to right and it froze this time displaying only "Samsu".
After that I plugged the phone back into the wall to charge and went to the PC to google this issue. The phone displayed around 25% battery when I plugged it in.
So apparently it was not charging this night?
Anyways ... after googling and not finding any similiar problems I tryed to boot with Safe Mode ( holding Volume Down + On/Off Button .... no success) and then downloaded Samsung Switch and all drivers needed to get a device connected to the PC.
I connected the phone to the PC with an original Samsung cable and Samsung Switch was not showing anything until I entered the Download Mode on my phone by pressing Volume Down + Home + On/Off.
Then Samsung Switch displayed that the connected device was not compatible (even though it meets all requirements).
I went to the device manager to make sure that the drivers are working and the phone indeed was showing up in the list. It also disappeared properly when I unplugged it from the PC.
After that I again tryed out to boot the phone several times. It would always freeze up anywhere within that Samsung animation.
Not knowing what to do I thought an factory reset might help out and I pressed Volume Up + Home + On/Off for several seconds when the phone was turned off.
Nothing happened. I could only boot up the phone by pressing the On/Off button alone and by doing that it always froze up. Just the Download-Mode was accessable (Volume Down + Home + On/Off).
Since I had no way to recover or reset anything by using Samsung Switch or the Recovery Mode I decided to flash an official Samsung rom on the device using ODIN.
I downloaded the following:
Odin ( v3.12.3 )
Firmware ( G925FXXU5EQK8_G925FDBT5EQK1_G925FXXU5EQKF_HOME.tar.md5 // from a german android forum, information below )
FIRMWARE INFORMATION
Model: SM-G925F
Model name: Galaxy S6 edge
Country: Germany (DBT)
Version: Android 7.0
Changelist: 10958180
Build date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:08:50
Android security patch level: 2017-11-01
Product code: DBT
PDA: G925FXXU5EQK8
CSC: G925FDBT5EQK1
When I connected the phone Odin was recognizing the device and I was able to flash the firmware successfully. Odin did not display any kind of errors.
After the flash the phone was still connected to the PC since I feared it would run out of power. I know that the first boot after a flash can take a while. Since the LED was flashing while the big "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge" logo was displayed I thought it was doing something in the background. I kept it like this (big logo, LED flashing, plugged into the PC) for over an hour and nothing did change. The device was warm but I doubted that it's doing anything since one hour for a boot, even after flashing, is way too long.
After that hour I turned it off and it instantly started to boot up again, but this time and all the other times after that it kept getting stuck at the big logo. It did not proceed into the animation like before.
I tested if I could enter the Recovery Mode at this point but it still was only able to get into the Download Mode.
The only way to stop it from trying to boot now was to get into that Download Mode, else it would just keep looping around, but not turn off by its own.
Every now and then, instead of displaying the big logo, it showed a blue screen with a yellow warning sign and the android mascot laying on the ground with "No command" beneath it. If you want to see how it looks you can google images "android 7.0 no command" and look for the full blue screen pictures.
Googling this blue screen with no command said that it can be easily fixed by wiping the data/cache from your device. But as I said the recovery mode was not showing up when I pressed the buttons for it. So a friend of mine suggested using ADB or fastboot to wipe the cache / dalvik cache.
Using both (ADB + fastboot) the device was not detected. We made sure that the drivers were installed properly. There was and there still is no way to connect to the phone with these both tools. Sadly.
After the first try of using ADB/fastboot we decided that the issue might have been the firmware I downloaded in the beginning and we used SamFirm (v0.3.6) to download the newest firmware for my SM-G925F ( G925FXXU5EQK8_G925FDBT5EQK1_G925FXXU5EQKF_HOME.tar.md5 )
This firmware appears to be the same as the one I downloaded before, but this one was slightly bigger.
This is a paste of the SamFirm window:
Checking firmware for SM-G925F/DBT/G925FXXU5EQK8/G925FDBT5EQK1/G925FXXU5EQKF/G925FXXU5EQK8
Model: SM-G925F
Version: G925FXXU5EQK8/G925FDBT5EQK1/G925FXXU5EQKF/G925FXXU5EQK8
OS: Nougat(Android 7.0)
Filename: SM-G925F_1_20171129140113_g7auy18e0c.zip.enc4
Size: 1950442496 bytes
LogicValue: 8ikzg48ul7hryauq
The flash was again successfull and still the same problem remained: no full boot.... sometimes a blue no command mascot.
After that we flashed again but with another PIT file attached. At first we got an error after the hidden.img but after changing the PIT file to this one ( ZEROLTE_EUR_OPEN_HIDDEN300M ) it worked again without any errors displayed by Odin. Apparently the PIT file we used at first did not have enough space for our hidden.img ...
We flashed that firmware several times and sometimes after the flash there would be a blue screen with an android mascot saying it is erasing, but the animation of that mascot freezes also after 10 to 20 seconds. I've kept the phone in this blue screen for several hours (up to 5h I think) since a few forum threads said that it sometimes takes very long to work and the LED was actually flashing all the time, but nothing changed.
We did not try to flash anything else because the Reactivation Lock is enabled and I have no idea how to turn this thing off w/o booting the device.
I would not mind flashing a custom firmware on the device as long as it just works again. So if this is somehow possible and might be a solution I am up for it.
What currenctly is going on with the phone:
· It only turns completly off when the power runs out.
· No button combination is working to turn it off.
· I can enter Download Mode easily but I can not enter the Factory Reset Mode.
Within the Download Mode it says:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SM-G925F
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Reactivation Lock: On
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX Warranty Void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:5 K:2 S:2
· The boot ends either up with showing an "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge powered by Android" logo for the whole time (kept it like that for several hours, no boot)
· or with a blue screen (yellow warning sign, android mascot laying on the ground and a "no command" beneath it).
· Odin is recognizing it as a device.
· The device manager is recognizing the device.
· Samsung Switch is saying the device is not compatible.
· ADB/fastboot can not detect the device.
So ... is it possible to get this damn thing to work again or is it gone for good?
If you still got any questions regarding the current state of the phone please ask. I will try to reply ASAP.
Thank you very much for any reply you guys might throw at me.
It sounds like a hardware fault and your phone is kaput.
Interesting.I would love to open the phone to inspect it
FaKeT said:
Hello dear users of xda.
I have read alot of threads on several forums to find a fix for my broken phone, since I am hoping that the problem is caused by the software, rather than the hardware.
Sadly I was not able to find the fix yet and therefor you guys are my last shot at this issue. This account is also freshly registered, so I will not be able to post any links or images to help you guys out understanding what happened ... so please just bear with me here
Since I am from Germany I hope you can also excuse small mistakes regarding my writing in this thread. Thank you in advance
Lets dive right into this with a few details:
Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (SM-G925F)
Never rooted, flashed -> always official updates
Android 7 was up to date
Phone has no branding or any kind of simlock
What happened:
My phone was turned off a few days ago when I woke up. Since I always charge it over night it couldnt be out of power and that confused me.
I then pressed the On/Off-Button to start it and the phone booted up.
But the boot did get stuck on the Samung logo-animation. I mean the animation which is usually displayed after the big "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge powered by Android".
I waited a minute or something and nothing happened, it seemed like the boot froze up and I turned it off.
When I booted it up again the samsung animation would not even finish and then freeze up. The animation is displaying the letters from left to right and it froze this time displaying only "Samsu".
After that I plugged the phone back into the wall to charge and went to the PC to google this issue. The phone displayed around 25% battery when I plugged it in.
So apparently it was not charging this night?
Anyways ... after googling and not finding any similiar problems I tryed to boot with Safe Mode ( holding Volume Down + On/Off Button .... no success) and then downloaded Samsung Switch and all drivers needed to get a device connected to the PC.
I connected the phone to the PC with an original Samsung cable and Samsung Switch was not showing anything until I entered the Download Mode on my phone by pressing Volume Down + Home + On/Off.
Then Samsung Switch displayed that the connected device was not compatible (even though it meets all requirements).
I went to the device manager to make sure that the drivers are working and the phone indeed was showing up in the list. It also disappeared properly when I unplugged it from the PC.
After that I again tryed out to boot the phone several times. It would always freeze up anywhere within that Samsung animation.
Not knowing what to do I thought an factory reset might help out and I pressed Volume Up + Home + On/Off for several seconds when the phone was turned off.
Nothing happened. I could only boot up the phone by pressing the On/Off button alone and by doing that it always froze up. Just the Download-Mode was accessable (Volume Down + Home + On/Off).
Since I had no way to recover or reset anything by using Samsung Switch or the Recovery Mode I decided to flash an official Samsung rom on the device using ODIN.
I downloaded the following:
Odin ( v3.12.3 )
Firmware ( G925FXXU5EQK8_G925FDBT5EQK1_G925FXXU5EQKF_HOME.tar.md5 // from a german android forum, information below )
FIRMWARE INFORMATION
Model: SM-G925F
Model name: Galaxy S6 edge
Country: Germany (DBT)
Version: Android 7.0
Changelist: 10958180
Build date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 10:08:50
Android security patch level: 2017-11-01
Product code: DBT
PDA: G925FXXU5EQK8
CSC: G925FDBT5EQK1
When I connected the phone Odin was recognizing the device and I was able to flash the firmware successfully. Odin did not display any kind of errors.
After the flash the phone was still connected to the PC since I feared it would run out of power. I know that the first boot after a flash can take a while. Since the LED was flashing while the big "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge" logo was displayed I thought it was doing something in the background. I kept it like this (big logo, LED flashing, plugged into the PC) for over an hour and nothing did change. The device was warm but I doubted that it's doing anything since one hour for a boot, even after flashing, is way too long.
After that hour I turned it off and it instantly started to boot up again, but this time and all the other times after that it kept getting stuck at the big logo. It did not proceed into the animation like before.
I tested if I could enter the Recovery Mode at this point but it still was only able to get into the Download Mode.
The only way to stop it from trying to boot now was to get into that Download Mode, else it would just keep looping around, but not turn off by its own.
Every now and then, instead of displaying the big logo, it showed a blue screen with a yellow warning sign and the android mascot laying on the ground with "No command" beneath it. If you want to see how it looks you can google images "android 7.0 no command" and look for the full blue screen pictures.
Googling this blue screen with no command said that it can be easily fixed by wiping the data/cache from your device. But as I said the recovery mode was not showing up when I pressed the buttons for it. So a friend of mine suggested using ADB or fastboot to wipe the cache / dalvik cache.
Using both (ADB + fastboot) the device was not detected. We made sure that the drivers were installed properly. There was and there still is no way to connect to the phone with these both tools. Sadly.
After the first try of using ADB/fastboot we decided that the issue might have been the firmware I downloaded in the beginning and we used SamFirm (v0.3.6) to download the newest firmware for my SM-G925F ( G925FXXU5EQK8_G925FDBT5EQK1_G925FXXU5EQKF_HOME.tar.md5 )
This firmware appears to be the same as the one I downloaded before, but this one was slightly bigger.
This is a paste of the SamFirm window:
Checking firmware for SM-G925F/DBT/G925FXXU5EQK8/G925FDBT5EQK1/G925FXXU5EQKF/G925FXXU5EQK8
Model: SM-G925F
Version: G925FXXU5EQK8/G925FDBT5EQK1/G925FXXU5EQKF/G925FXXU5EQK8
OS: Nougat(Android 7.0)
Filename: SM-G925F_1_20171129140113_g7auy18e0c.zip.enc4
Size: 1950442496 bytes
LogicValue: 8ikzg48ul7hryauq
The flash was again successfull and still the same problem remained: no full boot.... sometimes a blue no command mascot.
After that we flashed again but with another PIT file attached. At first we got an error after the hidden.img but after changing the PIT file to this one ( ZEROLTE_EUR_OPEN_HIDDEN300M ) it worked again without any errors displayed by Odin. Apparently the PIT file we used at first did not have enough space for our hidden.img ...
We flashed that firmware several times and sometimes after the flash there would be a blue screen with an android mascot saying it is erasing, but the animation of that mascot freezes also after 10 to 20 seconds. I've kept the phone in this blue screen for several hours (up to 5h I think) since a few forum threads said that it sometimes takes very long to work and the LED was actually flashing all the time, but nothing changed.
We did not try to flash anything else because the Reactivation Lock is enabled and I have no idea how to turn this thing off w/o booting the device.
I would not mind flashing a custom firmware on the device as long as it just works again. So if this is somehow possible and might be a solution I am up for it.
What currenctly is going on with the phone:
· It only turns completly off when the power runs out.
· No button combination is working to turn it off.
· I can enter Download Mode easily but I can not enter the Factory Reset Mode.
Within the Download Mode it says:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SM-G925F
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Reactivation Lock: On
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX Warranty Void: 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:5 K:2 S:2
· The boot ends either up with showing an "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge powered by Android" logo for the whole time (kept it like that for several hours, no boot)
· or with a blue screen (yellow warning sign, android mascot laying on the ground and a "no command" beneath it).
· Odin is recognizing it as a device.
· The device manager is recognizing the device.
· Samsung Switch is saying the device is not compatible.
· ADB/fastboot can not detect the device.
So ... is it possible to get this damn thing to work again or is it gone for good?
If you still got any questions regarding the current state of the phone please ask. I will try to reply ASAP.
Thank you very much for any reply you guys might throw at me.
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If your not bothered about tripping knox (0x1) and voiding your warranty you can flash twrp recovery. Then wipe from there or flash a custom ROM. This way we can know for sure if it's software or hardware issue.
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If your not bothered about tripping knox (0x1) and voiding your warranty you can flash twrp recovery. Then wipe from there or flash a custom ROM. This way we can know for sure if it's software or hardware issue.
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Thanks for that reply.
Sadly I can not flash twrp recovery because of that Reactivation Lock ... and I do not know how to deactivate it at the current state of the phone
Is there a way to workaround that lock?
same here lol. but even twrp recovery cannot run LOl, sammy charged me as U$$ 700 to repair,
of course i did not let them repair, and now i have a dead phone, that only goes to download mode, and the bootlogo with glitches
What if you get a stock ROM and flash it via Odin, if your phone goes to Download Mode...? I didnt totally understand your situation but that came to my mind, flashing stock firmware via Odin.
EDIT: Just went through your SITUATION a bit, you should get it inspected by someone and then decide, otherwise you might lose your phone permanently.
Same here
Same here.... But with s6....
Only download mode. Not even a bootlogo. No recovery... Tried flashing literally everything. is it possible to flash a custom Rom with Odin? Convert a rom.zip t a tar file? I tried flashing cf-root but I don't know if it's rooted...