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Galaxy Note Big Problem

Guys i have a big problem. Every time i turn of my phone or try to put it on download mode or recovery mode it stucks in black screen and dont responding like it's been bricked. But when i remove the battery for 2 min and place it again it's opening normaly. Im in stock filmware and just rooted. Can u tell me why this is happening? Maybe i have to flash the official filmware again or somethink?

bagelismar said:
Guys i have a big problem. Every time i turn of my phone or try to put it on download mode or recovery mode it stucks in black screen and dont responding like it's been bricked. But when i remove the battery for 2 min and place it again it's opening normaly. Im in stock filmware and just rooted. Can u tell me why this is happening? Maybe i have to flash the official filmware again or somethink?
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Are you on stock kernel? If so then flash some safe kernel and try full wipe, if that too doesn't help, then flash stock firmware using pc odin.
I am assuming you are on ICS, as you didn't provide any info. You should have mentioned the method used for root and everything.

jeetu1981 said:
Are you on stock kernel? If so then flash some safe kernel and try full wipe, if that too doesn't help, then flash stock firmware using pc odin.
I am assuming you are on ICS, as you didn't provide any info. You should have mentioned the method used for root and everything.
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Sorry man your right. I used cursed4eva way that i found on a youtube video and im in ICS your right. All my broblems start when i wanted to flash a custom rom and with android recovery i tried to install AbyssNotekerne.zip from my external sd. Since i couldn't cause i was getting some kind of error i think somethink about licence i stop cause i didnt want to brick my phone and after this all problems began. So any help is welcome thank you

bagelismar said:
Sorry man your right. I used cursed4eva way that i found on a youtube video and im in ICS your right. All my broblems start when i wanted to flash a custom rom and with android recovery i tried to install AbyssNotekerne.zip from my external sd. Since i couldn't cause i was getting some kind of error i think somethink about licence i stop cause i didnt want to brick my phone and after this all problems began. So any help is welcome thank you
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Now i cant even get to download mode to use odin to flash GB rom. I tried flashing abyss kernel using srock ICS recovery and that's the main reason for current situation i think. Any help?

bagelismar said:
Now i cant even get to download mode to use odin to flash GB rom. I tried flashing abyss kernel using srock ICS recovery and that's the main reason for current situation i think. Any help?
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Take it to a samsung service center and ask them to reset the phone. Tell them its too slow after the latest update using kies. If there is a problem with the motherboard they will report back and replace under warranty.
Else they will install the OS completely new and you can start from scratch to root and install other custom roms.

Try using USB jig to go to download mode, try it first. Jig is not expensive.
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heavenhated said:
Take it to a samsung service center and ask them to reset the phone. Tell them its too slow after the latest update using kies. If there is a problem with the motherboard they will report back and replace under warranty.
Else they will install the OS completely new and you can start from scratch to root and install other custom roms.
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Will my warranty be still active cause my phone is rooted...? Somehow my phone start up this morning but im afraid trying to flash somethink like GB official with odin or somethink like that cause i dont know if it will open again That means that my phone isn't bricked yet cause it's open now? Thanks a lot for help

jonpaslim said:
Try using USB jig to go to download mode, try it first. Jig is not expensive.
Sent from my U1 using xda premium
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because he tries the jig before it cost anything

bagelismar said:
Will my warranty be still active cause my phone is rooted...? Somehow my phone start up this morning but im afraid trying to flash somethink like GB official with odin or somethink like that cause i dont know if it will open again That means that my phone isn't bricked yet cause it's open now? Thanks a lot for help
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No it's not bricked. Yes you lose your warranty, but you can unroot your Note. Don't warry Note is so good phone, that you don't need warranty

notko said:
No it's not bricked. Yes you lose your warranty, but you can unroot your Note. Don't warry Note is so good phone, that you don't need warranty
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Then if it's not bricked why i need to remove the battery for 1 hour and wait an other 2 hours to finally open my phone after a simple turn off? Thats why i want the warranty so i can take the phone to samsung and fix this issue. And im afraid to unroot it cause when ever i try to put my phone on recovery mode its stucks and take for ever to open againm\

[Q] noob here

Good day! First time poster and total android noob here \
Anyway, I had my under warranty note updated to ICS more than a month ago. Under gingerbread, everything was running fine and even after updating to 4.0.1, it was still running good. My problem started when I updated to 4.0.3. The phone locked my sim out and was asking for a network unlock code so my phone being under warranty, I went to the service center to have it checked.
The staff told me they needed to reformat the OS since I upgraded OTA. I backed all my data then I sent it to them. They formatted the OS and informed me that the problem still persisted. So they told me that they would change the board since formatting it did not solve the problem. A few days later, the board arrived and they replaced it. I got the unit back but noticed the camera would not focus. So I sent it back and I was told they needed ti replace the camera since it was faulty. I was hesitant at first as to why the camera would suddenly die when they only replaced the board. But it was fine with me and since it was still free, I sent it back to them anyway.
It was running fine when I got the phone back but since then, I always got a notification telling me a software update is available even when they installed 4.0.4 (and even before Jellybean update was aanounced). I tried to update OTA again but received an error report that it could not update due to network problem or to try updating via Kies.
I plugged my note via the computer to load Kies and received an error report that my device does not support upgrading via Kies. I never got that error before they replaced my board. I googled and found that maybe the board they replaced is not supported in my country or something.
Can anyone help me out? All I want is a clean install (if possible) with all software running good. I was always tempted to have my phone rooted to solve all the problems but opted not to since I don't want to void my warranty. I read somewhere that you could load an official ROM to reinstall your OS without voiding the warranty. And as you know, I am hesitant on asking the service center's help again (unless it is a hardware problem :fingers-crossed
Thank you in advance and sorry for the long post

u can download the Stock ICS roms from www.samfirmware.com and install it via PC odin.. this doesnot void the warranty
or go to this thread and install rom from ur region. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
all tool required are given in the 1st post.
Kies is not able to update the phone because the rom might not match the kies criteria (PDA/Modem/CSC).. PC odin is the solution for all ur problems

nokiamodeln91 said:
u can download the Stock ICS roms from www.samfirmware.com and install it via PC odin.. this doesnot void the warranty
or go to this thread and install rom from ur region. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
all tool required are given in the 1st post.
Kies is not able to update the phone because the rom might not match the kies criteria (PDA/Modem/CSC).. PC odin is the solution for all ur problems
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What he said and good luck. :thumbup:
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app

Thanks for the quick reply! Followup question, will reinstalling the ROM erase all my data? I know it probably would but I'm just making sure. If so, what backup programs can you recommend? I tried Kies before but the apps were not restored.. I need something that would restore contacts, messages, apps and others.
Thanks in advance!

jaypels said:
Thanks for the quick reply! Followup question, will reinstalling the ROM erase all my data? I know it probably would but I'm just making sure. If so, what backup programs can you recommend? I tried Kies before but the apps were not restored.. I need something that would restore contacts, messages, apps and others.
Thanks in advance!
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I don't know of any backup app without having your phone rooted. But eh, new is always better

if u install ics over gb or ics. it will not as they are non wipe. but custom rom need a factory wipe to be done so they will.
Best backups u can get via root only.
titanium backup is 1 of the best
more over with custom recovery u can backup ur whole rom along will all data.
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projeto56 said:
I don't know of any backup app without having your phone rooted. But eh, new is always better
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So how about this.. Root phone, install titanium backup, backup, reinstall ROM, restore backup, unroot. Sounds plausible? I would prefer to unroot so that my warranty will not be void

u can be on any rom.. to unroot u jus need to intstall stock ics usin odin.
reinstall ROM: is vast.. custom or stock?.
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what is that u trying to achieve?
for using TB and to restore backup u need root again.. then u can unroot.

jaypels said:
I need something that would restore contacts, messages, apps and others.
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You can backup your apps with "app backup and restore" app.Rooting is not required for this app to work
For messages,"sms backup and restore" app and you can sync your contacts with your google account

nokiamodeln91 said:
u can be on any rom.. to unroot u jus need to intstall stock ics usin odin.
reinstall ROM: is vast.. custom or stock?.
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what is that u trying to achieve?
for using TB and to restore backup u need root again.. then u can unroot.
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I am a little annoyed by the software update notification that does not go away even if I am on 4.0.4 (maybe the service center botched the install) and Kies does not allow software update. I am a little OC so these small annoyances bother me a lot
rajsekhar.300 said:
You can backup your apps with "app backup and restore" app.Rooting is not required for this app to work
For messages,"sms backup and restore" app and you can sync your contacts with your google account
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Thank you for the recommendation! Will give it a try on of these days
and by the way, do I have to enter the captcha everytime I want to post something? or will it go away after I have entered a minimum number of post?

yeah it will go away after a few posts and the 2 Min limitation as well

Good day guys!
Just to give you an update, I rooted my device by superSU, installed titanium pro for backup and flashed it. Still got the problem. It tried both the file from samsung and the one by dr. ketan. It might be a long shot I'm thinking I got a unit that was not meant to be sold in my country. Any ideas?

jaypels said:
Thank you for the recommendation! Will give it a try on of these days
and by the way, do I have to enter the captcha everytime I want to post something? or will it go away after I have entered a minimum number of post?
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What captcha??
I dont remember that i entered any captcha while posting
I guess you need to enter it till u complete 10 or 15 posts

so which rom did u install?

nokiamodeln91 said:
so which rom did u install?
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from dr. ketan, I installed N7000DXLR5---4.0.4/12.07.30-N7000OLBLR2 for Philippines (SUN)
and from samfirmware Philippines (Globe) 2012 July Android 4.0.4 N7000DXLR5 N7000OLBLR2

jaypels said:
from dr. ketan, I installed N7000DXLR5---4.0.4/12.07.30-N7000OLBLR2 for Philippines (SUN)
and from samfirmware Philippines (Globe) 2012 July Android 4.0.4 N7000DXLR5 N7000OLBLR2
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There is an ota update of dxlr6 with 89mb in sammobile
It might be that update you were getting
Did you try downloading it??

rajsekhar.300 said:
There is an ota update of dxlr6 with 89mb in sammobile
It might be that update you were getting
Did you try downloading it??
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you mean download the dxlr6 update via sammobile? I did not try it. was afraid I would I would brick my phone or something if I tried other ROMs other than dxlr6.. If that is safe, can you give me the link?

jaypels said:
you mean download the dxlr6 update via sammobile? I did not try it. was afraid I would I would brick my phone or something if I tried other ROMs other than dxlr6.. If that is safe, can you give me the link?
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No.I mean did you try downloading the software update you get on your phone

If I download OTA, it says failed to update firmware due to network or server problem. then suggests to try via Kies. If I try via Kies, it says my phone does not support software upgrading via Kies.

jaypels said:
If I download OTA, it says failed to update firmware due to network or server problem. then suggests to try via Kies. If I try via Kies, it says my phone does not support software upgrading via Kies.
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Did you flash any custom kernel
If not,flash the stock rom,dont root it and try downloading the software update you get
I guess it will work
Editont do any wipes after you flash the ics rom..Stock kernel is not safe to wipe and it may brick you phone

Unroot S3 i9305, help!

I apologise in advance for creating a new thread. But I recently rooted my device and have encountered a 'No software update your device is modified' pop up. I spoke to Samsung and they said that I should unroot my phone then it'll most likely work. Can someone help me unroot my phone please.

Just flash the latest stock Rom from Sammobile.com via Odin, then re root.
Then you'll have latest Rom and root
Sent from my GT-I9305 using xda app-developers app

Adig54 said:
I apologise in advance for creating a new thread. But I recently rooted my device and have encountered a 'No software update your device is modified' pop up. I spoke to Samsung and they said that I should unroot my phone then it'll most likely work. Can someone help me unroot my phone please.
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Go here, it gives you root and OTA and it does not increase the counter it just stays as original.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942150

Use this tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
Make sure u download the firmware for i9305 not i9300 and don't use the odin provided there. download the odin for i9305. (Google it my friend)

[SOLVED] Phone Just Will Not Update (Tried Everything)

Hey guys,
I have a Samsung SIII 4G LTE that I bought in Dec which was a stock Orange UK phone.
It has come with stock Android 4.1.1 Jellybean to which I haven't been able to update since!
I've tried various drivers, uninstalling, re-installing and all variations of plugging the phone in; Kies (have tried various versions of this too, current latest installed) will notify that it needs to be updated, downloads the update and then it just hangs.
I've also tried all variations of MTP, PTP and USB Debugging.
Argh!!! I'm at my wits end and all I want to do is update it; is there a manual way for me to do so and how do I make sure I have the correct firmware to update to?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have tried literally everything and no luck whatsoever.
Thanks,
Beans.

Orange updates not Samsung .
Ask Orange if they have updated the firmware .
OTA or via Kies .
Manual update yes but you need to read and understand the basics first .
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
BE AWARE YOU HAVE I9305
stock firmware is usually found on sammobile.com

Thanks JJEgan,
I've contacted Orange and all they say is "Use Samsung Kies to update".
Also, Orange is now EE so is there an EE firmware I should be updating to? Or do I stick to the stock Orange firmware?
Beans

Have you rooted the phone? Rooted phones wont update via ota or kies...
Enviado do meu GT-I9305 utilizando Tapatalk 4

mzKas said:
Have you rooted the phone? Rooted phones wont update via ota or kies...
Enviado do meu GT-I9305 utilizando Tapatalk 4
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WRONG they will update vie Kies .

I have not rooted or done anything to the phone.
I bought it stock.

BeanheadUK said:
I have not rooted or done anything to the phone.
I bought it stock.
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just go to sammobile, and donwnload the latest firmware of orange and flash with odin. much much better

Did you try settings/about device/software update?

danieldp1990 said:
just go to sammobile, and donwnload the latest firmware of orange and flash with odin. much much better
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Hi Daniel; there's no option for an Orange 4.1.2 firmware update or later for that matter, which one do I choose?
Is there a walkthrough for updating using Odin please?
MystaMagoo said:
Did you try settings/about device/software update?
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Tried that, there's no over WiFi option, seems a bit bizarre as I assumed this was phased out after 4.1.2...

BeanheadUK said:
Hi Daniel; there's no option for an Orange 4.1.2 firmware update or later for that matter, which one do I choose?
Is there a walkthrough for updating using Odin please?
Tried that, there's no over WiFi option, seems a bit bizarre as I assumed this was phased out after 4.1.2...
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Start reading from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942150&page=23
Worked ok for me,now on stock with root.
flashing a new rom soon as I'm also now CWM'd

I have the same problem last week. My phone is blocked on Vodafone Romania. I install a custom rom and i'm very happy with it.

Thanks Daniel/Maharu,
Am I correct in thinking I need the 4.1.2 Stock Odin Package from this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942150
Does it come with Odin, or do I need to install this separately? Where can I find it? Do I need any special drivers? Does it do a clean install or do I need to backup everything and restore it post flash with firmware?
Sorry for the stupid questions, but I'm pretty new to all this.
Beans.

Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .

beanheaduk said:
hey guys,
i have a samsung siii 4g lte that i bought in dec which was a stock orange uk phone.
It has come with stock android 4.1.1 jellybean to which i haven't been able to update since!
I've tried various drivers, uninstalling, re-installing and all variations of plugging the phone in; kies (have tried various versions of this too, current latest installed) will notify that it needs to be updated, downloads the update and then it just hangs.
I've also tried all variations of mtp, ptp and usb debugging.
Argh!!! I'm at my wits end and all i want to do is update it; is there a manual way for me to do so and how do i make sure i have the correct firmware to update to?
Any help would be greatly appreciated as i have tried literally everything and no luck whatsoever.
Thanks,
beans.
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kies will update your phone. Follow these instructions.
1 start kies go to firmware upgrade and initialisation
2 enter model number and serial number (serial no can be found in settings or under the battery)
3 put phone in download mode vol down+home+power when it asks if you want to download press vol up
4 connect your phone to the pc
5 follow instructions and do not detatch phone until upgrade is complete

ashraf sharif said:
kies will update your phone. Follow these instructions.
1 start kies go to firmware upgrade and initialisation
2 enter model number and serial number (serial no can be found in settings or under the battery)
3 put phone in download mode vol down+home+power when it asks if you want to download press vol up
4 connect your phone to the pc
5 follow instructions and do not detatch phone until upgrade is complete
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Thanks Ashraf, is this a clean install or will my data be saved?

the program does say data will be lost but that has not happened to me when i used it. however you can just move anything you want to the external sd card and then remove it before upgrading the phone. also if you want you can save to kies your contacts pictures music video and podcasts before upgrading and then restore after

ashraf sharif said:
the program does say data will be lost but that has not happened to me when i used it. however you can just move anything you want to the external sd card and then remove it before upgrading the phone. also if you want you can save to kies your contacts pictures music video and podcasts before upgrading and then restore after
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so have you been able to update? @BeanheadUK
any problems?

Hi Ashraf,
I just tried it now and Kies froze before I even got a chance to connect the Samsung in Download mode; looks like it wasn't the phone but Kies after all :crying:
So is it a case of using Odin to update now?
Beans
EDIT: Just tried it on another PC and success! Clean install of Android 4.1.2; SUCCESS!!!
Thanks guys, I had all my stuff backed up on my laptop so just restored everything and installed all my apps again.
It's now saying this is the latest firmware, this correct?
Beans

[Q] My galaxy S4 active sgh-i537 is soft bricked, need help

My phone was rooted then it updated to the 4.3 and when i reset it because the galaxy play store was not working i tried to re root it and it got stuck on a screen upon boot that says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. But when i go into Kies it just tries to connect and does't not recognize my phone. I need help on what to do please, I have tried everything.

lavorno said:
My phone was rooted then it updated to the 4.3 and when i reset it because the galaxy play store was not working i tried to re root it and it got stuck on a screen upon boot that says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. But when i go into Kies it just tries to connect and does't not recognize my phone. I need help on what to do please, I have tried everything.
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Do you have CWM installed?

tiskael said:
Do you have CWM installed?
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no

lavorno said:
no
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Sorry, should have read a bit closer. I was going to recommend that you use CWM to flash ROMs back but you don't have the i9295. Where did you purchase it from? I'm from Australia, so I'm not sure about the US, but I think I've read in other threads that some Best Buys(?) have Samsung stores in them that have reflashed the stock firmware free of charge without actually checking your warranty. Maybe you want to look into this?

tiskael said:
Sorry, should have read a bit closer. I was going to recommend that you use CWM to flash ROMs back but you don't have the i9295. Where did you purchase it from? I'm from Australia, so I'm not sure about the US, but I think I've read in other threads that some Best Buys(?) have Samsung stores in them that have reflashed the stock firmware free of charge without actually checking your warranty. Maybe you want to look into this?
The problem with your S4A is that it has a locked bootloader, so you can't flash firmware yourself, sorry!
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I bought it in the US at a best buy so i will take it there and see what they can do, thanks for the help.

lavorno said:
I bought it in the US at a best buy so i will take it there and see what they can do, thanks for the help.
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If you don't want to go to Best Buy right away you can try flashing the firmware yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2629093

If you took the official OTA for 4.3, ML2, there is no known root exploit available. Odin is easy to flash with - there are 1 clicks that do all the hard work for you, all you have to do is put your phone into download mode and the app does the rest on your PC. Make sure you have the proper drivers installed. Best way I found was to download the software suite from Samsung for the phone. Without the proper drivers Odin won't see the phone (I found this out the hard way.)

lavorno said:
I bought it in the US at a best buy so i will take it there and see what they can do, thanks for the help.
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I just took it to best buy and they restored it and now it is as good as new, thanks for the advice.

lavorno said:
I just took it to best buy and they restored it and now it is as good as new, thanks for the advice.
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No worries, I heard they were pretty good in the US. Remember though, you can't root it on 4.3 (yet). If they've set it back to 4.2.2 then you can root again and not update to 4.3. If they've set it to 4.3 then either you will have to follow @Devo7v's instruction to flash back or wait it out as a root method is currently being worked on.

Bricked SGH i537
my sghi537 has bricked. i can only enter into download mode..
As i downloaded stock firmware of 4.3 ML2 and i tried to flash it by Odin...
Unfortunately at first odin said that i have no pit partition...
then i downloaded Pit and tried to flash but ^^^ write failed ^^^ was the thing i saw every time...
I looked up my phn download mode screen and i found that ^^^ Write protection Enable ^^^
So i couldnt flash stock ML2 firmware and my phn is bricked ....
Someone pls help me...........

Shabnur said:
my sghi537 has bricked. i can only enter into download mode..
As i downloaded stock firmware of 4.3 ML2 and i tried to flash it by Odin...
Unfortunately at first odin said that i have no pit partition...
then i downloaded Pit and tried to flash but ^^^ write failed ^^^ was the thing i saw every time...
I looked up my phn download mode screen and i found that ^^^ Write protection Enable ^^^
So i couldnt flash stock ML2 firmware and my phn is bricked ....
Someone pls help me...........
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What firmware were you originally on.

Devo7v said:
What firmware were you originally on.
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I was in 4.3 Ml2
it will b a lot if u help me......
my phn is dead now..
Its saying try kies to recover firmware......

Shabnur said:
I was in 4.3 Ml2
it will b a lot if u help me......
my phn is dead now..
Its saying try kies to recover firmware......
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Download the full ML2 Odin, check the MD5 to make sure you didn't get a corrupted download. MAKE SURE all the files are in the right place in Odin and flash away. It should put the stock firmware back on the phone. Then you can proceed from there.

Devo7v said:
Download the full ML2 Odin, check the MD5 to make sure you didn't get a corrupted download. MAKE SURE all the files are in the right place in Odin and flash away. It should put the stock firmware back on the phone. Then you can proceed from there.
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Sorry to disturb u again..
i m new in advance user mode..
will u tell me how i can compare the md5 num..
i dont even no where it is..
pls help me a little bit more....

Shabnur said:
Sorry to disturb u again..
i m new in advance user mode..
will u tell me how i can compare the md5 num..
i dont even no where it is..
pls help me a little bit more....
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The MD5 is sort of like the fingerprint for the file, so you need the MD5 of the file you downloaded to match the MD5 that was posted in the thread. Download WinMD5Sum from the website here. Under File Name load the ML2 Odin zip package that you downloaded. WinMD5Sum will generate the MD5 of the file you downloaded and you can compare that to the MD5 the uploader posted in the thread. If the MD5's match then that means you downloaded exactly what was posted. If the MD5's don't match exactly, then you have a corrupted download and need to download it again.