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Hello,
Ik bricked my phone last week. Did something stupid, tried to format with CMW.zip. Very bad i know.
Because i needed the phone asap, i send it to samsung
Went to pick it up today, with the message that i lost my warranty. I can live with that.
When i turn on my device i get the message that there is no firmware installed and i need to connect it to samsung KIES.
What do you guys recommend? I can get in Download Mode, but not in CWM menu. Possible they removed the failed root i installed before.
I cannot connect to KIES, think you all know KIES is a sh*t program.
What do you guys advise me? Root again trough download mode and install CM, or try and connect to KIES with different PC.
Regards,
Joao
joaoo said:
Hello,
Ik bricked my phone last week. Did something stupid, tried to format with CMW.zip. Very bad i know.
Because i needed the phone asap, i send it to samsung
Went to pick it up today, with the message that i lost my warranty. I can live with that.
When i turn on my device i get the message that there is no firmware installed and i need to connect it to samsung KIES.
What do you guys recommend? I can get in Download Mode, but not in CWM menu. Possible they removed the failed root i installed before.
I cannot connect to KIES, think you all know KIES is a sh*t program.
What do you guys advise me? Root again trough download mode and install CM, or try and connect to KIES with different PC.
Regards,
Joao
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Download pre rooted rom at bodivas rom thread unzip it and flash thru pc odin.
Im just wonder why samsung gave you blank firmware. Samsung only replaced your mobo?
Should you need asists, please ask.
Good luck
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lee yun khong said:
Download pre rooted rom at bodivas rom thread unzip it and flash thru pc odin.
Im just wonder why samsung gave you blank firmware. Samsung only replaced your mobo?
Should you need asists, please ask.
Good luck
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Thanks for your reply, i have no idea why Samsung gave me a blank firmware back. Can i just update it with http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3
Here i can find the stock ROM's.
You think Samsung change the Motherboard? Because they told me i lost my warranty and i cannot update legaly anymore...
Regards
Samsung usually loads the firmware and returns the phone. Now sure why no in in this case.
Yes you can download the stock firmware from sammobile.com and flash via odin. But if you choosing ics make sure not to wipe till a safe kernel is installed. I would suggest philz. That way the phone will be rooted as well. Hope that have changed the mb.
Flash the firmware and hope for the best.
joaoo said:
Thanks for your reply, i have no idea why Samsung gave me a blank firmware back. Can i just update it with http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3
Here i can find the stock ROM's.
You think Samsung change the Motherboard? Because they told me i lost my warranty and i cannot update legaly anymore...
Regards
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Cannot update anymore?..nevermine...my note never have officially update since the 1st day i bought it.
Sure..you can go sammobile and download any stock rom and flash it thru pc odin.
Since your case a bit strange, let try it and see what happen.
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Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone could bare with me and help me out with my little issue.
THE ISSUE:
I bought a locked (Vodafone) I9305 for my girlfriend, in hopes that I could then SIM-unlock it as easily as I did with my Galaxy S2;
I understand I need to root my phone before I do that, so...
THE QUESTION:
How do I backup my phone before rooting it, so that I can return it to the exact state it came out of the box?
Also, what's the safest method for rooting it?
And before you guys tell me, I did use the search function, but it only came up with some generic tutorials that don't really go into what I want to do.
Any help would be really appreciated!
PNGC said:
Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone could bare with me and help me out with my little issue.
THE ISSUE:
I bought a locked (Vodafone) I9305 for my girlfriend, in hopes that I could then SIM-unlock it as easily as I did with my Galaxy S2;
I understand I need to root my phone before I do that, so...
THE QUESTION:
How do I backup my phone before rooting it, so that I can return it to the exact state it came out of the box?
Also, what's the safest method for rooting it?
And before you guys tell me, I did use the search function, but it only came up with some generic tutorials that don't really go into what I want to do.
Any help would be really appreciated!
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To go back to stock use odin, and to search your firmware go to sammobile.com
As for rooting (im not sure), i think if u flash supersu.zip from supersu thread on stock recovery u will get root
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Try CF-Auto root for rooting (using odin) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959605,
easier and simplest way to root.
After rooting, just do a factory reset and your phone status will stay Normal/Official instead of Modified.
Please note that this is just root and no custom recovery is included
to get back to stock, use Odin too as the C4SCA mentioned above
there are multiple guides on rooting, backing up, and unlocking.
msri3here said:
Try CF-Auto root for rooting (using odin) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959605,
easier and simplest way to root.
After rooting, just do a factory reset and your phone status will stay Normal/Official instead of Modified.
Please note that this is just root and no custom recovery is included
to get back to stock, use Odin too as the C4SCA mentioned above
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Wait, what? Since when does doing a factory reset on an Android phone takes it back to the original firmware? I've had an HTC One X, and a custom firmware on it, and everytime I do a factory reset, it just deletes the files, it doesn't change the software at all. Am I missing something here? Is it different with the Galaxy S3 I9305?
Ok so, sorry for double posting, but I think I'm getting somewhere.
Since I only need root to unlock the phone, once I do root it (I figure I can use this guide?), I should FIRST unlock it and THEN reset the flash counter? And then, in case I need to return the phone back, I'll reset it to factory state (unrooted and locked)...how?
Just need help with this last question please!
PNGC said:
Wait, what? Since when does doing a factory reset on an Android phone takes it back to the original firmware? I've had an HTC One X, and a custom firmware on it, and everytime I do a factory reset, it just deletes the files, it doesn't change the software at all. Am I missing something here? Is it different with the Galaxy S3 I9305?
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Dude, I never said it will change the firmware, it will change the system status under settings --> About phone --> Status to Normal from Modified
This enables to get OTA updates even if the phone is rooted
To answer your last question, you just need to flash the stock firmware ( which is currently on your phone) again using odin
PNGC said:
Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone could bare with me and help me out with my little issue.
THE ISSUE:
I bought a locked (Vodafone) I9305 for my girlfriend, in hopes that I could then SIM-unlock it as easily as I did with my Galaxy S2;
I understand I need to root my phone before I do that, so...
THE QUESTION:
How do I backup my phone before rooting it, so that I can return it to the exact state it came out of the box?
Also, what's the safest method for rooting it?
And before you guys tell me, I did use the search function, but it only came up with some generic tutorials that don't really go into what I want to do.
Any help would be really appreciated!
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You're wrong as you don't have to root your phone to unlock it! Not i9305! Downgrade JB to 4.1.1 and follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34661189
djembey said:
You're wrong as you don't have to root your phone to unlock it! Not i9305! Downgrade JB to 4.1.1 and follow this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34661189
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Oh, I saw in your other post you said to flash 4.1.1 with Odin. Could you tell me where could I find the correct ROM for my phone model? I'm on Vodafone Portugal and baseband version (if it matters) is I9305XXBLL5.
PNGC said:
Could you tell me how to downgrade to 4.1.1? I'm on 4.1.2 at the moment, Vodafone Portugal.
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Download odin, install drivers (install kies for example), go to sammobile.com, search the firmware for your device (unzip the download file until u get a tar.md5 file), go to recovery mode, wipe data/factory reset, put the phone in download mode, plug to pc, terminate all tasks linked to kies (in task manager), open odin, click pda, select the tar.md5 file, hit start, wait
Dont touch any settings in odin or u may brick your phone
Ja agora clica em thanks por favor
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C4SCA said:
Download odin, install drivers (install kies for example), go to sammobile.com, search the firmware for your device (unzip the download file until u get a tar.md5 file), go to recovery mode, wipe data/factory reset, put the phone in download mode, plug to pc, terminate all tasks linked to kies (in task manager), open odin, click pda, select the tar.md5 file, hit start, wait
Dont touch any settings in odin or u may brick your phone
Ja agora clica em thanks por favor
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Already thanked, but could you help me out finding the firmware, though? I have no idea how to get the Portugal's Vodafone 4.1.1.
PNGC said:
Already thanked, but could you help me out finding the firmware, though? I have no idea how to get the Portugal's Vodafone 4.1.1.
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Here you go buddy: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=GT-I9305&pcode=TCL#firmware
Tou tao feliz, vou receber o meu s3 lte amanha (supostamente)!!!!!!!! Haha
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msri3here said:
Try CF-Auto root for rooting (using odin) from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959605,
easier and simplest way to root.
After rooting, just do a factory reset and your phone status will stay Normal/Official instead of Modified.
Please note that this is just root and no custom recovery is included
to get back to stock, use Odin too as the C4SCA mentioned above
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Cwn I just ask.....mine is rooted and status says modified , I didnt do factory reset after. Do u have to do this?
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natthewife said:
Cwn I just ask.....mine is rooted and status says modified , I didnt do factory reset after. Do u have to do this?
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Yeah, F.Reset required
:victory:
My phone keeps failing to update. I keep getting "Failed to update firmware due to network or server problem.Try software update via settings > Software Update > Update or try using PC Kies later". I read all the solutions and ended up just resetting my phone to factory settings and I am still getting the same message. I am don't know what to do at this point. Any ideas?
tarsierspectra said:
I read all the solutions...
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I do not really believe this. Install a JB stock release for your region with PC Odin. Or install PhilZ kernel and then try one of the available Custom Roms.
If I believe you: so you read all solutions before and I d not need to give you the links to the sticky tutorials related to this.
Good luck.
ThaiDai said:
I do not really believe this. Install a JB stock release for your region with PC Odin. Or install PhilZ kernel and then try one of the available Custom Roms.
If I believe you: so you read all solutions before and I d not need to give you the links to the sticky tutorials related to this.
Good luck.
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OK, I am sorry, I guess I didn't see all the solutions yet. Yes, I need links. I don't know how to install JB stock release. I don't know what PC Odin means. I basically read that I must have rooted my device and now I can't install updates and that if I wipe the device it will be able to install firmware update. I am puzzled why factory reset doesn't fix the problem but please point me to the links where I can learn how to install JB stock release and whatever PC Odin thing I need. Thank you
Sorry, but no links. You are a member since Nov 2011. You should know about the simple way of searching for sticky threads in a forum already. If you are too lazy to do this, then you should stop thinking about manual updates and custom roms, kernels etc.
But you could continue asking for spoon-feeding. There might be other members here that aren't tired of this way of being a part of XDA and they will post the links for you.
ThaiDai said:
Sorry, but no links. You are a member since Nov 2011. You should know about the simple way of searching for sticky threads in a forum already. If you are too lazy to do this, then you should stop thinking about manual updates and custom roms, kernels etc.
But you could continue asking for spoon-feeding. There might be other members here that aren't tired of this way of being a part of XDA and they will post the links for you.
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I am sorry I don't understand what a custom rom is and I don't want any. I don't want to do any manual updates. I just want update my phone as my phone keeps.telling me there is a firmware update. I searched for the error message and came back empty handed. The suggestions I found said to reset the phone but it didn't help me. You talked.about some things that I have never heard of so I asked for clarification. Is it wrong to ask? Yes I have been a member zince 2011 when I got my phone. I asked some questions back then and nothing since. It does not mean I am an expert in find out about some roms. I.just wanto have the the latest update.released by Samsung on my Samsung phone.
To putnit in a simple way. Why not just bring your phone to a customer service center and let them update for you?
Since you are not sure what those terms means and your phone seems to be in stock version. Samsung will update for you.
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devll said:
To putnit in a simple way. Why not just bring your phone to a customer service center and let them update for you?
Since you are not sure what those terms means and your phone seems to be in stock version. Samsung will update for you.
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There is no Samsung Customer Center in Massachusetts. What do I do in this case?
Call up Samsung and ask them?
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devll said:
Call up Samsung and ask them?
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So I called them and they don't have a center in the area that I can go to and even if they did he wasn't sure if they could update my international phone.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
tarsierspectra said:
So I called them and they don't have a center in the area that I can go to and even if they did he wasn't sure if they could update my international phone.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
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See original android dev section, the 3rd sticky thread particularly, read it thoroughly!!!!
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tarsierspectra said:
So I called them and they don't have a center in the area that I can go to and even if they did he wasn't sure if they could update my international phone.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
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did you a brand new phone or was it used.
Did you change stuff? root it debloat it?
Anything else? A little history is nice
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baz77 said:
did you a brand new phone or was it used.
Did you change stuff? root it debloat it?
Anything else? A little history is nice
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Brand new phone. I have not done anything to it. Was using it as is. Always got updates with no problem until a few days ago. I just want to get an official update that Samsung released.
tarsierspectra said:
Brand new phone. I have not done anything to it. Was using it as is. Always got updates with no problem until a few days ago. I just want to get an official update that Samsung released.
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first, try Kies.
if that fails try again.
Then we check efs
try dial *#06# and check if imei is the one you expect, it should not be 00049.
Then dial *#272*yourimeihere# and check if csc is selected. That should be the one of your phone. Maybe something went wrong with previous updates there. If you select the original your phone came with then a factory reset wil occur. be carefull, phones have bricked that way.
Now another ingredient for succesful updating is pcode, this can be found via a another code. forgot which one. Getting that back is to much work, unless you have efs backup of working condition. Which nobody has usually.
I would recommend going back via dr ketans pc odin way to latest rom for the csc found in previoius steps and in a clean way. Or earliest and update back up. Before you do that backup efs Search how.
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baz77 said:
first, try Kies.
if that fails try again.
Then we check efs
try dial *#06# and check if imei is the one you expect, it should not be 00049.
Then dial *#272*yourimeihere# and check if csc is selected. That should be the one of your phone. Maybe something went wrong with previous updates there. If you select the original your phone came with then a factory reset wil occur. be carefull, phones have bricked that way.
Now another ingredient for succesful updating is pcode, this can be found via a another code. forgot which one. Getting that back is to much work, unless you have efs backup of working condition. Which nobody has usually.
I would recommend going back via dr ketans pc odin way to latest rom for the csc found in previoius steps and in a clean way. Or earliest and update back up. Before you do that backup efs Search how.
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I already tried Kies and before I reset the phone to factory settings it gave me an error message in Korean. Then I reset the phpne and now Kies says that I am on the latest firmware, but I am not.
IMEI is not 00049
The right CSC is selected.
The previous updates ran just fine.
Iam having the same exact problem! "Failed to update firmeware due to network or server error. Please try again later or try using kies" My phone is not rooted. What could be the problem? Earlier updates were just fine! Please help, I want to update it to jellybean 4.3 !
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lohrii said:
...Please help, I want to update it to jellybean 4.3 !
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The latest official update from Samsung is 4.1.2!
Is that same iemi as that thai dia joker as he puts it a developer iemi so instead of insulting this guy why dont you just help him especialy that ti di character now of subject when i was a little boy oh so many years ago i tried ti di on clothes thought it was so boring seems things are still the same
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ThaiDai said:
The latest official update from Samsung is 4.1.2!
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He has a note 2. It has official 4.3.
Why don't you try a factory reset by Settings>backup&reset>factory data reset! maybe this solved the issue, and try to be on a fast and secured data connection!, 3G will work! try this if it doesn't work then more solutions by my side!
so i have galaxy s3 mini gt-i8200 and i rooted it and removed some bloatware
now kies tell me there is a new firmware available and i really want it
any help is appreciated
by the way i cant find a galaxy s3 mini gt-i8200 thread .... only gt-i8190
shinmarwan said:
so i have galaxy s3 mini gt-i8200 and i rooted it and removed some bloatware
now kies tell me there is a new firmware available and i really want it
any help is appreciated
by the way i cant find a galaxy s3 mini gt-i8200 thread .... only gt-i8190
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You can upgrade your phone but you will lose your root access and these some bloatware what you removed, will come back
xXPR0T0TYPEXx said:
You can upgrade your phone but you will lose your root access and these some bloatware what you removed, will come back
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i read in other sites that my phone might broke or the update might fail
i use kies to update
shinmarwan said:
i read in other sites that my phone might broke or the update might fail
i use kies to update
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I've never actually used Kies for anything (LOL,right), but I can tell you that if you don't suddenly remove the USB from the phone or your battery dies out, nothing can go wrong. Besides, even if you brick your device, you'll just have to download a stock firmware from sammobile and flash it with Odin, so no worries here either I've ruined my phone a thousand times xD
koragg97 said:
I've never actually used Kies for anything (LOL,right), but I can tell you that if you don't suddenly remove the USB from the phone or your battery dies out, nothing can go wrong. Besides, even if you brick your device, you'll just have to download a stock firmware from sammobile and flash it with Odin, so no worries here either I've ruined my phone a thousand times xD
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so i should update then ??
shinmarwan said:
so i should update then ??
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Well, yeah, sure, why not If you have any problems just post a thread here and we'll try to help in any way we can. Happy updating
shinmarwan said:
so i have galaxy s3 mini gt-i8200 and i rooted it and removed some bloatware
now kies tell me there is a new firmware available and i really want it
any help is appreciated
by the way i cant find a galaxy s3 mini gt-i8200 thread .... only gt-i8190
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There's only a few threads about gt-i8200. Reason for that is probably that it's quite new compared to i8190 and no developement is done..yet.
No don't do it cause after rooting installing ota or kies update bricks phone because the installation stops at middle due to root I myselftested it sevral times
Hello,
I was interested in this myself. Reading around suggested that Kies would soft brick your phone, and recovering it could be very difficult. I looked on YouTube (sorry, too new to post links!) and someone has uploaded a video that recommends using an app called SpoofFW to fool Kies into thinking your phone is completely stock.
However, as has been stated already, after upgrading, you will lose root, and all that Samsung bloat will be back again!
Maris
Best way to update without any problems is to download the newest firmware for your device from sammobile and flash it through Odin. After that you can root again and remove all the bloatware that comes with the ROM. ODIN>KIES
koragg97 said:
Best way to update without any problems is to download the newest firmware for your device from sammobile and flash it through Odin. After that you can root again and remove all the bloatware that comes with the ROM. ODIN>KIES
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i cant find the latest firmware on sammobile
shinmarwan said:
i cant find the latest firmware on sammobile
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Then try here : http://live.samsung-updates.com/index.php?device=GT-I8200 If your phone is L or N model, just select it from the dropdown list on the upper right
Help me XDA, you're my only hope!
In attempt to flash a custom recovery to my AT&T Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A), odin failed to flash it. After a while, I tried to root my phone after other forums/threads said I needed to. I tried towelroot, didn't work for $#!t. And the point of no return came when another forum said to flash a custom firmware to help TR, so I did. It failed. Then I decided to give up, but it got stuck in a bootloop, well, if you consider attempting to boot, giving up, and rebooting itself into bootloader a bootloop. And that was followed by attempting to flash stock firmware, which odin couldn't do anything. So, I've tried everything:
Kies won't detect my phone, or it will say it's unsupported
Odin must be broken or my phone is f***ed, because almost immediately, odin will say FAIL
Anti-Virus has been disabled this whole time
So if anyone reading this knows what they're doing, please help me out with this.
Matthew98405 said:
Help me XDA, you're my only hope!
In attempt to flash a custom recovery to my AT&T Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A), odin failed to flash it. After a while, I tried to root my phone after other forums/threads said I needed to. I tried towelroot, didn't work for $#!t. And the point of no return came when another forum said to flash a custom firmware to help TR, so I did. It failed. Then I decided to give up, but it got stuck in a bootloop, well, if you consider attempting to boot, giving up, and rebooting itself into bootloader a bootloop. And that was followed by attempting to flash stock firmware, which odin couldn't do anything. So, I've tried everything:
Kies won't detect my phone, or it will say it's unsupported
Odin must be broken or my phone is f***ed, because almost immediately, odin will say FAIL
Anti-Virus has been disabled this whole time
So if anyone reading this knows what they're doing, please help me out with this.
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First off you need to give more info about your phone. What build are you on 5.0, 4.4.4 etc. How did you get on that build. Ota update or custom update. We can't really help you unless we know what your running.
dirtydodge said:
First off you need to give more info about your phone. What build are you on 5.0, 4.4.4 etc. How did you get on that build. Ota update or custom update. We can't really help you unless we know what your running.
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I had 5.0 via OTA
Matthew98405 said:
I had 5.0 via OTA
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I'll search and see what I can find. Try searching for the OC4 firmware. if I find something i'll post it here
Matthew98405 said:
Help me XDA, you're my only hope!
In attempt to flash a custom recovery to my AT&T Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A), odin failed to flash it. After a while, I tried to root my phone after other forums/threads said I needed to. I tried towelroot, didn't work for $#!t. And the point of no return came when another forum said to flash a custom firmware to help TR, so I did. It failed. Then I decided to give up, but it got stuck in a bootloop, well, if you consider attempting to boot, giving up, and rebooting itself into bootloader a bootloop. And that was followed by attempting to flash stock firmware, which odin couldn't do anything. So, I've tried everything:
Kies won't detect my phone, or it will say it's unsupported
Odin must be broken or my phone is f***ed, because almost immediately, odin will say FAIL
Anti-Virus has been disabled this whole time
So if anyone reading this knows what they're doing, please help me out with this.
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if you can go into download mode then don't worry you can download another official firmware & flash it.
The firmware you tried & failed may be corrupt file so download new one & try.
Make sure your battery is more than 50%.if not know the battery level do not flash go to repair centre.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
You can try this. Make sure you are using Odin 3.09. You will need the OC4 stock partitions located at the bottom of the first post. That might work.
I just thought of this, does it matter what cable I use?
(Galaxy S5 USB 3.0 cable or standard micro USB)
Because I just used a regular cable and it worked!
Matthew98405 said:
I just thought of this, does it matter what cable I use?
(Galaxy S5 USB 3.0 cable or standard micro USB)
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It don't matter. As long as Itty is a good working cable
Wait, now it's stuck on the AT&T logo.
Yay, I'm in
Now restoring
Matthew98405 said:
Wait, now it's stuck on the AT&T logo.
Yay, I'm in
Now restoring
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So your back up and running now?
dirtydodge said:
So your back up and running now?
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Yup, and I restored everything!
Any idea why odin kept failing to flash a custom recovery?
Matthew98405 said:
Yup, and I restored everything!
Any idea why odin kept failing to flash a custom recovery?
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Because your running 5.0 ota. You can't root that version yet plus they only custom recovery that we have on the AT&T S5 is either safestrap or Flashfire which is still in testing faze. You'll need to wait til you can root the ota 5.0 since it has different bootloader.
Ok, thanks, so I can stop messing up my phone.
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Wait, now it's stuck on the AT&T logo.
Yay, I'm in
Now restoring
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How did you get it to restore? Im stuck at a soft brick on my s5 at&t with the 5.0 ota bootloader. Please help
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Matthew98405 said:
I had 5.0 via OTA
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If u need help i found solution of the same problem. lemme know if u do
sir i have tried to downgrade my galaxy s5 at&t by odin
but odin fails and i,m still stuck on firmware error ..
what i can i do?
shreesam09 said:
sir i have tried to downgrade my galaxy s5 at&t by odin
but odin fails and i,m still stuck on firmware error ..
what i can i do?
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What firmware were you on originally? Sounds like you we're on 5.0 or above . If so you will have to flash a pure stock rom of the same back to it . And no rooting for any thing above 4.4.4
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