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[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.

No OS installed - but can boot to Safestrap

I somehow screwed up a flash and now I have no OS installed but I can boot to Safestrap recovery. Any ideas on how to get the OS loaded? I'm going to see if I have an micro SD to SD converter so I can load the OS there and try to flash via external SD. Is there another way? Thanks!

delfinparis said:
I somehow screwed up a flash and now I have no OS installed but I can boot to Safestrap recovery. Any ideas on how to get the OS loaded? I'm going to see if I have an micro SD to SD converter so I can load the OS there and try to flash via external SD. Is there another way? Thanks!
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I think the way you mentioned is the best and only way. Good luck!
What ROM are you going to flash?

delfinparis said:
I somehow screwed up a flash and now I have no OS installed but I can boot to Safestrap recovery. Any ideas on how to get the OS loaded? I'm going to see if I have an micro SD to SD converter so I can load the OS there and try to flash via external SD. Is there another way? Thanks!
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I had the same issue, and tried flashing multiple times via the external SD. Unfortunately, given that I got to your current situation by wiping everything but the external SD, it still wouldn't work. I flashed multiple times, but it always just said that it couldn't mount /data and /system. I ended up doing the MJ5 Restore found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
Trouble is, now I can't seem to get back to KK for the life of me....good luck!

jim256 said:
I had the same issue, and tried flashing multiple times via the external SD. Unfortunately, given that I got to your current situation by wiping everything but the external SD, it still wouldn't work. I flashed multiple times, but it always just said that it couldn't mount /data and /system. I ended up doing the MJ5 Restore found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715
Trouble is, now I can't seem to get back to KK for the life of me....good luck!
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Yep - I used the MJ5 Restore and all is right with the world again. Thanks guys!!!

delfinparis said:
Yep - I used the MJ5 Restore and all is right with the world again. Thanks guys!!!
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You going to stick with JB then or go KK?

jim256 said:
You going to stick with JB then or go KK?
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I went to KK - you're not able to?

delfinparis said:
I went to KK - you're not able to?
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Negative, was wondering if you might let me know precisely how you did it?

jim256 said:
Negative, was wondering if you might let me know precisely how you did it?
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Ha - I don't remember. Where are you getting stuck?

delfinparis said:
Ha - I don't remember. Where are you getting stuck?
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I'm going through this entire guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712039
I don't seem to get stuck anywhere until the very end. After I've finished all steps, it just never boots past the Note 3 splash screen.

You need to odin four files to boot into kk, look into mr tropazr's thread it's thorough and informative.

same issue
Okay i will start from the top. I have a note 3 on at&t that i used towel to root with. I downloaded su, busybox, safestrap,etc. Long story short i didnt back up when i wiped everything and i cannot get safestrap to laod any new rom, it states there is no os on the device. I then tried to use odin to reflash to stock and i get the smd header check failed message. Any help would be appreciated, I have also tried the mj5 recovery found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715&highlight=rev+check+fail) with odin and get the SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 > Binary 2

theradioinside said:
Okay i will start from the top. I have a note 3 on at&t that i used towel to root with. I downloaded su, busybox, safestrap,etc. Long story short i didnt back up when i wiped everything and i cannot get safestrap to laod any new rom, it states there is no os on the device. I then tried to use odin to reflash to stock and i get the smd header check failed message. Any help would be appreciated, I have also tried the mj5 recovery found here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715&highlight=rev+check+fail) with odin and get the SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 > Binary 2
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mj5 is 4.3 go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/n900aucucnc2-odin-files-t2838117

jerrycoffman45 said:
mj5 is 4.3 go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-att/general/n900aucucnc2-odin-files-t2838117
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I tried those files as well and followed the same method step by step and it would not work. I am completely lost at this point.

theradioinside said:
I tried those files as well and followed the same method step by step and it would not work. I am completely lost at this point.
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Perhaps I am missing something I downloaded all 5 files from mega, what is the fith file for the one that says n900aucucnc2_n900attcnc2_n900aucucnc2_home.tar.md5? I know where to properly place the other 4 files but im not certain about that one.

theradioinside said:
Perhaps I am missing something I downloaded all 5 files from mega, what is the fith file for the one that says n900aucucnc2_n900attcnc2_n900aucucnc2_home.tar.md5? I know where to properly place the other 4 files but im not certain about that one.
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The home file is all 4 files in 1. Just use the 4 individual files to install original NC2 firmware and wipe at the same time. Ignore the home file.

440bro said:
The home file is all 4 files in 1. Just use the 4 individual files to install original NC2 firmware and wipe at the same time. Ignore the home file.
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I tried that and I am goint to attempt to put the 4 in one on the ap spot, i think it says pda in odin.

theradioinside said:
I tried that and I am goint to attempt to put the 4 in one on the ap spot, i think it says pda in odin.
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Yes that would be correct. Using the home file is like using all 4 files only the home file doesn't wipe before installing. It installs firmware like an ota update would. I thought using the 4 files would reset you, and give you a clean install.

I found the fix bro THANK ME I have the same problem and I stumbled to this
Go to this forum http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51572044&postcount=2 and search for this word Quick Jump Start
follow the steps. YOU'RE WELCOME

theradioinside said:
I tried that and I am goint to attempt to put the 4 in one on the ap spot, i think it says pda in odin.
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see if you can fix it using the link in the above post if not let me know and I will back up my stock ATT KK 4.4.2 NC2 in safe strap after factory reset and I can send it to you. You can flash that and see if that works.
And what I understand is you started from stock 4.4.2 NC2 and than you towel root than installed SU and busybox and than installed the SS . After you went into SS, did you wipe the stock rom slot? Can you please explain in detail including each step so we know.

[odin][firmware] i537ucucne3 (4.4.2)

I didn't flash these files because I'm running hyperdrive and I like my set up. Whoever uses these odin files can let everyone know if they're 100% working or if they have any problems.
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B6Lj6PgrbSjibXdaTFlRSWw4NVk&export=download

dkeepitabuck said:
I didn't flash these files because I'm running hyperdrive and I like my set up. Whoever uses these odin files can let everyone know if they're 100% working or if they have any problems.
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B6Lj6PgrbSjibXdaTFlRSWw4NVk&export=download
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Where did you find these because I posted these a little earlier than your post same exact file name?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-active/help/link-to-sgh-i537-stock-4-4-odin-files-t2823709

dynamiclynk said:
Where did you find these because I posted these a little earlier than your post same exact file name?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-active/help/link-to-sgh-i537-stock-4-4-odin-files-t2823709
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It's a coincidence that we had the same files. Well my friend Dung (pronounced Young) sent me a link through my email.

Confirmed
Just recovered from a soft brick with them. phone working fine
YAY 4.4 ODIN!!!

firestorm942 said:
Just recovered from a soft brick with them. phone working fine
YAY 4.4 ODIN!!!
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Nice! :good:

Worked with no problems!
Flashed all 4 files using Odin 3.07 over stock, unrooted, NC9 OTA , which in turn I had flashed over stock, unrooted, ML2 through stock recovery. I had used the same Odin 3.07 to flash ML2 over MF3 (which came with the phone).
I had rooted the MF3 and installed Safestrap on it at some point. Once I decided a couple of days ago to try to upgrade all the way to NE3, I uninstalled Safestrap, all other programs I had installed and unrooted with SuperSu and did a factory reset in preparation for the ML2 flash with Odin (the phone still said custom when it booted after that, but once I flashed the ML2 Odin files, the phone was back to the stock boot animation).
I actually was stuck on the stock, unrooted, NC9 yesterday because after trying to flash the NE3 OTA through the stock recovery, the OTA seemed to be applied, but upon reboot the phone was still at NC9? And today, the solution! Thanks to all involved!:good:
By the way, I checked my knox counter when I entered Download (Odin) Mode before I flashed NE3 and it was at 0x0, so it seems that neither rooting nor installing Safestrap on MF3 changed the knox counter to 0x1
Next step, root with Towelroot, see how that goes (Thank you Geohot!):good:

flashed successfully from nc9. working phone, data, GPS and camera.

Can anybody who has successfully flashed this package post the MD5 for the zip file? I want to make sure people are not trying to flash a corrupt file.

Devo7v said:
Can anybody who has successfully flashed this package post the MD5 for the zip file? I want to make sure people are not trying to flash a corrupt file.
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If you tell me how get the MD5 from it, I'll give it a try.

Devo7v said:
Can anybody who has successfully flashed this package post the MD5 for the zip file? I want to make sure people are not trying to flash a corrupt file.
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I found a program by the name of MD5 Checker V4.0.0. This is the MD5 that it gave me: 59E84894B0C760E21955F1194392E61A

this porgram for android phones md5
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tet1 said:
this porgram for android phones md5
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I537 using XDA Free mobile app
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If your question was about my last post where I posted the MD5 for the SGH-I537UCUCNE3_v4.4.2_ATT_ALL.zip file that I got using the program Checker V4.0.0.? The program is a Windows program, not an Android App.

yes I know that windows program and I said md5 file for android Samsung phobes not program app ... and the odin files 4.4.2 NE3 worked good without problems
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gcam1964 said:
59E84894B0C760E21955F1194392E61A
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59e84894b0c760e21955f1194392e61a confirmed using Microsoft File Checksum Integrity Verifier v2.05

OK, I'm in over my head I have i537ucucne3. I flashed s5 conversion v5+ deodex_me. I'm a noob and I didn't make a back up first. Now I just want to get back to stock. If I flash the firmware in this thread, will that put me back to stock? Any help is much appreciated , please, and thank you.

jeffrausa said:
OK, I'm in over my head I have i537ucucne3. I flashed s5 conversion v5+ deodex_me. I'm a noob and I didn't make a back up first. Now I just want to get back to stock. If I flash the firmware in this thread, will that put me back to stock? Any help is much appreciated , please, and thank you.
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Yeah, if you flash this firmware you will be completely stock. It week completely wipe your phone and you will have to reroot.

Awesome, thank you much for the reply.
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Wait. . Do I flash with safestrap, or do I need to use odin
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I figured it out. Flashed the files with odin. It's running great. thanks again for the help. You guys are geniuses.
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Hello, friends, but when I flash the firmware, Odin says fail ? Please help MEEEEE !

Please help

Hi im having difficulty restoring my g900a back to stock. i think i found the stock firmware from zedomax and it works but im still having a problem. on his video he is extracting ONE file but when i download the att firmware there is 4 and im pretty sure i need all the fiels to be flashed. is there a way to do that? here is the file http://galaxys5root.com/galaxy-s5-stock-firmware/
when i unzip there is 4 tar files. i did the biggest one but i think im missing the bootloader, recovery ect. please help anyone ive tried different stock firmwares on xda and all of them just fail. thanks guys.

What method are you using to flash? Odin or safestrap? Do you have safestrap installed?

feelinfroggy23 said:
Hi im having difficulty restoring my g900a back to stock. i think i found the stock firmware from zedomax and it works but im still having a problem. on his video he is extracting ONE file but when i download the att firmware there is 4 and im pretty sure i need all the fiels to be flashed. is there a way to do that? here is the file http://galaxys5root.com/galaxy-s5-stock-firmware/
when i unzip there is 4 tar files. i did the biggest one but i think im missing the bootloader, recovery ect. please help anyone ive tried different stock firmwares on xda and all of them just fail. thanks guys.
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It might be the actual stock ROM (I didn't check that particular file you mentioned) but in general the stock ROM for this phone comes in four files which begin with the following:
AP, CP, CSC, BL
You can load those in their corresponding spots in Odin (BL in bootloader, and so on)
Or you can head over to sammobile and download the stock firmware, which is a Samsung Kies dump file. This is one giant tar ball ( like the one in the video) which you'll just load into the PDA section of Odin 3.09 and flash away.

When you're clicking on ODIN are you running it as Admin? Also see the guy in the video using a USB 2 cable.

yes i am running as admin. it only works when i only use pda. when i put in the bl and csc and cp is keeps failing. after if flashed the pda file the phone reboots and freezes on the samsung screen. should i try doing it one by one?

it wont work still failing. should i flash one by one?

I did but i cant load it. i only get to the samesung logo and it freezes. only thing i can get into is download mode and the stock recovery. is there a way to boot into safestrap when phone is off? im running out of ideas and ive tried to do it on different computers and cords.

it seems like the bootloader file is the only one not working. do you have any idea? please please please help guys

feelinfroggy23 said:
it seems like the bootloader file is the only one not working. do you have any idea? please please please help guys
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Don't flash the bootloader and you should be fine

I tried that and it still freezes on Samsung logo. Does anyone have a legit firemware I've tried the ones on here or does anyone know how to get the one from sammobile? Really appreciating the help
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Download the G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712464416
Use Odin 3.09 and flash in AP slot. Once it is done then take the OTA for NG3 then OA1
Thanks to @muniz_ri
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Waiting4MyAndroid said:
Download the G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar from here:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712464416
Use Odin 3.09 and flash in AP slot. Once it is done then take the OTA for NG3 then OA1
Thanks to @muniz_ri
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A
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the download says thats for the gs4?

feelinfroggy23 said:
the download says thats for the gs4?
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It is the right tar. I have used it many times to go back to stock after root.
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Can you walk me through your process please?
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feelinfroggy23 said:
I tried that and it still freezes on Samsung logo. Does anyone have a legit firemware I've tried the ones on here or does anyone know how to get the one from sammobile? Really appreciating the help
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Use the G900A_DOwngrade_to_NCE.tar from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120 and flash in the pda. that should fix your problem.

feelinfroggy23 said:
Can you walk me through your process please?
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Download the G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.rar. Unzip and you should get this file "G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5". Now Run Odin 3.09 as admin, and put your phone in download mode. In Odin click on the AP icon and point to the G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5. Wait until Odin finishes loading the file it takes some time. Plug usb cable to your phone while in download mode. Once Odin is ready click start. Wait until Odin is done. Your phone will reboot once the flash is done. Please Thank @muniz_ri for his hard work.

Yea. Prolly should have checked this forum before you went on the journey.
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Now, Instead of making sarcastic comments, I will provide some assistance. There is one thing left out of all of these tutes that took me a while to catch on to. As a result, my phone was doing the same thing.
When you follow the downgrade instructions, yes leave out the boot loader. Sometimes, the downgrade doesn't do the job properly, so you'll have to go to this thread, scroll to the very bottom post and you'll see a link for "G900A_NCE_Stock_Modem"
You will need to flash this along with the stock firmware. It should correct the boot issue. (Flash in PDA slot)
Furthermore, you will not be able to update via WiFi OTA. You'll have to download the official update files in .zip format.
Go to this thread for the " G900A_NCEtoNG3_OTA.zip" to update from NCE to NG3.
This next step is optional, but it won't hurt to try it. Go here and grab the stock NG3 modem and recovery. Flash each (one at a time) in the PDA slot.
My personal opinion of the 4.4.4 update is low. There are many issues with it. But if you're trying get the phone completely up to date then:
Go here for the final update.
You should now be set. Please thank @muniz_ri for his unrelenting dedication to helping others.
It is not my intention to be an ass, but you should begin with google, and then search entire AT&T forum before posting questions like this. Chances are, others have had the same problem, asked, and received a solution exactly like this.
Anyways, I hope I was able to guide you in the right direction...
Edit: It seems that both of the update zips are in the OA1 root guide thread.
P.S.
Your phone is from AT&T, right?

[Q] Unable to download any new software updates

Whenever I used to try to update my phone from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, my phone would say the installation was interrupted, and kies would say my firmware is up to date. At the time I didnt care much, but now that 5.0 is out, I want to figure this out. When I got my phone in September I flashed the original software to root, then reflashed 4.4.2. Since then I unrooted and restores my phone to try and resolve the problem, but neither have helped. Does anyone know a solution? If any more information is needed I can definitely provide it.

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Whenever I used to try to update my phone from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, my phone would say the installation was interrupted, and kies would say my firmware is up to date. At the time I didnt care much, but now that 5.0 is out, I want to figure this out. When I got my phone in September I flashed the original software to root, then reflashed 4.4.2. Since then I unrooted and restores my phone to try and resolve the problem, but neither have helped. Does anyone know a solution? If any more information is needed I can definitely provide it.
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I have the same problem on my side. I haven't even ever rooted the phone. Always the same error. I have posted this issue here, lets see if some one replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...ipop-coming-soon-t3030721/page18#post59986756

SyslogPlease said:
Whenever I used to try to update my phone from 4.4.2 to 4.4.4, my phone would say the installation was interrupted, and kies would say my firmware is up to date. At the time I didnt care much, but now that 5.0 is out, I want to figure this out. When I got my phone in September I flashed the original software to root, then reflashed 4.4.2. Since then I unrooted and restores my phone to try and resolve the problem, but neither have helped. Does anyone know a solution? If any more information is needed I can definitely provide it.
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I had the same issue I used the files from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120 under troubleshooting I first downloaded and then flashed the file to downgrade to nce. Then downloaded the nce to ng3 ota file and sideloaded and flashed in stock recovery after that I have been able to download and update via the ota. hope this helps

doing that process
I can manage the first flash but I'm not really that good at this so how would I go about doing that second flash?

SyslogPlease said:
I can manage the first flash but I'm not really that good at this so how would I go about doing that second flash?
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You need to place the update file on your ext sdcard then boot into stock recovery and update from ext sdcard.

wildcard30 said:
I had the same issue I used the files from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120 under troubleshooting I first downloaded and then flashed the file to downgrade to nce. Then downloaded the nce to ng3 ota file and sideloaded and flashed in stock recovery after that I have been able to download and update via the ota. hope this helps
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Last questions are how to go into stock recovery and once I do that its all normal again?

How to boot Samsung Galaxy S5 Recovery Mode:
Power off your device completely.
Boot recovery mode by pressing and holding Volume Up, Home and Power, all at the same time.
Release all buttons when the Galaxy S5 screen flickers and the main Recovery screen will appear.
Once I updated to ng3 through the stock recovery I was able to take the ota updates for 4.4.4 and 5.0 normally.

Thanks, I'm going to try this now. Hope I don't lose any data!

SyslogPlease said:
Thanks, I'm going to try this now. Hope I don't lose any data!
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you will when you flash through stock recovery.
Back up your data

It all went smoothly and I can update again! Thanks so much!

You are welcome.

I tried the instructions in that thread but I get an error when I try to install the first update.
The error mentions unexpected contents
What I did is copy the file to the SD card, booted into recovery and then selected install from external
What did I do wrong?

Hi there. Thank you so much for this. Question is that I am already on NG3 and I still dont have the update option! Would I need to go to OA1 one? Which I believe is 4.4.4? Then get the update for lollipop? A little confusion. And if that is the case, where can I get the file thing for OA1?

juliusgy said:
I tried the instructions in that thread but I get an error when I try to install the first update.
The error mentions unexpected contents
What I did is copy the file to the SD card, booted into recovery and then selected install from external
What did I do wrong?
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I have the same problem, except I used adb sidoload

juliusgy said:
I tried the instructions in that thread but I get an error when I try to install the first update.
The error mentions unexpected contents
What I did is copy the file to the SD card, booted into recovery and then selected install from external
What did I do wrong?
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Did you do the downgrade to NCE through Odin first?

Yes I did. I tried it again and I see that I'm on NG3 now, I guess I have to do the other one Now.

juliusgy said:
Yes I did. I tried it again and I see that I'm on NG3 now, I guess I have to do the other one Now.
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Once I was on NG3 I was able to upgrade using the OTA.

wildcard30 said:
Once I was on NG3 I was able to upgrade using the OTA.
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I am on NG3 and I am not getting any OTA for OA1 which is 4.4.4! I need that to go to 5.0? How can I manually update it? Dont care for root and other gimmicks. Completely stock!

ThuGzta said:
I am on NG3 and I am not getting any OTA for OA1 which is 4.4.4! I need that to go to 5.0? How can I manually update it? Dont care for root and other gimmicks. Completely stock!
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You could always try sideloading the NG3 to OA1 update then flashing through stock recovery from the other thread I mentioned.