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Got device back from samsung

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
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

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
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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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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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
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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.

Is it possible????

I upgraded latest Kitkat 4.4.2 but I don't like it. So I want to back on Jellybean 4.3. is it possible to downgrade Official Kitkat to Official Jellybean 4.3??? Please reply as soon as possible.
Thanks

gulu20072010 said:
I upgraded latest Kitkat 4.4.2 but I don't like it. So I want to back on Jellybean 4.3. is it possible to downgrade Official Kitkat to Official Jellybean 4.3??? Please reply as soon as possible.
Thanks
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You must love 4.4.2

Not possible

d8389 said:
You must love 4.4.2
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Actually I'm using AT&T version in India, device find network in very late and call some time going or sometime not,internet some time working or sometime not, I don't know why is it happened????I also chaged network mode to GSM only but same problem I face. thats why I'm thinking that if OS problem then downgrade may be solve my problem. Jellybean 4.3 also Knox lock and Kitkat also Knox locked then why not possible Kitkat to Jellybean downgrade???

Because of different bootloader. It's not because of Knox, Google made it like that I think. On every other phone is so. Like on Pc you cant go back from pre-installed Windows 8 to Windows 97. Try to factory reset from settings, you will loose all data but it may be fix your problem

gulu20072010 said:
Actually I'm using AT&T version in India, device find network in very late and call some time going or sometime not,internet some time working or sometime not, I don't know why is it happened????I also chaged network mode to GSM only but same problem I face. thats why I'm thinking that if OS problem then downgrade may be solve my problem. Jellybean 4.3 also Knox lock and Kitkat also Knox locked then why not possible Kitkat to Jellybean downgrade???
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Because the bootloaders are different. Samsung will not let you downgrade the bootloader and the bootloader does perform some functions on the kernel level which can cause issues. Contrary to what others have said it is possible to downgrade back to 4.3, however nearly everybody has reported WiFi and bluetooth issues when doing that. If you really want to downgrade to 4.3, follow the instructions in this thread. You can always flash back to 4.4.2 if you want. Good luck.

Devo7v said:
Because the bootloaders are different. Samsung will not let you downgrade the bootloader and the bootloader does perform some functions on the kernel level which can cause issues. Contrary to what others have said it is possible to downgrade back to 4.3, however nearly everybody has reported WiFi and bluetooth issues when doing that. If you really want to downgrade to 4.3, follow the instructions in this thread. You can always flash back to 4.4.2 if you want. Good luck.
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I don't want downgrade but network problem is very bi issue for me. Do you think that after downgrade network problem can solve??? or I can reinstall the kitkat can solve the problem?????

gulu20072010 said:
I don't want downgrade but network problem is very bi issue for me. Do you think that after downgrade network problem can solve??? or I can reinstall the kitkat can solve the problem?????
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The first thing I would do is factory reset the phone and see if that works. If it doesn't, then reinstall the NE3 firmware. Other than those 2 options, I don't think there's anything else you can do.

Devo7v said:
The first thing I would do is factory reset the phone and see if that works. If it doesn't, then reinstall the NE3 firmware. Other than those 2 options, I don't think there's anything else you can do.
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I do hard reset but the problem is same and thats why I want to downgrade and check thats its os problem or not. But now I face some critical Problem. I download Jellybean 4.3 and try to install through Odin but its fail,some knox reason and then I restart mobile its working good then I try reinstall Kitkat NE3 Firmware but same problem arise and then when I restart mobile its shown "Firmware Upgrade Encounter:. What should I do now???? If Kitkat can't reinstall again then what is the solution????I think samsung this type of service can change people mind and they 1000 think to buy samsung mobile. Please tell how can I reinstall Kitkat?????

Loop
Devo7v said:
Because the bootloaders are different. Samsung will not let you downgrade the bootloader and the bootloader does perform some functions on the kernel level which can cause issues. Contrary to what others have said it is possible to downgrade back to 4.3, however nearly everybody has reported WiFi and bluetooth issues when doing that. If you really want to downgrade to 4.3, follow the instructions in this thread. You can always flash back to 4.4.2 if you want. Good luck.
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Strange you @Devo7v didn't ask if @gulu20072010 has i537 or i9295 before you advise him to your thread to install i537 rom. :banghead:
There is a high risk of turning the S4 Active into a useless brick when you have advised him to Odin install wrong ROM. :screwy:

O-T said:
Loop
Strange you @Devo7v didn't ask if @gulu20072010 has i537 or i9295 before you advise him to your thread to install i537 rom. :banghead:
There is a high risk of turning the S4 Active into a useless brick when you have advised him to Odin install wrong ROM. :screwy:
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That's because he said he was using the AT&T version in his second post ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55545855).

Devo7v said:
That's because he said he was using the AT&T version in his second post ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55545855).
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Sorry @Devo7v , that passed my sleepy eyes. You are absolutely correct to advice him like you did.
I promise to thoroughly slap the little annoying thread police deputy that hypnotized me into this unforgivable attack on this thread

O-T said:
Loop
Strange you @Devo7v didn't ask if @gulu20072010 has i537 or i9295 before you advise him to your thread to install i537 rom. :banghead:
There is a high risk of turning the S4 Active into a useless brick when you have advised him to Odin install wrong ROM. :screwy:
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My friend pls help me out from the trouble, now I can't installl Kitkat through Odin, its give error message and installation FAIL,then restart shown Firmware Upgrade Encounter. What should I do now???? I read many thread that same problem solve from kies but when I download Kies 3 and give the Model no kies shown model not found. Please my friend give me suggestion. My phone is totally stop workin and stop the Firmware Encounter. Pls pls pls reply me and suggest me the solution if you know or if your friend or any one knows the solution.
Thank you.

When flash with Odin you can not have Kies active on the computer. Kies will interfere the pure USB connection you need to have between Samsung phone and Odin.
Don't connect USB to any hub, only powered connection directly from computer!
Haven't read complete Devo7v thread, but this mandatory fact was not in his OP where expected.

O-T said:
When flash with Odin you can not have Kies active on the computer. Kies will interfere the pure USB connection you need to have between Samsung phone and Odin.
Don't connect USB to any hub, only powered connection directly from computer!
Haven't read complete Devo7v thread, but this mandatory fact was not in his OP where expected.
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I didn't know that would cause issues, I will add it to the OP.