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[Q] Phone Won't Write Packages From Odin - Doesn't Enter Recovery

I have been trying to write firmwares from samfirmware.com onto my galaxy s, and when I write them it just flashes the boot logo, and then resets. I figured out that it isn't actually entering recovery to install the package. Is there any way to fix this? Or have I officially bricked it?
Note: I just unrooted, that's when the problems started. (stupid I know) I was running CWM Recovery, and Darky's Rom

does it enter download mode ??
if so flash a full 3 file firmware in odin with pit and repartition
EDIT: you cant flash odin files in recovery.. only in odin using download mode

Did your phone have 3BR to start with?

Yeah it enters download mode, says pass when I flash it etc, just when it reboots it doesn't write the flashed package. Do you know where I can get a 3 part package?

@geesamsungs - what do you mean...? Sorry, only very new to flashing.

Softbricked AT&T Galaxy S5

I purchased a soft bricked sm-g900a phone off of Ebay with the idea of using Odin to reflash and recover the phone. Since the phone was purchased soft bricked I do not have a history on what firmware was running on the phone or what the previous owner flashed that may have caused the phone not to boot to the OS or into recovery. I am assuming the previous owner was on 5.0 and tried to downgrade and ran into problems.
Short description of the current state of the phone:
1. Phone will boot into Odin Mode and can be flashed using Odin.
2. Phone will start to boot to recovery but sticks at "Recovery Booting. . . ." and reboots after about 30 seconds
3. Phone boots to Samsung logo and reboots after about 30 seconds.
What works:
Using Odin I can flash the following without errors: After flashing the phone exhibits the behavior above.
G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5,
G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
G900A_OC4_Stock_Modem.tar.md5,
G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions.tar.md5
G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe - reboots to recovery and "Recovery Booting. . . ."
I can flash SM-G900A_pit.pit with Odin 3.07 but not 3.09 or 3.10.
What does not work.
Tried flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 - Odin reports error
<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)
Phone reports errors
SYS REV CHECK FAIL :Refer 2> Binary 1
SECURE CHECK FAIL : System
Tried flashing SM-G900A 4.4.2 G900AUCU1ANCE Firmware - AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 in AP slot
Same errors as above .
Tried to use Kies to recover the phone. It goes through the process of recovering with 4.4.2 and crashes about the same place flashing wit Odin does.
I assume if I could get into recovery to do a factory wipe I would be able to get the phone to boot. I have read multiple forum posts and blogs on getting the bricked phone to work where most recommend flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 and then if you can't get into recovery to flash either G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 or G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 and then you should be able to get into recovery. This of course has not worked for me.
Does anyone have any idea how I might go about getting this phone to boot into recovery? Also is it possible to have the local AT&T store re flash 5.0 on the phone.
I know it is a risk buying soft bricked phones but I sure would not like to have an expensive paper weight.

Bogiemaker said:
I purchased a soft bricked sm-g900a phone off of Ebay with the idea of using Odin to reflash and recover the phone. Since the phone was purchased soft bricked I do not have a history on what firmware was running on the phone or what the previous owner flashed that may have caused the phone not to boot to the OS or into recovery. I am assuming the previous owner was on 5.0 and tried to downgrade and ran into problems.
Short description of the current state of the phone:
1. Phone will boot into Odin Mode and can be flashed using Odin.
2. Phone will start to boot to recovery but sticks at "Recovery Booting. . . ." and reboots after about 30 seconds
3. Phone boots to Samsung logo and reboots after about 30 seconds.
What works:
Using Odin I can flash the following without errors: After flashing the phone exhibits the behavior above.
G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5,
G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
G900A_OC4_Stock_Modem.tar.md5,
G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions.tar.md5
G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe - reboots to recovery and "Recovery Booting. . . ."
I can flash SM-G900A_pit.pit with Odin 3.07 but not 3.09 or 3.10.
What does not work.
Tried flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 - Odin reports error
<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)
Phone reports errors
SYS REV CHECK FAIL :Refer 2> Binary 1
SECURE CHECK FAIL : System
Tried flashing SM-G900A 4.4.2 G900AUCU1ANCE Firmware - AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 in AP slot
Same errors as above .
Tried to use Kies to recover the phone. It goes through the process of recovering with 4.4.2 and crashes about the same place flashing wit Odin does.
I assume if I could get into recovery to do a factory wipe I would be able to get the phone to boot. I have read multiple forum posts and blogs on getting the bricked phone to work where most recommend flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 and then if you can't get into recovery to flash either G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 or G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 and then you should be able to get into recovery. This of course has not worked for me.
Does anyone have any idea how I might go about getting this phone to boot into recovery? Also is it possible to have the local AT&T store re flash 5.0 on the phone.
I know it is a risk buying soft bricked phones but I sure would not like to have an expensive paper weight.
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Its hard to tell what version it was on previously since recovery wont even boot, but from how its acting i'd say it was on LP and bricked for a KK flash, so you flashing NCE(Kitkat) is doing zilch. Seeing as there is no option for you to root, and im assuming you arent interested in that anyway, i would just take it to bestbuy or the att store and get them to reflash it, just say you got it off ebay and it was like that.
Sent from my Tw5ted SM-G900A using Tapatalk

I took the phone to BestBuy and the guy there flashed it with 5.0.1 with the same results. Boots to the Recovery Booting. . . . screen for about 30 seconds and then reboots. My daughter is taking it to an AT&T repair center to see if they have any better luck.

Have you tried flashing the boot image?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using XDA Free mobile app

Boot image. Not sure which file you are talking about.
Could you give me a little more information or a link to the file?

Re: Softbricked AT&T Galaxy S5
If you have the oc4 update zip, in the zip should be a boot image, create an md5 tar file from it then flash in AP. If that doesn't work, you flashed a bad kernel and may have to use jtag to fully recover. Or bring it to a repair facility to have them do it.

My daughter took the phone to an AT&T repair center and they also could not successfully flash the phone. The only OC4 update i have found is the G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe update and I do not believe I can extract the boot image from that update. Is there another source of the OC4 update available where I could obtain the boot image.
Thanks for the help everyone.

I'll look for the DL link. But if they tried flashing it, and it didn't work. You may be SOL.

Bogiemaker said:
I purchased a soft bricked sm-g900a phone off of Ebay with the idea of using Odin to reflash and recover the phone. Since the phone was purchased soft bricked I do not have a history on what firmware was running on the phone or what the previous owner flashed that may have caused the phone not to boot to the OS or into recovery. I am assuming the previous owner was on 5.0 and tried to downgrade and ran into problems.
Short description of the current state of the phone:
1. Phone will boot into Odin Mode and can be flashed using Odin.
2. Phone will start to boot to recovery but sticks at "Recovery Booting. . . ." and reboots after about 30 seconds
3. Phone boots to Samsung logo and reboots after about 30 seconds.
What works:
Using Odin I can flash the following without errors: After flashing the phone exhibits the behavior above.
G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5,
G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5
G900A_OC4_Stock_Modem.tar.md5,
G900A_OC4_Stock_Partitions.tar.md5
G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick..exe - reboots to recovery and "Recovery Booting. . . ."
I can flash SM-G900A_pit.pit with Odin 3.07 but not 3.09 or 3.10.
What does not work.
Tried flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 - Odin reports error
<ID:0/005> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> FAIL! (Auth)
Phone reports errors
SYS REV CHECK FAIL :Refer 2> Binary 1
SECURE CHECK FAIL : System
Tried flashing SM-G900A 4.4.2 G900AUCU1ANCE Firmware - AP_G900AUCU1ANCE_964333_REV00_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5 in AP slot
Same errors as above .
Tried to use Kies to recover the phone. It goes through the process of recovering with 4.4.2 and crashes about the same place flashing wit Odin does.
I assume if I could get into recovery to do a factory wipe I would be able to get the phone to boot. I have read multiple forum posts and blogs on getting the bricked phone to work where most recommend flashing G900A_Downgrade_to_NCE.tar.md5 and then if you can't get into recovery to flash either G900A_OC4_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 or G900A_OA1_Stock_Kernel.tar.md5 and then you should be able to get into recovery. This of course has not worked for me.
Does anyone have any idea how I might go about getting this phone to boot into recovery? Also is it possible to have the local AT&T store re flash 5.0 on the phone.
I know it is a risk buying soft bricked phones but I sure would not like to have an expensive paper weight.
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Hello! OP...are you still around?
Did you ever recover this phone?
I was in the same situation...maybe worse...and I was finally able to recover it.
Please let me know what happened with yours?
THANKS!

jebep said:
Hello! OP...are you still around?
Did you ever recover this phone?
I was in the same situation...maybe worse...and I was finally able to recover it.
Please let me know what happened with yours?
THANKS!
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How did you recover yours?

recovery bootloop with N910T

Hello all developers
the problem start when my friend ask me to fix his mobile
the first look to the mobile is
when i click power on it's show Samsung logo with this word at the left top( recovery booting ... )then reboot after 2 seconds at-least
i have download the latest official Rom 5.1.1 from sammobile
N910TUVU2DOK2_N910TTMB2DOK2_N910TUVU2DOK2_HOME
after flash with odin i remember that is must complete the installation after first reboot with android logo but there is nothing happened !! its always reboot with the same word ( recovery rebooting )
I have tired to flash many Roms
Many BL
Many Modem
try to flash PIT File and the same
try Emergency with Kies and nothing changed
Kies give me this information when i put the model
PDA : OK2 / CSC : OK2 / PHONE : OK2 (TMB)
the all info about this mobile :
Model : SM-N910T
S/N : RF8FC131QYY 14.12
IMEI : 356095064430028
when i enter Odin Mode thats appear
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME : SM-910t
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS : CUSTOM
REACTIVATION LOCK : OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0x1 (4)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT : ENABLE (CBS)
RP SWREV : S1, T1 , R1 , A2 , P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
UDC START
please help me to fix it with any rom ... I can't go recovery mode but i can go download mode with ODIN

Any help please

i have the same issue but im on verizon. Also kies doesnt recognize my phone and I can't get to recovery. Any help would be appreciated. otherwise i just have an expensive paperweight.

Download n910t pit file and flash the pit file with the firmware. Make sure repartiton is checked. And let it reboot without pulling the the usb out.. the first thing it always does after odin to stock is reboot to recovery....are you getting any errors when you try to flash the firmware? Download this firmware. It is untouched full stock wipes everything
https://mega.nz/#!asRzgCYb!f8ssb_v6zDxYJ8_u1ygzpothj1arjRmMdM_opGz8QO0

Had the same issue i tried all kinds of roms stock and custom nothing seemed to work bought a new battery didnt make a diff now my phone is dead

noob4598 said:
Download n910t pit file and flash the pit file with the firmware. Make sure repartiton is checked. And let it reboot without pulling the the usb out.. the first thing it always does after odin to stock is reboot to recovery....are you getting any errors when you try to flash the firmware? Download this firmware. It is untouched full stock wipes everything
https://mega.nz/#!asRzgCYb!f8ssb_v6zDxYJ8_u1ygzpothj1arjRmMdM_opGz8QO0
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Can you share PIT file for 910t? My phone is just keep bootcycle no matter what I do with ODIN, and try to flash ROM after ODIN, it bombs out, and boot cycle...
Thanks.

I am stuck with the same thing
any help would be great I am some what of a noob to this

Anyone had luck solving this problem?

noob4598 said:
Download n910t pit file and flash the pit file with the firmware. Make sure repartiton is checked. And let it reboot without pulling the the usb out.. the first thing it always does after odin to stock is reboot to recovery....are you getting any errors when you try to flash the firmware? Download this firmware. It is untouched full stock wipes everything
https://mega.nz/#!asRzgCYb!f8ssb_v6zDxYJ8_u1ygzpothj1arjRmMdM_opGz8QO0
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Link plz

waleedy said:
Link plz
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I'm having the same problem. I'm not getting any errors, and I found and flashed the PIT file with the stock firmware. Still no boot. It just sits on the boot up screen. No recovery, no battery icon...no nothing.

Was scammed and bought bricked SM-G925A. Won't boot into recovery mode.

ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G925A
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICAL
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLED
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0 (0X0000)
AP SWREV: B: 4 K: 3 S: 3
Good evening,
First time poster long time reader/browser. Before posting this message I have read all other posts/threads in an attempt to fix this issue. Long story short I busted my old Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge SM-G925A AT&T and bought this one used online. The seller never mentioned it was bricked as all pictures posted of it showed it operating and at least booting up. When I received phone I turned it on and it is stuck in a boot loop. I have tried to boot in recovery mode by pressing VOL UP+HOME+POWER button and it does nothing. I am only able to boot into download mode. I have attempted to flash multiple stock firmwares which 3 have been successful and passed in ODIN, however once they pass and the phone reboots it is still stuck in a boot loop. I have been successful in flashing the below firmwares. I do not know anything about the phone besides the IMEI number, S/N, SKU and manufactured date. I do not know what firmware was on the phone originally and do not know what was flashed on phone when I received it (I'm assuming phone was flashed or rooted before due to the above stating SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM) Am I stuck with a bricked phone? I've attempted flashes with PIT Files, w/o PIT FILES, with just the AP file, with all 4 BL, AP, CP and CSC files and each time it gets in a bootloop. Can someone please assist me? I've read that sometimes all is needed is to wipe the cache in recovery mode and that would clear bootloop, but I cannot get into recovery mode. Any suggestions. Again, below are what I've flashed successfully but continues to bootloop. Thank you all in advance.
G925AUCS5DPJ1--SUCCESSFUL ODIN FLASH-STILL BOOTLOOP
G925AUCU3BO12--SUCCESSFUL ODIN FLASH-STILL BOOTLOOP
G925AATT3BOJ7--SUCCESSFUL ODIN FLASH-STILL BOOTLOOP
I will say after flashing the DPJ1 files I can no longer flash the BL file for either of the 2 firmwares below it (the AP, CP and CSC files all still flash successful).
I'm just about to give up and shell out the money and buy new phone. Was just hoping someone on here could provide me some advice, some sort of miracle file or a way I can odin flash a tar/md5 file that will wipe my cache/system cache like it would as if you did it in recovery mode.
OH! Also Samsung Smart-Switch will not recognize the phone. I'm able to input the model name and S/N in the emergency software initialization but as soon as I input the S/N and click ok it immediately crashes and closes out Smart-Switch. Thanks Guys!
Paul

You need to find a Marshmallow odin file. The phone has most like;y already been updated to Marshmallow in the past. Once on MM, you cant go back to Lollipop which is what those 3 files you listed are.
Edit, NM....that PJ1 file is marshmallow. Try taking it to Best Buy and having them reflash it with the latest MM file.

Thank you, I will try that. I have tried taking to AT&T but they wouldn't help at all. They said since I'm not AT&T customer then I'd have to go thru Samsung. I'm aggravated. I've been working on this off and on for 3 months now. Thanks again for the reply. I've read a lot of people saying after wiping cache partition and rebooting it fixed bootloop after successful flash.
You said I could go back to Lollipop. If I use anything other than the 3 files I listed Odin will fail with various,
Secure Check fail message. Do you know if anyone has created a Odin file that will successfully wipe the cache partition like it would via system recovery?
Thanks again for the reply.

Any updates on this ? I'm having the same issue with my G925I.

why don't you try to flash the DPK5 update from ODIN in the nougat update thread. that's the latest ODIN file I think

saketkutta said:
why don't you try to flash the DPK5 update from ODIN in the nougat update thread. that's the latest ODIN file I think
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No matter what I flash , it's always stuck on the s6 edge logo.. And I can't enter any recovery be it stock or custom recovery. All I can do is enter download mode and flash official ROMs but none seem to work.

Thats some unfortunate situation. I don't know what to do. If official roms don't boot then it's permanent brick I think. Any senior devs know what to do?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-T337A using Tapatalk

I am suffering from the similar fate,, its a friend mobile whose stuck on Samsung logo, he tried to fix it with Kies and Smart Switch and it did not workout for him.
The phone does not boot into recovery. I tried flashing G925AUCU1AOCE and G925AUCU3BOJ7 stock firmwares but no luck.
I successfully flashed G925AUCU6EQCF but it is still stuck on Samsung Logo
Any help or suggestion would be welcome
edit 3rd: Ok now I have managed to flash G925AUCS5DPJ1, still it won't boot into recovery and it is looping to Samsung logo

Same for me ... The recovery is not accessible and the phone reboots in a loop, Smart Switch tell me that the S / N does not match the phone model ...

eMMC Write Failed: ABOOT error N910W8 Canada Note 4

I have a note 4 Canada model N910W8 and I am having the emmc write fial error, no matter which stock firmware I flash with Odin it does not work and cannot be booted into recovery, I tried with PIt without PIT nothing attached is the image showing error on the phone download mode. Please help unbrick my Note 4

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3488114
Use the recovery firmware for n910w8.
Load the files in respective slots of odin, select f.time reset and repartition, untick auto reboot.
Flash.
Reporting Via N910G.

yashthemw said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3488114
Use the recovery firmware for n910w8.
Load the files in respective slots of odin, select f.time reset and repartition, untick auto reboot.
Flash.
Reporting Via N910G.
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Do I have to use the freezer ? My N910W8 boots into DL mode without any issues, so is the freezer step necessary still?

lambergino said:
Do I have to use the freezer ? My N910W8 boots into DL mode without any issues, so is the freezer step necessary still?
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Freeze it before flashing the recovery firmware.
Reporting Via N910G.

yashthemw said:
Freeze it before flashing the recovery firmware.
Reporting Via N910G.
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I have flashed all the portions of the recovery firmware including CSC, it completed successfully in odin, then I pulled the battery out and put back in tried to boot into recovery still did not go... it showed 'installing updates' and then blank. Do I have to reflash the recovery firmware then flash stock firmware via odin after I pull the battery ?

lambergino said:
I have flashed all the portions of the recovery firmware including CSC, it completed successfully in odin, then I pulled the battery out and put back in tried to boot into recovery still did not go... it showed 'installing updates' and then blank. Do I have to reflash the recovery firmware then flash stock firmware via odin after I pull the battery ?
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The fact is, the emmc trips when the device heats up.
One user, actually kept an ice bag on the device while it was booting. The device booted successfully.
This is actually a hardware brick, which probably can't be fixed with any software.
Reporting Via N910G.

lambergino said:
I have a note 4 Canada model N910W8 and I am having the emmc write fial error, no matter which stock firmware I flash with Odin it does not work and cannot be booted into recovery, I tried with PIt without PIT nothing attached is the image showing error on the phone download mode. Please help unbrick my Note 4
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I had the same problems. This is a hardware error (emmc = flashmemory). The only solution is to replace you motherboard. I ordered one on aliexpress and replaced it myself with a tutrial found on youtube. Very easy.
My phone is working perfect now.