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Rogers Captivate i896 - Stuck on AT&T World Phone?

I have the Rogers Captivate - SGH-i896. I was following a tutorial on enabling tethering on my phone (on maggadget) but something went really wrong. I got Odin3 working, but when my captivate restarted, it got the a screen with "AT&T World Phone" and froze. I unplugged my phone and restarted it, but everytime I restart my phone, it shows the "I896 Samsung" screen then stays on the "AT&T World Phone" screen and doesn't do anything else.
I can still restart to go into download mode.
Have I just killed my phone? Does anyone have suggestions as to how I can get my phone back up?

flash another rom with Odin

would you point me to a good tutorial for that? thanks a bunch

Since you have download mode you are ok. You can get it back going using odin, but I am not aware of a Rogers-specific Odin flashable ROM.
I don't know what the 3-button combo situation is with the Rogers Captivate, but many AT&T Captivates lose it when flashed to stock, so I would not use the Odin one-click flasher on that phone, because if it disables download mode and doesn't work you'll be screwed. People are running the Cognition ROM on Rogers phones so you might try that. Beta 9.1.3 has an Odin flashable version. There is also an Odin version of the stock AT&T ROM with 3-button fix, which may work for you, at least temporarily.
If you get it to a point where you can install clockwork recovery on the phone, someone posted a nandroid backup of his Rogers phone here. (If you can get into recovery mode then you may be able to push a clockwork recovery to the phone via adb, e.g. "adb push update.zip /sdcard".) That backup hung my phone after the AT&T logo, but mine is an AT&T version and I ran the restore from a froyo build and I really don't know if one or both of those facts had anything to do with the failure.

What is "clockwork recovery"?
I will install the Cognition, thanks!

strawberrybanana said:
What is "clockwork recovery"?
I will install the Cognition, thanks!
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Sounds like a good plan. Clockwork recovery is an enhanced recovery mode that has added functions.

I tried installing Cognition, but Odin3 won't detect my phone, now. Any suggestions?

strawberrybanana said:
I tried installing Cognition, but Odin3 won't detect my phone, now. Any suggestions?
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Odin must be running before the phone is plugged in. Disconnect the phone from the computer. Start Odin (for some people right-clicking and running it as administrator is necessary to get it to work). Now put you phone in download mode by holding vol up+down and pluggin in the USB cable. It should detect in Odin.

f*ck yeah! cognition looks so good.
I read elsewhere that your browser sometimes interferes with Odin's detection of your phone. That was my case, thanks for your help <3

you can fix with odin but im not sure what you will need to do about unlocking, i read somewhere that people were haveing trouble with losing the unlock code after the froyo upgrade. it's not official so you may have trouble getting support from rogers or att. ive never unlocked a phone so i dont know what the details of doing so will be but i understand it is more common up in canada because of roaming charges.
there is are a few odin flashable att roms that can be rooted, clockwork mod recovery installed and a cognition eclair version can be used. id do a search of unlock threads on the forum first and see what people have to say about froyo if unlocking is something you are interested in.

I had the same thing. I disconnected the cable, held the power, v+ and V- buttons, the screen went blank and then released the volume buttons. Its all good now!

Now my phone is not detecting the 3g network. I think it has something to do with using at & t rom while on a rogers net work.any ideas?

strawberrybanana said:
Now my phone is not detecting the 3g network. I think it has something to do with using at & t rom while on a rogers net work.any ideas?
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You have to manually enter your Rogers APN from settings -> wireless networks -> mobile networks -> access point names. Search up "Rogers APN android" and I think it's the first one that pops up.

Yes, got it working. No need for my apartment internet connection now that I can use Mobile AP and USB Tethering!

Download mode not working...
I have the Rogers Captivate I896 and I'm still stuck on the situation where download mode does not work. This happened after I tried flashing one of the froyo firmwares for the I897 version of the phone.
Whenever I press the volume up and down buttons together and plug in the usb cable, only the battery icon shows greyed out with the loading circle. I've tried going into recovery mode pressing both buttons and the power button, the only thing that happens is the at&t welcome screen shows but keeps looping.
Is it possible that I bricked my phone? If so, would I be able to bring it back to Rogers even though it shows the at&t boot screen? I have bought the phone two weeks ago, so I'm still under the one moth warranty.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance

deadly0ne said:
I have the Rogers Captivate I896 and I'm still stuck on the situation where download mode does not work. This happened after I tried flashing one of the froyo firmwares for the I897 version of the phone.
Whenever I press the volume up and down buttons together and plug in the usb cable, only the battery icon shows greyed out with the loading circle. I've tried going into recovery mode pressing both buttons and the power button, the only thing that happens is the at&t welcome screen shows but keeps looping.
Is it possible that I bricked my phone? If so, would I be able to bring it back to Rogers even though it shows the at&t boot screen? I have bought the phone two weeks ago, so I'm still under the one moth warranty.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
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IM at your EXACT situation.
CAN SOMEONE please help

DrunkenWonton said:
IM at your EXACT situation.
CAN SOMEONE please help
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This might help you get out of the situation.

hey_joe said:
This might help you get out of the situation.
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Hey, thanks for the link. I've read the instructions and it seems that the phone would still need to be able to get to the "PC ! Phone" logo. And I am not able to get to that on my phone.
I'll still try it, however, I don't have a spare micro usb with me at the moment. Does anyone have any alternative methods before I go through this?

deadly0ne said:
Hey, thanks for the link. I've read the instructions and it seems that the phone would still need to be able to get to the "PC ! Phone" logo. And I am not able to get to that on my phone.
I'll still try it, however, I don't have a spare micro usb with me at the moment. Does anyone have any alternative methods before I go through this?
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Based on my observation reading through that thread, as long as your phone powers up, there's a very good chance you can get it into download mode using the jig. The only time the jig doesn't work is when your phone's screen is completely blank no matter which which button you press.

If you have the phone connected to a usb cable and its rebooting wait till you hear the usb connected sound on your pc after the att logo screen, then send a "adb reboot recovery" or "adb reboot download" command and it will reboot and go into recovery or download mode. Usb debugging has to be enabled though.

[HELP] Samsung Galaxy S - Bricked

Hi all,
I had a lot of HTC and have never experienced with any problem when upgrade to custom firmware.
And now I tried to play with Samsung Galaxy S (if it is important, it was an Anycall logo reference during the boot).
Due to I'm a dummy with Samsung, something was going wrong.
And now the only thing I see during switching the phone on is the message in Korean. No load mode, no recovery mode.
Please help to unbrick my phone.
Thanks in advance.

It looks like download mode(the picture is identical with mine when i'm in download mode). Download odin and see if the phone is recognized
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

sgabytzu said:
It looks like download mode(the picture is identical with mine when i'm in download mode). Download odin and see if the phone is recognized
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
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What is the correct sequence of actions?
I used this one:
1- Start Odin v 3.04
2- Attach the USB cable to the PC (DO NOT ATTACH IT TO THE PHONE)
3- Press and hold "Volume up" and "home" buttons
4- Attach the USB cable to the phone while holding both buttons
5- The phone will enter in download mode
The picture as I attached appears ("download" mode). Odin does not detect device.

Does it start in download mode by itself without the 3 button combo? If that is the case this would be a first! Anyway as duly noted in the sticky thread in the beginning of the forum you must have skipped, searching and reading prior posting here is essential. Check out the following thread: [GUIDE] Recovery options for "bricked" phone.

silverchairbg said:
Does it start in download mode by itself without the 3 button combo?
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Yes. If that korean message means "download" mode that it starts in it without 3 button combo, just using power button.
If that is the case this would be a first! Anyway as duly noted in the sticky thread in the beginning of the forum you must have skipped, searching and reading prior posting here is essential. Check out the following thread: [GUIDE] Recovery options for "bricked" phone.
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Thanks for the proper thread, I will investigate.
Please do not close this topic so far.

I tried abc options and none of them helped.
I translate that korean message. It means "Cellular phone Reset Please wait a moment"
Could someone point me what should I do in order to resolve this issue?

Did you install the samsung's driver or Kies? because if you didn't Odin wont recognize your phone.

Sidgah said:
Did you install the samsung's driver or Kies? because if you didn't Odin wont recognize your phone.
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Yes, surely. Kies is installed.

oleggl said:
I tried abc options and none of them helped.
I translate that korean message. It means "Cellular phone Reset Please wait a moment"
Could someone point me what should I do in order to resolve this issue?
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follow first step on My Android Solutions link below, than immediately use combo buttons for download mode without Ext SD and SIM card ad flash a rescue or resurrection kit from My Android Collections link below

[Q] I need help with the Samsung Galaxy Exhibit t599n

How do you get Odin to recognize your phone. I can't get it to load on odin. Please help.
or is there any way that someone can make a video or something over the whole process of getting back to stock, I'm a little of a noob with odin.
Thanks in advance!:good:
(I'm New at XDA)

TheMenoHD said:
How do you get Odin to recognize your phone. I can't get it to load on odin. Please help.
or is there any way that someone can make a video or something over the whole process of getting back to stock, I'm a little of a noob with odin.
Thanks in advance!:good:
(I'm New at XDA)
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Power off phone. Hold down: volume down+home button then press the power key until it vibrates then release.

DevilDogg said:
Power off phone. Hold down: volume down+home button then press the power key until it vibrates then release.
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I know how to do that that's download mode. I installed the correct samsung drivers(using an .exe I found on XDA, I start Odin then put my phone in download mode but it won't recognize my phone on odin.
You know those squares at the top nothing shows up in other words.
Thanks for your reply though.

TheMenoHD said:
I know how to do that that's download mode. I installed the correct samsung drivers(using an .exe I found on XDA, I start Odin then put my phone in download mode but it won't recognize my phone on odin.
You know those squares at the top nothing shows up in other words.
Thanks for your reply though.
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R u putting the phone in download mode b4 u connect it to the PC? Open Odin> put phone in download mode> plug phone to PC> pretty sure u know the rest from here
Sent from my CM10.1 SGH-T599

I was trying to find the right version of CM. I see u have 10.1. Once I straighten my problem I will try that. So with that, when I try to install any type or mod and flash it into CWM I enter into a flash loop. Does CWM file need to be actually on my phone? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I used ROM Manager to try and install Cerberus. When I clicked 'flash recovery' it went to recovery screen and installed the app. Then I clicked 'reboot now' and it went back to recovery screen, constantly. So I went back to stock then reflased CWM with Odin and now I'm back to square one. I need to know what I need to do to flash ROMs and avoid this looping.
Sent from my SGH-T599N using xda app-developers app

flip3601 said:
R u putting the phone in download mode b4 u connect it to the PC? Open Odin> put phone in download mode> plug phone to PC> pretty sure u know the rest from here
Sent from my CM10.1 SGH-T599
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I'm gonna try that, hope it works.:fingers-crossed:

army frasedN
O.K. Is there anybody that has this phone and has the correct drivers installed? Is there any way somebody can give me the drivers they used in order to put their phone back to stock or whatever. I think their is something wrong with the drivers I have installed.

TheMenoHD said:
O.K. Is there anybody that has this phone and has the correct drivers installed? Is there any way somebody can give me the drivers they used in order to put their phone back to stock or whatever. I think their is something wrong with the drivers I have installed.
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The drivers should have installed automatically, you mentioned that you installed drivers that you found on XDA? Could you point me towards them?
I don't recall needing to install drivers on Windows 8, so try going to device manager, and uninstalling those drivers, and letting windows 8 automatically install them. Go to device manager, plug your phone in, you should see samsung usb drivers or something along those line pop up, right click on it and uninstall the drivers, then restart pc and phone and this time let windows install the drivers. Put your phone on downlad mode (can be done by pressing volume down, home and the power on button simultaneously).
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I was trying to find the right version of CM. I see u have 10.1. Once I straighten my problem I will try that. So with that, when I try to install any type or mod and flash it into CWM I enter into a flash loop. Does CWM file need to be actually on my phone? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I used ROM Manager to try and install Cerberus. When I clicked 'flash recovery' it went to recovery screen and installed the app. Then I clicked 'reboot now' and it went back to recovery screen, constantly. So I went back to stock then reflased CWM with Odin and now I'm back to square one. I need to know what I need to do to flash ROMs and avoid this looping.
Sent from my SGH-T599N using xda app-developers app
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If I recally correctly, ROM Manager is made by CyanogenMod, right? If so, then it's only useful on the phones it's officially supported on, (our phone is not on officially supported, otherwise we would've definitely seen 4.4 ). The looping probably occurs because it's installing some other software that is not supported on our phone, so your best bet would to flash ROMS found in the "T599x General Discussion Thread", a list of working roms are provided there. Remember to install the necessary GAPPS as well.

SGH-T559N
Exothermic said:
The drivers should have installed automatically, you mentioned that you installed drivers that you found on XDA? Could you point me towards them?
I don't recall needing to install drivers on Windows 8, so try going to device manager, and uninstalling those drivers, and letting windows 8 automatically install them. Go to device manager, plug your phone in, you should see samsung usb drivers or something along those line pop up, right click on it and uninstall the drivers, then restart pc and phone and this time let windows install the drivers. Put your phone on downlad mode (can be done by pressing volume down, home and the power on button simultaneously).
If I recally correctly, ROM Manager is made by CyanogenMod, right? If so, then it's only useful on the phones it's officially supported on, (our phone is not on officially supported, otherwise we would've definitely seen 4.4 ). The looping probably occurs because it's installing some other software that is not supported on our phone, so your best bet would to flash ROMS found in the "T599x General Discussion Thread", a list of working roms are provided there. Remember to install the necessary GAPPS as well.
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Can anyone assist me with a solution to get my SHGH-T599N to power on. It will not turn on and I've tried everything I know; which isn't much, to get it to turn on.

Abu Ameer said:
Can anyone assist me with a solution to get my SHGH-T599N to power on. It will not turn on and I've tried everything I know; which isn't much, to get it to turn on.
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Try new battery, but it's probably hard-bricked which means it needs to be JTAG'd, which means you have to go to a repair shop.

OEM Unlock Option Missing

Hi all,
I am trying to root my T810 according to the tutorial (the one from Android Biits).
It says I have to activate the "OEM Unlock" Option. I have managed to activate the Developer Options but "OEM Unlock" is simply not there.
Can anybody give me a hint, please?
BTW: Sorry for posting here but I was not allowed to post in Development.
Cheers,
hobo

Trying to figure out the same thing. Reading here I found that if it was unavailable after enabling developer options to go to settings/find my phone and disable the reactivation lock and then it would become so but that switch doesn't exist in find my phone to disable. Perhaps something changed in an update?

hobo110 said:
Hi all,
I am trying to root my T810 according to the tutorial (the one from Android Biits).
It says I have to activate the "OEM Unlock" Option. I have managed to activate the Developer Options but "OEM Unlock" is simply not there.
Can anybody give me a hint, please?
BTW: Sorry for posting here but I was not allowed to post in Development.
Cheers,
hobo
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If you don't see the option in the Developer Option Settings, then you shouldn't need to enable it.
Fallow this video root guide?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3224788

Hello,
before I open a new topic I thought it might be better to update thins one. Hopefully somebody reads this and can help me.
I have a Galaxy Tab S2 at home and want to give it some new "life" with the newest LineageOS (currently runs on Samsung Stock Android 7.0).
I wanted to flash a recovery in order to flash LineageOS. Problem is I'm already stuck one step before since I there is no "OEM unlock" point under the developer options.
Is there a way to fix this or a workaround?
BR

35P said:
Hello,
before I open a new topic I thought it might be better to update thins one. Hopefully somebody reads this and can help me.
I have a Galaxy Tab S2 at home and want to give it some new "life" with the newest LineageOS (currently runs on Samsung Stock Android 7.0).
I wanted to flash a recovery in order to flash LineageOS. Problem is I'm already stuck one step before since I there is no "OEM unlock" point under the developer options.
Is there a way to fix this or a workaround?
BR
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When did you switch dev opt on?
Sometimes the OEM unlock switch is only seen after a day or two after dev opt are switched on.

bmwdroid said:
When did you switch dev opt on?
Sometimes the OEM unlock switch is only seen after a day or two after dev opt are switched on.
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Hey,
that must been some time ago. Months, if not already a year or more.
BR

35P said:
Hey,
that must been some time ago. Months, if not already a year or more.
BR
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Perhaps option is gone with an update you made.
Can't remember if it was there when I got my T810 only found it on my T825.
Did you try to flash TWRP already?
With my several flashs on the T825 I once forgot to activate it, flashing TWRP worked but it didn't boot up afterwards.
Then flashing stock again made it boot again.

bmwdroid said:
Perhaps option is gone with an update you made.
Can't remember if it was there when I got my T810 only found it on my T825.
Did you try to flash TWRP already?
With my several flashs on the T825 I once forgot to activate it, flashing TWRP worked but it didn't boot up afterwards.
Then flashing stock again made it boot again.
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Good morning,
isn't it necessary to have the TWRP for flashing?
I tried to flash TWRP with ODIN but it wasn't successful. That's why I wanted to start the recovery mode.
BR

35P said:
Good morning,
isn't it necessary to have the TWRP for flashing?
I tried to flash TWRP with ODIN but it wasn't successful. That's why I wanted to start the recovery mode.
BR
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Of course it is.
Was just a question if you tried already even without OEM unlock.
What did Odin say about not being successful?
Which Odin and TWRP did you use?
Btw which S2 is yours?

bmwdroid said:
Of course it is.
Was just a question if you tried already even without OEM unlock.
What did Odin say about not being successful?
Which Odin and TWRP did you use?
Btw which S2 is yours?
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I have the T810, Odin version is Odin3-v3.14.4, TWRP is twrp-3.3.1-0-gts210vewifi.img.
I saw the COM port up but it couldn't establish connection.

35P said:
I have the T810, Odin version is Odin3-v3.14.4, TWRP is twrp-3.3.1-0-gts210vewifi.img.
I saw the COM port up but it couldn't establish connection.
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I've used twrp-3.3.1-0-gts210wifi.img.
What is the ve version for?
Tried older Odins already?

Think you've chosen the wrong one, or it's not a T810 for this has 9.7".

bmwdroid said:
I've used twrp-3.3.1-0-gts210wifi.img.
What is the ve version for?
Tried older Odins already?
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Good question, maybe I picked the wrong one.
No, but I'll try.
So I should try to flash the TWRP without Recovery Mode, so basically the tablet connected to the PC?
Edit: The ve version is for the newer model, since I ordered my in 2016 I thought it's that one.

bmwdroid said:
Of course it is.
Was just a question if you tried already even without OEM unlock.
What did Odin say about not being successful?
Which Odin and TWRP did you use?
Btw which S2 is yours?
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So I tried with a different ODIN version and the (hopefully) correct twrp file and got this message after a while.
I couldn't upload the picture, hopefully this link works: https://ibb.co/zH0FDdx
Just to make sure I am doing everything right: Tablet is turned on and connected via USB with the PC. I start Oding, select the TWRP file in the row "AP" and start the flash?

35P said:
So I tried with a different ODIN version and the (hopefully) correct twrp file and got this message after a while.
I couldn't upload the picture, hopefully this link works: https://ibb.co/zH0FDdx
Just to make sure I am doing everything right: Tablet is turned on and connected via USB with the PC. I start Oding, select the TWRP file in the row "AP" and start the flash?
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Just to clarify : So I understand correctly that T810 is yours? Then the gts210wifi is the one to take.
If you mean "Download Mode" with "turned on" you're right.
If not, activate Dwnld mode 'cause that's the only way you can use Odin.
tar.md5 in AP is correct.
And deactivate "Auto reboot".
Restart manually directly into new TWRP.
Otherwise you see that the Samsung recovery gets revived if it starts by itself without you pressing the appropriate buttons to go into recovery.

bmwdroid said:
Just to clarify : So I understand correctly that T810 is yours? Then the gts210wifi is the one to take.
If you mean "Download Mode" with "turned on" you're right.
If not, activate Dwnld mode 'cause that's the only way you can use Odin.
tar.md5 in AP is correct.
And deactivate "Auto reboot".
Restart manually directly into new TWRP.
Otherwise you see that the Samsung recovery gets revived if it starts by itself without you pressing the appropriate buttons to go into recovery.
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Ok, I understand. The problem is I can't "activate" the download mode, this is how it should be done or? With the device powered off, hold Home + Volume Down + Power.
It just boots normal if I press and hold this combo.

35P said:
Ok, I understand. The problem is I can't "activate" the download mode, this is how it should be done or? With the device powered off, hold Home + Volume Down + Power.
It just boots normal if I press and hold this combo.
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Might be on this device just Vol dwn + pwr.
Mine has hardware button probs, so I'm not gonna try if not necessary.

I have the same issue here... No OEM Unlock option. Flashing TWRP with Heimdall (main machine is Linux) and Odin (backup Windows machine) seems to work, but I just can't get into the TWRP recovery.
The steps I followed:
Developer options and USB debugging are on
Tablet is in Download mode
Then I use the heimdall command to flash the TWRP image with --no-reboot, it seems to work succesfully (ODIN says "Pass!")
unplug the USB and use HOME + Vol Down + Power to get it to reboot
the SECOND I see the screen go black, I use HOME + Vol Up + Power
However, the Screen gets stuck in "Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 - powered by Android" no matter how long I hold the combination pressed.
Any tips?

tyarcher79 said:
I have the same issue here... No OEM Unlock option. Flashing TWRP with Heimdall (main machine is Linux) and Odin (backup Windows machine) seems to work, but I just can't get into the TWRP recovery.
The steps I followed:
Developer options and USB debugging are on
Tablet is in Download mode
Then I use the heimdall command to flash the TWRP image with --no-reboot, it seems to work succesfully (ODIN says "Pass!")
unplug the USB and use HOME + Vol Down + Power to get it to reboot
the SECOND I see the screen go black, I use HOME + Vol Up + Power
However, the Screen gets stuck in "Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 - powered by Android" no matter how long I hold the combination pressed.
Any tips?
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Try another TWRP for Galaxy Tab S2 (ensure it's the wifi or LTE version)
I hope it helps

Note 9 bootloop out of nowhere!!

So let me give you a little background first. I was at my brother's house recording him dunk in superslowmo. All of a sudden, my phone freezes. After about 2-5 mins I decide To hold power +volume down and the phone goes black and goes to the "Samsung Galaxy note 9 secured by knox" screen and does a infinite reboot to that screen. The phone will not go into recovery mode BUT will go into Download Mode. I tried letting the phone completely drain and then trying it with no success.
I do have AT&T protection on my device but the only thing they will do is replace it which I'm trying to avoid being that I have pictures I want to extract from the phone.
So to my question(s)
1) if I flash latest version of firmware from sammombile will I lose my pictures? (Trying to avoid loss of pics)
2) can I use a MacBook to do the reflashing or does it have to be windows?
Please and thx to all that respond!!!

Once in download mode hold volume down and power to see if phone boots up. If you reflash with Odin use home_csc so it does not wipe your data. If you do get to recovery do not do a wipe, everything you have saved to phone storage will be gone. See if you can get to device storage by connecting to computer once your in download mode or recovery. If so just move all important files to computer then you can use Odin to flash firmware.
Sent from my SM-N975U using Tapatalk

Bicka0701 said:
So let me give you a little background first. I was at my brother's house recording him dunk in superslowmo. All of a sudden, my phone freezes. After about 2-5 mins I decide To hold power +volume down and the phone goes black and goes to the "Samsung Galaxy note 9 secured by knox" screen and does a infinite reboot to that screen. The phone will not go into recovery mode BUT will go into Download Mode. I tried letting the phone completely drain and then trying it with no success.
I do have AT&T protection on my device but the only thing they will do is replace it which I'm trying to avoid being that I have pictures I want to extract from the phone.
So to my question(s)
1) if I flash latest version of firmware from sammombile will I lose my pictures? (Trying to avoid loss of pics)
2) can I use a MacBook to do the reflashing or does it have to be windows?
Please and thx to all that respond!!!
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1) while flashing in Odin, the CSC file determines if your phones data is erased or not during the flash. In order to retain personal data, flash HOME_CSC..
2) you can use Jodin to flash on a Mac https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=20803

Bober_is_a_troll said:
1) while flashing in Odin, the CSC file determines if your phones data is erased or not during the flash. In order to retain personal data, flash HOME_CSC..
2) you can use Jodin to flash on a Mac https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=20803
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Okay I ditched the macbook idea and I have my aunt's computer in from of me.
When installing the firmware.. Am I going for the latest USA version which is from like last week... Or do I do the ATT firmware from Nov 2018 and do the OTA update?

Bicka0701 said:
Okay I ditched the macbook idea and I have my aunt's computer in from of me.
When installing the firmware.. Am I going for the latest USA version which is from like last week... Or do I do the ATT firmware from Nov 2018 and do the OTA update?
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We're you already on the latest firmware? If you are then just flash the latest and use home_csc

Bober_is_a_troll said:
We're you already on the latest firmware? If you are then just flash the latest and use home_csc
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Okay now one last problem .. I connected my phone to the pc and it made a chime sound like the pc recognized but noting popping up in odin.
When I go to download the drivers, it tells me I already have them downloaded and ask if I want to dl them again anyways which I do... Then at the end of the whole process it says failed to install and I'm in dl mode on my phone

Try different port on computer
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Try different port on computer
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When I did that I got this loading screen that says installing device but it hasn't moved from that "near end" of the loading screen for like 10 mins now

butchieboy said:
Once in download mode hold volume down and power to see if phone boots up. If you reflash with Odin use home_csc so it does not wipe your data. If you do get to recovery do not do a wipe, everything you have saved to phone storage will be gone. See if you can get to device storage by connecting to computer once your in download mode or recovery. If so just move all important files to computer then you can use Odin to flash firmware.
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Ever seen above Images?

Try installing Smart Switch

raul6 said:
Try installing Smart Switch
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I'm going to try that now. Just look at what version of Windows I have and it's 8.1... does that make a difference of why the drivers won't install ?
This is the error message when I try "mss installwizard for samsung usb driver for mobile phones failed "

Bicka0701 said:
I'm going to try that now. Just look at what version of Windows I have and it's 8.1... does that make a difference of why the drivers won't install ?
This is the error message when I try "mss installwizard for samsung usb driver for mobile phones failed "
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When I was installing smart switch it told me to "disconnect my device from pc"( which it read AS A Samsung phone)
But when it's all downloaded It just says connect device again but when I do the computer makes its sound and then nothing.
If I'm in device manager and I plug in my note 9 it pops up as 'sdm845' but says there are no drivers installed.
I uninstalled the Samsung drivers (even though it says failed) and I tried again and it said fail to install again

Okay if anyone Is still reading this.. If I switch up and use my Father's Macbook instead, does anyone know the necessary steps to continue on with the process? And keep in mind the state of my phone is in a boot loop and only goes to the download screen

I was just doing the whole chatting thing with a Samsung representative and they advise me to go to a place near me to do the reflashing.
but still the thing that's bothering me is that my PC isn't installing the drivers regardless.
without even thinking about my phone connected , I should be able to go on Samsung's website and download the drivers right off the website but when I do I get the "mss installwizard for samsung usb driver for mobile phones failed "

Install this drivers, reboot pc, open odin as administrator, connect phone in download mode.
http://www79.zippyshare.com/v/NJL6wZmq/file.html

Did you ever get to the bottom of this ? I seem to have a similar issue, where phone is in a continuous boot loop. It stays on powered by android screen for few secs and then restarts.
I cannot enter recovery mode, but can get into download mode. Have flashed via ODIN few times successfully, but same condition prevails.
Safe to assume MoBo is fried ?

Could be that the main storage in the motherboard is corrupted, which needs to be reformatted entirely.

dedicated2droid said:
Did you ever get to the bottom of this ? I seem to have a similar issue, where phone is in a continuous boot loop. It stays on powered by android screen for few secs and then restarts.
I cannot enter recovery mode, but can get into download mode. Have flashed via ODIN few times successfully, but same condition prevails.
Safe to assume MoBo is fried ?
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No I never did get to the bottom of it. I ended up getting the Note 10 but I still have the Note 9 with Hopes one day someone figures it. I got pics of my son I would love to get off of there

Bicka0701 said:
No I never did get to the bottom of it. I ended up getting the Note 10 but I still have the Note 9 with Hopes one day someone figures it. I got pics of my son I would love to get off of there
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Just a heads up, Google photos has free backups up to 15gb in full quality, or unlimited backup of 1080 for pics and videos. So at least from now-> forward a hardware issue won't ever cause you to lose pics again. You just need to open the app and setup backups.