I bought a Chinese N9200. Was trying to update it with Hong Kong Rom using Odin. The process failed and the phone got stuck in download mode. When I pressed the power and volume down button, it shows screen with "As error has occurred while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC Software"
I tried Smart Switch but it doesn't recognize the device and says device not supported.
Can someone please help me reboot the phone back to normal.
kshehzad said:
I tried Smart Switch but it doesn't recognize the device and says device not supported.
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Open Smart Switch, click MORE, click Emergency software recovery and initialization, click device initialization, type in your model number using caps and dashes such as SM-N9200 or whatever your device is, then input your serial number again using caps for all the letters in your SN, put your phone in download mode by pressing power/volume down/home, then volume up, finally connect your phone to your PC and continue with the prompts from Smart Switch. Good luck.
If what CodeNameRedNeck said doesn't work somehow, you can download the original firmware ( of your device) and flash with Odin. Mine was stuck on download mode as well, thats how It worked for me.
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Hi,
I attempted to re-lock and then flash my i9305 yesterday with the latest firmware,
However, I must have done something wrong, but the Odinupdate failed and I now cannot enter Download or Recovery modes from a powered down state.
Instead, I am presented with Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. When I try to power up the device, all I see is this message "Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
Even though the handset doesn't boot up properly, Windows seems to detect it and the driver support kicks in but Kies and, ABD and the GS3 toolkit will not recognise the existence of the handset.
Is this now dead and irrecoverable or can I fix this?
I have checked out the usual links on here to see if I can get the handset to startup in recovery mode again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33227541
I hope someone can help.
Has anyone been able to recover a phone from this position?
Aeroadster said:
Has anyone been able to recover a phone from this position?
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Looks like I'll need to try a jig. I can't lose too much as they only cost 99p on ebay
Hi,
the USB Jig won't enter Download Mode if you can't do it with Vol Down + Home + Power
I have tried to flash twrp, Stock Obin, and so on. My issues are this.
First, then phone boot loops and says " Custom Binary blocked by FAP Lock,
Go to flash a Stock file in Obin it errors out with SW REV CHECK FAIL DEVICE: 3 Binary: 2
When trying to Flash Twrp I get in green " Custom Binary(Recovery) Blocked by FAP LOCK "
I know the phone was supposed to be put int OEM Unlock but the phone was brought to me by a customer. Any way to get this phone to work once more?
super-6-1 said:
I have tried to flash twrp, Stock Obin, and so on. My issues are this.
Go to flash a Stock file in Obin it errors out with SW REV CHECK FAIL DEVICE: 3 Binary: 2
When trying to Flash Twrp I get in green " Custom Binary(Recovery) Blocked by FAP LOCK "
I know the phone was supposed to be put int OEM Unlock but the phone was brought to me by a customer. Any way to get this phone to work once more?
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You are correct, you needed to enable developer options in settings and then turn on OEM unlocking as well as USB debugging.
You can download Samsung Kies software and restore the phone to original firmware by entering model and s/n. Once you've restored the phone, enable those aforementioned items and start over.
cwhiatt said:
You are correct, you need to enable developer options in settings and then turn on OEM unlocking as well as USB debugging.
You can download Samsung Kies software and restore the phone to original firmware by entering model and s/n.
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How would i get Kies to see the phone? right now all i can do is get into download. Plus, i don't have the serial, no idea on how to get it when the phone is in a boot loop and can only get into Download Mode.
You'll need to be booted into Download mode to use Kies. I've done it at least half a dozen times on 4 different devices.
cwhiatt said:
You'll need to be booted into Download mode to use Kies. I've done it at least half a dozen times on 4 different devices.
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OK, but the issue is i don't have the serial number to the phone. Is there another way to get it?
super-6-1 said:
OK, but the issue is i don't have the serial number to the phone. Is there another way to get it?
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You can get to the s/n by booting into Download mode and then I think it is HOME button once there.
cwhiatt said:
You can get to the s/n by booting into Download mode and then I think it is HOME button once there.
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Yes, that was it Thank you. I had to use Smart Switch instead of kies, kies no longer supports the S6 edge
super-6-1 said:
Yes, that was it Thank you. I had to use Smart Switch instead of kies, kies no longer supports the S6 edge
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I have a S6 flat. Kies will give you that message but eventually it should work. Glad u got it figured out.
super-6-1 said:
Yes, that was it Thank you. I had to use Smart Switch instead of kies, kies no longer supports the S6 edge
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just downloaded smart switch put my s6 into download mode and it says its unsupported. Tried kies and it says the same.
also i cant find the serial, im in download mode i pressed home and i dont get any serial please any help is appreciated.
SystemErrorOne said:
just downloaded smart switch put my s6 into download mode and it says its unsupported. Tried kies and it says the same.
also i cant find the serial, im in download mode i pressed home and i dont get any serial please any help is appreciated.
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When your in the menu before pressing up to confirm to get into download mode you hit the home button. It will show barcodes and the phones serial.
super-6-1 said:
When your in the menu before pressing up to confirm to get into download mode you hit the home button. It will show barcodes and the phones serial.
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im freaking stuck in a softbrick, flashed a rom without reading the bootloader/baseband need to be flashed. So i go to odin make sure im on 3.10.6 and flash the modem, but when i go to flash the bootloader it fails each time. So I downloaded this firmware and it fails. I dont know what else to do im about to throw this S6 against the wall.
SystemErrorOne said:
im freaking stuck in a softbrick, flashed a rom without reading the bootloader/baseband need to be flashed. So i go to odin make sure im on 3.10.6 and flash the modem, but when i go to flash the bootloader it fails each time. So I downloaded this firmware and it fails. I dont know what else to do im about to throw this S6 against the wall.
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I'd be surprised if Kies or Smartswitch doesn't work provided you are entering the correct model and serial number.
My brother blew out the entire system on his Tmobile S6 and I used Kies to restore it to factory.
Hi,
You need to use an application called Samsung smart switch on your computer.
1. Download Samsung smart switch onto your computer and install.
2. After it finishes installing, plug your device into your computer using your USB charging cable.
3. On your device boot into the bootloader by pressing, power+volume down+home.
4. When you get to the bootloader it will warn that installing a custom OS may harm your device. Ignore this and press the home button.
5. You will see a few different barcodes and numbers. Copy down the ones labelled S/N (or SN) and IEMI.
6. Now, press home again and stay in the bootloader. Copy down the model number of your phone displayed in the top left corner of the screen.
7. Smart switch will not recognize the phone, but it will still work.
8. In smart switch, click more, then Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization.
9. Where it says Model name, type in your model number. (Ex. SM-G935A)
10. Click search, then type in the S/N or SN number that you copied down from before.
11. Click OK, and when the dialog window comes up, click ok again.
12. A dialog box will appear that shows what is going to be installed on your phone. Click OK.
13. Yet another dialog box will appear telling you to enter the bootloader. If the OK is grayed out double check that your device is plugged into your computer. If it is not, plug it in. If it is, unplug it from your computer and plug it back in. The drivers may install, but eventually the OK will turn blue.
14. Click Ok. It will download the required firmware. This may take some time. DO NOT UNPLUG YOUR DEVICE.
15. When it is done downloading it will flash onto your device.
16. Your device will restart after flashing and the boot will take some time.
Your phone will be factory restored during this process. If it doesn't work follow the steps again but very carefully. Here is a video that you can use to help you out:
TomatoesOnBluRay
so i can really find out my S/N number by going into download mode and hitting the home key? thats really useful as i had no idea before how to figure this out. Samsung smart switch is really similiar to samsung kies huh?
Edit, smartswitch keeps crashing when after typing in S/N number. IDK whats going on
TomatoesOnBluRay said:
Hi,
You need to use an application called Samsung smart switch on your computer.
1. Download Samsung smart switch onto your computer and install.
2. After it finishes installing, plug your device into your computer using your USB charging cable.
3. On your device boot into the bootloader by pressing, power+volume down+home.
4. When you get to the bootloader it will warn that installing a custom OS may harm your device. Ignore this and press the home button.
5. You will see a few different barcodes and numbers. Copy down the ones labelled S/N (or SN) and IEMI.
6. Now, press home again and stay in the bootloader. Copy down the model number of your phone displayed in the top left corner of the screen.
7. Smart switch will not recognize the phone, but it will still work.
8. In smart switch, click more, then Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization.
9. Where it says Model name, type in your model number. (Ex. SM-G935A)
10. Click search, then type in the S/N or SN number that you copied down from before.
11. Click OK, and when the dialog window comes up, click ok again.
12. A dialog box will appear that shows what is going to be installed on your phone. Click OK.
13. Yet another dialog box will appear telling you to enter the bootloader. If the OK is grayed out double check that your device is plugged into your computer. If it is not, plug it in. If it is, unplug it from your computer and plug it back in. The drivers may install, but eventually the OK will turn blue.
14. Click Ok. It will download the required firmware. This may take some time. DO NOT UNPLUG YOUR DEVICE.
15. When it is done downloading it will flash onto your device.
16. Your device will restart after flashing and the boot will take some time.
Your phone will be factory restored during this process. If it doesn't work follow the steps again but very carefully. Here is a video that you can use to help you out:
TomatoesOnBluRay
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Dude.. This is not going to work on At&t devices. Will say "device is not supported" . Best way is to use ODIN to flash firmware on G935A models. Get your thing strate.
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One question, my smart switch in emergency recovery mode is asking for a recovery code, from a failed update. I do not have a recovery code. I do not even get into the enter model number
nomad247 said:
One question, my smart switch in emergency recovery mode is asking for a recovery code, from a failed update. I do not have a recovery code. I do not even get into the enter model number
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Like above said, Smart Switch will not work on AT&T to Recover. Use Odin 3.13.1 to Flash the firmware from your PC.
Hi All,
I tried to flash my phone from VZW firmware to unlocked firmware and my odin3b has been stuck on system.img.ext4.
I realized I hadn't installed the samsung drivers the first time around. I attempted to restart the phone as it was stuck on system.img.ext4 - following that my phone shows the screen:
"Software Update Failed Your device didn't update successfully. Use the Verizon Software Upgrade Assistant on a computer to repair your device and complete the update."
I'm unable to re-boot or do anything, when I hold power, bixby, volume down it presents me the warning screen before entering download mode. If I press Volume Up or Volume Down - I hit the same warning screen I typed up above. I am able to view the barcodes by pressing the bixby screen...
When I went back to Odin it still showed as "Added" when I plugged in the phone. I attempted the process again but it's still stuck on the same part.
Anybody have any suggestions of what I should attempt? I've been reading but have been unable to see any solutions.
Thanks for reading.
I Havnt played with the note 9 in terms of flashing or rooting as I have the SM-N960W Canadian Snapdragon version and there is no way yet. I've used Odin many times to flash and it can be fussy for a few reasons, I rooted my Galaxy S7 and nexus 5 and a few others. My tips would be....
First Uninstall Samsung driver.
Then Download "usbdeview" on your pc and Uninstall any previous USB connections labeled Android or Samsung or related, as this will allow you to start off as if it's a fresh connection.
Re-Install Samsung USB drivers, then....
Plug in Using stock OEM Samsung Note USB cord and wait for it to connect.
If no luck try a different USB port. USB 2.0 May work if your using USB 3.0 and it isn't.
Try a different version of odin, there are many, also running odin as administrator may help but not necessarily for sure.
If all this fails try on another computer or laptop. Make sure you only select the proper/necessary options in odin.
It sucks when things don't go as planned but that's the risk you take when you don't stay stock & update OTA. The steps I've written for you have fixed any issues I have ever run in to with odin & flashing but if yours was an incomplete flash and disconnected or interrupted mid way you may be stuck with an expensive paperweight I'm sad to say. Try contacting Samsung for proper odin version & odin settings, I wish you the best of luck. I am in no way a mobile phone technician but I've rooted many phones and always made it work. I hope you can too!
Best of luck!
flash back your official firmware to get back access to fone
if none of this works use smartswitch( it will reinstall drivers)
then tey again with odin 13.3 b using u1 firmware
also to get to dl mode power off the fone. if you have access to recovery ( reboot fone with vol down Bixby and power and quicly change to vol up bixy and pwr when you see it reboot)go there and choose shutdown phone. or let battery die and charge it for 10 mins and do while phone is off :
hold vol down and Bixby with one had and with the other plug the usb cable from rhe pc to fone.
The same problem happened with me. I wonder if anyone knows how to solve it?
Sukrus said:
The same problem happened with me. I wonder if anyone knows how to solve it?
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Try your luck with different odin versions, different cable, different pc, different firmwares
As above first step Samsung USB drivers and Samsung USB cable .
Hello
I am stuck in a bootloop when i try to hard reset it gives a "error updating for slot elect"
I do not have i do not have anything like USB debugging enabled as i cant do that.
I only know that it is "SM-A528B/DS"
I have tried using odin but it says " SetupConnection.." i have the newest version installed
To use Odin, the device must be in download mode. Try this:
Power device off
Hold both Volume Up and Down buttons, do not press Power
While holding Volume buttons, plug in USB cable from computer
Follow on screen prompt to enter software download mode
You should then be able to flash the stock firmware in Odin.
V0latyle said:
To use Odin, the device must be in download mode. Try this:
Power device off
Hold both Volume Up and Down buttons, do not press Power
While holding Volume buttons, plug in USB cable from computer
Follow on screen prompt to enter software download mode
You should then be able to flash the stock firmware in Odin.
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Hi the device was in download mode but it keeps saying "SetupConnection..."
And i dont know if i was using the right stock firmware as there are alot of versions of the firmware the only things i know are that on the phone box it says "SM-A528B/DS" and "made in india" can you help me get the right sotck firmware?
qiodizjqdpiojqfioj said:
Hi the device was in download mode but it keeps saying "SetupConnection..."
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Do you have the correct drivers installed?
qiodizjqdpiojqfioj said:
And i dont know if i was using the right stock firmware as there are alot of versions of the firmware the only things i know are that on the phone box it says "SM-A528B/DS" and "made in india" can you help me get the right sotck firmware?
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V0latyle said:
Do you have the correct drivers installed?
i just looked up "usb drivers samsung" and installed the first thing so i might not have the correct driver installed
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i flashed my phone but its went back in a bootloop a bit after