so after much reading i have realized i dorked my phone up
i can get into the upload mode and recover
stuck on boot screen
phone is a s5 active g870a running 5.0
help with a link for proper firmware or what?
need your guys help to fix my mess
not rooted before i tried downgrading that i now see isnt a possible thing??
thanks all in advance
firmware
guess i just need the correct firmware...
g870a was on 5.0 non rooted
kernal ummm 3 something grrrrrrr
any help mates???
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I am not sure if I am posting this in the correct place. I really need some assistance on this because I have found that it's impossible to fix. I have a galaxy S5 ATT SM-G900A RUNNING 4.4.4. I rooted the phone and didn't enjoy everything crashing. After following a guide my phone is now soft bricked. If somebody could please point me in the direction of a 4.4.4 software download or make a copy of their ATT s5 I would be really greatful. And again sorry if this is in the incorrect place
Axelwomble said:
I am not sure if I am posting this in the correct place. I really need some assistance on this because I have found that it's impossible to fix. I have a galaxy S5 ATT SM-G900A RUNNING 4.4.4. I rooted the phone and didn't enjoy everything crashing. After following a guide my phone is now soft bricked. If somebody could please point me in the direction of a 4.4.4 software download or make a copy of their ATT s5 I would be really greatful. And again sorry if this is in the incorrect place
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see [INDEX][FAQ][Q&A][ALL-IN-ONE][ATT][SM-G900A][Jul.01.2014]
This thread will be moved to AT&T Galaxy S5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
You need to flash the NCE file then take the OTA updates to get back to 4.4.4 OA1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
Forgive me I am a noob. I recently rooted my AT&T S5 cause was waiting for the 5.0 update to come out. I decided to go back to stock and upgrade and removed the root all except the bootloader still appears with custom when starting phone and is only trace of root is all can seem to find but is keeping me from installing new 5.0 as it gets to 28% and restarts says unable to install instillation interrupted. How can I replace bootloader with stock one and where may I find one? Any and all help appreciated. I am running 4.4.4 android and is a SM-G900 AT&T S5 with kernel G900AUCU2AOA1.
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Install Samsung Kies on your PC/MAC, and try flashing a new firmware with Kies. Follow the on screen instructions
I have tried that and tell me that my software is up to date have also tried a few different stock roms which were supposed to work with my phone with Odin and they all fail.
Flash the file in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
Thank you very much for the help and sorry has taken so long to get back and let you know it worked great. Thank you so much
I have my G900a and I had to reset it, and whenever I downgrade the kernel to use towelroot my phone wont boot, it freezes at the Samsung logo and then goes black, I was wondering if anyone can give me a rooted stock rom (Doesn't matter what version) download so I can flash it on my phone using odin.
If you can solve my problem with downgrading the kernel without it getting stuck let me know please.
I'm on 4.4.2 but I'm using oa1 kernel, its the only way I could get my phone to boot.
Thanks very much for the help.
JustAnotherAndroid said:
I have my G900a and I had to reset it, and whenever I downgrade the kernel to use towelroot my phone wont boot, it freezes at the Samsung logo and then goes black, I was wondering if anyone can give me a rooted stock rom (Doesn't matter what version) download so I can flash it on my phone using odin.
If you can solve my problem with downgrading the kernel without it getting stuck let me know please.
I'm on 4.4.2 but I'm using oa1 kernel, its the only way I could get my phone to boot.
Thanks very much for the help.
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If you have 0a1 kernel i believe that you can't downgrade to a different one. I might be wrong but i think i read it somewhere on here. Might try to search it.
JustAnotherAndroid said:
I have my G900a and I had to reset it, and whenever I downgrade the kernel to use towelroot my phone wont boot, it freezes at the Samsung logo and then goes black, I was wondering if anyone can give me a rooted stock rom (Doesn't matter what version) download so I can flash it on my phone using odin.
If you can solve my problem with downgrading the kernel without it getting stuck let me know please.
I'm on 4.4.2 but I'm using oa1 kernel, its the only way I could get my phone to boot.
Thanks very much for the help.
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If you have OA1 bootloader or lower, which seems to be the case for you, you can download the downgrade to NCE tar file from the first post in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-update-to-g900aoca-5-0-keeproot-t3076803 (thanks to @muniz_ri) and flash it with pc odin and take it from there.
EDIT: I tried this and there is some additional steps to make it work. See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60135975&postcount=290
Please see my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...-downgraded-baseband-fixed-4-4-2-lag-t3065973. I had the same problem.
I updated to 5.0 lollipop and was trying to root ... now just a brick .. soft brick can't seem to find ANY HELP or any info to help get me passed this download error screen
FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE.
KIES DOESNT WORK ... CAN'T FIND A ODIN FLASH .. CANT FIND A FIRMWARE
CANT DOWNGRADE .. IM STUCK
SM-G900A .. LAST KNOWN ROM 5.0 LOLLIPOP
ANYONE HAVE 5.0 ATT LOLLIPOP KERNEL ?? MAYBE THAT WILL WORK?
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP
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I updated to 5.0 lollipop and was trying to root ... now just a brick .. soft brick can't seem to find ANY HELP or any info to help get me passed this download error screen
FIRMWARE UPGRADE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE.
KIES DOESNT WORK ... CAN'T FIND A ODIN FLASH .. CANT FIND A FIRMWARE
CANT DOWNGRADE .. IM STUCK
SM-G900A .. LAST KNOWN ROM 5.0 LOLLIPOP
ANYONE HAVE 5.0 ATT LOLLIPOP KERNEL ?? MAYBE THAT WILL WORK?
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP
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I'm Going To Make Your Life A little easier i just went through the same problem you are going to have to go to the nearest best buy *that has a Samsung experience center* and have them flash the stock 5.0 because at the moment its not downgrade able nor root able sorry
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I'm Going To Make Your Life A little easier i just went through the same problem you are going to have to go to the nearest best buy *that has a Samsung experience center* and have them flash the stock 5.0 because at the moment its not downgrade able nor root able sorry
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Thanks not what I wanted to hear, I was hoping someone could dump their rom or something for me to odin flash it.. but ok Thanks I appreciate your response
Fixed --brick fix
:angel:FIXED!!! NO BEST BUY NEEDED!!! THANKS TO NIKEDROP FOR POSTING THIS
If you need help I solved my soft brick. Put your phone into download mode then flash the stock kernal using odin. Reboot then flash using odin the stock partition. While this wont downgrade to 4.4.X because you are on ota 5.0 you will be able to get your phone back to 5.0 lollipop. Thanks to Fitz110 who uploaded these files and for the solution. Here is where I go these from. http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-...t3076706/page4
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7W...ew?usp=sharing stock kernal
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7W...ew?usp=sharing stock partition.
tech-9 said:
:angel:FIXED!!! NO BEST BUY NEEDED!!! THANKS TO NIKEDROP FOR POSTING THIS
If you need help I solved my soft brick. Put your phone into download mode then flash the stock kernal using odin. Reboot then flash using odin the stock partition. While this wont downgrade to 4.4.X because you are on ota 5.0 you will be able to get your phone back to 5.0 lollipop. Thanks to Fitz110 who uploaded these files and for the solution. Here is where I go these from. http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-...t3076706/page4
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7W...ew?usp=sharing stock kernal
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7W...ew?usp=sharing stock partition.
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Hey man, can you post the correct links please?
i just soft bricked my g900a
thanks !!
Please help g900a lollipop soft brick
tech-9 said:
:d:angel:fixed!!! No best buy needed!!! Thanks to nikedrop for posting this
if you need help i solved my soft brick. Put your phone into download mode then flash the stock kernal using odin. Reboot then flash using odin the stock partition. While this wont downgrade to 4.4.x because you are on ota 5.0 you will be able to get your phone back to 5.0 lollipop. Thanks to fitz110 who uploaded these files and for the solution. Here is where i go these from. http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-...t3076706/page4
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b7w...ew?usp=sharing stock kernal
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0b7w...ew?usp=sharing stock partition.
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please send the correct links, the links you provide were removed..
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Lucaas96 said:
Hey man, can you post the correct links please?
i just soft bricked my g900a
thanks !!
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I JUST FOUND THOSE FILES, I DIDN'T FLASH MY PHONE YET BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU FIRST:
G900A OC4 STOCK PARTITIONS
androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934554805
G900A OC4 STOCK MODEM
androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934554415
G900A OC4 STOCK KERNEL
androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934552704
zeze_74 said:
please send the correct links, the links you provide were removed..
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I JUST FOUND THOSE FILES, I DIDN'T FLASH MY PHONE YET BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU FIRST:
G900A OC4 STOCK PARTITIONS
androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934554805
G900A OC4 STOCK MODEM
androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934554415
G900A OC4 STOCK KERNEL
androidfilehost.com/?fid=95916177934552704
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And credit goes to @muniz_ri
You can throw a thanks here on the OP page. (First post)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-unbrick-flash-to-stocknce-g900a-t3077652
I posted the correct links. If they have been removed, best of luck to you. But what I did was reflash modem and kernel that should work if you brick it.
I'm also lost as well. I have my s5 for AT&T still on lollipop 5.0. I tried to downgrade before reading this and so far still don't have a working phone. Kies doesn't register the phone but I do have odin working and the stock recovery works and have already flashed the kernal plus stock partitions and still not working. Noth flashed without issue. I've also tried flashing the oc4 with built in odin and it fails every time. What else is there to try?
tech-9 said:
:angel:FIXED!!! NO BEST BUY NEEDED!!! THANKS TO NIKEDROP FOR POSTING THIS
If you need help I solved my soft brick. Put your phone into download mode then flash the stock kernal using odin. Reboot then flash using odin the stock partition. While this wont downgrade to 4.4.X because you are on ota 5.0 you will be able to get your phone back to 5.0 lollipop. Thanks to Fitz110 who uploaded these files and for the solution. Here is where I go these from. http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-...t3076706/page4
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7W...ew?usp=sharing stock kernal
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7W...ew?usp=sharing stock partition.
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Hey these files no longer exist
(RESOLVED)
Alright so in order to not bore you all, ill get to the point. I messed up trying to do impossible things with my I537 because I didn't read any forums before trying... stupid I know. That being said I now have a "soft bricked" phone stuck in download mode. I have been looking around (I assume not hard enough) for the right file to flash with ODIN to get me back up and running so I can actually do my research this time before playing with different stock roms.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to get the right files to unbrick this thing?
First things first: this forum is for the SGH-I537 AT&T Galaxy S4 Active, not the I527 Galaxy Mega. I just want to make sure you have the right device. If you have the Mega (I527), you want this forum, and ignore the rest of this post.
If you do in fact have the Galaxy S4 Active (I537), then check out this thread, it has all the official firmware files that have been released for this device. I would recommend using the firmware files for NE3 (KitKat) to flash in Odin. The NE3 build is the easiest to root, and you can always use the keep-root method to upgrade to lollipop if you so desire.
Oh yes sorry that was a mistype. I did indeed mean to type I537. Ok Ill give this a shot and update on how it goes.
Ok so Im currently downloading the Full Odin package, but I have already rooted the phone with towelroot. Is that going to be an issue?
Nah it won't be a problem. Flashing firmware files with Odin will unroot your phone (it resets everything to original factory settings). You can always reroot with towel root again
Ok new problem though, I was able to get everything flashed through ODIN, it restarts; then I get the Samsung boot screen, att boot screen and then it just goes black. I put it back into download mode and tried to re-flash it a couple times but it keeps doing the same thing. Thoughts? This Is the section I got the file from;
I537UCUCNE3 (4.4.2) Released 2014-06-06 - OFFICIAL
Issue has been solved, I just had a battery issue but after changing that and letting the phone charge up it started up great. Thanks for all your help "thisisapoorusernamechoice"