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[Q] Secure Fail: Recovery

Hi all,
I sincerely apologize in advance if this problem has been reported and fixed, but after about 6 hours of searching, I am really at a loss. Tonight Superuser informed me that it had an update available. Im not sure what the option was otherwise, but I chose to update through recovery, big mistake. I am now left with a phone that will not boot into Android, once turned on, it will say the following:
[(upper left hand corner)
RECOVERY QUITTING...... (in blue)
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING. (in red)]
Samsung Galaxy S5
Powered by Android
(next screen)
[(upper left hand corner)
SECURE FAIL: RECOVERY (in red)]
(dreaded yellow triangle with exclamation point inside)
System software not authorized by AT&T has been found on your phone. Please turn off your phone and go to the nearest AT&T store for help.
At this point I have tried everything I can think of using Odin v3.10. I am not sure where to go from here and I really just need any help I can get. Am I s.o.l.? Just take it into the nearest AT&T Store or Best Buy? Or is there anything I can do to get my phone back? I have had an Android since the G1 and it is extremely saddening and frustrating that I am not able to figure this out myself, as I always have been able to with any problems I have had before after my first two real bricks with my original G1. Any questions that anyone has I will answer as quickly as possible. Thank you guys for any help you can provide.
In Odin Mode, the phone will read the following in the upper left corner:
ODIN MODE (in red)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G900A <in white
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official <
SYSTEM STATUS: Official <
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF <
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x0 <
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB) >in grey
AP SWREV: S1, T1, A1, A2, P1 >
UDC START (in red)
Once again, thanks so much for any help provided.
- Tardie

You are able to boot into download mode then ??
If yes...you have flashed the stock image ??.....and still get the failure ??....g

[HELP] [Q] Soft brick or hard brick?

I've searched around the forum and haven't hit a solution, so sorry if it's out there.
So, I have a Galaxy S4 Active (i537) ATT. I was given to me in a bootlooping state, and if I fix it I can keep the device.
What I have done to the moment:
Flashed every stock rom found in the forum with Odin (No luck on the device booting)
What the device does:
It shows the samsung splash, and restarts over and over, sometimes it doesn't even manage to get to the samsung splash.
Attempting to boot into recover mode produces the same result, it says booting recovery and it restarts.
Info on Download mode:
Product name: SGH-i537
Current Binary: Samsung official
System Status: Official
Knox kernel lock: 0xfffffffc
Knox kernel warranty void: 0xfffffffc
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
Write protection: enable
emmc burst mode enabled
I'm new to samsung devices, so I hope someone can help me out here.
Thanks in advanced!

rguilamo said:
I've searched around the forum and haven't hit a solution, so sorry if it's out there.
So, I have a Galaxy S4 Active (i537) ATT. I was given to me in a bootlooping state, and if I fix it I can keep the device.
What I have done to the moment:
Flashed every stock rom found in the forum with Odin (No luck on the device booting)
What the device does:
It shows the samsung splash, and restarts over and over, sometimes it doesn't even manage to get to the samsung splash.
Attempting to boot into recover mode produces the same result, it says booting recovery and it restarts.
Info on Download mode:
Product name: SGH-i537
Current Binary: Samsung official
System Status: Official
Knox kernel lock: 0xfffffffc
Knox kernel warranty void: 0xfffffffc
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
Write protection: enable
emmc burst mode enabled
I'm new to samsung devices, so I hope someone can help me out here.
Thanks in advanced!
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It's hard to say what is wrong, but it sounds like you definitely need to flash stock firmware. One question, is it definitely the AT&T version (with the AT&T logo on the back cover) or could it be the Mexican version?
If it's the AT&T version, then flash the NE3 firmware by following the instructions in i537 Firmware Install Guide. The OP of the guide will ask you which firmware you're currently on, but for NE3 it doesn't matter which one you select because all the instructions will be the same. Make sure you don't have a corrupted download by checking the MD5 of the file you downloaded against the MD5 posted in the i537 Firmware Thread.
If you have the Mexican/Uruguayan version, you need to download the latest version of the firmware from sammobile and flash that. Flashing AT&T firmware on a Mexican/Uruguayan phone could result in the bootloops you are experiencing.

Devo7v said:
It's hard to say what is wrong, but it sounds like you definitely need to flash stock firmware. One question, is it definitely the AT&T version (with the AT&T logo on the back cover) or could it be the Mexican version?
If it's the AT&T version, then flash the NE3 firmware by following the instructions in i537 Firmware Install Guide. The OP of the guide will ask you which firmware you're currently on, but for NE3 it doesn't matter which one you select because all the instructions will be the same. Make sure you don't have a corrupted download by checking the MD5 of the file you downloaded against the MD5 posted in the i537 Firmware Thread.
If you have the Mexican/Uruguayan version, you need to download the latest version of the firmware from sammobile and flash that. Flashing AT&T firmware on a Mexican/Uruguayan phone could result in the bootloops you are experiencing.
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Yes I'm sure It's AT&T. I had already tried NE3, as I said, I've flashed as many stock firmwares as I have been able to lay hands on. I did notice that when I tried NE3 again, knox kernel lock and knox kernel warranty changed from my previous posted states to these:
Knox kernel lock: 0x0
Knox kernel warranty void: 0x1
I cand add that exactly when Odin sends the reboot the phone tries to boot but into recovery mode, instead of just booting normally.
The only thing I can think of now, is that the device must have a hrdware issue.

rguilamo said:
Yes I'm sure It's AT&T. I had already tried NE3, as I said, I've flashed as many stock firmwares as I have been able to lay hands on. I did notice that when I tried NE3 again, knox kernel lock and knox kernel warranty changed from my previous posted states to these:
Knox kernel lock: 0x0
Knox kernel warranty void: 0x1
I cand add that exactly when Odin sends the reboot the phone tries to boot but into recovery mode, instead of just booting normally.
The only thing I can think of now, is that the device must have a hrdware issue.
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It's supposed to try to reboot into recovery mode when you first Odin back to stock NE3. I just recovered from a soft brick myself where I couldn't boot at all. Flashed NE3 through Odin and the first time it rebooted, it went to stock recovery (I assume to finish installing the stock rom), did what it needed, and eventually rebooted normally. Plus (sorry, I just have to ask), you are using download mode for Odin (not recovery mode), correct?

thisisapoorusernamechoice said:
It's supposed to try to reboot into recovery mode when you first Odin back to stock NE3. I just recovered from a soft brick myself where I couldn't boot at all. Flashed NE3 through Odin and the first time it rebooted, it went to stock recovery (I assume to finish installing the stock rom), did what it needed, and eventually rebooted normally. Plus (sorry, I just have to ask), you are using download mode for Odin (not recovery mode), correct?
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Yes I'm using Download mode for ODIN, the thing is, when it tries to boot to recovery mode after flashing with ODIN, and the reboot command is sent, the recovery never boots, the screen goes off, and then it just starts restarting itself

rguilamo said:
Yes I'm using Download mode for ODIN, the thing is, when it tries to boot to recovery mode after flashing with ODIN, and the reboot command is sent, the recovery never boots, the screen goes off, and then it just starts restarting itself
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And you definitely don't have a corrupted download, and you've tried different usb cables, different usb ports, and different computers?

Devo7v said:
And you definitely don't have a corrupted download, and you've tried different usb cables, different usb ports, and different computers?
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Checked MD5's, used original Samsung cable, Asus Nexus 7 Cable, tried Windows 7 (Desktop), and windows 8.1 on two different laptops.
Curiously I said to myself, let me try and charge it, since all this flashing might have taken out the battery. When I plugged in the USB cable the device showed the Samsung splash, and turned off, yet I let it be and didn't disconnect it, after an hour or so, I came back and saw him charging the battery, with the red light indicator on, about 20 minutes later it tried to boot, got to the ATT logo, and after I while with the ATT logo (I assume since it has to compile the dalvik, because it's the first boot) it just turned off again, and back to ATT logo, and it was bootlooping like this until I unplugged it and gave up.

[Q] Quick help? Friend (maybe?) bricked his N910T while trying flash.

I root my phones, my friend doesn't. I think he wiped the rom instead of installing it, and I haven't touched a samsung since my galaxy nexus. I downloaded and installed odin, kies and the white n4 drivers to be safe, and I just need to know what to do from here to fix and finish, hope it's not a hard brick :fingers-crossed:
When I power it on, the screen shows:
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910T
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (4)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
UDC START
And under that the text says:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select the recovery mode in Kies & try again.
Any help would be dope.

So. It looks like your friend was in the midst of an ota while a custom rom was on the device??.? bad... look on google for the exact stock odin rom that matches your device. Install odin on your pc version 3.07.
Put the phone into download mode.. (pull battery put battery back in hold power home vol up.
Plug the phone into the pc. Start odin. Youll see a yellow com port highlited. Extract the stock odin file youll get a tar extracted from the file. If you dont see a yellow com port highlited on your pc. Install samsung usb drivers.. hit pda in odin navigate to were you extracted the stoxk odin file youll see a :TAR file click on that it will load in the pda slot.. note: it may take a minute to load... when its loaded hit start....
Wait till phone reboots ......
Done.... MAKE SURE THE STOCK ODIN IS A 100% MATCH MODEL AND CARRIER..
good luck...
Ps.. no more friends doing work on your celly ok???? Lol.

Phoenity said:
I root my phones, my friend doesn't. I think he wiped the rom instead of installing it, and I haven't touched a samsung since my galaxy nexus. I downloaded and installed odin, kies and the white n4 drivers to be safe, and I just need to know what to do from here to fix and finish, hope it's not a hard brick :fingers-crossed:
When I power it on, the screen shows:
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910T
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK(KK): OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 (4)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : ENABLE
UDC START
And under that the text says:
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select the recovery mode in Kies & try again.
Any help would be dope.
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Follow this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2957156
Sent from my SM-N910T using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Flashvetrin said:
So. It looks like your friend was in the midst of an ota while a custom rom was on the device??. bad... look on google for the exact stock odin rom that matches your device. Install odin on your pc version 3.07.
Put the phone into download mode.. (pull battery put battery back in hold power home vol up.
Plug the phone into the pc. Start odin. Youll see a yellow com port highlited. Extract the stock odin file youll get a tar extracted from the file. If you dont see a yellow com port highlited on your pc. Install samsung usb drivers.. hit pda in odin navigate to were you extracted the stoxk odin file youll see a :TAR file click on that it will load in the pda slot.. note: it may take a minute to load... when its loaded hit start....
Wait till phone reboots ......
Done.... MAKE SURE THE STOCK ODIN IS A 100% MATCH MODEL AND CARRIER..
good luck...
Ps.. no more friends doing work on your celly ok???? Lol.
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Ha, thanks for the help, i'm gonna try it right now. But seriously, it's his phone. I'm rocking old Paranoid Android on my LG G2(it's legacy, and nobody compiling for d801). I don't really like Sammy since Knox.

Phoenity said:
Ha, thanks for the help, i'm gonna try it right now. But seriously, it's his phone. I'm rocking old Paranoid Android on my LG G2(it's legacy, and nobody compiling for d801). I don't really like Sammy since Knox.
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Wow in glad he trusts you..:good
The only real difference to my guide and the above is the odin version, and "Ap" vrses "pda" either way youll be A-OK..
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Bricked Note 4, User Death Imminent

Hello.
So, I rooted my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4. It went flawlessly. I flashed TWRP and rooted it without a hitch. Now fast forward a few months, to today. I decide to restart my phone again. Nothing has changed, except that my "helpful" antivirus "conveniently" turned off USB Debugging. I restart it and it brings up a screen. It has a "caution" sign with the exclamation mark. Some text is there as well, saying:
Custom binary blocked by FRP.
SECURE FAIL: KERNEL
Granted, I was upset. My phone won't boot up. I've tried booting into TWRP, but the same screen appears. I can't use Odin because USB Debugging was forcibly shut off by my antivirus.
If I don't have my cell phone, I will struggle in school, as the only other device I have is this laptop which has no working battery and runs on outlet power alone. I don't have the money to purchase a new device, and I feel like I'm out of options, so if I don't get some help, I'm a dead man. If anyone could help, I'd be very grateful. On the Odin Mode screen, info is as follows:
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910T3
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
FRP LOCK: ON
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0X1 (2)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
UDC START
I don't know how much of that is relevant.
Help me, XDA Developers. You're my only hope.
Thanks,
A stupid Wizard with a bricked phone.

Did you try to use Odin to reflash twrp or the stock firmware? You dont need usb debugging on to reflash stock firmware. If you were on stock, i would just reflash with Odin, tuen on usb debugging and reroot. If u were on custom rom, you might have to odin back to stock, and then do factory reset from recovery.

RaySCLA said:
Did you try to use Odin to reflash twrp or the stock firmware? You dont need usb debugging on to reflash stock firmware. If you were on stock, i would just reflash with Odin, tuen on usb debugging and reroot. If u were on custom rom, you might have to odin back to stock, and then do factory reset from recovery.
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I tried to reflash the TWRP, but it failed. An error message appears:
Custom Binary(recovery) Blocked By FRP Lock

ShadowedWizard said:
Hello.
So, I rooted my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note 4. It went flawlessly. I flashed TWRP and rooted it without a hitch. Now fast forward a few months, to today. I decide to restart my phone again. Nothing has changed, except that my "helpful" antivirus "conveniently" turned off USB Debugging. I restart it and it brings up a screen. It has a "caution" sign with the exclamation mark. Some text is there as well, saying:
Custom binary blocked by FRP.
SECURE FAIL: KERNEL
Granted, I was upset. My phone won't boot up. I've tried booting into TWRP, but the same screen appears. I can't use Odin because USB Debugging was forcibly shut off by my antivirus.
If I don't have my cell phone, I will struggle in school, as the only other device I have is this laptop which has no working battery and runs on outlet power alone. I don't have the money to purchase a new device, and I feel like I'm out of options, so if I don't get some help, I'm a dead man. If anyone could help, I'd be very grateful. On the Odin Mode screen, info is as follows:
ODIN MODE (HIGH SPEED)
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N910T3
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
FRP LOCK: ON
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0X1 (2)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
RP SWREV: S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
UDC START
I don't know how much of that is relevant.
Help me, XDA Developers. You're my only hope.
Thanks,
A stupid Wizard with a bricked phone.
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FRP is referring to "Factory Reset Protection" , that means you had the Samsung Reactivation Lock turned on and the phone detected a change in the software preventing it from booting up. Now there are two ways to get the phone back up, first try going into download mode (Holding power button+volume down) then restart it by holding down power+volume up) if by chance this doesn't work then the other option would be to use odin and reinstalling the stock rom but it would need to be the same version currently installed.

glm0025 said:
FRP is referring to "Factory Reset Protection" , that means you had the Samsung Reactivation Lock turned on and the phone detected a change in the software preventing it from booting up. Now there are two ways to get the phone back up, first try going into download mode (Holding power button+volume down) then restart it by holding down power+volume up) if by chance this doesn't work then the other option would be to use odin and reinstalling the stock rom but it would need to be the same version currently installed.
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How would one install a ROM directly from Odin? I know how to do it from the recovery, but I can't access it.
EDIT: After more research and a helpful PM, I am using Kies to wipe everything and restore the stock ROM.
EDIT 2: Success! After resetting using Kies, I was able to reflash TWRP and get rooted again. Thanks to everyone who helped.

ShadowedWizard said:
I am using Kies to wipe everything and restore the stock ROM.
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No. You should have used ODIN (from your desktop / laptop PC) to restore a stock ROM so that you could have kept your data

Anonymously_Unknown said:
No. You should have used ODIN (from your desktop / laptop PC) to restore a stock ROM so that you could have kept your data
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I had attempted to do restore the stock ROM, and I recieved the same error as with reflashing the recovery.
I restored to stock with Keis, then flashed TWRP, re-rooted, and installed a new ROM. I then restored my important data (contacts, app info, etc.) from a Titanium Backup on a microSD.

And don't turn on factory reset protection. Useful for casual users who don't root and install cudtom ROMs, but a real problem for those who do.

I believe there is a null/dummy ODIN file floating around you can flash in Odin that will clear that message and get it to boot again.
You're getting it because your lock is on and it's trying to flash something, and will continue to try every time you reboot, there doesn't seem to be a way for it to clear itself after unsuccessful attempts.
edit: pretty sure this is the one I used, but I'd recommend doing your own research before blindly taking my advice:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766399

RiverCity.45 said:
And don't turn on factory reset protection. Useful for casual users who don't root and install cudtom ROMs, but a real problem for those who do.
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What is a good way to get that same protection that for a rooted/custom rom user?

blindskater39 said:
What is a good way to get that same protection that for a rooted/custom rom user?
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There an app floating around that bypasses the reactivation lock.

gal419 said:
There an app floating around that bypasses the reactivation lock.
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I am wondering if there are security app made for rooted devices to prevent a thief from stealing flashing or getting sensitive information in the device.

Is there a way to disable the FRP so it doesn't accidentally get turned on?

Please help.. what have I done to my phone.. Galaxy S6 Edge+ AT&T 928A

I'm officially fed up. I (STUPIDLY) attempted to root my galaxy using ODIN and have been trying to get it back to normal for 3 weeks I'm finally asking for help , if anyone can offer any..
My situation. ....
I used ODIN and a root file I downloaded. . I did it all just the way the guide said.
My phone restarted and I got a message fr ok m samsung + device health check, warning me that my device is rooted
Next , I go to install superuser etc . Get error messages that my devices is NOT rooted and there is no binary.
So I'm stuck with this device that functions but is constantly giving security warnings that unauthorized activity has occured. Knox and Samsung pay say that my device is "Custom" and those apps , along with others won't allow me access for that reason.
This is the info from my screen in download mode (ODIN MODE)
PRODUCT NAME SM-928A
CURRENT BINARY SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS CUSTOM
REACTIVATION LOCK OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID (0x0000)
I have tried -
reflash stock rom , odin just locks up and then I get FIL message
I've factory recovered the device, wiped cache and partition etc numerous times to no avail.
Kies says my device is not compatible, smart switch says software is up to date and that my device doesn't support initialization for recovery.
Any ideas.. I'm all ears! Thank you!

TechChallengedHere said:
I'm officially fed up. I (STUPIDLY) attempted to root my galaxy using ODIN and have been trying to get it back to normal for 3 weeks I'm finally asking for help , if anyone can offer any..
My situation. ....
I used ODIN and a root file I downloaded. . I did it all just the way the guide said.
My phone restarted and I got a message fr ok m samsung + device health check, warning me that my device is rooted
Next , I go to install superuser etc . Get error messages that my devices is NOT rooted and there is no binary.
So I'm stuck with this device that functions but is constantly giving security warnings that unauthorized activity has occured. Knox and Samsung pay say that my device is "Custom" and those apps , along with others won't allow me access for that reason.
This is the info from my screen in download mode (ODIN MODE)
PRODUCT NAME SM-928A
CURRENT BINARY SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS CUSTOM
REACTIVATION LOCK OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID (0x0000)
I have tried -
reflash stock rom , odin just locks up and then I get FIL message
I've factory recovered the device, wiped cache and partition etc numerous times to no avail.
Kies says my device is not compatible, smart switch says software is up to date and that my device doesn't support initialization for recovery.
Any ideas.. I'm all ears! Thank you!
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All I had was the security message for my S6 Edge. What I did to get the notification to go away is that I froze SecurityLogAgent (package name: com.samsung.android.securitylogagent), which of course, root is required to do so.

Use Factory cable.
TechChallengedHere said:
I'm officially fed up. I (STUPIDLY) attempted to root my galaxy using ODIN and have been trying to get it back to normal for 3 weeks I'm finally asking for help , if anyone can offer any..
My situation. ....
I used ODIN and a root file I downloaded. . I did it all just the way the guide said.
My phone restarted and I got a message fr ok m samsung + device health check, warning me that my device is rooted
Next , I go to install superuser etc . Get error messages that my devices is NOT rooted and there is no binary.
So I'm stuck with this device that functions but is constantly giving security warnings that unauthorized activity has occured. Knox and Samsung pay say that my device is "Custom" and those apps , along with others won't allow me access for that reason.
This is the info from my screen in download mode (ODIN MODE)
PRODUCT NAME SM-928A
CURRENT BINARY SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS CUSTOM
REACTIVATION LOCK OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID (0x0000)
I have tried -
reflash stock rom , odin just locks up and then I get FIL message
I've factory recovered the device, wiped cache and partition etc numerous times to no avail.
Kies says my device is not compatible, smart switch says software is up to date and that my device doesn't support initialization for recovery.
Any ideas.. I'm all ears! Thank you!
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Make sure you are using the original cable that came with your phone when flashing...
Ensure you are using the newest version of odin.
If odin detects your phone in download mode. Then you should be able to flash.
Make sure usb debugging ... and OEM UNLOCK are both enabled.
Clear devilik cache in recovery mode (Not download mode)
Make sure you are trying to flash the correct recovery files for your phone. (Correct region)
I have supplied the recovery files for OGG AND OJ1 stock firmware on the "obtain a little freedom" thread for the G928A
Flash back to stock, and use smartswitch to restore your (pre-backed up information)
Also what version of Windows are you working with?