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Help me please...galaxy tab Exclamation mark

i want to flash new firmware but i have little problem...now my tab is show exclamation point between a phone and a computer.
but Galaxy tab can not remove battery for reset this error...
Help me please....

water30 said:
i want to flash new firmware but i have little problem...now my tab is show exclamation point between a phone and a computer.
but Galaxy tab can not remove battery for reset this error...
Help me please....
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what did you do to get to this screen? Is this after or before you upgraded firmware?

GANJDROID said:
what did you do to get to this screen? Is this after or before you upgraded firmware?
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after upgrade firmware odin show reset but the my tab not reset then i just manual reset (i can take this method for my galaxys ) after that.....

Edit:
Had the exact same thing happen to me, but its just a bad flash.
Download the JM6 zip (in the development forum) and flash it via Odin. after the device has rebooted, if the previous apps havent been deleted, go into recovery and perform a factory reset and reboot again

i have the same problem, phone - exclamation point - computer ... but i can't get into recovery mode to do a wipe .
is i press VOLUME UP or DOWN + POWER i always end up with the same exclamation point screen ... any help?

primeroz said:
i have the same problem, phone - exclamation point - computer ... but i can't get into recovery mode to do a wipe .
is i press VOLUME UP or DOWN + POWER i always end up with the same exclamation point screen ... any help?
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Read my above post. Go into download mode (volume down + home + power) you'll still have the same image but the phone WILL be in download mode. Then flash your previous firmware and you're sorted.
Sent from my GT-P1000

You probably got that by messing with the kernel. Fund the zImage from the firmware, extract it with a .tar extractor then use something like heimdall to flash the kernel and it should work.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using Tapatalk

Hi. I'm looking for solution for my problem but nothing has helped me. I cannot restart mu GTab or put it in download mode. I always land into Android system recovery <3e>.
My problem: I cannot restart my GTab anymore. It started when I wanted to do a backup with ROM Manager. Unfortunately EURO TAB isn't supported yet. Then I want to find out whether nandroid backup is possible. From ROM manager I booted into recovery. But there isn't nandroid backup. And now I cannot boot GTab anymore. Every time I restart it brings me back to Android system recovery <3e>. I would be grateful for every solution.

Help please
slaia said:
Hi. I'm looking for solution for my problem but nothing has helped me. I cannot restart mu GTab or put it in download mode. I always land into Android system recovery <3e>.
My problem: I cannot restart my GTab anymore. It started when I wanted to do a backup with ROM Manager. Unfortunately EURO TAB isn't supported yet. Then I want to find out whether nandroid backup is possible. From ROM manager I booted into recovery. But there isn't nandroid backup. And now I cannot boot GTab anymore. Every time I restart it brings me back to Android system recovery <3e>. I would be grateful for every solution.
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Having the same problem too... anyone can help?

If you see Phone-!-Pc on the Tab screen it is the download mode.
You can reflash it using Odin, however, you will need to do full Rom flash. I had similar problem and solved it by replashing.
I followed the latest guide published in this forum and Roto-JME rom with reformatting of internal sd.

Phone ! PC error FML!!!
GANJDROID said:
Edit:
Had the exact same thing happen to me, but its just a bad flash.
Download the JM6 zip (in the development forum) and flash it via Odin. after the device has rebooted, if the previous apps havent been deleted, go into recovery and perform a factory reset and reboot again
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Where can i download the JM6 zip??

Hey guys,
I tried to manually update my tab to Gingerbread today via Odin, but it kept hanging on select partition (I discovered I used the wrong PIT for the firmware I was going to flash, but as I didn't select the firmware yet that shouldn't be a problem). At last I decided to quit Odin (which might have been stupid...) and try it again. Then it kept haning even earlier, so I tried to restart the device in download mode. However, whatever I try it keeps giving the Phone ! PC sign. If I try to just boot, if I try to go into recovery mode or if I try to go into download mode. I saw a lot of possible ways to solve the problem, but my PC doesn't recognize the tab anymore. If I connect it, it does give the "usb device connected" sound, but there is a popup which sais "USB Device not recognized. One of the USB Devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message". I already tried to reinstall the driver but it doesn't work. Also Odin and Heimdall don't detect any device.
Does anyone know a solution for this problem? Maybe taking the battery out? (for which I have to buy a new triangle screwdriver, so I need to know if it could possibly work first. It takes some weeks to order such a thing I think...)
EDIT: I played around a bit with the drivers again, and suddenly both Heimdall and Odin recognized it. However Odin stopped recognizing it again. Then I pressed "read PIT" in Heimdall, which worked. After that the device started booting up to the Samsung logo animation and then powered off again. Now it doesn't do anything anymore, not even showing the Phone ! PC screen. I'll charge it overnight (maybe it's gone empty during the process), so I hope that helps.....

In some strange way, the phone works again..... So never mind my post above.

Odin successful, but still stuck in boot loop

TL;DR - Stuck in boot loop, can't enter recovery mode, but can enter download mode. Odin says it is successful, but the phone is still in the boot loop.
I've had Cognition 2.3 for a few months now and decided to update to Cognition 4.3. I used the AIO toolbox 2.5 to Odin one-click back to stock, rooted, and flashed to 4.3. Everything went well and I restored all my apps with Titanium and loaded some music.
At some point later the screen was completely blank and the only way I could get any response out of it was to hold the volume buttons and power buttons. Instead of going into recovery, though, it would boot to the Cognition boot screen and hang indefinitely.
I was able to get it into download mode by removing the sim and battery and holding the volume buttons while plugging it into USB and replacing the battery. I ran Odin one-click again, it said it was successful, but the phone was stuck in either a battery screen or AT&T screen boot loop (depending on whether or not it was plugged into USB).
I've tried using regular Odin with both the ROM included with AIO 2.5 (JF6*) and JH2 (from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36) to no avail. Every time Odin shows that it is successful, but it always ends up in a boot loop with no ability to enter recovery mode.
What can I do? Will getting a jig help me in any way?
*Edited for correct ROM

Use the normal ODIN (v1.7 or v1.8), a full stock JF6 ROM and PIT file. Make sure "repartition" is selected and if possible, do a master clear with ODIN first (though shouldn't be critical.........then start over with Cog 4.3 if that's your ROM of choice (good choice by the way).

I tried the JF6 ROM again with the same results (using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439#8802897). It looks like AIO 2.5 used this ROM all along.
I can't master clear because I can't boot past the AT&T screen. The only way for me to get Odin (or Windows for that matter) to recognize the phone is by putting it in download mode. From what I understand you don't master clear from download mode.

bharden said:
I tried the JF6 ROM again with the same results (using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439#8802897). It looks like AIO 2.5 used this ROM all along.
I can't master clear because I can't boot past the AT&T screen. The only way for me to get Odin (or Windows for that matter) to recognize the phone is by putting it in download mode. From what I understand you don't master clear from download mode.
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Are you using the PIT file and selecting repartition?
When I get home today, I will upload the ROM and PIT that I use to flash to stock and see if that helps but you do need to use the PIT and repartion which will only help if you have a FULL copy of JF6 that reloads the bootloaders.

Just out of curiosity, what is your build number?

I am using the PIT and selecting repartition. I've done this every time I've tried Odin (besides when using one-click of course) Is the PDA.tar listed in that link not a full copy of JF6?
My build number is 1008.

May sound crazy, but you could try using a different computer. I ran into a lot of problems using odin on my pc. Switched to laptop (more ram and windows 7 64 bit ) with great success. Also make sure you have the right drivers. Your build# should allow you to use odin one click.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I've actually already tried it from both my PC (Windows 7 x64, 4 GB ram) and my laptop (Windows Vista x86, 2 GB ram). In both cases I used the drivers in the AIO toolbox 2.5 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944418)
Are those the correct ones? If not, could you point me to a resource with the latest drivers? There are quite a few versions floating around and I'm not sure which ones I should be using.
Any other suggestions?

Those should be the correct drivers
Also, make sure odin is completely open before connecting your phone.
That'd all I can think of.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

I definitely did that.
Since I'm able to get into download mode, I should be able to un-brick it right? I can't figure out why Odin says it's successful but I still can't boot.
Does anyone else have any ideas?

You may have to give it a few minutes or so as I am uploading now but the link for the PDA and PIT is:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24576569/ATT%20ROM%202.1.rar
Try using this version of ODIN:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/24576569/Odin3%20v1.7.rar
Hope this helps otherwise I am out of ideas except flashing a kernel with a recovery included through ODIN, going into the recovery and formatting and wiping absolutely everything and then reflashing JF6. But try the files I linked first.
Good luck.

It's been 30 minutes and the ROM link still isn't up. Is it working?
Also, I'd like to change what I said slightly. When using regular Odin 1.81 it says PASS when it's finished. When using Odin one-click it gets to the point of cache.rfs and then says removed. The box turns blue and says Reset. Meanwhile, the phone is busy rebooting indefinitely on the battery screen.
I'll try your ROM and Odin version as soon as the link works. Also, do you have a ROM with built in recovery that you would suggest? Thanks!

bharden said:
It's been 30 minutes and the ROM link still isn't up. Is it working?
Also, I'd like to change what I said slightly. When using regular Odin 1.81 it says PASS when it's finished. When using Odin one-click it gets to the point of cache.rfs and then says removed. The box turns blue and says Reset. Meanwhile, the phone is busy rebooting indefinitely on the battery screen.
I'll try your ROM and Odin version as soon as the link works. Also, do you have a ROM with built in recovery that you would suggest? Thanks!
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Drop box seems to be running slow. So the JF6 that I am uploading may take a bit. The version of ODIN that You are running should be fine.
Try this Kernel. It's not a complete ROM just the kernel. If it works, you will have to flash a ROM too. Cognition is a good start. You can find it in the Dev section and actually, even if it's not the recommended way of flashing, I moght try flashing a custom ROM anyway just to rule out ODIN and your phone. If you can successfully flash a custom ROM then it's probably the version of JF6 that you are using.
Anyway, let's start with the kernel first:
Onix by existz:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930679
make sure you download 2.0.3 "tar" file for ODIN
you know how to get into recovery after you flash right? From powered off, hold the up and down volume buttons and then power all at the same time for about 5 second......

Ok, so there seems to be some progress. I flashed the kernel and the phone rebooted to what I'm assuming is the Onix splash screen and hangs. The power button won't turn the phone off, but at least the softkeys do seem to respond, even if they don't do anything.
Odin now recognizes the phone in both download mode and at the splash screen. Although, to reach download mode I now have to take the battery out, whereas I did not have to before.
I'm still unable to enter recovery. The only way to get any response out of the phone at the splash screen is to hold both volumes and the power button, but the phone just reboots back to the splash. It also does this when attempting to enter recovery from a power off state.

bharden said:
Ok, so there seems to be some progress. I flashed the kernel and the phone rebooted to what I'm assuming is the Onix splash screen and hangs. The power button won't turn the phone off, but at least the softkeys do seem to respond, even if they don't do anything.
Odin now recognizes the phone in both download mode and at the splash screen. Although, to reach download mode I now have to take the battery out, whereas I did not have to before.
I'm still unable to enter recovery. The only way to get any response out of the phone at the splash screen is to hold both volumes and the power button, but the phone just reboots back to the splash. It also does this when attempting to enter recovery from a power off state.
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The three button combo should work to reset the phone when it's stuck as well as getting into recovery. It sounds like you aren't holding the buttons for long enough. If the phone is frozen, you have to hold the button combo for quite a while to get the phone to reset. Weh trying to get into recovery, push both volume buttons and then hold down the power button and don't let go till yoiu get past the AT&T screen.
If that still doesn't work, then try and load up the ROM and see if at least you can get a working phone back in the meantime. Like I said, I recommend Cog 4.3 but serendipity is a good choice too.

Awesome. I must have been holding the buttons for half a second too little. Now I can get into the Onix Recovery, but I'm getting:
"E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or directory)"
when trying to mount the SD card.
Searching around I've found these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563298
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792708
but I'm not exactly sure what to do with the information. I don't particularly want to go guessing at what to do next and ruin my progress. Could you give me a little guidance on what steps to take next?
From "adb shell mount /sdcard" I'm getting:
mount: can't find /sdcard in /etc/fstab

bharden said:
Awesome. I must have been holding the buttons for half a second too little. Now I can get into the Onix Recovery, but I'm getting:
"E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0) (No such file or directory)"
when trying to mount the SD card.
Searching around I've found these two threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563298
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792708
but I'm not exactly sure what to do with the information. I don't particularly want to go guessing at what to do next and ruin my progress. Could you give me a little guidance on what steps to take next?
From "adb shell mount /sdcard" I'm getting:
mount: can't find /sdcard in /etc/fstab
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OK, so I've never had to mount SD from those options so not too familiar with this problem but, i am going to guess that we shouldn't have to play with this right now. Onix will let you install a zip from your external SD, so i recomend finding a recovery flashable ROM (almost all custom ROMs come this way....it'll be a ZIP file) Again I recomend using Cog 4.3 or serendipity (both of these may change your kernel but it's ok because they will both have a custom recovery).
Follow these steps:
1. Remove your external SD and insert it into your computer.
2. Remove any files you want to keep and place them somewhere on your computer for future recovery (Titanium backups, music, pics, etc....)
3. Format your sd (FAT32 should be default)
4. Download the ROM of your choice, copy it to the root of your external SD using your computer
5. Replace the SD into your phone power up into recovery
6. From the Onix recovery menu select "advanced options"
7. Pick wipe dalvik/cache and confirm
8. Select go back untill you get to the first recovery menu
9. Select install zip from SD and NOT "install update.zip"
10. Navigate to your external SD (it should look something like "/extsd" in the file menu
11. Pick the zip you put on the external SD and confirm
12. Wait till the recovery indicates instalation done
13. Navigate back to the first recovery menu and select reboot phone
14. Sit back and relax, your phone will likely take 3-5 min to boot up the first time
If after 10 min of waiting you get no response from your phone, use the 3 button reset to get into the custom recovery and select advanced features again, format absolutely everything you can format (you'll have to do it one at a time) and do that. Then repeat the steps above.
Installing a custom ROM isn't normally this complicated but I am trying to eliminate as many variables as possible here that might cause complications with instalation.
Let me know how it turns out.

FYI: Continuum v4 has the Onix kernel in it (recovery is a blue color)

ROM Files
This is the link to the good JF6 stock ROM. You will have to download it and the ODIN version. All you need is the PDA.tar and the PIT that comes with the ODIN package in the thread. You can still use ODIN 1.8 once you get the PIT file out of the ODIN ZIP.
So, after all is said and done. When you feel like trying this:
1. Open ODIN
2. Phone into download mode (with phone off hold down both volume buttons and plug in USB)
3. Make sure phone is recognised by ODIN
4. Select PIT file that you downloaded
5. Select PDA file that you downloaded
6. Make sure "repartition" IS selected
7. Hit start and sit back and relax
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
Again, let me know how it all works out.......

Ok, I'll try flashing Cog 4.3 after I get off this afternoon. I'll have to buy an external SD, but that's better than buying a new phone.
I skimmed those threads on the internal SD problem and it looks like there's either some corruption on the SD or it's not formatted correctly or something. How can I fix this problem? Doesn't the ROM need that internal SD card space? Or can it use the external SD card as a replacement? If it does need the internal SD card then won't the ROM fail to install if that SD is corrupted?
Thanks for all your help by the way. When Odin wasn't fixing the problem I was afraid it was completely bricked.

[Q] Issue on GT-N7000

Hi Team XDA,
I am facing issues with my GT-N7000
1. I was running on Slim saber 4.4.4 with TWRP
2. I flashed CWM 6.0.4.5 in TWRP and after restart my phone went in to Bootloop.
3. Then I restarted my phone on Download mode and flashed Stock Rom 4.1.2 from Sam Mobile on my GT-N7000 using Odin
4. It Stuck on Samsung logo again
5. I was trying to boot recovery mode but it was not booting (to wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik Cache)
6. I am able to start phone in Download Mode only and not Recovery mode. (using Hardware Keys)
Can anyone help me out coming out of this. I still believe if i can wipe my data/Dalvik/System Cache using ODIN my phone will start.

NikhilDj26 said:
Hi Team XDA,
I am facing issues with my GT-N7000
Can anyone help me out coming out of this. I still believe if i can wipe my data/Dalvik/System Cache using ODIN my phone will start.
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kinda strange issue,
usually if you've already flashed the original Samsung firmware, it will come together with "built-in" recovery which "possible" to be access in any circumstances,
hmmm, try to do odin again, with different frimware version from different country (I also didn't use my own country firmware) :silly:
by default, try to disable "auto-reboot" option on the odin,
once you've complete flashed the firmware, try to remove the battery for moment, and boot into recovery,
should be working
give it a try, I used to do it in my S Plus, :silly:

kazuna69 said:
kinda strange issue,
usually if you've already flashed the original Samsung firmware, it will come together with "built-in" recovery which "possible" to be access in any circumstances,
hmmm, try to do odin again, with different frimware version from different country (I also didn't use my own country firmware) :silly:
by default, try to disable "auto-reboot" option on the odin,
once you've complete flashed the firmware, try to remove the battery for moment, and boot into recovery,
should be working
give it a try, I used to do it in my S Plus, :silly:
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Nope. Its not booting in Recovery mode. I tried installing firmware from different countries.. but same case.
Even with CWM it is not booting in recovery.

NikhilDj26 said:
Nope. Its not booting in Recovery mode. I tried installing firmware from different countries.. but same case.
Even with CWM it is not booting in recovery.
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hmm, strange, however I did do some research for this kind of issues,
and most of my finding stated it might to do with hardware issues (case where unable to boot normally, only download mode),
however, I do believe you can try with older version of firmware (probably last year?)
and try disable "auto-reboot" on the odin,
upon odin stated "reset" quickly pull out the battery (providing the screen is completely closed/off)
and try to reboot into recovery mode by it combinational keys, "volume up + home + power" (hold it a bit longer till samsung logo disappear) :silly:
I've even try to soft-bricked my S Plus, and try this one, seems I can boot both normally and recovery (to do wipe)

Phone stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered an issue screen please select recovery..

Phone stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered an issue screen please select recovery..
Hey guys I am in need of some urgent assistance and if anybody can help me solve this I am willing to send some funds via PayPal for the assistance.
When I turn on my phone I am prompted with this screen. It does not even boot into the Samsung splash screen and I cannot boot my phone into. The screen where you can do a factory reset.
Odin name (high speed)
Product name SM-N910t
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
system Status:CUSTOM
reactivation lock : on
KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0*1 (4)
qualcom secure boot:Enable (cab)
RP SWREV:S1 T1, A1, A1, P1
secure download: enable
Then it says Phone stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered an issue screen please select recovery mode in kies and try again.
Now if I take the battery out I am still able to press the hold+power+volume down button to get my phone into download mode however I have tried to flash the firmware using Odin and the tmobile stock firmware as indicated in a thread here by our fellow xda developers but have had no luck.
I have also downloaded kies3 from the Samsung website and still no luck it doesn't even recognize my device.
I am dam near about to break out in tears because of this (lol) I know There's got to be someone an expert out here that can help me out. Sorry for the long post and I'm too sad to even come up with a catchy ending regarding a potato.
Please help !!!!
Have I bricked my note 4???

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Pyr0x said:
Hey guys I am in need of some urgent assistance and if anybody can help me solve this I am willing to send some funds via PayPal for the assistance.
When I turn on my phone I am prompted with this screen. It does not even boot into the Samsung splash screen and I cannot boot my phone into. The screen where you can do a factory reset.
Odin name (high speed)
Product name SM-N910t
CURRENT BINARY: CUSTOM
system Status:CUSTOM
reactivation lock : on
KNOX WARRANTY VOID:0*1 (4)
qualcom secure boot:Enable (cab)
RP SWREV:S1 T1, A1, A1, P1
secure download: enable
Then it says Phone stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered an issue screen please select recovery mode in kies and try again.
Now if I take the battery out I am still able to press the hold+power+volume down button to get my phone into download mode however I have tried to flash the firmware using Odin and the tmobile stock firmware as indicated in a thread here by our fellow xda developers but have had no luck.
I have also downloaded kies3 from the Samsung website and still no luck it doesn't even recognize my device.
I am dam near about to break out in tears because of this (lol) I know There's got to be someone an expert out here that can help me out. Sorry for the long post and I'm too sad to even come up with a catchy ending regarding a potato.
Please help !!!!
Have I bricked my note 4???
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Your phone is NOT bricked, a bricked phone is dead and you would see nothing on the screen,
it would remain black and you would not see the softkey leds light up either.
Have you tried going into Recovery Mode (not download mode)?
If you can get into into Recovery Mode select "factory reset" and
then select "reboot".
It should reboot normal more or less unless you formatted /system
before this happened.
Do you have stock recovery or twrp custom recovery?
If you had twrp installed it most likely means that you were also
rooted.
That means that you can flash a zip file custom rom if you have
one in your internal or external sdcard.
If you don't have a a zip file rom in internal or external sdcard then you will need to remove the
external sdcard and plug it into an adaptor which plugs into the computer so you can then copy
a zip file rom onto your external sdcard and replace it in your phone so you can flash the rom..
If you cannot boot into recovery then try removing the battery, wait 10 seconds and replace the
battery then hold down the home/power/volumeUP buttons all at the same time until you see tiny
blue text on the top left side of the screen.
Right before you see the blue writing you should also feel a little vibration from the phone.
If you can flash a zip file rom in twrp custom recovey make sure that you do a full and complete wipe including system, data,
cache, dalvik cache and last but not least do a factory reset before flashing or if you prefer restoring a nandroid backup..
If worst comes to worst and you don't have twrp recovery then you need to Odin flash twrp (the TAR version) before doing anything else.

Misterjunky said:
Your phone is NOT bricked, a bricked phone is dead and you would see nothing on the screen,
it would remain black and you would not see the softkey leds light up either.
Have you tried going into Recovery Mode (not download mode)?
If you can get into into Recovery Mode select "factory reset" and
then select "reboot".
It should reboot normal more or less unless you formatted /system
before this happened.
Do you have stock recovery or twrp custom recovery?
If you had twrp installed it most likely means that you were also
rooted.
That means that you can flash a zip file custom rom if you have
one in your internal or external sdcard.
If you don't have a a zip file rom in internal or external sdcard then you will need to remove the
external sdcard and plug it into an adaptor which plugs into the computer so you can then copy
a zip file rom onto your external sdcard and replace it in your phone so you can flash the rom..
If you cannot boot into recovery then try removing the battery, wait 10 seconds and replace the
battery then hold down the home/power/volumeUP buttons all at the same time until you see tiny
blue text on the top left side of the screen.
Right before you see the blue writing you should also feel a little vibration from the phone.
If you can flash a zip file rom in twrp custom recovey make sure that you do a full and complete wipe including system, data,
cache, dalvik cache and last but not least do a factory reset before flashing or if you prefer restoring a nandroid backup..
If worst comes to worst and you don't have twrp recovery then you need to Odin flash twrp (the TAR version) before doing anything else.
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Thanks for your response!
I have tried that however whenever I turn on my my phone it takes me to the screen that I mentioned above automatically. I will try to enter recovery mode using Android SDK / ADB on Windows.
Forgive my ignorance but I don't believe I had any recovery installed which I now realize was HUGE Mistake, However I do know that my phone was rooted since I rooted it myself.
I am curious about "If worst comes to worst and you don't have twrp recovery then you need to Odin flash twrp (the TAR version) before doing anything else."
I feel like that is part of the steps I need to take to resolve this issue. Any tutorial links on this would be greatly appreciated.!
Thank you so much although I messed this up I am somewhat tech Savvy and it feels great to have support from other like minded individuals =)

im in the same boat as you...have you figured anything out yet?

systems6 said:
im in the same boat as you...have you figured anything out yet?
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By any chance do you have Reactivation Lock: on?
If so that could be the cause of our issues.

I got stuck at this on my Note 3 once (with twrp custom recovery installed), turned out I had to flash the stock recovery before Odin restoring. Never figured out why it worked when download mode/Odin had not. Worth trying if you're completely out of ideas.

thefanum said:
I got stuck at this on my Note 3 once (with twrp custom recovery installed), turned out I had to flash the stock recovery before Odin restoring. Never figured out why it worked when download mode/Odin had not. Worth trying if you're completely out of ideas.
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I will give this a try do you happen to have some kind of tutorial link on where to get this done?

I found the solution!!!!!!
OK GUYS I AM EXCITED TO SHARE MY SOLUTION WITH YOU ALL!!
What I did is flash twrp recovery with ODIN but it didnt work... it kept saying Get PIT Partition in the ODIN LOG.
So I tried flashing twrp recovery once again but this time I added the SM-N910T PIT Partition file I found online. But what I did is unchecked the Re-partition tab in ODIN thiss si what DID The trick!
The phone was able to go past the ODIN process and stopped on "RESET" in ODIN. So My Note 4 then Reset into Download mode and then this is where I reset ODIN flashed the Stock recovery for T-Mobile Note 4.
It took about 3 to 5 minutes to complete and I finally got that sweet SUCCESS on ODIn.
My phone then restarted and Voila! I have my note 4 in working condition once again!
THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP AND I HOPE THIS HELPS YOU OUT AS WELL.

[Solved] Stuck in Download Mode?

Hello, been a while since I unlocked and installed custom ROMs. Recently I bought a cheap Note 9 and since it is already out of warranty, might as well get a custom ROM to get rid of Bixby.
I used Odin to flash TWRP as per the instructions and now my phone refuses to get out of it. It reboots in to Download mode no matter what button combination I use. Vol down + Power key gets me back in to download mode, if i press all the buttons, same thing. No matter what combo of buttons I use, it just keeps rebooting in to Download mode.
I cannot even turn the phone off... lolwut
The first time it booted in to TWRP, i flashed my ROM and I wanted to reboot to start it but it just keeps coming back to Download mode.
Any ideas?
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Ok i somehow fixed it.
When I tried to flash the stock firmware, it gave me Device 4 Binary 3. Googled it and apparently I flashed a BL that's a higher version.
So I fixed it with this genius post from the S6 Edge+ forums by Samuwelle.
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RE: sw rev check fail device 4 binary 3 error
For all of you who get a similar error while downgrading:
1. download your firmware
2. download 7-Zip
3. download Odin
4. download tar tool
5. READ the guide to the tar tool
6. create the tar.md5 for boot.img, system.img and modem.bin ONE at a time and always cut the created files into a second folder. (I dont know if you need the .back files but just to be shure put them in, too
7. put your phone into download mode
8. start Odin (make shure phone is connected)
9. navigate to the boot.tar.md5 for "BL", the system.tar.md5 for "AP" and modem.tar.md5 for "CP"
10. press "Start" => DONE
This works for me and might not work for you.
I do not take responsibility for any damage YOU did to your phone.
Feel free to ask questions.
Hope this saves someone's day.
Sam
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I downloaded the stock beta android 10 ROM, did the above, flashed it with Odin, did it 4 times because the progress bar did not move at all. Finally, the last attempt I just let it run while I played some games, after about 20mins, it still hasn't moved, gave up, pulled out the cable and immediately got an "Error updating, please use Smart Switch Emergency Recovery". SS did not work, did not detect.
Tried the above method again, no dice. I could not get out of the error mode now, so I just opened Reiboot Android and clicked the little button to exit download mode, and for some reason it started booting! LOLOL
I guess it flashed successfully, just that the progress bar for Odin didn't move. Either way, I ain't touching **** now. On Android 10, One UI 2.0, gonna use this til the official thing comes out.