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[Q] Phone Stuck at Restore Screen/Odin Mode

I recently bought a new GS4 SCH-i545
Well i got it friday from Verizon, and had it rooted by Saturday. By Sunday I wanted my iphone back, so i wanted to reclaim warranty. Used Odin3 and the stock firmware for my device, and hit start and it failed. My phone is stuck at the Update with Kies, and I can get it into download mode. Thing is I've tried a a bunch of stock firmwares for my phone model and none of them work (Also I tried ODin 3 185 3.07 and 3.09). I'm at a stand still and any help will be greatly appreciated. Feel free to ask for anymore information that I may have left out.
Thanks

Drevangough said:
I recently bought a new GS4 SCH-i545
Well i got it friday from Verizon, and had it rooted by Saturday. By Sunday I wanted my iphone back, so i wanted to reclaim warranty. Used Odin3 and the stock firmware for my device, and hit start and it failed. My phone is stuck at the Update with Kies, and I can get it into download mode. Thing is I've tried a a bunch of stock firmwares for my phone model and none of them work (Also I tried ODin 3 185 3.07 and 3.09). I'm at a stand still and any help will be greatly appreciated. Feel free to ask for anymore information that I may have left out.
Thanks
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First I would say you are in the wrong forum, this is the S4 active. Then I would ask how you rooted? Custom Recovery?? And did you mean you CANT or can get into download mode?

lances1027 said:
First I would say you are in the wrong forum, this is the S4 active. Then I would ask how you rooted? Custom Recovery?? And did you mean you CANT or can get into download mode?
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Oops, I moved it over to the correct forum.
To answer your question:
I rooted with Safe Root, I cant really link to video i followed because I'm still new to the Forum
I can get it into Download mode no problem.

Going back to stock help

I'm hoping someone / you guys can help me.
Ever since I did the 4.4.2 update, my phone has been brutally slow and killing the battery and overall just a POS. I looked for wakelocks, screen is extremely low etc. I'm just sick of it to be frank. So I'm hoping to wipe everything, format the sd card and completely fresh as if it were a brand new phone.
From spending the last 3 hours researching, I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. ( maybe I'm overlooking it with my lack of sleep since we have a 8 week old )
From my understanding, I can't downgrade to an older firmware cause of knox. ( I would love to do this, so then I can root it and put on knoxraid or some other rom so I don't have all this bloatware etc )
Now with that being said, since I can't downgrade, I also can't replace my phone since I can't find the 4.4.2 files to odin my phone. I can find the mj5 files, but not the NC2 ( I think those are it )
Can someone please help me here, my sanity is running thin ( again, lack of sleep )
Thank you in advance.

scojosmac said:
I'm hoping someone / you guys can help me.
Ever since I did the 4.4.2 update, my phone has been brutally slow and killing the battery and overall just a POS. I looked for wakelocks, screen is extremely low etc. I'm just sick of it to be frank. So I'm hoping to wipe everything, format the sd card and completely fresh as if it were a brand new phone.
From spending the last 3 hours researching, I can't seem to find what I'm looking for. ( maybe I'm overlooking it with my lack of sleep since we have a 8 week old )
From my understanding, I can't downgrade to an older firmware cause of knox. ( I would love to do this, so then I can root it and put on knoxraid or some other rom so I don't have all this bloatware etc )
Now with that being said, since I can't downgrade, I also can't replace my phone since I can't find the 4.4.2 files to odin my phone. I can find the mj5 files, but not the NC2 ( I think those are it )
Can someone please help me here, my sanity is running thin ( again, lack of sleep )
Thank you in advance.
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there are no oden files for 4.4.2 you have a couple of things you can try go to settings,general and backup and reset and do a factory reset or go to best buy or a att service center and have them reflash the 4.4.2 firmware

jerrycoffman45 said:
there are no oden files for 4.4.2 you have a couple of things you can try go to settings,general and backup and reset and do a factory reset or go to best buy or a att service center and have them reflash the 4.4.2 firmware
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So to confirm, Best Buy or AT&T can flash it? I pretty much can just go in there and say " Hey can you reflash my phone?"

scojosmac said:
So to confirm, Best Buy or AT&T can flash it? I pretty much can just go in there and say " Hey can you reflash my phone?"
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From what I have heard the employees in the samsung experience shop inside of bestbuy have a tool that can reflash the phone. Make sure to call ahead before you go into the store. Explain to them whats going on and ask them if they are able to reflash the stock version on the phone.
If your phone says that its rooted they are not allowed to do the flash.
If they do not have the software my recommendation would be to contact ATT. Since it is a software issue the phone will be covered without that warranty that you pay monthly for. So they will ship you out a refurbished (like new) phone and then you will send yours to them.
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And also the ATT service centers do not have the tool to reflash your phone. Only Samsung has access to that. ATT service center will just give you a number to call to have them ship you out a phone.

Thank you Aaron, I appreciate it
147aaron said:
From what I have heard the employees in the samsung experience shop inside of bestbuy have a tool that can reflash the phone. Make sure to call ahead before you go into the store. Explain to them whats going on and ask them if they are able to reflash the stock version on the phone.
If your phone says that its rooted they are not allowed to do the flash.
If they do not have the software my recommendation would be to contact ATT. Since it is a software issue the phone will be covered without that warranty that you pay monthly for. So they will ship you out a refurbished (like new) phone and then you will send yours to them.
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And also the ATT service centers do not have the tool to reflash your phone. Only Samsung has access to that. ATT service center will just give you a number to call to have them ship you out a phone.
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I've been to Samsung smart station at Best Buy:
1. Being on MLG 442 it said that being up to date it couldn't flash
2. The rep "said" that since it was previously rooted it wouldn't allow the flash anyway
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

there is adb sideload of the ATT OTA update
device must have NB4 or NC2 otherwise update aborted due to expected fingerprint not seen by the OTA such as MLG or MJ5 MI9 MI1
if rooted or not will not matter it's the fingerprint = NB4 or NC2 to get stock 442 OTA

mixilplic said:
there is adb sideload of the ATT OTA update
device must have NB4 or NC2 otherwise update aborted due to expected fingerprint not seen by the OTA such as MLG or MJ5 MI9 MI1
if rooted or not will not matter it's the fingerprint = NB4 or NC2 to get stock 442 OTA
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I've been looking everywhere for this as well, do you have a link?

zacharyt86 said:
I've been looking everywhere for this as well, do you have a link?
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not certain what i can link ya to..but
for myself dwnlded
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
there are probably more appropriate versions on the forums to install adb to windows seen even one with a GUI being worked on
some youtube videos searched showed setting in DEV mode to turn on usb debugging & change security settings
booted the phone to recovery select adb & plugged in the usb
run adb.exe from a command prompt on windows
got the OTA from thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2686652
hope this helps
ya payz yer moniez an takes yer chanskiz

scojosmac said:
Can someone please help me here, my sanity is running thin ( again, lack of sleep )
Thank you in advance.
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I was having problems also... Just do a factory reset and then do a wipe in recovery mode and you'll be good to go. I got a brand new phone from AT&T service center, came on MJ5 - I installed some apps and setup the phone before I could get on wifi, updated to kitkat when I got home and I had issues all over again. A simple reset works.

[Q] Can you help me get my Recovery Menu back and possibly Stock FW

Okay so to start I followed this Tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120 all the way through and my phone was rooted and I was happy. One day I tried to install TWRP since this is what I used on my Galaxy s3 before this phone. It got stuck on on a boot loop. I eventually tried flashing every stock ROM which did not fix the problem because ODIN would fail when trying to flash. Eventually I tried flashing the "G900A_ND3_Stock_Kernel" supplied in the tutorial. My phone magically booted up and all my APPS and stuff was the same as I left it and it was still rooted. I decided not to mess with it anymore. This happened about a month ago.
Today, my phone had a notification saying that there was an update and I tapped remind me later. Eventually, I installed Titanium Back up to force closed the AT&T Software Update app the phone came with. Then. it automatically updated and eventually got stuck into the boot loop again. No problem, I fixed this before. What I noticed from the first time was that I had a screen that said "Secure Fail: Recovery. 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" Once I flashed the stock kernel from the tutorial I never checked to see if the recover menu was there.
So right now I have my phone working and its rooted. I installed the "Phone Info" app and it says Bootloader Version:G900AUCU2ANG3. Eventually, my phone will try to update itself again and it will fail causing it to boot loop. I am not sure on what to do. Is there a way for me to have my recovery menu back? I just want to have the option in the future to revert everything back to normal in case I sell it or feel like having the newest OS. Also it would be cool to have a recovery menu on my phone again.
I know this was long but I needed to solve this problem before it gets out of hand in the future. Also I am pretty sure others have followed the tutorial and might have had the idea to update the OS or something else and had a problem similar to mine.
Thank You Very Much.

xtremegamer13 said:
Okay so to start I followed this Tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-root-g900aucu2aoa1-4-4-4-2-3-2015-t3021120 all the way through and my phone was rooted and I was happy. One day I tried to install TWRP since this is what I used on my Galaxy s3 before this phone. It got stuck on on a boot loop. I eventually tried flashing every stock ROM which did not fix the problem because ODIN would fail when trying to flash. Eventually I tried flashing the "G900A_ND3_Stock_Kernel" supplied in the tutorial. My phone magically booted up and all my APPS and stuff was the same as I left it and it was still rooted. I decided not to mess with it anymore. This happened about a month ago.
Today, my phone had a notification saying that there was an update and I tapped remind me later. Eventually, I installed Titanium Back up to force closed the AT&T Software Update app the phone came with. Then. it automatically updated and eventually got stuck into the boot loop again. No problem, I fixed this before. What I noticed from the first time was that I had a screen that said "Secure Fail: Recovery. 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" Once I flashed the stock kernel from the tutorial I never checked to see if the recover menu was there.
So right now I have my phone working and its rooted. I installed the "Phone Info" app and it says Bootloader Version:G900AUCU2ANG3. Eventually, my phone will try to update itself again and it will fail causing it to boot loop. I am not sure on what to do. Is there a way for me to have my recovery menu back? I just want to have the option in the future to revert everything back to normal in case I sell it or feel like having the newest OS. Also it would be cool to have a recovery menu on my phone again.
I know this was long but I needed to solve this problem before it gets out of hand in the future. Also I am pretty sure others have followed the tutorial and might have had the idea to update the OS or something else and had a problem similar to mine.
Thank You Very Much.
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So you're still rooted?
And if so using titanium backup just freeze the ATT update app I forget what it's called exactly but you'll know it when you see it and that'll stop your device from trying to automatically trying to update

OPOfreak said:
So you're still rooted?
And if so using titanium backup just freeze the ATT update app I forget what it's called exactly but you'll know it when you see it and that'll stop your device from trying to automatically trying to update
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Yeah I'm still rooted and I found out about the freeze app option but do you know about the problem where I don't even have a recovery menu?

xtremegamer13 said:
Yeah I'm still rooted and I found out about the freeze app option but do you know about the problem where I don't even have a recovery menu?
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You need to download the safe strap recovery menu. That is for rooted phones with locked bootloaders.

dirtydodge said:
You need to download the safe strap recovery menu. That is for rooted phones with locked bootloaders.
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Thank You very much I was able to install the Safe strap Recovery and am now backing it up. Hopefully my last question Is there a way to update in the future for example if I wanted to have the OTA firmwares from AT&T without root in case I were to sell the phone?
Thank you guys for the answers.

xtremegamer13 said:
Thank You very much I was able to install the Safe strap Recovery and am now backing it up. Hopefully my last question Is there a way to update in the future for example if I wanted to have the OTA firmwares from AT&T without root in case I were to sell the phone?
Thank you guys for the answers.
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Odin back to stock

OPOfreak said:
Odin back to stock
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I've tried this in the past when my phone was stuck in bootloop, But it always failed since I have a different baseband or boatloader. Would you know which stock ROM I have to use because I tried many and had no luck in the past?

xtremegamer13 said:
I've tried this in the past when my phone was stuck in bootloop, But it always failed since I have a different baseband or boatloader. Would you know which stock ROM I have to use because I tried many and had no luck in the past?
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Read here links are still working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2868776

OPOfreak said:
Read here links are still working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2868776
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Wait, the thread is for Galaxy s5 Active. Will the G870AUCU1ANE4_Full_Odin.tar file work on my Galaxy s5 AT&T? Just making sure.

xtremegamer13 said:
Wait, the thread is for Galaxy s5 Active. Will the G870AUCU1ANE4_Full_Odin.tar file work on my Galaxy s5 AT&T? Just making sure.
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No my bad
Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2862299

Someone Please help me, get my moms phone running

Ok, so my mom bought an unlocked AT&T Samsung Galaxy S5 and she had it connected to our family plan with T-mobile. Everything was working find until last night I tried to downgrade her phone to 4.4.2 original version G900AUCU1ANCE. I used odin3 and install it everything passed. And when the phone tried to restart it wont pass the samsung logo,. Plase someone tell me how to fix this. I can assure you that I flashed the G900AUCU1ANCE correctly and everything passed. I was happy when I saw the phone trying to boot up and start but it wont pass the samsung logo. I really need to fix this before my mom starts yelling at me for messing up her phone. tomorrow.
the version she had on before I flashed it back was version 4.4.4. Once again, this is an AT&T phone but is connected to T-mobile network plan.

corrales201 said:
Ok, so my mom bought an unlocked AT&T Samsung Galaxy S5 and she had it connected to our family plan with T-mobile. Everything was working find until last night I tried to downgrade her phone to 4.4.2 original version G900AUCU1ANCE. I used odin3 and install it everything passed. And when the phone tried to restart it wont pass the samsung logo,. Plase someone tell me how to fix this. I can assure you that I flashed the G900AUCU1ANCE correctly and everything passed. I was happy when I saw the phone trying to boot up and start but it wont pass the samsung logo. I really need to fix this before my mom starts yelling at me for messing up her phone. tomorrow.
the version she had on before I flashed it back was version 4.4.4. Once again, this is an AT&T phone but is connected to T-mobile network plan.
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Use the downgrade firmware in step 4 of the notes section of the OP in this thread. Flash with odin 3.09 in the AP slot. I know you said you already have the NCE downgrade file but i use this one the time and it always works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3149146

dirtydodge
dirtydodge said:
Use the downgrade firmware in step 4 of the notes section of the OP in this thread. Flash with odin 3.09 in the AP slot. I know you said you already have the NCE downgrade file but i use this one the time and it always works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3149146
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dirtydodge Thanks you SOOOOOOO Much, You saved me, OMG, I was about to freak out if I didn't see any post today. I didn't know What I was going to do with my moms phone.
I flashed the file you told me and the phone booted pasted the samsun logo, is working find right now. Jesus Christ I seriously want you to know that I'm very thankful to you for posting a reply and helping me out. U saved my mom's phone out of a soft brick. Thank you!1
dirtydodge Is it possible for me to install custom Roms on this same phone.???

corrales201 said:
dirtydodge Thanks you SOOOOOOO Much, You saved me, OMG, I was about to freak out if I didn't see any post today. I didn't know What I was going to do with my moms phone.
I flashed the file you told me and the phone booted pasted the samsun logo, is working find right now. Jesus Christ I seriously want you to know that I'm very thankful to you for posting a reply and helping me out. U saved my mom's phone out of a soft brick. Thank you!1
dirtydodge Is it possible for me to install custom Roms on this same phone.???
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Yes you can. I'd advise to stick with ATT roms. And make certain to read the OP in any thread about roms before flashing. Keep that NCE downgrade file as a saver. I personally an running the TMS5 rom and love it. But you'll need to upgrade to the rooted 5.0 firmware before flashing it.

How long does it take to get 5.1.1 OTA?

AT&T released 5.1.1 a couple of weeks ago, and I still haven't gotten a notification on my phone that the OTA update is ready to be installed. I check manually every day, too, but every time it says that the "update was interrupted" and I have to wait 24 hours. Is that because the server is busy and I'll just have to wait patiently as the update is being rolled out to AT&T phones over the air? (Yes, I know I can simply move the date forward one day and try again manually, but I don't want to inadvertently mess up the automatic OTA checks.)
I would really like to install 5.1.1 on my S6. Is there a way to speed things up? Is there an official AT&T image I can install through Kies or some other way?
Thanks!
--Ron

Make sure you have at least 4GB of storage free when you try the update. I have heard of this sort of thing happening if you don't have enough free space.

I had read that, too, but I have a 64 GB S6, with some 30 GB free, so that's not an issue.

Same here
i'm not sure why i'm not getting the update...i have an unlocked galaxy S6 at&t version.
i'm living outside the US so i'm using another sim card. Is that the problem?

I also have an unlocked AT&T S6, but I live in the U.S., so that shouldn't be an issue either.
--Ron

I know the feeling. I have been checking daily too and finally got it late last night.

Does root effect updating from SmartSwitch?

Still nothing (10/13). Is anyone else seeing the same thing? Should it really take weeks and weeks before we get this update after it's been officially released?
--Ron

Dude just flash the damn thing using odin and be at peace

How?
timde9 said:
Dude just flash the damn thing using odin and be at peace
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how I do? I download the correct file, I followed all the steps and do not work for me. I get FAIL in Odin. If someone could help me, please

Is there an *official*, AT&T-sanctioned image that I can use? Will this trip Knox?
--Ron

Is it the one in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s6/general/stock-odin-tar-files-g920aucu3boi2-t3213306
--Ron

Don't know what to tell you other than the basics.. The correct file is available in the android developnent portion of this forum.. Download make sure you put all four files in proper slots in odin and hit start.. Should wipe everything and complete unless you using the wrong model of s6 or the wrong files in the slots.. Honestly nothing is worth losing root though in my opinion.. I only want 5.1.1 so I can use. Xposed but without the ability to root the update is meaningless to me and really more of a regression to me.. But no it won't trip knox

timde9 said:
Don't know what to tell you other than the basics.. The correct file is available in the android developnent portion of this forum.. Download make sure you put all four files in proper slots in odin and hit start.. Should wipe everything and complete unless you using the wrong model of s6 or the wrong files in the slots.. Honestly nothing is worth losing root though in my opinion.. I only want 5.1.1 so I can use. Xposed but without the ability to root the update is meaningless to me and really more of a regression to me.. But no it won't trip knox
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I downloaded the correct file, unzipped and I did these 4 files, which put in its proper place and time to flash the firmware gives me error.
I'm in the OF4 version and have not received the update by air today. I restored the phone several times to see if I update and nothing appears. I searched around in various forums and can not find the solution
I bought the galaxy used and I'm not sure if the USB cable is original. Anyway, I've tried other cables and various USB ports. The last thing I did was to restore the PC and start from scratch ... it still did not work for me
I am very good at following tutorials. I have not damaged a phone or electronic equipment and has not gone bad in the process, I always get everything right, but it is the first time you see me in this situation where I can not find the solution
I think it's the cable. Anyway, where I live not sell the USB cable separately. Buy by amazon and I'm waiting for it to arrive, but if not the USB cable and anyone knows anything please help me

Make sure you. Put phone in download mode. I overlooked that when I was a noob

Finally bit the bullet and just flashed the 5.1.1 update using Odin. Very smooth process. My phone is running 5.1.1 now. And with Google automatic backup, it didn't even take that long to set up my phone again.
--Ron