OK guys, let me explain my problem in shortest possible form;
Few days ago I bought N7000 with a "software issue"- as seller described his item, and I supposed that it would be easy to fix this kind of problem, because I never had any problem repairing soft bricked phones, but this one driving me crazy. I read all about N7000 brick states, and closest what I found related to my phone is "superbrick", because I can't enter recovery mode, the only mode it enters is Download Mode.
Let me give you some more info about the phone's status before any ODIN flash I tried:
-Seller told me that phone didn't finnish update (thats all he said, and that was OTA update);
-when I received phone, when I tured it on, it was stuck at "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." (then I said to myself "this is goidg to be easy....")
-I could enter download mode, and when it is in downlad mode it says that no custom binary is installed (custom binary counter:0, so I suppose there wasn't custom ROMs or kernels installed)
Then I tried to flash stock ROM, but failed. Odin always stuck when it have to write (write operation failed), and that is happening on every rom I've tried (it fails writing "data.img", it fails writing zImage, also stuck at "NAND write start"). I have tried almost any Odin version available, changing USB ports, USB cable (I have original SAMSUNG cable also), but nothing worked.
Then I read here on some threads that is possible to solve this problem with flashing custom .pit file, and I decided to give a try, and it stuck at "Do not turn off target!", and later it says "FAILED" in red rectangle, and then Odin disconnects my phone by itself (I never disconnect phone during flash, unless Odin is stuck for a unusally long time(which is the case with my phone)).
The ONLY thing I have managed to flash to my phone is "Q1_CHN_bridge_bootloader.tar", chinese version of bootloader (whit full success, Odin passed "start NAND write"), so I tought it will chinese firmware version (i9220)., but I was wrong, it get stuck at usual. (when bootloader was flashed, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." message disappeared, and it showed yellow triangle with SAMSUNG NOTE N7000 logo instead).
Before I tried .pit flashing, I tried to flash custom kernel with custom recovery (GB, ICS and JB kernel version), but that also didn't work (custom binary changing when trying to flash kernel).
So, to conclude:
-Note N7000 enters download mode
-I can't flash anything (.pit, kernel with (custom) recovery, N7000 bootloader) except "Q1_CHN_bridge_bootloader.tar", chinese (i9220) version bootloader (That leads me to conclusion that Odin still can write something to phone)
I would like to ask you guys if you have any suggestion or advice what should I try to revive my phone. Any help is more than welcome!
Thanks for reading such a long post! Cheers
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Two weeks ago I tried to make a flash with ODIN (did everything by the book), but the flashing process stuck on a blue screen (probably the reason was my PC USB connection).
After that I couldn't get into recovery mode , the phone screen displaying every time "PHONE! PC. "
All my attempts to re-flash failed.
Phone can still be placed in the "Download Mode", ODIN recognize it, but can not make the saving flash.
I read all previous threads and I haven't found a solution or a single unified approach to recovery.
Now the phone is in service.The question is: if they fail to fix it (or refuse to cover the warranty), can I make it reusable by any method?
Thanks for your answers.
Any information would be helpful.
frank_zappa said:
Two weeks ago I tried to make a flash with ODIN (did everything by the book), but the flashing process stuck on a blue screen (probably the reason was my PC USB connection).
After that I couldn't get into recovery mode , the phone screen displaying every time "PHONE! PC. "
All my attempts to re-flash failed.
Phone can still be placed in the "Download Mode", ODIN recognize it, but can not make the saving flash.
I read all previous threads and I haven't found a solution or a single unified approach to recovery.
Now the phone is in service.The question is: if they fail to fix it (or refuse to cover the warranty), can I make it reusable by any method?
Thanks for your answers.
Any information would be helpful.
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Use the original Samsung USB-cable, flash a Gingerbread firmware for your region from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881
Use 512.pit and re-partition, you should be able to enter recovery mode after that. To make sure that your device is clean after the flash, try to do a wipe/factory reset from recovery.
Good luck
before writing, I'm so sorry for my pooooor English.
I live in Toronto, Canada. I bought my Galaxy Note(SHV-E160L) from Korea, so change sim card from LG U+ to Rogers.
but when I sleep, Note encounter Unlimited Reboot.
so I try to repair in 3-way.
first, Factory reset. but I could make Download mode only, couldn't make Recovery mode.
so I try Samsung Kies Recovery mode, but Kies show me binery Error.
last, I want to use ODIN, but ODIN show me Error Message, too.
"Complete(write) operation failed"
What this means?
If it can't be repaired, I must send my cell phone to Korea.
I'm very embrassed...
please help me!!
and Merry Christmas for you
Is it sticking on factoryfs.img in ODIN ? this usually means its bricked which kernel where you on when you did the factory reset ?
I had a similar issue last week, stuck in odin, everything failing, I was convinced it was bricked, I manage to repair it by (no joking here) flashing a million wrong things in ODIN.... But DO NOT TRY THIS lol
try to flash a safe kernel through ODIN, and then see if it bring back recovery, then you can wipe and flash a new rom (hopefully)
otherwise there is the pit file method to revive from a brick, which works well, but loses around 3gb of internal sd space
hello
hello bro...
try this method:
download a stock gingerbread rom then go into download recovery, flash it with odin, root your phone.
from here you can install any custom rom, this is how i do when i got bootloop.
Thanks for your reply
hanzo777 said:
hello bro...
try this method:
download a stock gingerbread rom then go into download recovery, flash it with odin, root your phone.
from here you can install any custom rom, this is how i do when i got bootloop.
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Thanks, but when I use ODIN, ODIN got a trouble..
when It start to flash, ODIN shows error message (Complete(write) operation failed)..
so even I can't try another Kernel Files..
Sigea said:
Thanks, but when I use ODIN, ODIN got a trouble..
when It start to flash, ODIN shows error message (Complete(write) operation failed)..
so even I can't try another Kernel Files..
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Perhaps should follow closely the guide for using odin from Dr ketan should help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997
1. Installation
- Download stock ROM (should start with a GB rom), and extract it to .tar file
- Download Odin, open it
- select PDA tab and point to ROM file. Leave Re-partition, pit, CSC, Phone tab unticked.
- Switch off device, Put in download mode (Vol down + Home + Power)
- completely close kies, Anti virus if running
- Connect device to PC
- ID com port shud turn yellow (not shown in image)
Now hit Start
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see how it goes.
Same problem as OP
Hello guys,
unfortunately, I have the same problem with my 32GB SHV-E160L as OP. Little backstory:
I bought the GNote in Korea and brought it back to my country. I successfully rooted it with one of the guides here on XDA (Tegrak kernel, no OC whatsoever). No problems so far, the phone worked for weeks and I was able to do what you can do with rooted phones. One day while surfing the net it just crashed and was stuck in a boot loop. This is where I am now.
I tried:
Go into tegrak recovery. result: It gets stuck on samsung logo, funnily the phone would establish a usb connection if plugged in (as if in download mode)
Reset from Kies. result: After beeing told by Kies to go into download mode, instead of flashing the new software it gives an error message in Korean about missing binaries (see attachment)
Flash from odin. result: the dreaded red box with "fail" appears after the NAND write command
Now, after doing my research here on XDA I found out that my emmc might have damaged partitions and I need a PIT file. Here's where I'm stuck.... I can't find a PIT file for my 32GB note, only for the N7000 or the I717. And I don't want to mess things further up... so if anyone here could provide me with a PIT file, or tell me how to fix the phone through other means I would be really grateful
Thanks in advance....
You should ask hg42 if he can make one - in his thread I read that he did this before even for other devices.
So try a pm or post in his thread. Good luck
Hey, guys, long time lurker and first time posting here.
So, I managed to screw up my S4 Active (i9295, international version) somehow and I am out of things to try now.
I have been testing lots of roms and have always been successful using Odin. Never had any problems with it, got quite familiar with the notions of it all.
So tonight I tried to go back to the original stock rom of my phone, and I got a FAIL error at Odin. After that, I just could not flash any other ROM on it for the life of me. I tried the ROM I had just before, fail. Tried a ROM I used some time ago, fail. It seems it fails to flash any rom to it, it always giver an error at the very end of the process.
I CAN:
- flash CWM to it - it works normal
- flash root to it - although i dont really see the point
- access "odin"/download mode
- access cwm recovery
I CAN'T:
- manage to flash stock rom to it
- it always fails at the very end, right after the modem.bin
- Complete(Write) Operation Failed
I already tried:
- changing usb ports
- 3 different stock roms downloaded from sammobile
- closing every single app remotely similar to kies on windows
- reinstalling the samsung android drivers
- removing sim card and external sd card
- wipe data/cache prior to flashing
I'm running out of ideas here. Anyone got any solution I might have skipped?
Thanks and sorry for the long post.
Oh, I also tried getting the firmware using KIES.
It doesn't recognize the phone (just says "Connecting") and it doesn't show on the list for the Emergency firmware recovery.
I also tried the "Firmware upgrade and initilazation" mode, which I have used in the past.
It downloads the firmware, goes to the next step, but when it gets to the part where it sould instruct me to put the phone in download mode, it just shows a warning completely in japanese (probably korean actually, considering... thanks, Samsung! :good: ) and it stops the whole thing.
Hello
I have a mini S3 and went to install CyanogenMod on it but the ODIN stopped in the middle of the installation, causing the Android stay corrupted and whenever I called this message appeared: "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again "
So I downloaded the original S3 mini according to my country and everything and I install ROM, well, the installation took place correctly but leave it stuck in boot start screen showing the phone model, then I install the ROM again but the ODIN stopped again and there came the problem ...
it does not turn on the power switch and the only way to 'make it light up the screen' is connecting the USB, but when I plug the cable it gets on and off the screen repeatedly at the "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again " until I remove the cable and the phone turns off completely.
I hope you guys understand my problem and can help me please.
Already grateful : )! (sorry my english)
Try another computer or another cable. If it is stuck at boot screen, do a wipe/factory reset in recovery menu
Can't power on and enter on recovery menu
JanniekM00 said:
Try another computer or another cable. If it is stuck at boot screen, do a wipe/factory reset in recovery menu
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I can't do wipe/factory reset in the recovery menu because i can't power on at all. It keeps only blinks (on and off) all the time when its plugged on PC or charger.
Thanks very much for your support!
Did you see the s3 mini logo if you turn on the phone. If you see this works download mode then? if not then your phone is bricked....
When you try and turn the phone on does it display the phone name? Or does nothing happen? If you get nothing then I'm afraid it's bricked. I'd try a different computer, different lead and possibly a different windows os. Then try and flash a stock rom using odin and be 100% sure it's for the model of the phone you have as there's loads of variants of the s3. Other than that, I can't help you any further
Hi everyone,
At first sorry for my english. I`m Dawid from Poland
OK, so i have gt-i8190N and when i trying to turn it on i see only white screen. Screen is ok because i can run phone in download mode.
Of course everyone says " so try to flash rom by odin" but i can`t because in odin i have error "FAIL Get PIT for mapping There is no PIT partition". I was try to flash rom with PIT file (to i8190N and i8190) but without succes.
Are anyone have the same problem?
I was try OneClick also.
Thanks for any answer.
Hi all.
A newbie, I ended up lost after trying to flash the latest CM 12.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Active GT-I9295.
At first, there was an issue with the recovery, which upon entering showed black screen instead of the tool itself.
Trying to fix this, I managed to remove the recovery through flashing the Stock ROM, which has failed in Odin on the "system.img.ext4" instead - could not paste screenshot link here, feel free to ask for it, please!
I must say that I have tried hard to figure out what to do with the mess I have caused, but now I am helpless.
Would anyone give me some nice piece of advice to get my phone going again?
Thank you so much!
mcjenda said:
Hi all.
A newbie, I ended up lost after trying to flash the latest CM 12.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Active GT-I9295.
At first, there was an issue with the recovery, which upon entering showed black screen instead of the tool itself.
Trying to fix this, I managed to remove the recovery through flashing the Stock ROM, which has failed in Odin on the "system.img.ext4" instead - could not paste screenshot link here, feel free to ask for it, please!
I must say that I have tried hard to figure out what to do with the mess I have caused, but now I am helpless.
Would anyone give me some nice piece of advice to get my phone going again?
Thank you so much!
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Did you try odin 3.10 by any chance? That could be the problem. Use odin 3.07 or 3.09, boot manually into download mode with complete shutdown & using vol down + power key and odin the stock ROM, reboot and do the same with TWRP (hold down the vol up key after flashing recovery when it is rebooting)
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Did you try odin 3.10 by any chance? That could be the problem. Use odin 3.07 or 3.09, boot manually into download mode with complete shutdown & using vol down + power key and odin the stock ROM, reboot and do the same with TWRP (hold down the vol up key after flashing recovery when it is rebooting)
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Hi there, Jason.
Yes, I did exactly as you say - got to the download mode, plugged in, ran Odin (tried 3.10, 3.09 and 3 v1.85) started flashing the latest Stock ROM and the I only got as far as the "system.img.ext4", when the download failed. Sometimes that happened even earlier, saying that there was no PIT etc.
When trying to flash the CWM recovery, it goes through OK, but then when trying to get into it, the screen just goes black, as described in my previous thread - "CWM or TWRP Recovery Black Screen".
I am stuck.
But I still hope that I am not a proud brick owner
John
mcjenda said:
Hi there, Jason.
Yes, I did exactly as you say - got to the download mode, plugged in, ran Odin (tried 3.10, 3.09 and 3 v1.85) started flashing the latest Stock ROM and the I only got as far as the "system.img.ext4", when the download failed. Sometimes that happened even earlier, saying that there was no PIT etc.
When trying to flash the CWM recovery, it goes through OK, but then when trying to get into it, the screen just goes black, as described in my previous thread - "CWM or TWRP Recovery Black Screen".
I am stuck.
But I still hope that I am not a proud brick owner
John
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Are you using the original USB cable if not then try with another cable. Also what is the device name shown when you boot into download mode
mcjenda said:
Hi all.
A newbie, I ended up lost after trying to flash the latest CM 12.1 on my Samsung Galaxy S4 Active GT-I9295.
At first, there was an issue with the recovery, which upon entering showed black screen instead of the tool itself.
Trying to fix this, I managed to remove the recovery through flashing the Stock ROM, which has failed in Odin on the "system.img.ext4" instead - could not paste screenshot link here, feel free to ask for it, please!
I must say that I have tried hard to figure out what to do with the mess I have caused, but now I am helpless.
Would anyone give me some nice piece of advice to get my phone going again?
Thank you so much!
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Hi. Try this:
Remove the battery and USB cable from your phone, and wait at least 3 seconds.
Place the battery only back in your phone.
Fingers on volume down and home, then another on power. (cold boot directly into download mode - this is important!)
Press up to enter download mode.
Insert USB cable into phone and lie it down somewhere it won't move or be touched during the flash.
Download a good current copy of Odin from:
https://idlekernel.com/flash-tools/Odin_3.10.7.zip
Extract the archive and run Odin.exe
Download this emergency recover tar for your device (newest firmware revision available as of right now):
https://idlekernel.com/flash-tools/recover/BL_I9295XXUDPA4_RECOVER.tar.md5 (also has official TWRP 3.0.0-2)
Insert "BL_I9295XXUDPA4_RECOVER.tar.md5" in the [BL] slot.
In the Options tab put an [✔] in the "Phone Bootloader Update" checkbox.
If you don't have anything you need on your internal storage, put an [✔] in the "Nand Erase All" checkbox.
Click [Start].
Once the progress bar is near finished, place your fingers on volume up and home to enter directly into official TWRP 3.0.0-2.
If you used the "Nand Erase All" feature earlier, you will need to go into Wipe -> [Format Data] -> type "yes" for your data partition to be usable again.
Hopefully this will get you past your black screen issues.
PS. Remember to flash stock boot.img with your system.img.ext4, as you cannot boot a ROM without a matching boot image.