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LG 4xHD not registered

I have just managed to root my old LG P880/4xHD using advice from this forum. Thought I would try on an old phone first. One reason I tried is because I cannot update Android via the usual About phone, Software updates, Check now for updates. The Android version installed is 4.0.3. I am in Australia and it is possible the phone is an overseas model (got it from a friend in LG). Has "Not for Resale" stamped inside the back cover. When I try to update Android, I get an error message "Registered Error - Your device is not registered yet." I had hoped rooting would get around this but it hasn't. Have looked up old forum posts and there is talk of using .kdz files and all sorts of other things. Can anyone help me get around this registration issue but please be aware I am a novice and most of the older posts I read, I couldn't understand so simple explanations please. Thanks.

What you have is developer or test device and it is a bit different from normal ones. Try googling more but you will have hard time....
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dimi89 said:
What you have is developer or test device and it is a bit different from normal ones. Try googling more but you will have hard time....
Sent from my microwave.
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Could it be that it has overseas firmware, I read in a two or three year old post that this can happen but there was a way to get around this.
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pdonahue said:
Could it be that it has overseas firmware, I read in a two or three year old post that this can happen but there was a way to get around this.
PD
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So...Did you try flashing kdz file and updating it that way or ... ?

pdonahue said:
I have just managed to root my old LG P880/4xHD using advice from this forum. Thought I would try on an old phone first. One reason I tried is because I cannot update Android via the usual About phone, Software updates, Check now for updates. The Android version installed is 4.0.3. I am in Australia and it is possible the phone is an overseas model (got it from a friend in LG). Has "Not for Resale" stamped inside the back cover. When I try to update Android, I get an error message "Registered Error - Your device is not registered yet." I had hoped rooting would get around this but it hasn't. Have looked up old forum posts and there is talk of using .kdz files and all sorts of other things. Can anyone help me get around this registration issue but please be aware I am a novice and most of the older posts I read, I couldn't understand so simple explanations please. Thanks.
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Its a year old phone, its not like its the nexus one or samsng galaxy s2...
Try flashing 4.12 with kdz. Google is your friend, try kdz flash 4.1.2 Optimus 4x hd.
Funny thing, when I bought my phone, only google asked me to register the phone, the usual Google Play thing. SO what do you exactly mean with REGISTER?

i think the whole phone isn't registred by LG for consumers, like dimi89 said it has to be a dev device. they aren't registred and cannot be updated/used the normal way. the serial number of this phone isn't present in the LG databases i think. Just flash kdz and everything is fine. You know that you don't get any support or warranty on that phone but you should know that.

[q&a] [tot][restore] lg ls991 zv5 tot

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Stuck on Setup after TOT Restore for the Sprint LG G4
I ran into a problem after I followed the steps to restore my LG G4. Now I cant get through the setup process without it returning me to "Set Internet Connection screen". I have a video of this happening but I'm unable to post the link because I'm a new user.
It still returned me to the same screen after I connected to my home wifi and entered my google account info that I last used on there. I also have a video of this.

Stuck_On_Setup said:
I ran into a problem after I followed the steps to restore my LG G4. Now I cant get through the setup process without it returning me to "Set Internet Connection screen". I have a video of this happening but I'm unable to post the link because I'm a new user.
It still returned me to the same screen after I connected to my home wifi and entered my google account info that I last used on there. I also have a video of this.
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Possibly try restoring again?

Any way of using this TOT method after flashing the US991 firmware? I keep getting "DoDownload Error!!!"

ironbesterer said:
Possibly try restoring again?
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Ive tried restoring again and got the same result. Also, when I first ran the flash tool I got a "DBMS" window with four options. After doing some research I found out that this shouldn't be happening. So I made sure that the new MegaLock.ddll was being replaced but i still got the same window.

Stuck_On_Setup said:
Ive tried restoring again and got the same result. Also, when I first ran the flash tool I got a "DBMS" window with four options. After doing some research I found out that this shouldn't be happening. So I made sure that the new MegaLock.ddll was being replaced but i still got the same window.
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Happening to me as well, tried both Windows 10 64 bit and Windows 8 64 bit.

ijball said:
Happening to me as well, tried both Windows 10 64 bit and Windows 8 64 bit.
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Are you also stuck trying to get past the "Set Internet Connection"

Thanks A lot GOD BLESS YOU
I have this same issue 2 g4 on bootloop one i was flashed to verizon kdz I will try to flash sprint rooted system img and then flash tot file and let you know
Any way very thanx to you
You are the best
one more Thing Please
any one have the unlocked sprint g4 so please root it and via root explorer please backup the node.db and node_journal.db which was placed on root/system/carrier/app please upload those to .db extensions files and try to unlock ls991 phones
PLEASE UPLOAD THOSE FILE FROM UNLOCKED SPRINT G4
I think this was the solution for unlocking
Thanx in advance
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Very Very thanx to you
you are the best
one more Thing Please
any one have the unlocked sprint g4 so please root it and via root explorer please backup the node.db and node_journal.db which was placed on root/system/carrier/app please those to .db extensions files and upload it to try to unlock ls991 phones
PLEASE UPLOAD THOSE FILE FROM UNLOCKED SPRINT G4
I think this was the solution for unlocking

By pass DLL
I had the same problem and can fix it, you have to download this file and put it in the DLL option in LG Flash Tool, with TOT Sprint.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/jdlyk28pygp1idj/dll+mod.dll

Stuck_On_Setup said:
Are you also stuck trying to get past the "Set Internet Connection"
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I'm not encountering that error but I keep getting "DoDownload Error!!!". When given the choice for DBMS, I tried both Korea one, and the Global one. I've read that I shouldn't be getting that prompt in the first place.

LG G4 LS991 Factory reset status 2.
I restore my ls991. but at the end the phone stuck in a blue screen with this message " Factory Reset Status 2". please could you help?

try board DL mode, instead upgrade dL
homero_2000 said:
I restore my ls991. but at the end the phone stuck in a blue screen with this message " Factory Reset Status 2". please could you help?
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You need to download a hex editor and change the header of the tot file from the LS991 to the US991 version. When flashing use the board DL mode, not upgrade mode. Hope this helps.
Search for 991 and look for VLGLS991 and LS991ZV5_05, change it to your US991 file name. In the picture i modified it for the verizon rom I flashed. Yours will be different since you flashed the US991 version. Good Luck
ijball said:
Any way of using this TOT method after flashing the US991 firmware? I keep getting "DoDownload Error!!!"
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cudos01 said:
You need to download a hex editor and change the header of the tot file from the LS991 to the US991 version. When flashing use the board DL mode, not upgrade mode. Hope this helps.
Search for 991 and look for VLGLS991 and LS991ZV5_05, change it to your US991 file name. In the picture i modified it for the verizon rom I flashed. Yours will be different since you flashed the US991 version. Good Luck
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Thanks, I tried this. It flashed but when the phone automatically rebooted, I got the download error on the flash tool. Is that normal? The phone booted properly but I haven't played around it yet. Will let you guys know after I played around with it.

If it flash pass 80% and phone reboot then you are good. Glad it work for you
ijball said:
Thanks, I tried this. It flashed but when the phone automatically rebooted, I got the download error on the flash tool. Is that normal? The phone booted properly but I haven't played around it yet. Will let you guys know after I played around with it.
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cudos01 said:
If it flash pass 80% and phone reboot then you are good. Glad it work for you
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Thanks, btw for those that tried this method. Is /carriers/app still in your phone? I can only find an empty /carrier directory.
EDIT: NVM, I tried inserting my non US GSM SIM and it's already being recognized. Will try if I'll have data.
EDIT2: Data is now working. I'm outside US.

Select Board DL
homero_2000 said:
I restore my ls991. but at the end the phone stuck in a blue screen with this message " Factory Reset Status 2". please could you help?
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For this problem you have to select the Board DL in LG Flash Tool

flash tot problem ls991
AFTER USE THIS METHOD MI LG has remained on a blue screen says factory reset status and puts a large 2
I CAN DO THIS WELL BEFORE THIS

Try board DL mode, instead of Upgrade Mode. Good luck
bryan4mer said:
AFTER USE THIS METHOD MI LG has remained on a blue screen says factory reset status and puts a large 2
I CAN DO THIS WELL BEFORE THIS
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cudos01 said:
You need to download a hex editor and change the header of the tot file from the LS991 to the US991 version. When flashing use the board DL mode, not upgrade mode. Hope this helps.
Search for 991 and look for VLGLS991 and LS991ZV5_05, change it to your US991 file name. In the picture i modified it for the verizon rom I flashed. Yours will be different since you flashed the US991 version. Good Luck
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its working , thanks a lot....

Please anybody help me :(

Please anybody help me, I purchased imported LG G4 T-Mobile H811 10n
I accidentally hard bricked it while flashing MM 20o kdz on low battery and it's totally dead (no download mode, no charging etc) after that I goes to gaffar market Delhi and able to alive my g4 once again.
But after coming home I noticed, that buddy flashed wrong firmware in my phone it flashed h810 MM 20c
Now my phone contains a lot of bugs ( no app is uninstalling, not able to set screen lock pin etc) now I try to flash MM H811 20o by LGUP, but it fails every time after 4% - 7%
Please help me is there anyway to fixed it, can I restored it as I brought lollipop 5.1 H811 10n
Please help
Thank in advance ( and sorry for my bad English)

saranshcrazier said:
Please anybody help me, I purchased imported LG G4 T-Mobile H811 10n
I accidentally hard bricked it while flashing MM 20o kdz on low battery and it's totally dead (no download mode, no charging etc) after that I goes to gaffar market Delhi and able to alive my g4 once again.
But after coming home I noticed, that buddy flashed wrong firmware in my phone it flashed h810 MM 20c
Now my phone contains a lot of bugs ( no app is uninstalling, not able to set screen lock pin etc) now I try to flash MM H811 20o by LGUP, but it fails every time after 4% - 7%
Please help me is there anyway to fixed it, can I restored it as I brought lollipop 5.1 H811 10n
Please help
Thank in advance ( and sorry for my bad English)
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did you phone had tmobile apps.? maybe its not a h811.? a frankenphone means parts from other phone but motherboard is not h811.
maybe try this.???
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/development/uppercut-lgup-loader-g5-variants-t3511295

I'll try it may be it works
I'll try it may be it works

Uppercut not working
I tried it, same pop up at 4% "invalid kdz file", and there is something appearing on download mode "LGL991" etc. Please help

saranshcrazier said:
I tried it, same pop up at 4% "invalid kdz file", and there is something appearing on download mode "LGL991" etc. Please help
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maybe your phone its not a h811 . only way to make sure is to take out motherboard and read model number in mb plate.

raptorddd said:
maybe your phone its not a h811 . only way to make sure is to take out motherboard and read model number in mb plate.
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When I saw my hardware info in about phone it shows h810, but in download mode when kdz file flashing failed, mobile shows LGL991 zvb and before all this trouble it is T-Mobile H811 LP. I'm so tired what to do please help

saranshcrazier said:
When I saw my hardware info in about phone it shows h810, but in download mode when kdz file flashing failed, mobile shows LGL991 zvb and before all this trouble it is T-Mobile H811 LP. I'm so tired what to do please help
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same answer you quote me,
maybe your phone its not a h811 . only way to make sure is to take out motherboard and read model number in mb plate.

raptorddd said:
same answer you quote me,
maybe your phone its not a h811 . only way to make sure is to take out motherboard and read model number in mb plate.
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I take out motherboard but didn't see any number on it

saranshcrazier said:
I take out motherboard but didn't see any number on it
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search for a video of G4 dissasembly. your potherboard its still attached in those pics. i beleive its on the other side of that plaque.

lg g4 force reboots

I have my LG G4 h811 rooted with android 6.0 and when i try opening any app that needs root it force reboots.. Apps like dsploit, game killer, kernel adiutor, kernel tuner, flashify, etc anyone have an idea?

texas7412 said:
I have my LG G4 h811 rooted with android 6.0 and when i try opening any app that needs root it force reboots.. Apps like dsploit, game killer, kernel adiutor, kernel tuner, flashify, etc anyone have an idea?
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Problem might be you are not rooted to start with and those apps don't work without jt

deltadiesel said:
Problem might be you are not rooted to start with and those apps don't work without jt
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with root checker it says i have root access and i been giving root apps permission to the root I tried unrooting and then rooting again and no change

texas7412 said:
with root checker it says i have root access and i been giving root apps permission to the root I tried unrooting and then rooting again and no change
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Flash another version of SuperSU
I'm using 2.82
Clear dalvik and cache

deltadiesel said:
Flash another version of SuperSU
I'm using 2.82
Clear dalvik and cache
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I'm using the same version of superSU SuperSU-v2.82-201705271822 I'll try another one though

deltadiesel said:
Flash another version of SuperSU
I'm using 2.82
Clear dalvik and cache
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Well.. Flashing a different version of superSu wasn't good for my phone, 90% battery and while in the middle of flashing the phone freaked out and shut off then got stuck in a bootloop -_- lg's are retarded.. any way of fixing without data loss? or is it the only way to fix by flashing new system?

texas7412 said:
I'm using the same version of superSU SuperSU-v2.82-201705271822 I'll try another one though
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reflash KDZ start from 0 again. why not use N version is way better.

raptorddd said:
reflash KDZ start from 0 again. why not use N version is way better.
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Alright i flashed stock firmware on it with lg bridge tool and attempted using the supersu zip and again it bootlooped ??? its acting as if the phone isn't rootable anymore i'm lost on what to do now it gets to the T-mobile logo and then reboots after i flash supersu

texas7412 said:
Alright i flashed stock firmware on it with lg bridge tool and attempted using the supersu zip and again it bootlooped ??? its acting as if the phone isn't rootable anymore i'm lost on what to do now it gets to the T-mobile logo and then reboots after i flash supersu
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not sure what is happening but do this... use
LGUP not lg bridge.. download latest KDZ wich is 20v for tmobile when you are about to flash select refurbish option.

raptorddd said:
not sure what is happening but do this... use
LGUP not lg bridge.. download latest KDZ wich is 20v for tmobile when you are about to flash select refurbish option.
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Okay that worked Thanks! But i have now no google services are working keeps saying no internet connection with data,wifi,usb connections but apps like messenger work fine ?.. chrome won't even connect and i'm not able to setup a google account at all

texas7412 said:
Okay that worked Thanks! But i have now no google services are working keeps saying no internet connection with data,wifi,usb connections but apps like messenger work fine ?.. chrome won't even connect and i'm not able to setup a google account at all
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very strange. never heard of similar issue.. best now is to do a search. and read see if someone had same issue and try to get it fixed..
how old is your phone.? have you used other roms .? was it unlocked or did you unlck it.?

raptorddd said:
very strange. never heard of similar issue.. best now is to do a search. and read see if someone had same issue and try to get it fixed..
how old is your phone.? have you used other roms .? was it unlocked or did you unlck it.?
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As of right now the device is unlocked and i bought the device refurbished so i have no idea on how old it is. and i used a rom for 7.1 that worked before and there was no problems until it started force rebooting.. i did some google searches and theres problems similar to mine but the fixes don't work for me

texas7412 said:
As of right now the device is unlocked and i bought the device refurbished so i have no idea on how old it is. and i used a rom for 7.1 that worked before and there was no problems until it started force rebooting.. i did some google searches and theres problems similar to mine but the fixes don't work for me
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could it be that your phone its not a h811.. i mean it was sell as a h811 but inside motherboard its different.. but the part that bootloader is unlocked puzzles me. i asked if you unlcoked or came unlcoked bootloader..
only way to tell is to take phone apart and look at actual motherboard plaque number or variant.
maybe you have a h815 phone... i dont know.. a kdz and refurbished should it fix it..
its upto you if you want to open it.. i cant think of anything else.

raptorddd said:
could it be that your phone its not a h811.. i mean it was sell as a h811 but inside motherboard its different.. but the part that bootloader is unlocked puzzles me. i asked if you unlcoked or came unlcoked bootloader..
only way to tell is to take phone apart and look at actual motherboard plaque number or variant.
maybe you have a h815 phone... i dont know.. a kdz and refurbished should it fix it..
its upto you if you want to open it.. i cant think of anything else.
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Really late reply, But where would it be located on the board?
Everything identifies it as an h811 like android OS, googleplay, and i asked LG support on what the model is and they asked for the imei and the model no and they said its an h811 but i've been lied to by a phone company before so idk

texas7412 said:
Really late reply, But where would it be located on the board?
Everything identifies it as an h811 like android OS, googleplay, and i asked LG support on what the model is and they asked for the imei and the model no and they said its an h811 but i've been lied to by a phone company before so idk
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remove it have it in your hand the actual motherboard look carefully it should have model number printed there.
 @deltadiesel
find out his wasnt a h811 can you tell him where the model is.

texas7412 said:
Really late reply, But where would it be located on the board?
Everything identifies it as an h811 like android OS, googleplay, and i asked LG support on what the model is and they asked for the imei and the model no and they said its an h811 but i've been lied to by a phone company before so idk
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You have to physically remove motherboard to see it
I have 810/with unlocked bootloader....at least I think I do.
Mine was serviced for power failure so it was T-Mobile now is ATT h810 that is all I know for now
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Seems like h810 will take aosp/cyagenmod ROMs for 811/815 but not LG based

raptorddd said:
remove it have it in your hand the actual motherboard look carefully it should have model number printed there.
@deltadiesel
find out his wasnt a h811 can you tell him where the model is.
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I'm confused Either LG labeled my device wrong or my device is just very compatible with OS's, The sticker under the battery says "H811" and on the motherboard it said H810 but it has had an official h811 KDZ flashed to it and roms for H811 ???

texas7412 said:
I'm confused Either LG labeled my device wrong or my device is just very compatible with OS's, The sticker under the battery says "H811" and on the motherboard it said H810 but it has had an official h811 KDZ flashed to it and roms for H811 ???
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same as @deltadiesel strange you have franken phone made of different variants. but your phone then is a h810 .. i know steadfasterX flashed h811 and unlocked phone as a h811. am not sure if you can flash h810 KDZ
@steadfasterX ????

raptorddd said:
same as @deltadiesel strange you have franken phone made of different variants. but your phone then is a h810 .. i know steadfasterX flashed h811 and unlocked phone as a h811. am not sure if you can flash h810 KDZ
@steadfasterX ????
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Yes you can flash and so convert a h810 to a h811 and then unlock like you do on a h811.
This does NOT work for other models like the h815 and even the above requires to take care of the ARB!
Hard fact is what deltadiesel described: your board. If you see there a h810 written it is one. The rest can be tricked by software that's why you see h811 in android.
PS: There exists one exclusion but this has not happened here.
Sent from my LG-H815 using XDA Labs

steadfasterX said:
Yes you can flash and so convert a h810 to a h811 and then unlock like you do on a h811.
This does NOT work for other models like the h815 and even the above requires to take care of the ARB!
Hard fact is what deltadiesel described: your board. If you see there a h810 written it is one. The rest can be tricked by software that's why you see h811 in android.
PS: There exists one exclusion but this has not happened here.
Sent from my LG-H815 using XDA Labs
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Called lg for escalation department
Told them because they put wrong motherboard I can't use the network i want if it were T-Mobile motherboard. They asked how I know it is ATT 810... I told them I opened it. They said this voids warranty. I said you lie to me about what you repair my device with, that is fooling customer. LG repair facility is going to contact me. Repair will be free of charge as long as as there is no physical or liquid damage. I told hem well you cant sell a product fix it and then have a customer think it is the same product when it is not, if I didn't open device I wouldn't have known you lied to me. I was out of warranty either way, and told them you have info what device was repaired with when it serviced.... This is what you guys did.
:good:
Monday they call and maybe I get it repair for free, or they have no G4 left and send me G5. Lol that is unlikely.
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deltadiesel said:
Called lg for escalation department
Told them because they put wrong motherboard I can't use the network i want if it were T-Mobile motherboard. They asked how I know it is ATT 810... I told them I opened it. They said this voids warranty. I said you lie to me about what you repair my device with, that is fooling customer. LG repair facility is going to contact me. Repair will be free of charge as long as as there is no physical or liquid damage. I told hem well you cant sell a product fix it and then have a customer think it is the same product when it is not, if I didn't open device I wouldn't have known you lied to me. I was out of warranty either way, and told them you have info what device was repaired with when it serviced.... This is what you guys did.
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Monday they call and maybe I get it repair for free, or they have no G4 left and send me G5. Lol that is unlikely.
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I still don't know what power failure means. I will ask repair facility when they call

S10 got stuck at firmware update.

Hello there, I'm stuck with a situation and I can't fix the phone.
I live in Canada and I bought the phone here (Canadian software version and also unlocked) and gave it to a relative who lives in the USA to use. Recently, she has a firmware update notification from her phone, however, it always gets stuck at 28%, and the download fails. So she plugged the s10 device into her computer and used Smart Switch to download the new firmware. After she finished downloading it, she clicked to install the new firmware on her phone. That's when the problem starts... She got stuck on this screen forever and she even tried to soft reset/restart the phone but it just went back to that screen.
What I think happened was it's a Canadian version phone but the new firmware is the US version and it tried to install and crashed.
Could anyone give me some advice on fixing this problem?

jimyall said:
Hello there, I'm stuck with a situation and I can't fix the phone.
I live in Canada and I bought the phone here (Canadian software version and also unlocked) and gave it to a relative who lives in the USA to use. Recently, she has a firmware update notification from her phone, however, it always gets stuck at 28%, and the download fails. So she plugged the s10 device into her computer and used Smart Switch to download the new firmware. After she finished downloading it, she clicked to install the new firmware on her phone. That's when the problem starts... She got stuck on this screen forever and she even tried to soft reset/restart the phone but it just went back to that screen.
What I think happened was it's a Canadian version phone but the new firmware is the US version and it tried to install and crashed.
Could anyone give me some advice on fixing this problem?
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youre gonna want to flash the FW with Odin. I can give further details if the solution i provided doesnt make sense

Youdoofus said:
you're gonna want to flash the FW with Odin. I can give further details if the solution I provided doesn't make sense
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Could you please provide me more details? I'm not really a tech person >_>. Do I need to flash the FW with new Canadian version of FW? Also where can i download Odin from a trusted source?

jimyall said:
Could you please provide me more details? I'm not really a tech person >_>. Do I need to flash the FW with new Canadian version of FW? Also where can i download Odin from a trusted source?
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for sure man, i sometimes skip the long winded Odin stuff because ive typed out like 3 paragraphs of Odin instructions and the person i was replying to already knew 75% of what i just typed LOL
aaaaanyways, downloading Odin from a trusted source isnt an issue. Ive downloaded soooo many versions of Odin over the years and from so many different places, i cant imagine an infected Odin. Im sure they exist, but ive never seen one. ive got Odin from here before, and it was fine. Also, yes, youd definitely want to download the canadian version of it. You should be able to flash the U1 version (fully unlocked) so long as you have a snapdragon processor, but youd need whats called "Patched Odin" to do it. The U1 thing is kind of a tangent, but youll find out that there are a TON of rabbit holes you can find yourself in from time to time. The best thing to do is to just flash the FW for the model of phone you own unless you plan on tinkering. sammobile.com/firmwares is where you want to search for the FW and samfirm is an exe youre going to want to use to actually download the FW itself. Samfirm downloads it literally 5x faster.

Youdoofus said:
for sure man, i sometimes skip the long winded Odin stuff because ive typed out like 3 paragraphs of Odin instructions and the person i was replying to already knew 75% of what i just typed LOL
aaaaanyways, downloading Odin from a trusted source isnt an issue. Ive downloaded soooo many versions of Odin over the years and from so many different places, i cant imagine an infected Odin. Im sure they exist, but ive never seen one. ive got Odin from here before, and it was fine. Also, yes, youd definitely want to download the canadian version of it. You should be able to flash the U1 version (fully unlocked) so long as you have a snapdragon processor, but youd need whats called "Patched Odin" to do it. The U1 thing is kind of a tangent, but youll find out that there are a TON of rabbit holes you can find yourself in from time to time. The best thing to do is to just flash the FW for the model of phone you own unless you plan on tinkering. sammobile.com/firmwares is where you want to search for the FW and samfirm is an exe youre going to want to use to actually download the FW itself. Samfirm downloads it literally 5x faster.
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For the firmware, do I just download the latest one for Canada Version? There are so many links so do I just click on Canada (the one without Provider) and Do i download PDA or CSC or both? My phone is unlocked already btw. Also will i able to flash my phone even though it is currently stuck in the "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH"?
I even tried to you the samfirm to download the firmware but it keeps saying authorization failed after I filled in the blank and clicked update.
Checking firmware for SM-G973W/XAC/G973WVLS4ETK1/G973WOYV4ETK1/SMG973WW12/G973WVLS4ETK1
Error: Could not send BinaryInform. Status code 200/401
Authorization failed

jimyall said:
For the firmware, do I just download the latest one for Canada Version? There are so many links so do I just click on Canada (the one without Provider) and Do i download PDA or CSC or both? My phone is unlocked already btw. Also will i able to flash my phone even though it is currently stuck in the "BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH"?
I even tried to you the samfirm to download the firmware but it keeps saying authorization failed after I filled in the blank and clicked update.
Checking firmware for SM-G973W/XAC/G973WVLS4ETK1/G973WOYV4ETK1/SMG973WW12/G973WVLS4ETK1
Error: Could not send BinaryInform. Status code 200/401
Authorization failed
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yep. sorry, i forgot to mention that part. Zero worry tho, its just a thing caused by the bootloader that your phone was most recently on being too new for the FW youre trying to flash. Thats whats causing the binary error, the binary currently installed is greater than the one youre trying to install so the phone wont physically allow it. Its not even a software thing, it gets hard coded. Anyways, get the most current one and reflash. It wont fail again with the same reason on the newest firmware, but if it does fail, try a different cable, download the file again. it might have corrupted during the download. If youre not using patched Odin, you literally cant screw it up so badly you cant recover it

Youdoofus said:
yep. sorry, i forgot to mention that part. Zero worry tho, its just a thing caused by the bootloader that your phone was most recently on being too new for the FW youre trying to flash. Thats whats causing the binary error, the binary currently installed is greater than the one youre trying to install so the phone wont physically allow it. Its not even a software thing, it gets hard coded. Anyways, get the most current one and reflash. It wont fail again with the same reason on the newest firmware, but if it does fail, try a different cable, download the file again. it might have corrupted during the download. If youre not using patched Odin, you literally cant screw it up so badly you cant recover it
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thanks you! I used Frija to download the latest Canadian version of the firmware. Next step do I just use the Odin to flash and follow the instruction on sammobile websites? Can I flash the new firmware without deleting data on my phone?

jimyall said:
thanks you! I used Frija to download the latest Canadian version of the firmware. Next step do I just use the Odin to flash and follow the instruction on sammobile websites? Can I flash the new firmware without deleting data on my phone?
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yep, when flashing the 4 parts of the FW, the home_csc will not wipe your userdata, csc will factory reset. let us know if you run into trouble, but you shouldnt have any issues. it sounds like you got this

Thank you so so much! I fixed the phone and it works now. For future firmware updates, I have to do this every time? Is there any option that i can change my firmware permanently to the US version so that I can get auto-update on the phone instead of using ODIN every time?