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[Q] Bricked Galaxy Mini

Hi, I live in Egypt for a while and I bought last month a Mini. Everything was going just fine, I was using Odin many times to try new roms, and CWM Recovery to give a try to custom roms, without problems. Yesterday morning I flashed my device with the 2.3.6 rom that I found on this forum, apparently made for Latin America. Since that moment, my mobile is on boot loop, i can't do anything, I only can access downloading mode, I tried to reflash gingerbread 2.3.4, and2.3.5, it goes well, Odin gives me the PASS message, but still my mobile is forever rebooting at Samsung logo. I can't access recovery.
What to do? Is it bricked and do I have to send it to Samsung Center or is there hope to fix it by myself?
Thank you for any help...
Yohan

u cant even enter recovery?if u can,just wipe cache and data..
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ybregeon said:
Hi, I live in Egypt for a while and I bought last month a Mini. Everything was going just fine, I was using Odin many times to try new roms, and CWM Recovery to give a try to custom roms, without problems. Yesterday morning I flashed my device with the 2.3.6 rom that I found on this forum, apparently made for Latin America. Since that moment, my mobile is on boot loop, i can't do anything, I only can access downloading mode, I tried to reflash gingerbread 2.3.4, and2.3.5, it goes well, Odin gives me the PASS message, but still my mobile is forever rebooting at Samsung logo. I can't access recovery.
What to do? Is it bricked and do I have to send it to Samsung Center or is there hope to fix it by myself?
Thank you for any help...
Yohan
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Just remove the battery and stop your phone.
Put the battery in again.
Go to recovery mode by pressing Home + Power button at the same time.
In the reocevey choose wipe data/factory reset option.
Reboot your device after you are done.
You mobile will boot up fine.

Thank you for your answers but I wanna insists on a point: I can't access recovery at all, the phone show me the samsung logo for about half a second then restarts, and is looping in this state. No recovery, only downloading mode and RAMDUMP Mode (ARM9 mode) & Emergency Dload Mode (ARM9 Mode). Nothing else is avalaible.
Helppp

ybregeon said:
Hi, I live in Egypt for a while and I bought last month a Mini. Everything was going just fine, I was using Odin many times to try new roms, and CWM Recovery to give a try to custom roms, without problems. Yesterday morning I flashed my device with the 2.3.6 rom that I found on this forum, apparently made for Latin America. Since that moment, my mobile is on boot loop, i can't do anything, I only can access downloading mode, I tried to reflash gingerbread 2.3.4, and2.3.5, it goes well, Odin gives me the PASS message, but still my mobile is forever rebooting at Samsung logo. I can't access recovery.
What to do? Is it bricked and do I have to send it to Samsung Center or is there hope to fix it by myself?
Thank you for any help...
Yohan
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hey man i've already had that problem..coz i flash 2.3.6 and encountered same problem but i manage to fix it.. you need to enter recovery mode... Note: you need to hold the home & power button and wait for the samsung logo to flash TWICE (2X),when the 2nd logo flash, just realease the buttons and your on recovery mode.just wipe/ data reset.. right now im using Ginger bread 2.3.6JKVT and its rooted also.

No, I can't access recovery sorry.

Connect your phone to your laptop.
Use ADB
Type this :
adb shell reboot recovery
That will take you to download mode,then you can flash rom again. It would be easier if you have a CWM installed
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Shall I use Downloading mode to do this?

ybregeon said:
Shall I use Downloading mode to do this?
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If you can't access recovery either falsh CWM recovery or Flash another firmware from Download mode. If you want to flash CWM recovery just follow the link below for Galaxy Mini and search CWM recovery.

I tried many times, since i have this problem, to flash and reflash, official roms, CWR, but nothing works, setup goes fine according to Odin, but still have the problem on my phone, still only downloading mode works, and still a flashing screen, just during the samsung logo.

No one can help me with my mobile???

ybregeon said:
No, I can't access recovery sorry.
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did you wait for the samsumg logo to flash tiwce while holding the combo key? you see when im installing firmware using odin my laptop turn off coz i dont have a battery i thought my mini was brick because the process was not finish,so what happen i tried to acces recovery mode its only shows a computer icon & phone icon. but i manage to fix the problem i go to download mode and flash again another firmware. and everything goes fine..so how come that you cant access recorvery...i would suggest that you flash a firmware with 4 parts not a single package.

just try this www*mediafire*com/?br3r8fod5g3vud4 flash this firmware with Odin this will surely work please replace * with . brace my post count is not enough to post outside link

As long as you can enter download mode... you are safe. If you can... just flash it back with Odin.
Follow this step
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107331

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dhlalit11 said:
just try this www*mediafire*com/?br3r8fod5g3vud4 flash this firmware with Odin this will surely work please replace * with . brace my post count is not enough to post outside link
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Thank you for the link, i tried but still have the same problem. Could this be an EEPROM problem?

ybregeon said:
Thank you for the link, i tried but still have the same problem. Could this be an EEPROM problem?
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Try booting up without micro sd nor sim card.
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i had a same problem too.
my phone cannot power on, and ONLY download mode only working.
i flashed it for so many time too, and it doesn't seem to fix the problem.
so any fix on this ?

To ybregeon and Tre3,
I had the exact same issue, only Download Mode and RAM Dump, but could not enter recovery mode. Tried flashing many ROMs, oneclick unbrick, Heimdall recovery etc. but still no solutions available, I tried many-many tricks with no luck. So I went to Samsung Service Center, and it turned out that the problem is in the mainboard. It took me one night before Samsung replaced the mainboard from my phone and it's been working well since. All free of charge.
I hope your warranty is still valid. Good luck.
Sent from my GT-S5570 using XDA App

distan7 said:
To ybregeon and Tre3,
I had the exact same issue, only Download Mode and RAM Dump, but could not enter recovery mode. Tried flashing many ROMs, oneclick unbrick, Heimdall recovery etc. but still no solutions available, I tried many-many tricks with no luck. So I went to Samsung Service Center, and it turned out that the problem is in the mainboard. It took me one night before Samsung replaced the mainboard from my phone and it's been working well since. All free of charge.
I hope your warranty is still valid. Good luck.
Sent from my GT-S5570 using XDA App
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reflash the XXKPI/XXKPK 2.3.4 then flash the cmw, xxkpi and xxkpk is the safest stock gb rom to install

Flash odin and go to recovery mode and wipe.
It should work.

my galaxy mini 2 doesn't work after chainfire 3d

Hi guys. I was using cyanogenmod 10 on my S6500D. Works good i think. And i can't play wild blood on my phone. I want to try chainfire 3d. After installing drivers for CF3D my phone is not working. Always restarting on ''samsung'' logo. I can't open recovery mod. I can't open download mod (may be i can sometimes i don't know) I tried to install orginal rom for mini 2. Doesn't work. Please help me. Sorry for bad english.

orome2 said:
Hi guys. I was using cyanogenmod 10 on my S6500D. Works good i think. And i can't play wild blood on my phone. I want to try chainfire 3d. After installing drivers for CF3D my phone is not working. Always restarting on ''samsung'' logo. I can't open recovery mod. I can't open download mod (may be i can sometimes i don't know) I tried to install orginal rom for mini 2. Doesn't work. Please help me. Sorry for bad english.
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You have soft bricked your phone as CF3D drivers didn work as it was supposed to. First turn off your device by long pressing power key, this works many times even if you are in a boot loop(which is what you are experiencing now). Now like always try to enter recovery mode manually by the combination specified for your device (mine is power+home key+vol. up for recovery and power+home+vol. down for download). If you can enter recovery mode, wipe data and cache and if needed dalvik cache as well but it will take more time for your phone to start the first time after dalvik cache is wiped. This will probably fix your problem. And if it doesn then your next choice is flashing stock rom via odin. Pull your battery, insert it back after 10 seconds. Enter download mode manually and you know how to flash stock rom via odin i suppose. You can find many guides out there as well.. Hopes this helps...

haridevil99 said:
You have soft bricked your phone as CF3D drivers didn work as it was supposed to. First turn off your device by long pressing power key, this works many times even if you are in a boot loop(which is what you are experiencing now). Now like always try to enter recovery mode manually by the combination specified for your device (mine is power+home key+vol. up for recovery and power+home+vol. down for download). If you can enter recovery mode, wipe data and cache and if needed dalvik cache as well but it will take more time for your phone to start the first time after dalvik cache is wiped. This will probably fix your problem. And if it doesn then your next choice is flashing stock rom via odin. Pull your battery, insert it back after 10 seconds. Enter download mode manually and you know how to flash stock rom via odin i suppose. You can find many guides out there as well.. Hopes this helps...
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i can't open recovery mod. and i can't find stock rom for mini 2. When i prees long power buton my phone doesn't turn off. Still restarting. Please help me guys

Dont worry. Pull battery for 10sec and see if you can enter download mode. check this for your stock rom. This will do for now. You can later search for your region or flash a custom rom.
http://www.samsungroms.com/firmware...00-gingerbread-2-3-6-s6500ailk1-italy-tim-rom
Let me know if it does..

didn't work again. Thank you for your helps but still same problem (sorry for bad English ) I can't reach recovery mod and my phone still restartings on samsung logo. Another solution for that problem? Please help me.

Remove the battery....and put it
Now go to recovery mode....and install a rom.....once I also face this problem
Samsung Galaxy Y-Jellyblast

i can't open recovery mod bro. I press all keys but nothing. I can open download mod only. But i can't do anything.

orome2 said:
i can't open recovery mod bro. I press all keys but nothing. I can open download mod only. But i can't do anything.
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Dude..! Dont you rememeber..? I told you to enter download mode and use odin to flash the stock rom of which i provided the link..

me too
me too

haridevil99 said:
Dude..! Dont you rememeber..? I told you to enter download mode and use odin to flash the stock rom of which i provided the link..
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i did it. But same problem still. Can i format my phone without recovery mod?

orome2 said:
i did it. But same problem still. Can i format my phone without recovery mod?
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You flashed stock firmware using odin..? And, well.. you got two ops to access your phone other than using a Rom and that is recovery and download modes.

haridevil99 said:
You flashed stock firmware using odin..? And, well.. you got two ops to access your phone other than using a Rom and that is recovery and download modes.
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you gave me S6500 italy stock rom. But i have S6500D. I downloaded S6500D stock rom russia from same site. But it didn't worked. I can reach download mod but i can't reach recovery mod. Can you help me?

orome2 said:
you gave me S6500 italy stock rom. But i have S6500D. I downloaded S6500D stock rom russia from same site. But it didn't worked. I can reach download mod but i can't reach recovery mod. Can you help me?
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Sure.. I can help you. Check this.. It got what you need and it should work this time. Ignore the stuff mentioned at first of the article coz they are talking bout a perfectly working device and we are facing a worst case scenerio. Download the required files. Uninstall kies if you have it installed coz it will probably clash with Odin trying to access your device and report error. So have just the usb drivers installed and remove kies first. Next do as they say. It should be fine. Let me know if it worked.
http://u-smartphone.blogspot.in/2013/04/update-galaxy-mini-2-s6500-bulk2.html?m=1

haridevil99 said:
Sure.. I can help you. Check this.. It got what you need and it should work this time. Ignore the stuff mentioned at first of the article coz they are talking bout a perfectly working device and we are facing a worst case scenerio. Download the required files. Uninstall kies if you have it installed coz it will probably clash with Odin trying to access your device and report error. So have just the usb drivers installed and remove kies first. Next do as they say. It should be fine. Let me know if it worked.
http://u-smartphone.blogspot.in/2013/04/update-galaxy-mini-2-s6500-bulk2.html?m=1
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now my phone stucks on samsung logo. But not restartings. I think it is good. I can't reach recovery mod still. So close

orome2 said:
now my phone stucks on samsung logo. But not restartings. I think it is good. I can't reach recovery mod still. So close
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This might get you back your recovery. Flash this cwm.tar.md5 using odin. select the PDA option and select the .tar.md5 file you got now. Check if it restores your recovery and let me know.
http://www.4shared.com/file/MfJmh2bn/clockworkmod-5028tar.html

haridevil99 said:
This might get you back your recovery. Flash this cwm.tar.md5 using odin. select the PDA option and select the .tar.md5 file you got now. Check if it restores your recovery and let me know.
http://www.4shared.com/file/MfJmh2bn/clockworkmod-5028tar.html
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i think my phone is dead. Cuz i did it. But still can't reach r. mod. I think i must go phone repair center

orome2 said:
i think my phone is dead. Cuz i did it. But still can't reach r. mod. I think i must go phone repair center
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If you can enter download mode then dont give up. Try for odin flashable Roms and if you take your phone to service centre, dont tell them what really happened coz it will void your warranty. Tell them it happened while flashing the official stock rom update. It might save you from paying em and also losing your warranty..

haridevil99 said:
If you can enter download mode then dont give up. Try for odin flashable Roms and if you take your phone to service centre, dont tell them what really happened coz it will void your warranty. Tell them it happened while flashing the official stock rom update. It might save you from paying em and also losing your warranty..
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good idea. But i don't know nomore roms. Can i install cyanogen or another rom via odin?

orome2 said:
good idea. But i don't know nomore roms. Can i install cyanogen or another rom via odin?
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You can but should have odin flashable files. Well if you find any then you can try it. But trying the ones you got already might work as you got the logo now.

haridevil99 said:
You can but should have odin flashable files. Well if you find any then you can try it. But trying the ones you got already might work as you got the logo now.
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ohh. Whatever. I mut go repair. I trierd a lot of ways but didn't work. I bored. Thank you for your helps.

Stuck in download mode!

Hi everyone,
I'm stuck in download mode and i'm getting really stressed.
I don't know what to do. Please help.

EmmaFrost said:
Hi everyone,
I'm stuck in download mode and i'm getting really stressed.
I don't know what to do. Please help.
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As you fail to post any information not a clue .
Suggest you take the battery out for an hour .
If it still fails take it to a service centre .

JJEgan said:
As you fail to post any information not a clue .
Suggest you take the battery out for an hour .
If it still fails take it to a service centre .
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Well it's a Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE i9305. Bought in Hong Kong. This happened after I flashed cyanogenmod. Odin said PASS but then the device booted and it stayed in download mode. I can access CWM recovery but that's it. I've tried installing a .zip version of CM but it gives me error status 7.

What about restore?
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You mean restore from backup? I didn't backup (like an idiot).

Tried to flash stock rom with odin?
EDIT: You can also try emergency recovery in kies. It's a slow process but it might work.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Usual reply
Wipe phone in recovery format sdcard system data and cache .
Boot to download mode flash stock rom via Odin .

How would I go about doing emergency recovery? The drivers on my pc don't seem to be working as my phone doesn't show up.
Now my phone won't go into recovery mode. It just runs the CF Auto Root installer which doesn't do anything.

EmmaFrost said:
How would I go about doing emergency recovery? The drivers on my pc don't seem to be working as my phone doesn't show up.
Now my phone won't go into recovery mode. It just runs the CF Auto Root installer which doesn't do anything.
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Downloading kies will download drivers also. Try that and see if it works.

Cundis said:
Downloading kies will download drivers also. Try that and see if it works.
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I've tried but it didn't work. I also tried to troubleshoot the usb cable connection but all that did was claim it had fixed the problem. I still can't detect the device. I think I installed some third-party driver before but I did a system restore so they shouldn't be there anymore.

UPDATE: My PC now detects my phone

EmmaFrost said:
UPDATE: My PC now detects my phone
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:good: Do you have stock firmware for your phone to flash with odin?
EDIT: Forgot about kies. Now you can try emergency recovery at least.

Cundis said:
:good: Do you have stock firmware for your phone to flash with odin?
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Not yet. I can't find anywhere to download the stock firmware I tried http://www.samsungis.com/Firmwares/GT-I9305-Galaxy-S3-LTE.html
but the mirrors are all from HotFile. HotFile has been taken down by the feds so I can't use that. Anyone know where I can download it?

Try here:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9305

Raistlin1158 said:
Try here:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9305
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Thanks i'm downloading it now. I'm just worreid my computer will freeze. Still not sure why it happens, it seems to only happen during periods of inactivity.

Cundis said:
:good: Do you have stock firmware for your phone to flash with odin?
EDIT: Forgot about kies. Now you can try emergency recovery at least.
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Just in case I need to know, how would I go about doing an emergency recovery?

EmmaFrost said:
Just in case I need to know, how would I go about doing an emergency recovery?
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Open up tools in kies. There you will see it.
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EmmaFrost said:
Thanks i'm downloading it now. I'm just worreid my computer will freeze. Still not sure why it happens, it seems to only happen during periods of inactivity.
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Let's hope so. If your computer froze while flashing cm that may be some of the explonation.. I know i would have been in doubt flashing with an unstable computer.

How did it go Emma ?:highfive:

I'm having this problem now. I tried to update to the latest BTU model that I found on sammobile, but now I'm stuck in download mode, and it won't allow me to flash a new ROM. My phone is soft bricked right now. How can I get it to work?

Note5 Softbrick Issue

Hi,
My Note5 N920C is currently softbricked. It occurred during the rooting process, where Odin crashed as i was flashing a kernel and rendered my phone virtually useless. When the phone turns on, it goes immediately to a blue screen with a message telling me to use the "Emergency Recovery feature on Smart Switch." Smart Switch when ran on my PC would not recognise the phone, so that option is out of the question.
The phone from this screen can be put into the TWRP recovery mode too, but as the Note5 has no MicroSD slot, this is not that useful. It can also enter download mode, which is where i think the solution could lie. Would i be able to flash onto the phone using Odin and the download mode, or would that not work/make things worse?
Any ideas welcome,
Cheers,
James

Jameswebb97 said:
Hi,
My Note5 N920C is currently softbricked. It occurred during the rooting process, where Odin crashed as i was flashing a kernel and rendered my phone virtually useless. When the phone turns on, it goes immediately to a blue screen with a message telling me to use the "Emergency Recovery feature on Smart Switch." Smart Switch when ran on my PC would not recognise the phone, so that option is out of the question.
The phone from this screen can be put into the TWRP recovery mode too, but as the Note5 has no MicroSD slot, this is not that useful. It can also enter download mode, which is where i think the solution could lie. Would i be able to flash onto the phone using Odin and the download mode, or would that not work/make things worse?
Any ideas welcome,
Cheers,
James
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Enter Download mode and flash your official variant firmware. Since this is result of an Odin crash it MUST be a full official firmware so you can be sure all your partitions are correctly flashed, bl,sbl,cp, etc...
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Rx8Driver said:
Enter Download mode and flash your official variant firmware. Since this is result of an Odin crash it MUST be a full official firmware so you can be sure all your partitions are correctly flashed, bl,sbl,cp, etc...
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Thanks a lot, this worked out all fine. Reflashed the stock Rom and booted up all fine.

Jameswebb97 said:
Thanks a lot, this worked out all fine. Reflashed the stock Rom and booted up all fine.
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That's great news! If you want to root again i recommend flashing supersu in odin (to allow boot of Twrp) then Twrp in Odin, Reboot Twrp then BACKUP, then do your wipes and flash Rom of choice (please already have downloaded it to internal storage! Lol) according to the rom devs Instructions...
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Help I Bricked my Note 9 An error has occurred

Hi there everyone, SOLVED/FIXED​This is my problem. I tried to flash stock firmware from Odin and the cable moved around so the flashing process interrupts by accident.
after that, I tried to boot into download mode and I got this error:
An error has occurred while updating the device software Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software​
My device model is Samsung galaxy note 9 SM-N960F/DS
O tried to force the flashing process from that screen on ODIN but just fail.
Smart Switch does not help just an unsupported device and is asking for an Emergency recovery code
I will appreciate any help to fix my phone
thanks!
FIXED /SOLVED :
-Download mode wasn't enable. I flashed the firmware from the screen error.
Just make sure don't mess with the cable, the flashing process will be the same as download mode.
Make sure to flash the stock firmware from you device.
You can download stock firmware from SamMobile, it will take a while if you don't have a membership
If the flashing process fail on Odin. Download another Odin version. That's what I did.
Good luck!!-

I'm glad it's fixed now. Do share how you did it though, just to help others with similar issues!

oddbehreif said:
I'm glad it's fixed now. Do share how you did it though, just to help others with similar issues!
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he rebooted the phone back to dl mode and flashed the firmware again using odin without moving the cable.

bober10113 said:
he rebooted the phone back to dl mode and flashed the firmware again using odin without moving the cable.
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Download mode wasn't enable. I flashed the firmware from the screen error.
Just make sure don't mess with the cable, the flashing process will be the same as download mode.
Make sure to flash the stock firmware from you device.
You can download stock firmware from SamMobile, it will take a while if you don't have a membership
If the flashing process fail on Odin. Download another Odin version. That's what I did.
Good luck!!

You are still able to download from the Emergency screen.
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butchieboy said:
You are still able to download from the Emergency screen.
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Yes, still able to do the download process from that screen as the regular download mode.