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[Q] My galaxy S4 active sgh-i537 is soft bricked, need help

My phone was rooted then it updated to the 4.3 and when i reset it because the galaxy play store was not working i tried to re root it and it got stuck on a screen upon boot that says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. But when i go into Kies it just tries to connect and does't not recognize my phone. I need help on what to do please, I have tried everything.

lavorno said:
My phone was rooted then it updated to the 4.3 and when i reset it because the galaxy play store was not working i tried to re root it and it got stuck on a screen upon boot that says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. But when i go into Kies it just tries to connect and does't not recognize my phone. I need help on what to do please, I have tried everything.
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Do you have CWM installed?

tiskael said:
Do you have CWM installed?
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no

lavorno said:
no
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Sorry, should have read a bit closer. I was going to recommend that you use CWM to flash ROMs back but you don't have the i9295. Where did you purchase it from? I'm from Australia, so I'm not sure about the US, but I think I've read in other threads that some Best Buys(?) have Samsung stores in them that have reflashed the stock firmware free of charge without actually checking your warranty. Maybe you want to look into this?

tiskael said:
Sorry, should have read a bit closer. I was going to recommend that you use CWM to flash ROMs back but you don't have the i9295. Where did you purchase it from? I'm from Australia, so I'm not sure about the US, but I think I've read in other threads that some Best Buys(?) have Samsung stores in them that have reflashed the stock firmware free of charge without actually checking your warranty. Maybe you want to look into this?
The problem with your S4A is that it has a locked bootloader, so you can't flash firmware yourself, sorry!
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I bought it in the US at a best buy so i will take it there and see what they can do, thanks for the help.

lavorno said:
I bought it in the US at a best buy so i will take it there and see what they can do, thanks for the help.
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If you don't want to go to Best Buy right away you can try flashing the firmware yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2629093

If you took the official OTA for 4.3, ML2, there is no known root exploit available. Odin is easy to flash with - there are 1 clicks that do all the hard work for you, all you have to do is put your phone into download mode and the app does the rest on your PC. Make sure you have the proper drivers installed. Best way I found was to download the software suite from Samsung for the phone. Without the proper drivers Odin won't see the phone (I found this out the hard way.)

lavorno said:
I bought it in the US at a best buy so i will take it there and see what they can do, thanks for the help.
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I just took it to best buy and they restored it and now it is as good as new, thanks for the advice.

lavorno said:
I just took it to best buy and they restored it and now it is as good as new, thanks for the advice.
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No worries, I heard they were pretty good in the US. Remember though, you can't root it on 4.3 (yet). If they've set it back to 4.2.2 then you can root again and not update to 4.3. If they've set it to 4.3 then either you will have to follow @Devo7v's instruction to flash back or wait it out as a root method is currently being worked on.

Bricked SGH i537
my sghi537 has bricked. i can only enter into download mode..
As i downloaded stock firmware of 4.3 ML2 and i tried to flash it by Odin...
Unfortunately at first odin said that i have no pit partition...
then i downloaded Pit and tried to flash but ^^^ write failed ^^^ was the thing i saw every time...
I looked up my phn download mode screen and i found that ^^^ Write protection Enable ^^^
So i couldnt flash stock ML2 firmware and my phn is bricked ....
Someone pls help me...........

Shabnur said:
my sghi537 has bricked. i can only enter into download mode..
As i downloaded stock firmware of 4.3 ML2 and i tried to flash it by Odin...
Unfortunately at first odin said that i have no pit partition...
then i downloaded Pit and tried to flash but ^^^ write failed ^^^ was the thing i saw every time...
I looked up my phn download mode screen and i found that ^^^ Write protection Enable ^^^
So i couldnt flash stock ML2 firmware and my phn is bricked ....
Someone pls help me...........
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What firmware were you originally on.

Devo7v said:
What firmware were you originally on.
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I was in 4.3 Ml2
it will b a lot if u help me......
my phn is dead now..
Its saying try kies to recover firmware......

Shabnur said:
I was in 4.3 Ml2
it will b a lot if u help me......
my phn is dead now..
Its saying try kies to recover firmware......
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Download the full ML2 Odin, check the MD5 to make sure you didn't get a corrupted download. MAKE SURE all the files are in the right place in Odin and flash away. It should put the stock firmware back on the phone. Then you can proceed from there.

Devo7v said:
Download the full ML2 Odin, check the MD5 to make sure you didn't get a corrupted download. MAKE SURE all the files are in the right place in Odin and flash away. It should put the stock firmware back on the phone. Then you can proceed from there.
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Sorry to disturb u again..
i m new in advance user mode..
will u tell me how i can compare the md5 num..
i dont even no where it is..
pls help me a little bit more....

Shabnur said:
Sorry to disturb u again..
i m new in advance user mode..
will u tell me how i can compare the md5 num..
i dont even no where it is..
pls help me a little bit more....
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The MD5 is sort of like the fingerprint for the file, so you need the MD5 of the file you downloaded to match the MD5 that was posted in the thread. Download WinMD5Sum from the website here. Under File Name load the ML2 Odin zip package that you downloaded. WinMD5Sum will generate the MD5 of the file you downloaded and you can compare that to the MD5 the uploader posted in the thread. If the MD5's match then that means you downloaded exactly what was posted. If the MD5's don't match exactly, then you have a corrupted download and need to download it again.

Latest Odin files G920AUCU2AOF3 update

Hello again ! It's your friendly neighborhood Samsung firmware nerd... So you bricked your phone while trying to downgrade? Or perhaps you hate root access and you just wanna have the latest ATT crapware? Then this is for you!
***WARNING*** THIS WILL UPDATE YOUR BOOT LOADER AND YOU WONT BE ABLE TO ROLL BACK. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.
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As usual you must use Odin 3.10.6 to flash the file.
You're welcome to mirror just don't forget to say thanks Enjoy!

Thanks!

I'm getting bad md5 on the system tar (AP).
Anyone else?
Edit: nvm. Bad unzip I guess

Anybody have the Odin files for the B012 update?

murtezahu said:
Anybody have the Odin files for the B012 update?
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I'm waiting for designgears to make a flashable file for us.

To clarify, this flashes a stock AT&T AOF3 ROM and doesn't trip Knox, yeah? OP says it updates the bootloader. I've been under the assumption that using ODIN to alter bootloaders causes issues?

Thanks

Thanks

Capt said:
I'm waiting for designgears to make a flashable file for us.
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I also have that BO12. Is there any updates yet?

Where's the latest BL and Modem?

Need a TWRP / ODIN flashable for the G920T.
Thanks!

I don't know how to do the .md5 signature but these should work. Pulled from new firmware today. For odin
Mega link
Modem is 20mb over the limit so have to put it on mega

Alarand said:
I don't know how to do the .md5 signature but these should work. Pulled from new firmware today. For odin
Mega link
Modem is 20mb over the limit so have to put it on mega
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Awesome! DOJC is the latest?!
Nevermind! Looks like it is! Thanks:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G920T/TMB/

seanvree said:
Awesome! DOJC is the latest?!
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Yeah

Is this still the newest version of the BL and Modem?
update: seem to be. Thank you very much i just bought a used phone that had all the updates already installed and i was having a hard time finding the right version to use with odin. What is weird is that the knok was already tripped on this used phone so im sure the previous owner had already installed either a custom fw or recovery. I just wish they had left the custom stuff on the phone. -_-
On a side note is there a DOJC custom rom you guys could recommend?
Thanks again.

IncadudeF said:
Is this still the newest version of the BL and Modem?
update: seem to be. Thank you very much i just bought a used phone that had all the updates already installed and i was having a hard time finding the right version to use with odin. What is weird is that the knok was already tripped on this used phone so im sure the previous owner had already installed either a custom fw or recovery. I just wish they had left the custom stuff on the phone. -_-
On a side note is there a DOJC custom rom you guys could recommend?
Thanks again.
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I don't think there are any out yet. That said, as this pushed a new bootloader and modem reportedly, there's not much room left for additional changes in the 60mb update file.

//SM-G935A\\ **Stock Odin files G935AUCU4BQA6**

Here is stock odin firmware .. you can update or just simply return back to stock!
This is Nougat 7.0
AP_G935AUCU4BQA6_G935AATT4BQA6_CL10280464_QB12418931_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
BL_G935AUCU4BQA6_G935AATT4BQA6_CL10280464_QB12418931_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CP_G935AUCU4BQA6_G935AATT4BQA6_CL10280464_QB12418931_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
CSC_G935AUCU4BQA6_G935AATT4BQA6_CL10280464_QB12418931_REV02_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120713605

When will these be uploaded

killa82783 said:
When will these be uploaded
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Its uploaded

JUSMEJOSE said:
Its uploaded
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Awesome!!! Noguat Odin!!!!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Thank you for being quick. I upgraded to Nougat and then tried to root and my phone stuck in recovery mode boot loop. I was able to downgrade to 6.0.1 with odin md5 file. This will help get back to Nougat and attempt to root again.

What version of odin did you use and where did you get these files from?

omg...thank you thank you thank you thank you!

If I'm on the U firmware can I update directly to this via Odin?

t12icky0 said:
If I'm on the U firmware can I update directly to this via Odin?
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Yes
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk
PS everyone be sure to hit that thanks button if someone helped you. Especially the Original Poster.
70 downloads and only 5 thanks seems a little unreasonable for the first Odin 7.0 files.

I have an att branded S7 Edge with 935u FW on 6.0.1. Flashing these files will update me to Nougat correct? Also what version of Odin should I use to flash? TIA!

dray said:
I have an att branded S7 Edge with 935u FW on 6.0.1. Flashing these files will update me to Nougat correct? Also what version of Odin should I use to flash? TIA!
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Either Odin should work and yes.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk

Oh how I wish I had this when I softbricked my device last weekend, had to flash the tmo firmware over the non booting at&t firmware

flashed this a couple of days ago and so far everything is great.

when I unzzipped the files, I see 4 zip files ending with .tar, they just need to be placed in odin to flash, correct? Or do I need to rename them to .md5

vineet381 said:
when I unzzipped the files, I see 4 zip files ending with .tar, they just need to be placed in odin to flash, correct? Or do I need to rename them to .md5
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No need to rename. When you open Odin you'll add the files to Odin using the buttons (BL,AP,CP,CSC) AP will take a while, be patient. After all added, hit start and sit back

S7.Active
JUSMEJOSE said:
Its uploaded
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do you have ANYTHING for the S7Active's ?? (G891A)
Odin Nougat, or even a root img ? ..

miniminus said:
do you have ANYTHING for the S7Active's ?? (G891A)
Odin Nougat, or even a root img ? ..
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yes i do

double post soz..

JUSMEJOSE said:
yes i do
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anything that you could share ? ..
especially if its for Odin and newer than PI2, even better if its Nougat !
even better still, root for Nougat !
Many Thanks for any info...

This went very smoothly, seems to run great I have no voLTE functionality though. I came from 935U is there something I have to do to have that feature working again?

Where is the link to the latest modems and bootloaders for this phone?

All the TOPICS are from 2015. can someone point me in the right direction please?

All I did was flash the most recent stock ROM through odin because it comes with bootloader/modems, then reflash TWRP, then install custom ROM

edit. nvm

link?
Dhdeanha said:
All I did was flash the most recent stock ROM through odin because it comes with bootloader/modems, then reflash TWRP, then install custom ROM
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can you link or direct me where to find the right odin files? and give me some detailed instructions? i haven't flashed anything in like a year or 2 and i almost don't remember all the steps. It would be of great help if ya could help, thanks mate!

waffle157 said:
can you link or direct me where to find the right odin files? and give me some detailed instructions? i haven't flashed anything in like a year or 2 and i almost don't remember all the steps. It would be of great help if ya could help, thanks mate!
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get ODIN, download THIS and flash it for the latest Nougat firmware

Am i in a bootloop?
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edit. nvm
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so I got it flashed, it gave me the good ole green successful pass feedback but now I'm not sure if I am in a boot loop or if it is truly taking that long for its first boot. Also, should I have ticked the "phone bootloader update " box in options in Odin?

yes first boot can take a while