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[Q] Dead/Bricked GNote - Omap Flash on n7000 possible or not?

I would appreciate if anyone could share his knowledge in this matter. GNote doesn't show any signs of life except warming near camera when connected to the charger (to tell the truth it's warm even if it's not connected). Tried restarting, download mode etc. Nothing works. I'm waitng for the JIG I bought today but would like to know if this Omap Flash could save me or is it only for i9000 i9250 and such.
It didn't turn on after failed attempt to flash TWRP kernel using ROM Customizer (which worked for me many times before). Phone didn't went to CWM to flash kernel, simply went straight to GT-N7000 black splash screen and froze. When I tried to restart it, it switched off. And couldn't power on afterwards.

Try if odin detects it even if the screen stays black
Sometimes the fastboot loads which might just be enough to flash
If not you will need to wait for the jig.

friedje said:
Try if odin detects it even if the screen stays black
Sometimes the fastboot loads which might just be enough to flash
If not you will need to wait for the jig.
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Nope, Odin didn't detect anything. Does the version of Windows could have some impact on this? I'm on Windows 8 x64.

Not really, i supose the same windows machine detected it before ?
The samsung usb drivers are present ? (Kies installed)

friedje said:
Not really, i supose the same windows detected it before ?
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I don't really remember as last time I used it was to root my sgn about 9 months ago. But I'm pretty sure I wasn't using Windows 8 only Windows 7. But don't remember which version - x86 or x64.

In that case best uninstall and reinstall the latest kies
and then try again to put the phone in download mode
after having started odin. Even if the screen stays black.
It's worth the try.
I suppose you also tried to take out the battery for a few minutes and put it back ?

friedje said:
In that case best uninstall and reinstall the latest kies
and then try again to put the phone in download mode
after having started odin. Even if the screen stays black.
It's worth the try.
I suppose you also tried to take out the battery for a few minutes and put it back ?
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Yeah. Did all of that (reinstalled kies just now too). But nothing works. That's why I'm curious about this Omap Flash. I don't like the idea of giving my GNote to service center to JTAG it. I still hope that JIG will help, but I also try to prepare for worse case.

Binary version of ROMs? where can we find them? does it work with zip /tar formats?

nokiamodeln91 said:
but without Roms in binary form it's useless...
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Really? I thought that it might somehow help me to boot in download mode. I must have misunderstood what's written here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32508726&postcount=10

Afwasmassi said:
when i connect my phone to the pc it shows up as omap4440 in device manager, then it disconnects and reconnects every 2 seconds..
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Does it happen to you too? Did you check what extension of rom can be flashed using that tool?

nokiamodeln91 said:
Does it happen to you too? Did you check what extension of rom can be flashed using that tool?
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Nope, when I connect SGN to my laptop there is nothing new in Device Manager. So I thought that maybe on n7000 it works a bit different or something, that's why I asked.

Omap flash is for flashing phones using a Texas Instruments OMAP Cpu, which is not the case for the Note which is based on Exynos 4210

friedje said:
Omap flash is for flashing phones using a Texas Instruments OMAP Cpu, which is not the case for the Note which is based on Exynos 4210
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Thx. So at least I can exclude this option. It's getting on my nerves I would understand if the phone bricked during bad flashing but not like this.
Is it possible that my brick happened because I was flashing different kernel while the phone was charging (battery was on 42% while it happened)? But still... it booted a bit afterwards and stopped on GT-n7000 splash screen... I don't understand any of it.

No i often flash while charging.
The kernel on a note has it's own partition
Just like the bootloaders and the recovery do.
While flashing a kernel even if it fails, SBL1 and 2 and Recovery
shouldn't be affected....
There are people wo got out of this by leaving their phone without battery for 24 hours. But I have my doubts myself on that method

friedje said:
No i often flash while charging.
The kernel on a note has it's own partition
Just like the bootloaders and the recovery do.
While flashing a kernel even if it fails, SBL1 and 2 and Recovery
shouldn't be affected....
There are people wo got out of this by leaving their phone without battery for 24 hours. But I have my doubts myself on that method
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Worth a try. I was charging battery overnight to check if this helps, so I can also leave it alone for a day. Not much use of a brick anyway.

Well if it would change anything, the only explanation is that the powerchip is left in an instable state,not giving enough power to boot. Hence why it's running hot. Normally it is 'set' by it's driver inside the kernel. Maybe after 24 hours it will reset itself. As you say, it's worth a try even if it is a long shot.

friedje said:
Well if it would change anything, the only explanation is that the powerchip is left in an instable state,not giving enough power to boot. Hence why it's running hot. Normally it is 'set' by it's driver inside the kernel. Maybe after 24 hours it will reset itself. As you say, it's worth a try even if it is a long shot.
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Seems quite logical to me. Thx.

My SGN is still dead even after one day off battery. I got my JIG finally and this doesn't work at all. Odin doesn't detect anything, there is no sound of connection etc. Tested on two laptops.
I have one question though. Is there any possibility to erase my personal data on internal memory before I send my phone to Samsung service center? I don't like the idea that some totally unknown/random people would have access to my stuff.

Only by connecting it to a riffbox, but for that you would need to open the phone and loose your warranty. So I guess you have to believe that they got something better to do then to scrutenize your memory

friedje said:
Only by connecting it to a riffbox, but for that you would need to open the phone and loose your warranty. So I guess you have to believe that they got something better to do then to scrutenize your memory
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Yeah, but the problem is I don't have papers on my phone. It was bought on an internet auction from a guy who bought it on police auction. Is it possible that JTAG repair would be done instantly without leaving the phone in service shop? Or is it a normal practice to leave a phone for repair?

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N - Stuck in bootloop

Hi All.
I am looking for help and advice with regards to getting my wife's Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N working again.
My wife has been having issues with this phone restarting it's self at random on and off for the last few months, but as the phone is always in use/needed, I have been unable to have a look for the cause of the problem.
A few weeks ago the phone powered down, and would not switch back or, it would also not charge.
After removing the battery and having a closer look it seems that the battery has swollen and is no longer flat so a new replacement battery was ordered.
The new replacement battery was fitted and the phone was put on charge, the phone displayed that is was now charging, I thought all was good and just left the phone to charge.
Some time later on I tried to power on the phone, but am just greeted by "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N" logo and then the phone just restarts again, and keeps on doing this.
The phone is 100% stock, it has not been unlocked or re-flashed.
The phone is on contract from Tesco Mobile, but my wife has been told by Tesco that the warranty has expired.
From searching on the forum it seems that it is quite common for Samsung phones to get stuck in this kind of boot loop.
So far it seems that there are two possible ways to fix the current issue.
1 - Power off the phone and go into boot-loader and do a factory reset.
or
2 - Re-flash the stock rom.
So I thought I would 1st try the factory reset.
So I removed and replaced the battery, Held down "Volume Up, Home, Power", I am then greeted by "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N" logo and the phone just sits there.
So it now looks like the only other option is to re-flash the phone with the stock rom.
But how do I find out what stock rom that I need for this phone, as I am unable to get into the bootloader to run any ADB or FastBoot commands.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
Best Regards.

MadProfessor2002 said:
Hi All.
I am looking for help and advice with regards to getting my wife's Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N working again.
My wife has been having issues with this phone restarting it's self at random on and off for the last few months, but as the phone is always in use/needed, I have been unable to have a look for the cause of the problem.
A few weeks ago the phone powered down, and would not switch back or, it would also not charge.
After removing the battery and having a closer look it seems that the battery has swollen and is no longer flat so a new replacement battery was ordered.
The new replacement battery was fitted and the phone was put on charge, the phone displayed that is was now charging, I thought all was good and just left the phone to charge.
Some time later on I tried to power on the phone, but am just greeted by "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N" logo and then the phone just restarts again, and keeps on doing this.
The phone is 100% stock, it has not been unlocked or re-flashed.
The phone is on contract from Tesco Mobile, but my wife has been told by Tesco that the warranty has expired.
From searching on the forum it seems that it is quite common for Samsung phones to get stuck in this kind of boot loop.
So far it seems that there are two possible ways to fix the current issue.
1 - Power off the phone and go into boot-loader and do a factory reset.
or
2 - Re-flash the stock rom.
So I thought I would 1st try the factory reset.
So I removed and replaced the battery, Held down "Volume Up, Home, Power", I am then greeted by "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N" logo and the phone just sits there.
So it now looks like the only other option is to re-flash the phone with the stock rom.
But how do I find out what stock rom that I need for this phone, as I am unable to get into the bootloader to run any ADB or FastBoot commands.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time.
Best Regards.
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Download the stock firmware you prefer from here: http://www.tsar3000.com/Joomla/inde...iii-mini-firmwares&catid=55:samsung&Itemid=82
Then follow this guide to install it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2429169

Riky720: Thank you for your reply, and the links.
I have already been reading the following guides
[GUIDE] Stock Rom - All S3 Mini
and
[GUIDE] Unroot / Unbrick, Flash official stock firmware on Galaxy SIII Mini GT-I8190
Can you please advice how I can find out what is the correct firmware / stock rom to download, as the phone will not boot, and I am unable to use ADB or Fastboot to pull any information from the phone.
As said before my wife got the phone from Tesco Mobile on contract, and from my understanding is that Tesco Mobile uses the O2 Network.
Looking at the list of firmware's I can't not see any listed as Tesco Mobile.
Thanks again for your time.
Best Regards.

I am still having issues with this phone, and I have been unable to progress forward.
I did start this post: Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N - Re-flashing stock rom, to try and locate the stock firmware (rom) so that I could re-flash it.
From my other post I have been able to locate the following firmware (roms) for the phone.
I8190NXXAMJ2_I8190NBTUAMJ1_BTU.zip
I8190NXXAMG1_I8190NOXXAMG1_BTU.zip
I8190NXXALL6_I8190NOXXALL3_BTU.zip
I have tried flashing all of the above firmwares (roms) one by one, but I am still having the same issue.
Can anyone please advice me on anything else that I can try.
Thanks for your time.
Best Regards.

I am still having issues with this phone, and would really like some help and advice.
I found this post with a similar issue: S3 Mini stuck in boot loop after flashing cm 10.2 try odin am i missing a step?
The above post pointed me here: Official ROOTED firmwares for the SIII mini - OXX csc
I have once again tried all the I8190N firmware (roms) listed, and I am still having the same issue as before.
Just to recap the issue that I am having.
The phone will switch on, get as far as displaying "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N" then the phone restarts, this will on happening.
If you try to start the phone in bootloader / recovery mode the phone will just display "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N" and sit there.
Powering up the phone in Odin mode seems to work fine.
Thanks again for your time.
Best Regards.

MadProfessor2002 said:
I am still having issues with this phone, and would really like some help and advice.
I found this post with a similar issue: S3 Mini stuck in boot loop after flashing cm 10.2 try odin am i missing a step?
The above post pointed me here: Official ROOTED firmwares for the SIII mini - OXX csc
I have once again tried all the I8190N firmware (roms) listed, and I am still having the same issue as before.
Just to recap the issue that I am having.
The phone will switch on, get as far as displaying "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N" then the phone restarts, this will on happening.
If you try to start the phone in bootloader / recovery mode the phone will just display "Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190N" and sit there.
Powering up the phone in Odin mode seems to work fine.
Thanks again for your time.
Best Regards.
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Let me understand.
Download mode is working fine and ODIN recognizes phone ?
You tried to flash stock ROM via Odin ?
But It still stucked in bootloop ?

That is correct.

Are you sure about did you find the stock ROM ?
Behind the battery there is a paper. With S/N you may understand which baseband do you have

I am not sure about the stock firmware (rom), that is why I have been asking for help and advice.
The sticker under the battery has the following details:
MODEL: GT-I8190N
FCC ID: A3LGTI8190N
SSN: -I8190NGSMH
IMEI: ******/**/******/*
S/N: R21D7D7BEJE
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The sticker on the NAND Flash chip has the following details:
073110
H49C BTU
HS033741
C-HVT1
I8190NXXA
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Are you above to advice me what is the correct firmware (rom) I need with the above details?
Best Regards.

You should try kies. It will find the correct ROM but I didnt use it and its diffrent from ODIN

Kies does not work, when you have kies loaded and then plug the usb cable into the phone kies just shows connecting but fails to connect or do anything else.

You need to unistall ODIN. Did you entered your phone S/N and did kies download the files ?

simbilli said:
You should try kies. It will find the correct ROM but I didnt use it and its diffrent from ODIN
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Here are some question about Kies.
Does Kies detect a rooted device and deny its USB connection?
Or limit any feature on it?
I`m facing a problem using Odin and USB connection while
trying to flash TWRP update on my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (GT-I8190N).
i have no issue using Kies to make a backup before, so i`m guesting that`s the reason.
my solution was to uninstall Kies temporarily(keeping the backup files).
Its no major problem, just trying to communicate and share opinions in this forum.
Anyone having/had this kind of problem?

Naimlaaa said:
Here are some question about Kies.
Does Kies detect a rooted device and deny its USB connection?
Or limit any feature on it?
I`m facing a problem using Odin and USB connection while
trying to flash TWRP update on my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (GT-I8190N).
i have no issue using Kies to make a backup before, so i`m guesting that`s the reason.
my solution was to uninstall Kies temporarily(keeping the backup files).
Its no major problem, just trying to communicate and share opinions in this forum.
Anyone having/had this kind of problem?
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Did you installed USB drivers ?

simbilli said:
Did you installed USB drivers ?
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I did. Probably after done the backup via Kies, I think (not sure the exact time).
I was looking forward on flashing custom ROMs.

Naimlaaa said:
I did. Probably after done the backup via Kies, I think (not sure the exact time).
I was looking forward on flashing custom ROMs.
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Ok now If you installed USB drivers flash twrp via ODIN. Donf forget to unistall kies.

simbilli said:
Ok now If you installed USB drivers flash twrp via ODIN. Donf forget to unistall kies.
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Thank you simbili Bro. Will flash -f2fs 2.8.1.0 version. i just got an update of CM11 Rom, maybe will use it on my Mini`s. Thanks again simbili.
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Your welcome
I will be happy If you use thanks button :good:

simbilli said:
Your welcome
I will be happy If you use thanks button :good:
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Done. :good:
What does the "thanks" button main effect anyway?

Naimlaaa said:
Done. :good:
What does the "thanks" button main effect anyway?
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It just effects thanks meter not a big thing

Bricked Samsung phone

HI,
My Samsung galaxy s III has bricked. I can go to the download mode though. Can I flash a custom rom to recover the phone ? If yes, then please give me the link to the rom which I can flash via odin. Thanks.

saudgokul said:
HI,
My Samsung galaxy s III has bricked. I can go to the download mode though. Can I flash a custom rom to recover the phone ? If yes, then please give me the link to the rom which I can flash via odin. Thanks.
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Try flashing stock rom from sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com
You may need to become a member(it's free) to download. Once you download the rom for your region and device, unzip the file and flash the .tar.md5 file in odin

saudgokul said:
HI,
My Samsung galaxy s III has bricked. I can go to the download mode though. Can I flash a custom rom to recover the phone ? If yes, then please give me the link to the rom which I can flash via odin. Thanks.
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Did you fix ur phone. i have same problem on my device

jtk585 said:
Did you fix ur phone. i have same problem on my device
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Yes. Download the stock rom from sam mobile and flash it using odin.

saudgokul said:
Yes. Download the stock rom from sam mobile and flash it using odin.
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thanks. but i tried it. no luck to me. i think board is gone

Does it even go to recovery? Does it even go to download mode? Please post the error in ODIN or the error on the phone screen because the "board is gone" is too little. We are trying to help you but you don't give us enough information.

西村大一 said:
Does it even go to recovery? Does it even go to download mode? Please post the error in ODIN or the error on the phone screen because the "board is gone" is too little. We are trying to help you but you don't give us enough information.
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thanks.
my phone recovery mode is not working..
my phone stuck on logo.. no booting..
download mode is working..:good:
when i flash with Odin.. nand error coming... nothing write on phone.
i tried re-partition
i tried nand erase all
i tried all most all.
but no positive....
i tried with kies.... kies on stuck 0 %....
any solution..... ?

jtk585 said:
thanks.
my phone recovery mode is not working..
my phone stuck on logo.. no booting..
download mode is working..:good:
when i flash with Odin.. nand error coming... nothing write on phone.
i tried re-partition
i tried nand erase all
i tried all most all.
but no positive....
i tried with kies.... kies on stuck 0 %....
any solution..... ?
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EMMC Brick Bug takes another phone down. Unfortunately the EMMC is dead. You can try and take it to a specialized repair shop and have the EMMC replaced. But it would probably be very expensive. Download mode works because the SoC actually boots for download mode, EMMC is not accessed. Nand erase all is useless in this case, and Kies doesn't know what to do.

西村大一 said:
EMMC Brick Bug takes another phone down. Unfortunately the EMMC is dead. You can try and take it to a specialized repair shop and have the EMMC replaced. But it would probably be very expensive. Download mode works because the SoC actually boots for download mode, EMMC is not accessed. Nand erase all is useless in this case, and Kies doesn't know what to do.
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thanks. board expense is 30 dollar. i know how to change it.
if i going to change mother board , is my phone work normally ...???
thanks you so much...

jtk585 said:
thanks. board expense is 30 dollar. i know how to change it.
if i going to change mother board , is my phone work normally ...???
thanks you so much...
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It will work normally, but make sure to take an i9300 motherboard for the normal S3 and an i9305 motherboard for the i9305. And also make sure to not damage anything. And not loose any screw (lost one already and regret it).
The IMEI will be different (if you have the box) but other than that, make sure the motherboard is tested, works 100% and doesn't have any problem.
Don't forget to push the tanks button just in case

西村大一 said:
It will work normally, but make sure to take an i9300 motherboard for the normal S3 and an i9305 motherboard for the i9305. And also make sure to not damage anything. And not loose any screw (lost one already and regret it).
The IMEI will be different (if you have the box) but other than that, make sure the motherboard is tested, works 100% and doesn't have any problem.
Don't forget to push the tanks button just in case
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:laugh::laugh: yeah..!
anyway i ordered last week... let u know when i fix
thank you

jtk585 said:
:laugh::laugh: yeah..!
anyway i ordered last week... let u know when i fix
thank you
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You welcome. Glad to have helped.

西村大一 said:
You welcome. Glad to have helped.
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how to change IMEI.... i wish to put my old IMEI ( in Box ) any option??

Very tricky, may not work and it could possibly blacklist both the IMEIs. Generally, IMEI copying is done using specialized programmes, but it is not generally both allowed, practical and in some parts, or global, ILLEGAL.

西村大一 said:
Very tricky, may not work and it could possibly blacklist both the IMEIs. Generally, IMEI copying is done using specialized programmes, but it is not generally both allowed, practical and in some parts, or global, ILLEGAL.
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ok. thanks

Bricked Samsung s6 from straighttalk

Okay so i had rooted my phone using Iroot and I wanted to unroot my device so I can give it to my brother so he can use it for his new phone he has a different company though and wanted to see if he could switch I tried unrooting it but it just wouldn't work and next thing I know my brother factory data resets it without un rooting and now it's stuck on the Samsung s6 screen it won't let me go on recovery but it will let me on odin/download mode is there a way I can fix this.

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
Okay so i had rooted my phone using Iroot and I wanted to unroot my device so I can give it to my brother so he can use it for his new phone he has a different company though and wanted to see if he could switch I tried unrooting it but it just wouldn't work and next thing I know my brother factory data resets it without un rooting and now it's stuck on the Samsung s6 screen it won't let me go on recovery but it will let me on odin/download mode is there a way I can fix this.
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Yep, go to Sammobile .com or samsung-updates .com and enter your model number to find the stock firmware, download it then flash it in Odin.

Droidriven said:
Yep, go to Sammobile .com or samsung-updates .com and enter your model number to find the stock firmware, download it then flash it in Odin.
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Yea that's what I tried doing but for the straighttalk or tracfone it shows the stock firmware but it has no way to download it so I can't do that :/

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
Yea that's what I tried doing but for the straighttalk or tracfone it shows the stock firmware but it has no way to download it so I can't do that :/
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What is the model number? If it shows the firmware you can download it, you just aren't doing something right. Sometimes antivirus blocks downloads.

Droidriven said:
What is the model number? If it shows the firmware you can download it, you just aren't doing something right. Sometimes antivirus blocks downloads.
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The model number is SM-S906L

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
The model number is SM-S906L
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Have you tried using Smart Switch? It may restore your stock firmware for you.

Droidriven said:
Have you trued using Smart Switch? It may restore your stock firmware for you.
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I have. it won't even connect to the phone and this is what my phones keeps showing on the screen when I plug it in and it's all that it's been doing so i dont know what to do

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
I have. it won't even connect to the phone and this is what my phones keeps showing on the screen when I plug it in and it's all that it's been doing so i dont know what to do
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Unless I'm doing it wrong i have no idea

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
I have. it won't even connect to the phone and this is what my phones keeps showing on the screen when I plug it in and it's all that it's been doing so i dont know what to do
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When you connect the phone to PC, what is device manager showing for the device name?

Droidriven said:
When you connect the phone to PC, what is device manager showing for the device name?
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Nothing it doesn't even connect to the device

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
Nothing it doesn't even connect to the device
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If you can't connect to PC or boot to any modes then you're not gonna be able to flash it. You're device isn't completely dead though, a JTAG might work. Also, flashing via Odin might work whether USB debugging was checked or not, when the system is corrupted bad enough, that doesn't matter because there is nothing there to tell it that it is blocked from flashing.
The debrick from sdcard method for S3 linked below might work for the S6.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
If you can find someone with the exact same model device that has theirs rooted, you can get them to pull a debrick.img from the device then you can use that debrick.img to create a bootable SDcard to boot the device from it. Then you can restore the device.
You need to understand that the S3 and the S6 are partitioned differently so everywhere in those instructions for S3, when it mentions a file or partition or partition location(mmcblk0), you will have to ignore what it says for the S3 and research your device to make sure that you are using the correct files, partitions and partition locations for the S6 and not the S3. This method may or may not work. You need to find some of the experienced S6 members that might understand this method enough to adapt it to your S6.

Droidriven said:
If you can't connect to PC or boot to any modes then you're not gonna be able to flash it. You're device isn't completely dead though, a JTAG might work. Also, flashing via Odin might work whether USB debugging was checked or not, when the system is corrupted bad enough, that doesn't matter because there is nothing there to tell it that it is blocked from flashing.
The debrick from sdcard method for S3 linked below might work for the S6.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
If you can find someone with the exact same model device that has theirs rooted, you can get them to pull a debrick.img from the device then you can use that debrick.img to create a bootable SDcard to boot the device from it. Then you can restore the device.
You need to understand that the S3 and the S6 are partitioned differently so everywhere in those instructions for S3, when it mentions a file or partition or partition location(mmcblk0), you will have to ignore what it says for the S3 and research your device to make sure that you are using the correct files, partitions and partition locations for the S6 and not the S3. This method may or may not work. You need to find some of the experienced S6 members that might understand this method enough to adapt it to your S6.
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So how would I go about finding these people?

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
So how would I go about finding these people?
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Also the s6 doesn't have an SD card

Synyster_Shadow1 said:
So how would I go about finding these people?
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In the S6 forum here, start reading through threads that have recently been posted, or other threads where there are guides to unbrick or restore to stock, I'm sure you're smart enough to figure who there is well experienced by how/what members there are posting. The fix for problems aren't always as simple as saying "here's some links, here's some files", sometimes it takes hours/days/weeks of reading to find what you need. Get to looking on the S6 forum for experienced members, reply to their posts in threads to ask them about what you want to know, send them a PM to ask them. I'm trying to help you but I've reached the end of what I know that will help you. Its up to you find what you need, I'm just telling you where to look.

Stuck in a boot loop can't get into recovery

Hi,
Just received my note 9 and downloaded the latest firmware. Installed via odin. One of the files failed so I redownloaded the file and updated just the AP. I probably should have done all files. It installed fine but i'm now stuck in a boot loop.
I can't get into recovery with ether volume up, bixby and power. I just get a blue screen with an android on its side?
Any tips. Very worried the phone is bricked. Hoping I don't have to wait for the battery to die as that could take a couple of days.

mardon85 said:
Hi,
Just received my note 9 and downloaded the latest firmware. Installed via odin. One of the files failed so I redownloaded the file and updated just the AP. I probably should have done all files. It installed fine but i'm now stuck in a boot loop.
I can't get into recovery with ether volume up, bixby and power. I just get a blue screen with an android on its side?
Any tips. Very worried the phone is bricked. Hoping I don't have to wait for the battery to die as that could take a couple of days.
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Can you get into download mode?

Nope can't seem to get into ether.
Any tips?

mardon85 said:
Nope can't seem to get into ether.
Any tips?
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At this point, your only two options are EDL (emergency download mode) which technically requires you to crack op the device and mess with the board inside of the device, or just a warranty replacement if you haven't tripped Knox.

Ok thanks for the info. I was only trying to install the latest stock firmware via odin so i'd hope Knox wasn't tripped.
Interestingly my SM-N9600 doesn't have any serial number on the back. When I took it to samsung to see if they had any special tools they wouldn't touch it because they said it was a refurb phone.
I'm wondering if the refurb is infact not a SM-N9600 which would be why the flashing a new recovery bricked the phone.

mardon85 said:
Ok thanks for the info. I was only trying to install the latest stock firmware via odin so i'd hope Knox wasn't tripped.
Interestingly my SM-N9600 doesn't have any serial number on the back. When I took it to samsung to see if they had any special tools they wouldn't touch it because they said it was a refurb phone.
I'm wondering if the refurb is infact not a SM-N9600 which would be why the flashing a new recovery bricked the phone.
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Well, that's a crap move by them. I know for sure that they have a proprietary software that can revive pretty much any Samsung phone as long as it's not hard bricked. They could've just flashed it and helped you. I have a friend who works for Samsung and I have seen him use that software at best buy once. I mean, you've spent your own money to use their phone after all. I don't know why it matters if it's just software.