I'm trying to help a friend out who's s2 tab seemed to have gotten into a bootloop. Unfortunately he didn't have the oem lock turned off, so I can't install twrp. It gets to a "installing system update" screen and reboots. I've tried downloading the official firmware from samsung and flashing it thru odin. It passes but goes thru the same loop after.
Any ideas?
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Hi everyone,
I've had numerous problems with OTA updates with my AT&T SM-G900A since I got it. I'm not in the US anymore and my phone was unlocked, so I thought "hey, how hard could it be" and tried to flash it.
I used the following binaries that were posted here a couple of days ago: http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/g900aucs4cpa2-odin-files-em-hot-t3372388
I ran them through Odin3 3.09, and got a PASS - but the phone is stuck at the boot logo screen ("Samsung Galaxy S5 Powered by Android" screen).
Download mode still works, but normal booting, recovery booting and safe mode do not.
Any suggestions on what I could do?
EDIT: I used the stock image located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2714455 to reflash it using Odin again. It seems to have worked, though all sorts of apps were crashing. I've just done a factory reset and am in the process of restoring it, but it seems promising for now. Never trying to update AT&T crap again.
Hey man, are you still having troubles? I just rooted my Sm-G900A, and then decided to use Odin to flash it with the 5.1.1 files. So this is what happened to me:
1: Flashed AP with the 5.1.1 file, passed but stuck at the Samsung Logo- Powered by Android.
2: rebooted into download mode and flashed "BL" or Bootloader with the 5.1.1 file and I got passed that screen. Now I'm waiting for it to optimize my apps.
My guess is after we flash the AP file we then have to flash the bootloader as well. So if you haven't tried that I'd suggest it to see what happens.
So, I bought a used Galaxy Gear the other day, and while reading up on it, I realized that it was never updated to the Tizen update. Kies didn't want to update it, so I looked into flashing it myself. I rooted the device, and everything seemed fine. Once I attempted to go into the new recovery mode, though, it would just reboot the device into the normal Android interface. I tried again to flash the proper ROM using Odin3, but now the device seems to be stuck on the Downloading... screen. When I attempt to restart the device by holding the power button, it turns off for a second, shows a grainy image of the Downloading screen, then goes back into the full Downloading screen.
Anything I can do about this, or is the device broken?
I tried to do stock rom (P1000XWJQB8_P1000DBTJQ1_DBT) with pit (gt-p1000_mr.pit) with ODIN. During the flashing process it stuck somewhere on (hidden) and after some time it shows fail. But device is stuck on downloading screen and shows half process bar and I wait for hour and so but device is still stuck on the same. So, I decided to turn off and start the device again and I did. But after turning off when i tried to start device again it wont start I mean there is no screen booting happening just back camera flash every time i tried to power on the device or tried to charge it or connect it to USB. Even ODIN or Hemidell is not detecting it anymore.
Please help me.......
Without going into two pages of explanations, suffice it to say I am stuck in a bootloop after trying to update my tablet to OmniROM 8.1 daily from OmniROM 8.1 Homemade. Things went steadily downhill until I was forced to flash the stock firmware from Odin. However, I now am stuck in a bootloop betwwne "Android is starting" and the SAMSUNG starting screen. I can get to the download (Odin Mode) screen but not to recovery.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I was downgrading from 8.0 to 7.1.1 and I used Odin. The process worked and Odin said it completed properly. The phone restarted and now I haven't been able to get past the Samsung screen during bootup. Any recommendations?