I was recently given a SM-T813. I cant get to the Recovery screen because i'm presented with the bright blue screen telling me there was a problem updating, and to connect to the Smart Switch to restore the tablet. I can go into download mode, but i've tried so many firmwares from Sammobil and they keep all failing. It usually fails after it gets to the System.ext4 portion using Odin. On the tablet after it fails, it tells me FAP is enabled and something about cannot load non-fap? Am I getting these errors because im trying to install the wrong firmwares or the wrong firmware versions? I'm not sure which version firmware it had previously. And last time i was able to finally get to the Recovery screen, it had
Android Recovery
MMB29M.T813XXU2APK6
samsung/gts210vewifixx/gts210vewifi
But I flashed it with some other firmware, which it took, but after reflashing again, now i'm getting the above blue screen and im not sure which version firmware it has now.
Is the tablet toast or do i still have options?
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To start, I was using I9000XXJP2 firmware on an unlocked samsung I9000 from Bell. I installed a lagfix a few days ago and everything was working fine. The phone was really slow and freezing a lot today so I decided to restart. Ever since then, the phone is stuck on the Samsung S screen (not the one with the triangle). I can get into download mode just fine and i tried reflashing XXJP2 using odin back onto the phone. Odin does everything fine up until i see a blue 'reset' on odin and the phone is in recover mode with the options asking for me to restart the system etc. I restored to factory settings from there and even cleared the cache and restarted but it is still stuck on that "S" screen at startup. Odin only says "pass" once the phone is disconnected. So as of yet I haven't been able to flash a working ROM back on the phone. If you have any ideas as to which ROM i should try, if you could place a link with that, I would be very grateful.
I've had this problem myself a couple of times (just happened today in fact).
Boot into recovery mode (vol-up, home & power). Do you see any error messages in yellow under the menu?
I was unsuccessful at reflashing any of the Froyo firmwares so I reverted back to the last official 2.1 firmware from Bell JH2. Since I was coming from a 512 pit firmware, I didn't repartition or specify a pit file. This ended up working for me. I've since flashed to JK3 and am about to go back to JPU.
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I actually do see an error message E:can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1, Can't mount SD card.
I should mention that Im using the unlocked bell phone on fido. Will i lose the unlock if i downgrade? Also, if you could point me to the site where i can download bell firmware, that would be awesome. I went to samfirmware.com and they dont have canadian versions there.
Unless one of the pros comes by and says otherwise, I understand that's the error indicating internal sdcard issues.
However... if the thing is dead, you can't hurt it more by trying some fixes
You can get the official and unofficial Bell firmwares from samfirmware.com, you just have to look in the US section. You want the firmwares starting with "i9000UG". Here's direct download links for you:
JH2 (official 2.1)
http://www.multiupload.com/ZNBT2RY5Y0
JK3 (unofficial 2.2)
http://www.multiupload.com/WTZGSKJGPF
JK4 (official 2.2)
I've heard people flashing this via CWM but I haven't see the files.
Also, I've seen references to people saying their phones begin working again after this error msg after they've left the battery hour for hours.
Let us know how things go.
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No go. When i flash to 2.1, it just shows the "S" screen and turns off. When i flash to 2.2, does the same thing as my first post. I still can get to the download screen through all of this so I hope its not messed up too bad.
I tried several times this afternoon before it worked including clearing data/cache.
Although, I had a different error message so you might be SOL in the end.
called samsung
So I called samsung this morning and they basically said they won't repair it because Bell handles repairs. Since I dont have a bell account, I can't get it repaired. I keep reading on forums that if you can get into the download mode, if you see the battery icon when you plug the phone in, its not totally bricked so i still have hope yet everything I've tried doesn't work. I tried to adb into the phone in recovery mode and it detects it but says I dont have permissions to push files onto the phone. If anyone can tell me what possibly went wrong and if it is fixable, how, that'd be awesome because right now this is a very expensive paperweight.
I was already running 4.1.2 on my German GT-N7000 (installed also from an OTA update). All my previous software updates went
fairly eventless and ok.
So a few days ago, my phone prompted me for another software update. I let it download the update, and
when that was done it said 'stability updates'.
When I applied the update, the phone of course rebooted, and then the familiar green andoid mascot
started showing, with the turning code in its belly. I span for a few seconds, and
then it started doing that over and over, the screen goes blank, the androidn mascot reappears, the
cor spins for about a second with the progress bar filling up in the same tine, and then the screen blanks again, and
the same this shows again. This has now been going on for nearly half an hour, with no change.
I have made a quick video of the screen
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/39837205/androidOTAupdate/Resources/androidOTAupdate - Wi-Fi.m4v
There is no indication what it is in fact doing (whether it is updateing different files etc, or whether it always fails
on the same one and is stuck).
I see no way out of this.
What can I do?
I have a MAc only, no PC and have never used KIES or such..
HELP
Kies also does not detect this phone in this state now. horrors.
sejtam said:
Kies also does not detect this phone in this state now. horrors.
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seems like it has failed. Try to see if you can get into download mode and if yes then open PC odin and see if it detects the phone. If it does not then try to uninstall kies and install latest samsung drivers or kies again and flash JB for your country again.
Edit: before you enter download mode, try to see if you can get into recovery mode and if you are on stock recovery flash philz kernel and do the wipes before you flash JB
hello everyone, this thread might seem like a repost to some of you, but since the answer has yet to be found on the other thread, might as well try asking about it myself
so i've got a galaxy s3 mini (the i8190 version, not the l or the n) it's in stock 4.1.2 international version. yesterday, out of nowhere the phone just keeps on rebooting after a few minutes of booting up ( it got to the lockscreen and home screen just fine, but it keeps rebooting after that). and i think, well might as well just flash something on top of this stock rom so i decided to get the cm11 from novafusion, along with odin and tried to flash it. it all goes well in odin, no problem at all (odin flashes green passed sign).
but the strange thing is, when the phone rebooted, it goes back to the stock rom, with all the apps intact and with stock recovery. so far, i've been trying to flash almost everything into this phone via odin and odin always says it succeeded but nevertheless, everything stays the same, i've tried flashing some custom roms, custom recoveries but it doesn't seem to work. and the flash counter never goes up, it still says "custom binary download : no"
i've also tried to go to stock recovery and tried to wipe data / factory reset the phone which it said it has done successfully but when i booted in, nothing changed. i'm still logged on as my account with all the apps and files intact.
this problem has also been asked here but no definitive answer seems to have surfaced there.
please, any help would be appreciated
I was flashing a rom and now the phone will turn on but I only can get it to Download mode and thats it, otherwise it just freezes during the "samsung" boot portion. I did have twrp installed but now I cant even get into recovery mode. Is there anything I can use with Odin to recover my phone? Right now im downloading some stock firmware for my phone model hoping that flashing that via odin will work, tried the same thing last night and it didnt but this is a different .tar so im crossing my fingers.
Any update on this?First thing is to try flashing the same version of TWRP you had before. But it will help to have more info from you, like what ROM did you have and what ROM were you trying to flash? Specifically important is the baseband versions you were going from and to: EPF1, EPD, OJC, etc.? Certain updates prevent downgrading, so if you tried flashing an incompatible version, that could have caused this, and that's my guess as to what happened. Did you make a backup? Obviously not being able to get into recovery makes that irrelevant for now; you're doing volume up+home+power and holding them for at least 5-10 seconds? If you made a backup, and you can successfully re-flash the same version of TWRP, you might be able to restore to your previous setup.
Hello -
I've been a long time reader/lurker and have been able to resolve most issues reading and searching.
I have a G925A S6 Edge variant. It came to me with a blue screen stating "System Software Not Authorized by AT&T". I have downloaded various ODIN images and applied and I get the same results no matter what.
The phone requires resetting a few times to boot. When it finally boots, I receive several app crash errors. I have tried to install TWRP and it fails and gives a secure error in download mode.
I know the phone isnt unlocked and I cannot fine the OEM unlock setting anywhere in settings which is probably causing the issue.
Anyone have an idea?
Thanks
mj4g2 said:
Hello -
I've been a long time reader/lurker and have been able to resolve most issues reading and searching.
I have a G925A S6 Edge variant. It came to me with a blue screen stating "System Software Not Authorized by AT&T". I have downloaded various ODIN images and applied and I get the same results no matter what.
The phone requires resetting a few times to boot. When it finally boots, I receive several app crash errors. I have tried to install TWRP and it fails and gives a secure error in download mode.
I know the phone isnt unlocked and I cannot fine the OEM unlock setting anywhere in settings which is probably causing the issue.
Anyone have an idea?
Thanks
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You not reading enough. Phone have lock bootloader and you can't unlock at all as of now. This mean you can't use any other recovery then stock.
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Thanks.
I was asking about TWRP only because I cant get the phone to behave properly. No matter what version I use, I get constant force closes on tons of apps...
Ive tried all the below versions:
G925AUCS5DPJ1
G925AUCS6DQC1
G925AUCS6EQE1
G925AUCU1AOCE
G925AUCU6EQCF
Im currently on the Nougat version G925AUCS6EQE1.
After I flashed each version in ODIN, I had to force reboot a few times to get past dm-verify and "No command" errors. Eventually, I got it to boot. From then on out it boots properly.
One other oddity, is under "Service", it says KT twophone service" - in settings.
I have no idea what the previous owner did to get it locked up on the "System software not authorized" message, but the phone would do nothing until I ran ODIN.
mj4g2 said:
Thanks.
I was asking about TWRP only because I cant get the phone to behave properly. No matter what version I use, I get constant force closes on tons of apps...
Ive tried all the below versions:
G925AUCS5DPJ1
G925AUCS6DQC1
G925AUCS6EQE1
G925AUCU1AOCE
G925AUCU6EQCF
Im currently on the Nougat version G925AUCS6EQE1.
After I flashed each version in ODIN, I had to force reboot a few times to get past dm-verify and "No command" errors. Eventually, I got it to boot. From then on out it boots properly.
One other oddity, is under "Service", it says KT twophone service" - in settings.
I have no idea what the previous owner did to get it locked up on the "System software not authorized" message, but the phone would do nothing until I ran ODIN.
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No command it is normal. Just wait for phone to start. Then go to recovery and do factory reset.
BTW. Are you sure it is G925A model, just asking to be sure.
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Yes - SM-G925A printed on back and shows on download mode screen.
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Yes - SM-G925A printed on back and shows on download mode screen.
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Great. Try ODIN again and flash E1. This time when you see "No command " just wait and let boot all the way. Then restart in recovery and factory reset. Reboot and let us know what you got.
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