I am posting this to help people who ran across the same problem I did the past 24 hours, which drove me crazy and it was quite difficult to find any info on it.
I bought my N9005 on eBay from a Hong Kong seller. I just updated it with Kies and noticed that sammobile.com has a newer MJ8 firmware, so I figured I'd just download it and flash it via Odin.
Kies shows my mobile as XME (Malaysia region), but I guessed it should work just fine, and boy was I wrong.
Moments after trying to flash it, it failed, but it did manage to flash the beginning of the firmware, which was the new MJ bootloader. That newer bootloader does not allow any other firmware with older bootloader be flashed on the phone. Not even Kies's emergency recovery was able to revive my phone which was stuck in emergency download mode.
When trying to flash I got all sorts of errors, such as:
invalid ext4 image
and
CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 , Binary : 1. (when trying to install the older XME Malaysian Firmware on top of the new bootloader)
To make a very long story short, after almost giving up and start waiting for a Malaysian firmware with the new bootloader to be released, I ran across the UK MJ6 BTU rom which does have the new bootloader too and decided to try flashing it. To my amazement - this worked and my phone is back to life! phewwwww!
This is a download link to the BTU MJ6 firmware:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/252753467/b379b8f/N9005XXUDMJ6_N9005OXADMJ4_BTU.zip.html
Hope this helps others!
P.S. If this information helped you, please click the "THANKS" button below. It's free of charge.
doclucas said:
I am posting this to help people who ran across the same problem I did the past 24 hours, which drove me crazy and it was quite difficult to find any info on it.
I bought my N9005 on eBay from a Hong Kong seller. I just updated it with Kies and noticed that sammobile.com has a newer MJ8 firmware, so I figured I'd just download it and flash it via Odin.
Kies shows my mobile as XME (Malaysia region), but I guessed it should work just fine, and boy was I wrong.
Moments after trying to flash it, it failed, but it did manage to flash the beginning of the firmware, which was the new MJ bootloader. That newer bootloader does not allow any other firmware with older bootloader be flashed on the phone. Not even Kies's emergency recovery was able to revive my phone which was stuck in emergency download mode.
When trying to flash I got all sorts of errors, such as:
invalid ext4 image
and
CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 , Binary : 1. (when trying to install the older XME Malaysian Firmware on top of the new bootloader)
To make a very long story short, after almost giving up and start waiting for a Malaysian firmware with the new bootloader to be released, I ran across the UK MJ6 BTU rom which does have the new bootloader too and decided to try flashing it. To my amazement - this worked and my phone is back to life! phewwwww!
This is a download link to the BTU MJ6 firmware:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/252753467/b379b8f/N9005XXUDMJ6_N9005OXADMJ4_BTU.zip.html
Hope this helps others!
P.S. If this information helped you, please click the "THANKS" button below. It's free of charge.
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Thanks buddy for helping me, got me up and running again :good:
You're welcome, mate!
Softbrick
Thank you thank you thank you thank you .
I always liked Hong Kong roms on note one and two and I thought I can continue the tradition .
Softbricked it , and no solution anywhere . I installed this and voila . Back in business . I also installed MJ7 on top now all is good .
Have I said thank you ?
Well thank you !
budalica said:
Thank you thank you thank you thank you .
Have I said thank you ?
Well thank you !
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You're welcome. Did you press the "Thank you" button?
Thanks a lot. Without your post, my phone will still be bricked.
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That day! ! Me too
Useful info, I'm sure this will be of use in many situations.
Thankyou.
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uscool said:
Thanks buddy for helping me, got me up and running again :good:
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could someone please upload that firmware again on some other hoster? because hostfile isnt working anymore. couldnt find the file on any other server by myself.
lalahamid said:
could someone please upload that firmware again on some other hoster? because hostfile isnt working anymore. couldnt find the file on any other server by myself.
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Here is the newer version from UK BTU: N9005XXUDMJ7_N9005OXADMJ4_BTU.zip
http://terafile.co/29f621508415
doclucas said:
I am posting this to help people who ran across the same problem I did the past 24 hours, which drove me crazy and it was quite difficult to find any info on it.
I bought my N9005 on eBay from a Hong Kong seller. I just updated it with Kies and noticed that sammobile.com has a newer MJ8 firmware, so I figured I'd just download it and flash it via Odin.
Kies shows my mobile as XME (Malaysia region), but I guessed it should work just fine, and boy was I wrong.
Moments after trying to flash it, it failed, but it did manage to flash the beginning of the firmware, which was the new MJ bootloader. That newer bootloader does not allow any other firmware with older bootloader be flashed on the phone. Not even Kies's emergency recovery was able to revive my phone which was stuck in emergency download mode.
When trying to flash I got all sorts of errors, such as:
invalid ext4 image
and
CHECK FAIL : fused : 2 , Binary : 1. (when trying to install the older XME Malaysian Firmware on top of the new bootloader)
To make a very long story short, after almost giving up and start waiting for a Malaysian firmware with the new bootloader to be released, I ran across the UK MJ6 BTU rom which does have the new bootloader too and decided to try flashing it. To my amazement - this worked and my phone is back to life! phewwwww!
This is a download link to the BTU MJ6 firmware:
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/252753467/b379b8f/N9005XXUDMJ6_N9005OXADMJ4_BTU.zip.html
Hope this helps others!
P.S. If this information helped you, please click the "THANKS" button below. It's free of charge.
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my brick story in short is------ brought note 3 sm-n9005 from ebay from a Hong Kong based seller. pics of ap, cp and csc are attached. rooted with chainfire's and installed cwm6 by chenglu. A few days back, flashed bobcat rom version 2(mj7) and later 3( mk2 ) without problems. Was looking for different themes .yesterday flashed balckchrome from s4 forum that also went smooth. Unfortunatly flashed another theme for s4 which was not meant for andriod version 4.3. Pretty stupid .went into bootloop. Had nandroid backup tried to restore but couldn't.
Flashed another rom mk2 from cwm. again bootloop .took the odin route and flashed stock deodesk mj7 by Djembey from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2461929
Failed again. Then downloaded latest mk2 from sammobile website. The same error (invalid ext4 img) in short failed on all ccounts. Have run out of options. The last thing in mind is to wait for some new bootloader after mk2 which might rescue me as mentioned in this thread that new bootloaders might help... Any guidance will be appreciated. Thanks
@pyarajaani
Try this:
1) Get X-Note v6 custom rom.
2) Use Odin to install CWM recovery.
3) boot the phone into CWM recovery and copy the X-NOTE rom (MK2 based) to your phone or card.
4) Do a complete wipe/factory-reset from CWM
5) Install the X-NOTE rom from CWM
And let me know how it went
doclucas said:
@pyarajaani
Try this:
1) Get X-Note v6 custom rom.
2) Use Odin to install CWM recovery.
3) boot the phone into CWM recovery and copy the X-NOTE rom (MK2 based) to your phone or card.
4) Do a complete wipe/factory-reset from CWM
5) Install the X-NOTE rom from CWM
And let me know how it went
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Why did you suggest X-Note but not another ROM?
3 reasons:
- It's MK2 based
- I am using it
- It's excellent
And besides, if the method I suggested works, he can always replace a ROM later on if he wishes.
doclucas said:
3 reasons:
- It's MK2 based
- I am using it
- It's excellent
And besides, if the method I suggested works, he can always
replace a ROM later on if he wishes.
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Thanks for the suggestion. ..tried twice with both stock n Civato kernels.. didn't go beyond Samsung logo screen....With Civato there appears some error above the logo...pics i m attaching. .Thanks again.
doclucas said:
3 reasons:
- It's MK2 based
- I am using it
- It's excellent
And besides, if the method I suggested works, he can always replace a ROM later on if he wishes.
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Nope, I didnt mean what is the best rom to use.
The problem is that how to bypass the bootloop issue.
pyarajaani said:
Thanks for the suggestion. ..tried twice with both stock n Civato kernels.. didn't go beyond Samsung logo screen....With Civato there appears some error above the logo...pics i m attaching. .Thanks again.
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No need to mess with kernels.
Were u able to install cwm via odin and then boot into cwm?
doclucas said:
No need to mess with kernels.
Were u able to install cwm via odin and then boot into cwm?
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yes...I did that n installed X note rom from cwm. BUT I suspect that cwm is not fully functional. Why I m saying this is that I have a nandroid backup of bobcat mj7 rom...which cwm isn't able to detect even. ..nevertheless. .cwm is installed.
1) Which CWM version do you have installed?
2) Did you do a full wipe/factory-reset?
3) Did you try also advanced formatting (of system partition together with the full wipe) and then install the ROM?
4) Did you try all the above with the latest TWRP recovery instead of CWM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2467255
Try to flash this file by cwm first and then flash any rom after you want
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bibytggk2m8npw8/Brick_Loop_FIX_Fix.zip
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Hi, i was using a Note 3 N900 which was TGY (HK Version i believe), its running N900ZSUCML1 firmware. By about an hour ago i got bored and decided to play with it a little, so i started rooting it using CF Auto Root, it worked and SuperSU was installed. I got a little cocky and tried to install a KitKat Stock firmware using Odin v1.85 but the firmware i was trying to flash was the Indonesian (XSE) Version. By the time i realised, Kies could not recognise my phone, i tried re flashing back to the ML1 firmware with Odin but it says fail, i think i tripped my knox warranty but i coudnt care less about it now i dont have a phone.
I looked up guides on how to recover from soft bricks, but those are only available for either SM9005 or VZW Note 3's, is there any way for the inlt note 3 to get a piece too??
Please Please Please any help would have my undying thanks! :'(
New to the forum but I do know a bit about custom ROMS and flashing (I think)
So basically, I own a Chinese variant Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9508) that is rooted and currently in Android 4.3 Jellybean. Recently I saw some sites with unofficial firmware updates for this model (I9508) to Android 5.0.1 Lollipop and decided to give it a go at flashing. Tried about 3 different MD5 files using Odin v3.10, but every time it would fail, saying that no PIT files are found. So I then proceeded to look for PIT files for the I9508 model online, without any success. Do I need a PIT file for this? Or am I missing something else?
Dunno what's going on. Any answers will be much appreciated
thx
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You can flash via ODIN the latest LOLLIPOP stock rom OFFICIAL for your device: HERE.
Hey guys,
I'm trying to revert back to the stock rom on my N910F (UK purchase - unlocked) but no matter which firmware I download via Sammobile, it just isn't working! It says "FAILED" on Odin when flashing. The only firmware that seems to work is N910FXXU1COH4_DevBase_alexndr - but this version has constant knox notifications and I'm giving my phone to a family member who doesn't want root or anything because she's not very good with phones, she also wants the stock rom installed only.
Can anybody advise me on where I'm going wrong or the firmware I need to install? Should I attempt 5.0 instead of 5.1? Thanks in advance!
titchyyyy said:
Hey guys,
I'm trying to revert back to the stock rom on my N910F (UK purchase - unlocked) but no matter which firmware I download via Sammobile, it just isn't working! It says "FAILED" on Odin when flashing. The only firmware that seems to work is N910FXXU1COH4_DevBase_alexndr - but this version has constant knox notifications and I'm giving my phone to a family member who doesn't want root or anything because she's not very good with phones, she also wants the stock rom installed only.
Can anybody advise me on where I'm going wrong or the firmware I need to install? Should I attempt 5.0 instead of 5.1? Thanks in advance!
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Make absolutely sure you have the proper firmware, (correct country code) and so on..
Also..do you have a custom recovery installed.? IF so, you'll probably need to flash the stock recovery from the OS your needing to revert..after stock recovery is working, then flash the firmware..
sent by my: SM-531M-57 Grand Prime (or) my: SM-N910C Note 4 (Lollipop 5.1.1)
Make shure to use the genuine USB cable and don't use USB 3 port
Hi Guys,
Recently got the a Note4 after being an S4 fan for 2 years. Tried to go ahead and root my device and i presume failed miserably. I don't think i did enough background research like i did before when rooting my S4.
Model: SM-N910G
Android V: 5.11
So,
I followed this to root my NOTE4: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/orig-development/sm-n910-cf-auto-root-t2897428
Then my phone didn't pick up any signal and kept restarting every 2 mins once the device was turned on. So i looked around some more threads and saw a post that i should download and boot this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=62241991&postcount=56
I still have no Mobile data signal and my phone keeps restarting!
Any guidance how to get it back to normal? I don't even care about having my phone rooted anymore - Or am i completely stuffed?
Many thanks!
download stock firmware from sammobile and flash with odin.
You've been doing things wrongly.
Firstly, the CF autoroot for N910G currently only supports up to android 5.0.1.
Secondly, you should not ever install kernel that is not for your specific phone model. Sprint Note 4 =/= International Note 4 Snapdragon (N910G)
To restore back to normal, download official firmware for your phone (N910G). And then flash it using Odin 3.10
Edit: Download official stock firmware from either Sammobile or Samsung-updates. Or u can use the firmware downloader created by fellow XDA member. Be sure to download the correct firmware version/carrier
Thanks guys. Problem solved!