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Help!! Phone is Frozen....

Ok. So I just got this phone. I had the iPhone before and Im pretty tech savy. I honestly have no idea about this phone. I rooted it and today I received the Tmobile GPS update. Of course silly me updated it. Now its hung on the opening Vibrant screen. I deleted all data thinking it might restore it completely. That didnt work. So now my phone wont work and I have no clue how to fix it. HELP PLZ!

First of all can you access download mode or recovery? Try pressing both volume buttons and power. And let me know what happens.
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Yea i can access all that. It gives me the "reboot system now" and all the other choices.

So reflash stock thru odin

namansell said:
So reflash stock thru odin
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Im trying to do that now.
Not sure how long it takes. Its on "File Analysis"
How long does it normally stay on that?

It appears your phone is Soft-Bricked. You may need to use ODIN to go back to stock
Stephie Baby said:
Yea i can access all that. It gives me the "reboot system now" and all the other choices.
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Went over this myself. I am pretty sure this is the same scenario. I followed these instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799105

Verify your drivers
Stephie Baby said:
Im trying to do that now.
Not sure how long it takes. Its on "File Analysis"
How long does it normally stay on that?
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Sorry, took too long replying, i see you already almost there. If it stays too long at the File Analysis phase then there is probably not communication between your PC and your Phone. Make sure your PC detects your phone and that ODIN shows a port number when your phone is connected. (Any port # will do it) Check your drivers. Also if running Windows 7 Vista, try running ODIN as administrator.

The link to get all the files I need isnt working. GRRR!! This is a pain! Lol.

Stephie Baby said:
Im trying to do that now.
Not sure how long it takes. Its on "File Analysis"
How long does it normally stay on that?
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Not long usually.
It sounds like you are in recovery mode vice download mode my friend. Try this:
First make sure you have all the correct drivers for the phone loaded onto your system.
-Close and reopen Odin.
-Unplug the USB cable and remove the battery.
-Reinsert the battery into the phone.
-Hold down both vol down + vol up and plug in the usb cable (make sure it's plugged into your computer first).
This should get you to a yellow screen that has a andriod sweeping, with "Download Mode" displayed at the bottom.
When you look in Odin you should see a little yellow box with a com port number in the upper left. This means the computer and Odin have found the phone, and that it is now ready for flashing.
Select the stock JFD firware for the PDA option, and the correct 512.pit file for PIT.
Try flashing again. Hopefully you get a bit further this time!

YAY!! It worked!! Ok. Thanks for the help.
Oh should I install the Tmobile GPS fix and root it again? Or will it get stuck again?

Stephie Baby said:
YAY!! It worked!! Ok. Thanks for the help.
Oh should I install the Tmobile GPS fix and root it again? Or will it get stuck again?
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It's better for all of us to wait for Froyo !

Stephie Baby said:
YAY!! It worked!! Ok. Thanks for the help.
Oh should I install the Tmobile GPS fix and root it again? Or will it get stuck again?
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No! heh....download Kies Mini (there's a thread in here...like pg 1 or 2) install JI6 from there. It's the official release instead of OTA from T-Mobile.
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[Q] Update rooted phone via Kies 3

I'm running MJ7 software on my Three network UK I9505, rooted with knox flag 0x1 and just installed Kies 3 and it's telling me to update my phone. Is this safe to do? Should I do it manually via Odin instead?
Device status is custom.

Swizzy88 said:
I'm running MJ7 software on my Three network UK I9505, rooted with knox flag 0x1 and just installed Kies 3 and it's telling me to update my phone. Is this safe to do? Should I do it manually via Odin instead?
Device status is custom.
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I dont think you can update it since its already modified ,You need a clean stock rom inorder to update via Kies. have a nice day.

Swizzy88 said:
I'm running MJ7 software on my Three network UK I9505, rooted with knox flag 0x1 and just installed Kies 3 and it's telling me to update my phone. Is this safe to do? Should I do it manually via Odin instead?
Device status is custom.
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Yes u can update by Kies 3 only u will lose the root access

Joku1981 said:
Yes u can update by Kies 3 only u will lose the root access
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Yeah I anticipated that I will lose root but it's no big deal. It's just that with Kies 3 it let me all the way to ticking the boxes and the next step being update whereas the old Kies never let me go that far with custom status.
Also has a nice new warning in red about rooted phones potentially being damaged by updating, which I never saw before, hence why I asked. I presumed though that it's the standard Samsung warnings just in case something goes wrong
Just need to charge my battery because it won't let me update just yet at 77%.

Swizzy88 said:
Yeah I anticipated that I will lose root but it's no big deal. It's just that with Kies 3 it let me all the way to ticking the boxes and the next step being update whereas the old Kies never let me go that far with custom status.
Also has a nice new warning in red about rooted phones potentially being damaged by updating, which I never saw before, hence why I asked. I presumed though that it's the standard Samsung warnings just in case something goes wrong
Just need to charge my battery because it won't let me update just yet at 77%.
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I update my phone rooted unbranded with Kies 3 always coz im in knox 0x1. If u arent sure (coz ur phone is branded) u can update by Odin coz anyway u have knox 0x1 too

Seems to work fine so far. Only issue is that Wifi isn't working. Factory reset or total reflash via Odin?

Swizzy88 said:
Seems to work fine so far. Only issue is that Wifi isn't working. Factory reset or total reflash via Odin?
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1. Make a Internal Memory Backup
2. Factory reset

Joku1981 said:
1. Make a Internal Memory Backup
2. Factory reset
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Still no WiFi :/

Swizzy88 said:
Still no WiFi :/
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Apps - Settings - More - About device and make a screenshot pls :fingers-crossed:

Joku1981 said:
Apps - Settings - More - About device and make a screenshot pls :fingers-crossed:
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There ya go

Swizzy88 said:
There ya go
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Use Odin v3.09
Untick Autoreboot
Flash modem
Take out the battery and put it in again
Turn on into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)
Flash Modem once more
Take out the battery and put it in again
Once done, unplug then reboot device manually.
If this doesn't work, try repeating the flash process again while rebooting manually and with auto-reboot option turned off.
*EDIT: When u reboot maybe u dont have wifi. Try this wifi fix:
- Turn off ur phone
- Go to download mode
- Open Odin
- Flash this file as a phone/CP
- Ur phone will reboot, try ur wifi now

Joku1981 said:
Use Odin v3.09
Untick Autoreboot
Flash modem
Take out the battery and put it in again
Turn on into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)
Flash Modem once more
Take out the battery and put it in again
Once done, unplug then reboot device manually.
If this doesn't work, try repeating the flash process again while rebooting manually and with auto-reboot option turned off.
*EDIT: When u reboot maybe u dont have wifi. Try this wifi fix:
- Turn off ur phone
- Go to download mode
- Open Odin
- Flash this file as a phone/CP
- Ur phone will reboot, try ur wifi now
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Thanks, will give it a try first thing tomorrow morning! Still have a folder with Odin and adb drivers luckily :good:
I had this issue before with prerooted ROM but factory reset always did the trick in that case

Joku1981 said:
Use Odin v3.09
Untick Autoreboot
Flash modem
Take out the battery and put it in again
Turn on into Download Mode using (Vol Down plus Home button combi)
Flash Modem once more
Take out the battery and put it in again
Once done, unplug then reboot device manually.
If this doesn't work, try repeating the flash process again while rebooting manually and with auto-reboot option turned off.
*EDIT: When u reboot maybe u dont have wifi. Try this wifi fix:
- Turn off ur phone
- Go to download mode
- Open Odin
- Flash this file as a phone/CP
- Ur phone will reboot, try ur wifi now
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Everything works again now! I had to use the second file you posted for some reason, I tried the first one twice but it didn't work.
Already rooted and titanium backup restored
Thanks very much for the help

Swizzy88 said:
Everything works again now! I had to use the second file you posted for some reason, I tried the first one twice but it didn't work.
Already rooted and titanium backup restored
Thanks very much for the help
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Apps - Settings - More - About device and make a screenshot pls ( Take a look the older pic u attached and u will see ur baseband changed to MK8 now). If the wifi trick worked for ya.... U did it perfect. Good job :highfive:

Joku1981 said:
Apps - Settings - More - About device and make a screenshot pls ( Take a look the older pic u attached and u will see ur baseband changed to MK8 now). If the wifi trick worked for ya.... U did it perfect. Good job :highfive:
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There you go, matching versions now :good:

[Q] can i flash any regions firmware on my galaxy s5?

hey, i recently bought an unlocked Samsung s5 and online it didn't not specify what region it was made for stop doesn't have all the languages i need. is it possible to just flash another regions firmware or does it need to be specifically for my galaxy?
i have a G900f

skrcer1 said:
hey, i recently bought an unlocked Samsung s5 and online it didn't not specify what region it was made for stop doesn't have all the languages i need. is it possible to just flash another regions firmware or does it need to be specifically for my galaxy?
i have a G900f
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Yes that possible as long as its G900F firmware. Just flash it with Odin 3.09.

gee2012 said:
Yes that possible as long as its G900F firmware. Just flash it with Odin 3.09.
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awesome thanks! do you know how to find which firmware is for my region?

skrcer1 said:
awesome thanks! do you know how to find which firmware is for my region?
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Look here www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ and look for a rom in your region. Where do you live?

gee2012 said:
Look here www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ and look for a rom in your region. Where do you live?
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Israel

skrcer1 said:
Israel
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There are Israelian roms available for the G900F on Sammobile. Flash the one you need with Odin 3.09.

gee2012 said:
There are Israelian roms available for the G900F on Sammobile. Flash the one you need with Odin 3.09.
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thanks !

hey so I tried flashing with odin and at the end it says failed and now my phone says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again."
I tried reflashing with the same downloaded israeli firmware from and the same thing happens. It still gets a blue ready sign in odin. any ideas of how to fix this?

skrcer1 said:
hey so I tried flashing with odin and at the end it says failed and now my phone says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again."
I tried reflashing with the same downloaded israeli firmware from and the same thing happens. It still gets a blue ready sign in odin. any ideas of how to fix this?
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Oke, just do the following:
- Disable Kies in windows task manager
- Pull the battery and wait 20 seconds
- Boot into downloadmode and connect to the pc
- Untick Auto Reboot in Odin 3.09 and place the rom in AP
- Hit start and when done pull the battery
- Boot into recovery and data factory reset and boot.

gee2012 said:
Oke, just do the following:
- Disable Kies in windows task manager
- Pull the battery and wait 20 seconds
- Boot into downloadmode and connect to the pc
- Untick Auto Reboot in Odin 3.09 and place the rom in AP
- Hit start and when done pull the battery
- Boot into recovery and data factory reset and boot.
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when it finishes in odin it still says downloading... do not turn off target on the phone. is that fine?

skrcer1 said:
when it finishes in odin it still says downloading... do not turn off target on the phone. is that fine?
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Yup, pull the battery, wait 20 seconds, go into recovery and factory reset and reboot.

gee2012 said:
Yup, pull the battery, wait 20 seconds, go into recovery and factory reset and reboot.
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Ok, i have tried and when i hold volume up, power, and menu key at once it brings me back to the kies firmware issue screen

skrcer1 said:
Ok, i have tried and when i hold volume up, power, and menu key at once it brings me back to the kies firmware issue screen
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Was the rom completely flashed by Odin? Did it say reset in the window ?

gee2012 said:
Was the rom completely flashed by Odin? Did it say reset in the window ?
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yeah, completely flashed but it says failed in odin for some reason.

skrcer1 said:
yeah, completely flashed but it says failed in odin for some reason.
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Do you have Teamviewer on your pc, i can help you from here if you want that. If so install TeamViewer and let me know.
This method never fails actualy:
Have you disabled Kies in windows task manager?
- Pull the battery, wait 20 seconds and boot in to downloadmode
- Place the .md5 file in AP, connect the phone with usb and untick Auto Reboot in Odin 3.09
- Flash the rom, pull the battery, boot into recovery and factory reset and wipe cache
- Reboot.

gee2012 said:
Do you have Teamviewer on your pc, i can help you from here if you want that. If so install TeamViewer and let me know.
This method never fails actualy:
Have you disabled Kies in windows task manager?
- Pull the battery, wait 20 seconds and boot in to downloadmode
- Place the .md5 file in AP, connect the phone with usb and untick Auto Reboot in Odin 3.09
- Flash the rom, pull the battery, boot into recovery and factory reset and wipe cache
- Reboot.
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yes, i tried that, i downloaded team viewer can you private message me?

skrcer1 said:
yes, i tried that, i downloaded team viewer can you private message me?
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I started TeamViewer, start yours and give me your Partner-ID through PM

This problem is still happening, anyone else know what may be the problem? It seems as if it is Chinese, could it be a fake?

skrcer1 said:
This problem is still happening, anyone else know what may be the problem? It seems as if it is Chinese, could it be a fake?
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If you bought yours from a reputable seller, you don't have to worry about this but there are some fake galaxy s5 around. There are some differences that you can observe.
Hopefully this is not the case with yours.

tookie015 said:
If you bought yours from a reputable seller, you don't have to worry about this but there are some fake galaxy s5 around. There are some differences that you can observe.
Hopefully this is not the case with yours.
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Well I bought it from amazon. It seemed legit and it looks legit for the most part except the sticker on the inside behind the battery where it says g900f is in Chinese and I heard its not supposed to be.
And I teamviewed with gee , he made sure everything in Odin was set up correctly. It was, we thought maybe the file was corrupt so I download it again from another source and it didn't help.
Any ideas on how I can fix this assuming it is not. Fake?

[Q] Help me please ans quickly

Hi, I'm rooted with note 3 n9005 Iv still got stock but flashed supersu a while ago and factory reset and it says there is no binary, this is a problem... or something like that. I want rot flags stock to unroot, I'm only 15 so can you explain in idiot terms of exactly how to do it with every detail and do I need to root again because iv factory reset. It says iv uplated so I have to update the binary??? Help pleaseeee

MarkDyer1 said:
Hi, I'm rooted with note 3 n9005 Iv still got stock but flashed supersu a while ago and factory reset and it says there is no binary, this is a problem... or something like that. I want rot flags stock to unroot, I'm only 15 so can you explain in idiot terms of exactly how to do it with every detail and do I need to root again because iv factory reset. It says iv uplated so I have to update the binary??? Help pleaseeee
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Relax. Yes, ofc you have to update the binaries like in the pic attached.

Joku1981 said:
Relax. Yes, ofc you have to update the binaries like in the pic attached.
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It's says this
See attached

You can not flash supersu. Try again the process

MarkDyer1 said:
It's says this
See attached
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You will have to flash SUPERSU via custom recovery or try other method for root your device.

Joku1981 said:
You will have to flash SUPERSU via custom recovery or try other method for root your device.
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What's custom recovery and can you tell me easiest and quickeat way to root, all I want to do is flash stock to unroot my phone

Mark, just download the latest software for your device (www.sammobile.com) and flash it through Odin. Once you have done that the device will be unrooted and completely stock.

MarkDyer1 said:
What's custom recovery and can you tell me easiest and quickeat way to root, all I want to do is flash stock to unroot my phone
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Sorry I was reading you bad. Do what @Nirak is telling you :good:

Nirak said:
Mark, just download the latest software for your device (www.sammobile.com) and flash it through Odin. Once you have done that the device will be unrooted and completely stock.
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Look at the pic I attached further up, my supersu is dodgy, so can I flash anything whilst it's like that?

You are going to flash a ROM via Odin, on your PC, what does dodgy SuperSU have anything do with that mate?

Mike, like devilsdouble said, you can flash via PC Odin as long as you are able to put the device into download mode, no matter what dodgy thingies are on it, since it will do a complete wipe. It will be stock, fresh and clean afterwards.
good luck

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You are going to flash a ROM via Odin, on your PC, what does dodgy SuperSU have anything do with that mate?
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I dont know? That's my point, I really don't know why it's like that and what problems it has?

Nirak said:
Mike, like devilsdouble said, you can flash via PC Odin as long as you are able to put the device into download mode, no matter what dodgy thingies are on it, since it will do a complete wipe. It will be stock, fresh and clean afterwards.
good luck
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Good luck sounds like this isn't going to go too well... so basically plug phone into kies and back up, factory reset phone, download mode, go in odin, place stock in AP bit and go

MarkDyer1 said:
Good luck sounds like this isn't going to go too well... so basically plug phone into kies and back up, factory reset phone, download mode, go in odin, place stock in AP bit and go
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Yes, precisely.

oooo...lol....that's not what i meant with 'good luck', it was meant honestly, considering you were a bit stressed before, just wanted to assure you all was going to be fine.

devilsdouble said:
Yes, precisely.
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My phone case is screwed around my phone, it's a big metal one and can't find the Alan key to take it off so will I most likely need to take the battery out?

Nirak said:
oooo...lol....that's not what i meant with 'good luck', it was meant honestly, considering you were a bit stressed before, just wanted to assure you all was going to be fine.
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Too bloody right, I'm stressed out my nut, I rooted it like a few weeks after I got my phone in like September, not knowing much (very stupid) and not knowing it voids warranty :/ my mam doesn't know, how can I tell her iv buggered my 600 pound phne, but it's not broke, I just keep thinking iv already broke it for some reason

You don't have to take the battery out. Just shut down the device completely, wait a few seconds, put it in download mode (volume down/menu/power buttons together), make sure Kies is not running (kill Kies back ground processes in task manager if neccessary) and fire up PC Odin, plug in your device, once connected direct to your stock rom in 'AP' and let it do it's thing.
After the 'OK' in Odin, your device will restart automatically, unplug it and run the set up.
NB....all your settings and personal stuff on internal memory will be wiped, so do back up before you start.
You did not break your phone, you just triggered an security flag that can tell you flashed custom software (root). On base of that samsung could deny warranty, but read around, there are lotsa cases samsung granted warranty with knox flag 0x1.

Cool, thanks, but sometimes you have to take the battery out on first boot up if in boot loop? And also I heard that you can sometimes lose you data from the data plan because the sim can't tell the rom where to get the data, or is that if it's pure stock rom rather than in my case an EE stock rom note 3

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You don't have to take the battery out. Just shut down the device completely, wait a few seconds, put it in download mode (volume down/menu/power buttons together), make sure Kies is not running (kill Kies back ground processes in task manager if neccessary) and fire up PC Odin, plug in your device, once connected direct to your stock rom in 'AP' and let it do it's thing.
After the 'OK' in Odin, your device will restart automatically, unplug it and run the set up.
NB....all your settings and personal stuff on internal memory will be wiped, so do back up before you start.
You did not break your phone, you just triggered an security flag that can tell you flashed custom software (root). On base of that samsung could deny warranty, but read around, there are lotsa cases samsung granted warranty with knox flag 0x1.
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Meant to quote you in one above ^ also on sammobile when I look up smn9005 it says mine is galaxy note 3 lte and I'm sure it's not...

kind of bricked my phone! need help!!

So i wanted to root my phone, following a tutorial on androidsoul(i cant post link yet i just googled edge plus root)
after like 20 tries to flash with odin it finally passes(dunno why. nothing changed the last 5 tries... and odin tooks about 1h for the flash..)
finally their i decided to add some lines in the build.prop to tweak the ram management -.-
so heres where the **** begins. The device bootlooped, so i downloaded the firmware for my device nummer with the vodafone branding and tried to flash it.
it fails and the phone gets some kind of bricket i get a message i need to emergency firmware recovery with some kind of samsung crap software, which doesnt support my device(neither kies 3).
good thing i can still enter the download mode but when i try to flash, odin stucks at setupconnection or iniialazion or get pit mapping or sboot.bin or cm.bin in this momen at boot.img .. just somewhere everytime.
I already deleted kies and tried all my ports.
any ideas??
ty alot!

Look for a 3 Part Firmware with a PIT File.
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put phone in download mode, connect to Kies even though says not compatible and goto Emergency Firmware upgrade in the menu it will flash anyway even though not compatible

didnt found anyone only for the normal edge. mby its to early...
Shockwave71 said:
Look for a 3 Part Firmware with a PIT File.
Sent from my SM-G928F using XDA Free mobile app
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didnt found anyone only for the normal edge. mby its to early...

bunglebp said:
put phone in download mode, connect to Kies even though says not compatible and goto Emergency Firmware upgrade in the menu it will flash anyway even though not compatible
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but i have to choose a device then and because the device is not supported its not listed...

bunglebp said:
goto Emergency Firmware upgrade in the menu it will flash anyway even though not compatible
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That should work though failing that you may have to get it to a dealer to look into.
if not insurance,,,, 3 seconds in a microwave,,,, claim,,,, done
Disclaimer: I do not condone putting phones in microwaves unless its totally awesome

when i try to just flash a new firmware with keis or smart swtich the installation just stays at 0% forever...
i have no ideas anymore what to do..

figlero said:
when i try to just flash a new firmware with keis or smart swtich the installation just stays at 0% forever...
i have no ideas anymore what to do..
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How old is it? - repair/replacement is looking likely
Have you tried KEIS on another machine?
has the machine been rebooted yet? (old trick)

ha3kser said:
How old is it? - repair/replacement is looking likely
Have you tried KEIS on another machine?
has the machine been rebooted yet? (old trick)
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the phone is 1 week old and got no guarantee cuz i triggered know when i rooted-.-
yes i tried kies on my laptop too...
of course... ^^

figlero said:
the phone is 1 week old and got no guarantee cuz i triggered know when i rooted-.-
yes i tried kies on my laptop too...
of course... ^^
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I would be tempted to take it back to where you got it and ask them to replace it... its up to you if you say it was because you were trying to root it or not...
If it t'were me I would blame an Update or App Corruption - though I am a gifted linguist (read: Bull****ter) and can normally get things sorted, your average shop employee wont know enough about rooting (hopefully) or KNOX (hopefully) so they will just replace it.
But thats not a Guarantee (as with all changes you make its your device and your responsibility if it goes wrong, warranty void etc etc etc)
I'm hopeful you are able to get this sorted and keep us posted if its replaced etc