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[Q] I totally boned myself

Like a moron I dove into flashing my phone with towelroot and safestrap, Bricked my phone lost everything. I was able to reflash back to a stock att firmware but nothing is working. Wifi wont turn on, I can't make calls or text anyone or connect ot the internet..... Can anyone please help me?

For starters you are in the wrong section. This is not for your s4 (we don't use safestrap).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att
If you want help, then you need to give more details. You could start with giving the exact version you flashed and the version you were on.

Stock Firmware for Galaxy Core Prime (SM-G360T1) [REQ]

Hey all,
I'm in a bit of a sticky wicket with my Core Prime. I've just straight up been toying around and seeing how it works. Of course, by toying around, I tripped Knox (not complaining about it - just wanted to see what I can do), and after that, I get an FRP error (for some reason, this phone thinks it's some counterfeit thing).
Anyway, I do a reset, things are fine, except they aren't. Three vibrations, stuck on the MetroPCS logo, MOBO/battery/SD card ain't fried - just, something's wrong with the firmware. So, I was wondering if anyone has the 5.1.1 stock firmware sitting on their computer that they can upload and send over to me. I tried Sammobile, but they seem to be having some server issues and is taking me to invalid response errors and bad domain errors.
Thanks in advance,
Doobs

astrodoobs said:
I Can help you if you have MetroPCS
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You need to use Odin....
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Messed up need help

Hi everyone im kinda new on this smartphone world , but i have a few knowledge on software so i decided to try to root myself my new ( to me) galaxy s4 sgh-i331
i managed to do it , but wifi icon had trouble and coudnt turn it on after rooting , so i tried to look for the stock version rom for that model and i tried to install it via odin .
i falided and now when i whant to start the phone it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recover mode in Kies & try again.
so i did as i was told to , i connected the phone to my laptop and open Kies but it never ends trying to connect the phone
im desperate i havn´t been able to use my phone in 2 days and it's starting to become an issue
i hope i described my problem the right way
PLEASE HELP!

ponchogonzalez90 said:
Hi everyone im kinda new on this smartphone world , but i have a few knowledge on software so i decided to try to root myself my new ( to me) galaxy s4 sgh-i331
i managed to do it , but wifi icon had trouble and coudnt turn it on after rooting , so i tried to look for the stock version rom for that model and i tried to install it via odin .
i falided and now when i whant to start the phone it says firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recover mode in Kies & try again.
so i did as i was told to , i connected the phone to my laptop and open Kies but it never ends trying to connect the phone
im desperate i havn´t been able to use my phone in 2 days and it's starting to become an issue
i hope i described my problem the right way
PLEASE HELP!
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Could you tell us more on your phone. The version of firmware before, which root method you use, which stock version of firmware you install via odin, etc...

This might help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/guide-odin-to-stock-updating-rooting-t2926642

Bricked AT&T GALAXY S6 EDGE PLUS

I was trying to root my at&t s6 edge+ using Odin. As soon as the process completed, my phone froze on Samsung screen. Then I tried wiping cache and data but nothing worked. I downloaded few stock ROM for Odin but flashing keeps on failing. I read in some thread that new Samsung devices do not support downgrading. I went and checked my current build number and found that to be G928AUCS4CPK1. However, the firmware I was trying to flash were older version.
Has anyone experienced similar issue before? The main problem here is I cannot find the exact build number anywhere. I spent a lot of time searching and finally decided to post here.
Your valuable suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

hey man, you flashed an older version of the firmware? even if it wasnt bricked, your phone is essentially useless now. the efs is gone, meaning you cant make phonecalls or connect to wifi at all. sorry; your phone is bricked. perm.

download mode dosen`t work ?if so the only thing you can try is to use samsung kies to restore your phone but don`t know if that works

I done something similar to my standard S6 Edge the only difference was i was able to start it up ok and i thought everything was ok until i realised i had no reception. I so happened to notice my imei number was gone. I had no back ups of the partition that saved this info so i totally bricked my phone.
I did however find a website that would be able to do a work around ( for a fee of course) for it however it does question your morals as its essentially illegal in alot of countries. I dont want to post anything on here so if you want any info send me a PM.

Exact same thing happened to me... went to AT&T repair center but they didn't have the 'K1' firmware..
anyhow managed to find the latest firmware (gsm-firmware.com)... cost me $4, but the phone is up and running... I only flashed the AP file.. also used Odin 3.12.5..

S4 half-dead

Hello everyone,
I have a friend who uses a S4. He was on marshmallow 6.0.1 twrp3.0.2.0. Suddenly the phone turns off, and wont boot anymore to android.
We tried to wipe data+cache+system+dalvik, and install MM 6.0.1 again and install stock 4.4.4 and 5.0.1. All led to fail.
Is it a pit file case or a broken bootloader ? Or it might be some sort of hardware issue ? Thank you.

Could be hardware.

What is the Odin error message when trying to flash stock roms?

It might be a hardware.
No error occurs in odin. It flashes and passes !!

But when i try to boot, the phone always gets stuck on SAMSUNG.

Yeah, you're not doing anything wrong, probably a hardware issue

Samofr said:
But when i try to boot, the phone always gets stuck on SAMSUNG.
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It's probably the GPU.
Recovery and download mode don't need the GPU to function, so that's why they work.
But android does need it, so that why it doesn't work.

I took the phone to a mobile shop today.. The guy told me that overheating caused this.
Very bad news

But this is so weird.. We all know that the s3 at previous versions of android OS used to boil on moderate~heavy usage and i'm still on my s3 since 2012, and it still didnt show any kind of hardware-related problems... But anw i think i should stick to a safe side and start backing up my important stuff online

Samofr said:
I took the phone to a mobile shop today.. The guy told me that overheating caused this.
Very bad news
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Sorry about your phone mate..