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[Q] Soft bricked i9505

hi there im new to these forums and have serched everwhere for a solutuion but i cant find one anywhere. I recently tried to put a custom rom on, but now when i try to turn my phone on it says: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery ode in kies & try again. Kies wont reconise my device as it wont fully turn on and when i try flash the stock firmware to my device using odin, on the download screen on my phone it doesnt download it from odin it has this on the screen under download mode:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0X0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0X1
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0X30
WRITE PROTECTION: ENABLED
eMMC BURST MODE enabled
Please help?!

- Download and install this drivers -> HERE
- Put ur phone in DOWNLOAD MODE (how u had it before)
- Install ODIN in ur pc -> How to
- Flash ur STOCK FIRMWARE (it comes with .zip file, u have to unzip it and use only the .tar file)
- Enjoy ur phone again

My phone locks up when going into stock recovery...

I have 2 samsung s4 sgh-i337 at&t phones and the both lock up when trying to enter stock recovery... i guess the custom recovery didn't load... i get this : odin mode(in red),product name : sgh-i337(in white), current binary : Samsung Official (in white), system status: custom (rooted, in white), knox kernal lock: 0x0 (in white), knox warranty: 0x0 (in white), csb-config-lsb: 0x30 (in white), secure download: enable (in blue), write protection: enable (in grey), emac burst mode : enabled (in grey) ..... there is a android pictured in the middle... it says:" downloding... do not turn off target!! Thats where it freezes up...
I can do the down vol, menu and power button to undo it... but i still have no way into recovery(odin)
Any help..?

If you have a locked bootloader, you can't load twrp, only safestrap.
It may not be frozen, the phone is in download mode and stays on that screen when flashing a file to the phone with Odin.

So....
audit13 said:
If you have a locked bootloader, you can't load twrp, only safestrap.
It may not be frozen, the phone is in download mode and stays on that screen when flashing a file to the phone with Odin.
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So,... I just put the phone on that screen and use Odin to start a new rom to install..? I'm not really sure how to use Odin...

It depends on which rom was on the phone before you flashed th custom recovery.
I would start here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/guide-odin-to-stock-updating-rooting-t2926642

[HELP][ODIN][KIES] Can my SPH-L720 be saved from my Noob mistake?

Got a FreedomPOP SPH-L720, but it had issues with power cycling on boot.
During this, I activated TWRP 2.7.1.0 and "fixed permissions" and "factory reset"
Then made the mistake of "Formatting" after which the phone would reach the splash screen and go no further.
Attempted to resolve with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2486134
Wound up with:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SPH-L720
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 8X8
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 8X1
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 8X30
SECURE DOWNLOAD: ENABLE
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMNC BURST MODE: enabled
With the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
However, all versions of Kies I tried were unable to connect.
Also, one of the message outputs upon entering TWRP was "SEANDROID RECOVERY NOT ENABLED"

You probably need to find the stock rom for your carrier and Odin that.

Using katodragon's OK3 ROM, and everything's fine now

Needing help - Stuck in Odin

Hi all,
Please bear with me, I'm in way over my head here and don't understand most of what I've done. I was experimenting when I probably shouldn't have been.
So, I installed DarkLord's Note 7 kernel and rom. I found it to be quite buggy and am now wanting to wipe my phone and install Phronesis-N9005-N7-v6.0.
Problem is, when trying to boot into TWRP, I'm met with the the following:
ODIN MODE
Product name: SM-N9005
Current binary: Custom
System status: Official
Reactivation lock(kk): Off
Knox Kernel lock: 0x0
Knox warranty void: 0x1
Qualcomm secureboot: Enable (csb)
Rp swrev: S2, T2, R2, A3, P3
Write protection: Enable
UDC start
Downloading...
Do not turn off target
I've had it on for hours and it didn't do anything.
I managed to reboot it and it ran as it did before, in Darklords rom.
I read I have to install the official firmware and install it via Odin but I can't find anything about my device. On the back of it, it says:
SM N9005
FCC ID - A3LSMN9005
SNN - N9005GSMH
When I enter it into sammobile, nothing comes up.
Have I got this wrong? Should I be looking for something else?

You are booting to download mode not recovery .
Boot to recovery TWRP
#N9005 model firmware are on sammobile etc.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/general/samsung-galaxy-note-3-sticky-roll-t3237249

Booting into recovery via TWRP manager just results in the same Odin screen for me
As for the firmware - I'm not really sure which region I should pick out of those. I just thought this was an international model, but then I downloaded an app called Phone INFO and it tells me it's Vietnam. Could this be because of the rom already on there? It does also say it's a Note 7, so I'm assuming it's incorrect.

TWRP manager
DO NOT USE just boot to recovery via the vol up home and power buttons as normal .
Copy Phronesis to ext sd card and flash as per instructions .
You have N9005 Pick your area /network where you are .
Phone Info can only go by what's on your phone and you flashed DarkLord's Note 7 firmware .

Booting via manager was a last resort. I was trying the usual way and it also resulting in the same thing.

Boot to download/ Odin mode flash stock rom .

Thanks JJEgan, I figured out how to use Odin3 and Odin mode, then install Phronesis. All is good now

re-animate a Galaxy GT-I9505

Hallo,
I got a Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505) from a friend of mine. He did'nt know, what happens. The phone became very hot, made vibration-Noise and was not able to start it anymor.
I also tried to start the phone, but it got a boot-Loop.
So I thought to reflash the phone.
I am able to start the Download-Menü (Vol - + Power + HOME). The Recovery-Menü did not start finally. It hang.
So first I wanted to put an original Samsung-ROM to the Phone. But where can I get the right one?
On the sticker in under the accu is written:
Model: GT-I9505SSN: -I9505GSMH
When I start the Download-Modus and connect it with ODIN, I can read the following:
ODIN MODE
Product Name: GT-I9505
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0KNOX WARRANTY LOCK: 0x0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
eMMC BURST MODE enable
I searched this forum and the net, but I did'nt get a Firmware-Image, the I was able to flash finally with ODIN to the phone.
I start ODIN with ADMIN-Rights and the KIES-App is deletet from the processes. The Samsung-USB-drivers are installed and the phone was found in ODIN.
Could anybody of You give me a way-sign where I have to read the solution of the problem? Or could anybody of you explain the process of flashing?
THanks a lot for your help.
with best regards

speedy8 said:
I searched this forum and the net, but I did'nt get a Firmware-Image, the I was able to flash finally with ODIN to the phone.
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Sammobile.com for the firmware. Unzip the firmware, select "AP" in Odin, and point to the extracted tar.gz image. Odin should then flash the image.