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Samsung Galaxy SM-G928X stuck on startup screen!

I have been trawling the internet for literally hours.
This is my final hope before I get really desperate with this device.
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Edge+ online as a demo unit so I could use it as a glorified tablet,
since it was a demo unit it had demo software which I tried to remove using the 5444 password
trick on the retail software to no avail. So I decided to root the phone using Odin and the
SM-G928 F/I/C/K/S software as i couldn't find the particular software for this phone anywhere.
This worked but every time I booted the phone it would give me the 'KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING'
on the top left of the device which I promptly ignored and continued to use the device, I downloaded
root check which said my device was rooted and then I downloaded system app uninstaller to try remove all the trial
software, which unfortunately didn't work. I then attempted a hard reset, which also didn't work and just
rebooted the device, finally i decided to download Flashify and TWRP recovery to try and delete the trial software
from there. At this point I was just messing around with the phone when I noticed a thread that said i needed
titanium backup to fully delete the software, so i rebooted the phone and it has been stuck on the bootup screen
ever since, I have tried several methods to get it to work including re-flashing the software onto it,
(the SM-G928F one I mean) but i simply cannot find the correct one for my device.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :good::good::good::good:
The device is running 5.1.1
I am not sure of the kernel or anything like that as I am quite noobish.

re: phone issues
MeMyPhoneAndI said:
I have been trawling the internet for literally hours.
This is my final hope before I get really desperate with this device.
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Edge+ online as a demo unit so I could use it as a glorified tablet,
since it was a demo unit it had demo software which I tried to remove using the 5444 password
trick on the retail software to no avail. So I decided to root the phone using Odin and the
SM-G928 F/I/C/K/S software as i couldn't find the particular software for this phone anywhere.
This worked but every time I booted the phone it would give me the 'KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING'
on the top left of the device which I promptly ignored and continued to use the device, I downloaded
root check which said my device was rooted and then I downloaded system app uninstaller to try remove all the trial
software, which unfortunately didn't work. I then attempted a hard reset, which also didn't work and just
rebooted the device, finally i decided to download Flashify and TWRP recovery to try and delete the trial software
from there. At this point I was just messing around with the phone when I noticed a thread that said i needed
titanium backup to fully delete the software, so i rebooted the phone and it has been stuck on the bootup screen
ever since, I have tried several methods to get it to work including re-flashing the software onto it,
(the SM-G928F one I mean) but i simply cannot find the correct one for my device.
Any help would be greatly appreciated :good::good::good::good:
The device is running 5.1.1
I am not sure of the kernel or anything like that as I am quite noobish.
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First thing to do is to get into STOCK recovery and do a "Factory Data Reset"
or you can boot the phone up and go into "Settings>Backup and Reset" and
select "Factory data reset".
After doing that odin flash the proper S6 Edge+ Lollipop 5.1.1 or the new Marshmallow 6.0 firmware.
You can see the exact model of your G928 phone by going into settings and scroll down to "about"
there you will find the specific model of your phone.
Be sure to ONLY odin flash the correct firmware for your phone's model.
Once you do all the above you will no longer see:
'KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING'
The only reason you see that is because the phone is rooted.
After odin flashing the proper firmware your phone will no longer be rooted
unless you root the phone again.
Good luck,
Have a great day!

Misterjunky said:
First thing to do is to get into STOCK recovery and do a "Factory Data Reset"
or you can boot the phone up and go into "Settings>Backup and Reset" and
select "Factory data reset".
After doing that odin flash the proper S6 Edge+ Lollipop 5.1.1 or the new Marshmallow 6.0 firmware.
You can see the exact model of your G928 phone by going into settings and scroll down to "about"
there you will find the specific model of your phone.
Be sure to ONLY odin flash the correct firmware for your phone's model.
Once you do all the above you will no longer see:
'KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING'
The only reason you see that is because the phone is rooted.
After odin flashing the proper firmware your phone will no longer be rooted
unless you root the phone again.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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I can't boot the phone up, if I could I would, I can't find the software for this particular model, which is aforementioned SM-G928X,
If you could help me with that, I would appreciate it. The phone is stuck on the Saumsung boot up, it doesn't actually boot up into
the lock screen so I can't do anything with it, if you could help me with link to the SM-G928X firmware that I could use in ODIN
that would be greatly appreciated cause the phone is a paper weight at this point.
I had a moment of madness and decided to do what you said anyway, and I can't factory reset the phone from the recovery menu as it says
its due to security policies or something of that nature, which again I mentioned in the initial thread.
Also to clarify, I can't flash my own firmware because I can't find the firmware anywhere on the internet.

re: firmwares
MeMyPhoneAndI said:
I can't boot the phone up, if I could I would, I can't find the software for this particular model, which is aforementioned SM-G928X,
If you could help me with that, I would appreciate it. The phone is stuck on the Saumsung boot up, it doesn't actually boot up into
the lock screen so I can't do anything with it, if you could help me with link to the SM-G928X firmware that I could use in ODIN
that would be greatly appreciated cause the phone is a paper weight at this point.
I had a moment of madness and decided to do what you said anyway, and I can't factory reset the phone from the recovery menu as it says
its due to security policies or something of that nature, which again I mentioned in the initial thread.
Also to clarify, I can't flash my own firmware because I can't find the firmware anywhere on the internet.
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I have done a bit of research on your G928X device and I think you are in luck.
Check out this link carefully http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=8759&c=samsung_sm-g928x_galaxy_s6_edgeplus_lte-a_samsung_zen
and you will see that the firmware in your phone is identical to many other G928 firmwares as you will see in that link.
Odin flashing any of the ZEN firmwares in that link cannot brick your phone, the worse thing that can happen is that it will not
work. (just like it's not working for you right now).
I would go a head and odin flash the S6 Edge+ G928T firmware which is also the ZEN baseband firmware, there are many S6 Edge+ phones
using the exact same firmware. All Samsung S6 Edge+ firmwares contain the modem but not all of them will be compatible with your
carrier but at least you will be able to boot your phone normally without getting stuck on boot screen or bootlooping to start with.
You can get the G928T firmware from http://sammobile.com OR
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636004597 (fast download)
Good luck,
Have a great day!

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM-N910W8 (Canadian) Hard-Bricked; Any Solutions?

I have a hard-bricked Samsung galaxy note 4.
After I rooted my note 4, it started to display problems. It would randomly crash processes, reset, and freeze. One day, it turned off by itself despite the battery being at around 40%. I tried to turn it on but it wouldn't respond.
I replaced the battery thinking it was a battery problem. It didn't fix the problem. I also replaced the power button inside my phone. That didn't fix it, either.
My phone cannot enter download mode. It also doesn't respond when i plug it into an outlet.
When i connect the phone to my computer, my phone is recognized as this device:
Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM5) [Ports(COM&LPT)]
Manufacturer: Unavailable
Model: QHSUSB__BULK
Model Number: Unavailable
Categories: Unknown
Description: Unavailable
Does anyone have a solution/fix for de-bricking a hard bricked note 4 SM-N910W8 with these problems? I've searched everywhere w/ no success. Thanks.
Edit - GREAT NEWS, fellow N910W8 users! A user posted the N910W8 debrick image, today! I haven't used it to debrick my phone, yet (My phone is disassembled and i may need a new battery) but there's no harm in trying it.
Link to the user's post (User name - Valentinez on page 20)
Link to the n910w8 debrick.img

Please explain what exactly did you do before starting to have those issues. What did you use for rooting?
Sent from my SM-N910F using XDA-Developers mobile app

Ok. I'll explain step-by-step. Since i'm a new user, i can't post outside links in my messages. I'll try to explain how i did it w/o links. I'll PM you the links i used to give you a clearer message on how i did it. Hopefully, i can PM links.
1. My phone was initially running 5.1.1 lollipop (n910w8vlu1coi4) before I decided to root it. It didn't display any of the problems that it had after rooting it.
Unfortunately, i used a guide that doesn't seem to exist, anymore.
I downloaded these files
- CF-Auto-Root-tritecan-tritecan-smn910w8.tar
- SuperSU - v2.65-20151226141550
- Odin3 - v3.10.6
- twrp-3.0.2-0-tritecan.img.tar
I did all of the pre-req things i was supposed to do before rooting (turned on developer mode & turned on USB Debugging). I put the CF-Auto-Root file in the AP field of Odin & pressed start. It passed. Afterwards, i put my phone in DL mode again and installed TWRP via the AP section of Odin. It passed as well.
My phone didn't root initially from doing both of those things. I had to go into TWRP and root the phone from there.
2. After doing all of that, my phone started to crash processes. Contacts crashed first from what I can remember. Others crashed over and over again. I thought it was due to having a bunch of apps on my phone prior to rooting it that didn't react well to the custom firmware/root. I decided to factory reset the phone via the OS' settings. When it turned back on, it continued to crash processes.
3. I decided to install CM 12.1 to see if that'd make a difference. I installed it via TWRP.
When i first booted CM12.1 up, i found that processes didn't crash on it, anymore. Also, it was faster than it was before. Unfortunately, it started to display other problems. It would freeze, reset, and turn off on its own. I reverted back to what i had before when that happened.
4. I decided that the CF-Root Tar image i installed to Odin to root my phone was screwing it up. I decided to un-root my phone by going back to stock firmware. I used samfirm (Samsung Firmware Downloader) to download the latest stock firmware for my phone.
Android 6.0.1 was the only stock firmware i could download. This was the name of the file:
SM-N910W8_1_20160507131653_k12ydzqths.zip
I flashed it to my device via odin by putting it in the AP section of the program. It passed.
5. When i booted up my phone after that, it seemed fine. It had a battery drain problem but that was a widely reported problem w/ android 6.0.1. My phone also wasn't rooted, anymore.
Unfortunately, the problems my phone had before came back. It would freeze and reset here and there. The processes didn't crash like they did after i initially rooted the device, though.
6. About a week later, my phone turned off by itself & wouldn't turn on anymore. I hooked up the phone to my computer and it wouldn't recognize it as a note 4. It recognized my phone as "QHSUSB_BULK".

feez_22 said:
Ok. I'll explain step-by-step. Since i'm a new user, i can't post outside links in my messages. I'll try to explain how i did it w/o links. I'll PM you the links i used to give you a clearer message on how i did it. Hopefully, i can PM links.
1. My phone was initially running 5.1.1 lollipop (n910w8vlu1coi4) before I decided to root it. It didn't display any of the problems that it had after rooting it.
Unfortunately, i used a guide that doesn't seem to exist, anymore.
I downloaded these files
- CF-Auto-Root-tritecan-tritecan-smn910w8.tar
- SuperSU - v2.65-20151226141550
- Odin3 - v3.10.6
- twrp-3.0.2-0-tritecan.img.tar
I did all of the pre-req things i was supposed to do before rooting (turned on developer mode & turned on USB Debugging). I put the CF-Auto-Root file in the AP field of Odin & pressed start. It passed. Afterwards, i put my phone in DL mode again and installed TWRP via the AP section of Odin. It passed as well.
My phone didn't root initially from doing both of those things. I had to go into TWRP and root the phone from there.
2. After doing all of that, my phone started to crash processes. Contacts crashed first from what I can remember. Others crashed over and over again. I thought it was due to having a bunch of apps on my phone prior to rooting it that didn't react well to the custom firmware/root. I decided to factory reset the phone via the OS' settings. When it turned back on, it continued to crash processes.
3. I decided to install CM 12.1 to see if that'd make a difference. I installed it via TWRP.
When i first booted CM12.1 up, i found that processes didn't crash on it, anymore. Also, it was faster than it was before. Unfortunately, it started to display other problems. It would freeze, reset, and turn off on its own. I reverted back to what i had before when that happened.
4. I decided that the CF-Root Tar image i installed to Odin to root my phone was screwing it up. I decided to un-root my phone by going back to stock firmware. I used samfirm (Samsung Firmware Downloader) to download the latest stock firmware for my phone.
Android 6.0.1 was the only stock firmware i could download. This was the name of the file:
SM-N910W8_1_20160507131653_k12ydzqths.zip
I flashed it to my device via odin by putting it in the AP section of the program. It passed.
5. When i booted up my phone after that, it seemed fine. It had a battery drain problem but that was a widely reported problem w/ android 6.0.1. My phone also wasn't rooted, anymore.
Unfortunately, the problems my phone had before came back. It would freeze and reset here and there. The processes didn't crash like they did after i initially rooted the device, though.
6. About a week later, my phone turned off by itself & wouldn't turn on anymore. I hooked up the phone to my computer and it wouldn't recognize it as a note 4. It recognized my phone as "QHSUSB_BULK".
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Were able to fix?
I have a Rogers n10w8 that FUBAR'd too
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CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I CANNOT FIND ANY WHERE!
Can someone please upload a debrick.img for this phone and post a link?
Please...
Thanks!

Is there a fix yet?

my note 4 phone is restarting and freezing
my note 4 phone is restarting and freezing every 10mins and i'm on the verge of smashing the thing off a brick wall.
if anyone thinks they can help, please get back to me asap.

kojam said:
Were able to fix?
I have a Rogers n10w8 that FUBAR'd too
---------- Post added at 10:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:19 AM ----------
CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I CANNOT FIND ANY WHERE!
Can someone please upload a debrick.img for this phone and post a link?
Please...
Thanks!
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Not yet.

pukarmhz said:
my note 4 phone is restarting and freezing every 10mins and i'm on the verge of smashing the thing off a brick wall.
if anyone thinks they can help, please get back to me asap.
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You should restore it w/ odin. Type in "Galaxy Note 4 restore odin xda" on google and you'll find a few good threads.

Droidskii said:
Is there a fix yet?
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Nope. Not yet. I've been searching and searching for months and haven't found anything.

Same here. I've been searching everywhere for a 910W8 debrick image everywhere but no luck. If anyone has one, please post.

thepez said:
Same here. I've been searching everywhere for a 910W8 debrick image everywhere but no luck. If anyone has one, please post.
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Check the original post of this thread. I updated it with the n910w8 debrick.img.

kojam said:
Were able to fix?
I have a Rogers n10w8 that FUBAR'd too
---------- Post added at 10:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:19 AM ----------
CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I CANNOT FIND ANY WHERE!
Can someone please upload a debrick.img for this phone and post a link?
Please...
Thanks!
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Check the thread's initial comment. I updated it with the N910w8 debrick.img and where it was found. They have steps on how to fix your phone.

Unable to flash stock firmware

Hello, my SM-G935A is rooted, and I have 2 issues with it. Firstly, I'm unable to receive texts or phone calls (I can send them), and I've tried a factory reset and I even got a new SIM, but nothing worked. I think if I flash stock firmware, it might fix the issue. Second problem, when I go into download mode and select my AP in Odin and press start, my phone gets an error and Odin freezes at Initialization.
Any help would be appreciated. I would prefer to fix the texting issue, as I don't want to return the phone to ATT. In either case, the Odin issue needs to be fixed

I'm having a similar issue. This afternoon, 2 apps threw errors and closed. I rebooted, which apparently was the wrong thing to do. The reboot stalled on the AT&T logo and stayed that way for 5 min - the unit became very hot & the power button did not respond, even while holding it down. I got into recovery, cleared the cache and factory reset, then rebooted. The unit came back up and started reinstalling everything. I took it back down into the download status and attempted to reload 935x via Odin, only to stall at "initialzation" [sic] as you did. I got out of that after waiting for some sort of response. SuperSU was still in my apps as was Root Checker. Root Checker indicates the system is rooted. SuperSU indicates it needs the binary updated. BusyBox and TiBu indicate they cannot find root. I deleted all the root apps and tried reinstalling root via adb which completed successfully, but the same outcome with all the root apps. So I'm not sure if I'm still really rooted as Root Checker claims, or not.
EDIT: I just saw that I have 2 "Knox Settings" apps. Clicking on either returns, "Unfortunately, Container Agent2 has stopped."

use the odin from the stock firmware thread to flash it again. if it fails you can flash the u firmware and then the stock again. then you have to use a different odin if you want to flash the root api file the one you flash the firmware with wont work. also there is help in one of the threads about fixing the volte problem so you dont have to turn it off to get calls. i didnt have to do it as using the odin i mentioned fixed it for me when i came from the u firmware.

NovaEDM™ said:
Hello, my SM-G935A is rooted, and I have 2 issues with it. Firstly, I'm unable to receive texts or phone calls (I can send them), and I've tried a factory reset and I even got a new SIM, but nothing worked. I think if I flash stock firmware, it might fix the issue. Second problem, when I go into download mode and select my AP in Odin and press start, my phone gets an error and Odin freezes at Initialization.
Any help would be appreciated. I would prefer to fix the texting issue, as I don't want to return the phone to ATT. In either case, the Odin issue needs to be fixed
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I was having the exact same problem you had with Odin. It seemed I was able to flash stock firmware using this version of Odin: http://www.mediafire.com/download/2t2sjqxtogbkafk/odin_3.12.3.rar

rob219 said:
use the odin from the stock firmware thread to flash it again. if it fails you can flash the u firmware and then the stock again. then you have to use a different odin if you want to flash the root api file the one you flash the firmware with wont work. also there is help in one of the threads about fixing the volte problem so you dont have to turn it off to get calls. i didnt have to do it as using the odin i mentioned fixed it for me when i came from the u firmware.
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did you have any problems with the u version of the s7 edge firmware, like the fingerprint scanner not responding? i am on that version and cant get any odin version or any version of s7 edge g935a firmware to flash, tried unrooting and was forced to use the U version of the s7 edge firmware, everything works except the fingerprint scanner, cant get back to full stock firmware, need help!

im having the exact same problem, when i put my phone into download mode and flash the stock at&t firmware, Odin get stuck in "initialization" and my phone screen displays and error message.

Same stuff was happening to me, I went back to stock and took the update. When your phone stops working as an actual phone, it's time to roll it back.
I played with it for a week and my phone was so freaking hot (with hot weather) equals a wait and see if this gets more stable in the near future. I did use the Odin 3.12.3 mentioned by King James III. Honestly, I did so many things to get it back to stock I forget what actually worked (it was the wee hours of the morning and I was spent). Don't give up guys, it will and can work.
edit: It may be as simple as not right clicking Odin and running it as Administrator.

nicetucu said:
Same stuff was happening to me, I went back to stock and took the update. When your phone stops working as an actual phone, it's time to roll it back.
I played with it for a week and my phone was so freaking hot (with hot weather) equals a wait and see if this gets more stable in the near future. I did use the Odin 3.12.3 mentioned by King James III. Honestly, I did so many things to get it back to stock I forget what actually worked (it was the wee hours of the morning and I was spent). Don't give up guys, it will and can work.
edit: It may be as simple as not right clicking Odin and running it as Administrator.
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I used Odin_v3.12.3_Patched_SHA256 to flash the 935U Firmware then used Odin3_v3.11.2 to flash the June Firmware release.

Stuck on boot screen after Stock Rom Flash

Hi, im selling my S5 so wanted to unroot it and put the stock Rom back on it.
So using Odin 3.12 I have put the phone into download mode, added the .tar file to the AP part of Odin and hit start. I get a pass and the phone reboots, then states it is sorting out the App's, then it reboots again and just sits on the Samsung screen.
Can anyone help me? I've obviously gone wrong some where.

Opened Odin as Admin, think that may have been the issue as all working fine now, or 3rd time a treat, whop knows!!

Did I make jewellery out of my s7 edge? :S

I have the S7 Edge SM-G935F, which is the exynos version I believe.
It starting with unrooting, which boot looped my device. I have tried samsung kies firmware recovery but the download always stopped at a certain percentage saying an error was found in the dowloaded file. I tried to fix it by flashing what I believed was the stock bootloader with odin but that made my problem worse.
It turns on and shows a red coloured screen, and the voice assistant kicks in to babble but seems to not respond to touch at all. I think I can go into download mode, because I've seen a shop assistant get into it when I took it to see if they can fix it. Unfortunately It would cost 230 euros, which I cannot afford. And in case you are wondering, no I didn't buy the phone. I got it as a birthday gift, as I never owned a smartphone before that.
I loved trying out apps and tweaking the phone with root, but unfortunately I wasn't careful enough.
Is there any hope for me? Thanks in advance if anyone could help me out.
EDIT: Thank you to both replies! I did as you said and I downloaded the correct firmware. It seems the one I flashed before was actually incompatible. Everything works now thought, I lost all data but better than having no phone.

LuckIsWithMe said:
I have the S7 Edge SM-G935F, which is the exynos version I believe.
It starting with unrooting, which boot looped my device. I have tried samsung kies firmware recovery but the download always stopped at a certain percentage saying an error was found in the dowloaded file. I tried to fix it by flashing what I believed was the stock bootloader with odin but that made my problem worse.
It turns on and shows a red coloured screen, and the voice assistant kicks in to babble but seems to not respond to touch at all. I think I can go into download mode, because I've seen a shop assistant get into it when I took it to see if they can fix it. Unfortunately It would cost 230 euros, which I cannot afford. And in case you are wondering, no I didn't buy the phone. I got it as a birthday gift, as I never owned a smartphone before that.
I loved trying out apps and tweaking the phone with root, but unfortunately I wasn't careful enough.
Is there any hope for me? Thanks in advance if anyone could help me out.
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Go to sammobile.com, create an account & download the latest firmware for SM-G935F. Install Samsung Drivers on pc. Boot device into download mode. Extract the downloaded firmware and use odin to flash it.

In case you don't know there are 2 S7 phones, S7(930F) and S7 Edge(935F) and their firmware files are not exactly interchangeable.
I think you might flash s7 firmware on your s7e since red screen is the same symptoms when you flash S7flat kernel on S7 Edge. The fix is easy, just reflash again with the correct file.
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