Hello , so i have GT-I9500 galaxy s4 phone, I did root this phone before and flashed it once with odin without having any problems , now i have an ECHOE rom with official android 4.4.2 installed , so the android lollipop came out and i wanted to flash my phone again with odin i installed all the required drivers thousand times so it's not a driver problem , when i got my phone into download mode odin \ kies wouldn't even recognize it , my pc won't even beeb or anything would pop up, my phone works great while it's on and odin recognize it (i can do the trans fare thing and open my phone's files on my pc) and when i go to device manager it shows me nothing about the phone no unknown devices either even though i unplug and plug my cable (while download mode ) the device manager won't refresh , I thought this problem is because the pc itself or the cable as your thinking right now BUT NO because i tried another galaxy s3 mini phone with the same cable and the same pc and guess what ? odin recognized it while on the download mode (it's stock though ) , i even tried it with different computers, cables , all usb ports and still doesn't work so the problem is in my phone and all of this happened after flashing my android and rooting it , i checked the hall internet for a fix someone on youtube said i should remove the battery , well i removed the battery while download mode , the pc catched it , installed some drivers and odin recognize it but when i try to flash the firmware (AP thing) it stops and says there is no partition , when re put my battery (while download mode) odin immediately say that the device is removed , even if the problem could be because the ROM i need odin to flash the stock firmware , my screen (while on the download mode) shows me that the current binary : custom , system status : custom , knock warranty void : 1 , AP SWREV : A3 ( Before and after the Unroot) So is there any way to fix my download mode (no data wiping preferred but no problem if i must wipe ) ? or even is there any way to flash my stock firmware without kies\ odin\ download mode ? (no data wipe preferred but it's ok ) so who's gonna help me please ? you would be my HERO :highfive:
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Hello , so i have GT-I9500 galaxy s4 phone, I did root this phone before and flashed it once with odin without having any problems , now i have an ECHOE rom with official android 4.4.2 installed , so the android lollipop came out and i wanted to flash my phone again with odin i installed all the required drivers thousand times so it's not a driver problem , when i got my phone into download mode odin \ kies wouldn't even recognize it , my pc won't even beeb or anything would pop up, my phone works great while it's on and odin recognize it (i can do the trans fare thing and open my phone's files on my pc) and when i go to device manager it shows me nothing about the phone no unknown devices either even though i unplug and plug my cable (while download mode ) the device manager won't refresh , I thought this problem is because the pc itself or the cable as your thinking right now BUT NO because i tried another galaxy s3 mini phone with the same cable and the same pc and guess what ? odin recognized it while on the download mode (it's stock though ) , i even tried it with different computers, cables , all usb ports and still doesn't work so the problem is in my phone and all of this happened after flashing my android and rooting it , i checked the hall internet for a fix someone on youtube said i should remove the battery , well i removed the battery while download mode , the pc catched it , installed some drivers and odin recognize it but when i try to flash the firmware (AP thing) it stops and says there is no partition , when re put my battery (while download mode) odin immediately say that the device is removed , even if the problem could be because the ROM i need odin to flash the stock firmware , my screen (while on the download mode) shows me that the current binary : custom , system status : custom , knock warranty void : 1 , AP SWREV : A3 ( Before and after the Unroot) So is there any way to fix my download mode (no data wiping preferred but no problem if i must wipe ) ? or even is there any way to flash my stock firmware without kies\ odin\ download mode ? (no data wipe preferred but it's ok ) so who's gonna help me please ? you would be my HERO :highfive:
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Hi mate
Odin troubleshooting: If Odin accidentally gives you "fail" try the following:
- Repeat procedure.
- Make sure that all actions of Kies are disabled from task manager.
- Change usb port.
- Try another usb cable (make sure it is the original).
- Try another Odin version.
- Uninstall and re-install driver.
- Use pit file.
- Try another computer.
check and read here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Thx max 404 for your reply but I tried everything you said as I said in my Thread
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hello friends,
i tried to update my Note 4 (N910c) but it is now boot looping and i couldn't fix it. i tried to get into recovery but it is not. only odin mode. i flashed stock, cwm and twrp recoveries too. but non of them are working. but for the firmware i don't know the region of the phone, i bought it from ebay and it came from dubai. i really need help guys. i have tried all i know and non of it helped.
thanks
nemo0002253 said:
hello friends,
i tried to update my Note 4 (N910c) but it is now boot looping and i couldn't fix it. i tried to get into recovery but it is not. only odin mode. i flashed stock, cwm and twrp recoveries too. but non of them are working. but for the firmware i don't know the region of the phone, i bought it from ebay and it came from dubai. i really need help guys. i have tried all i know and non of it helped.
thanks
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Download this all samsung recovery and flash via odin. Helped for me with bootloop.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3byn50jvboo7nv/All samsung recovery.tar?dl=0
Thank you @dewingerd for your reply.
I have tried the recovery and it is still stuck at the logo.
nemo0002253 said:
Thank you @dewingerd for your reply.
I have tried the recovery and it is still stuck at the logo.
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Install the latest verson of kies on you computer.
Then in kies under "Tools" choose "firmware upgrade and initialisation".
Then give you model number "SM-N910?", next give serial number of the phone (you can find that on the sticker behind the battery in your phone).
Then you get a message that the "device can be initialised to its original setting"
Press ok and ok again. Then put your phone in download mode and connect to the computer and press "start upgrade".
Not working @dewingerd
Kies doesnt detect my phone. Bt drivers are installed correctly. It only opens in downloading mode
nemo0002253 said:
Not working @dewingerd
Kies doesnt detect my phone. Bt drivers are installed correctly. It only opens in downloading mode
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Happened to me also 2 days ago.
Your mobile only can enter download mode ? but when u try to go to recovery or just power it , nothing happened , right ??
Well , you should do as @dewingerd said carefully do these steps :
Initially you need to upgrade kies to the latest version (mine is : 3.2.15072_2) or this will fail cuz it failed with me the first time.
1) take of your battery , and write down your Serial number .
2) open kies first.
3) open mobile in download mode then connect it . KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE MOBILE
4) Choose : Tools >> Firmware upgrade and initialisation
5) Kies will ask you about your mobile name , TYPE : SM-N910C , ALL CAPITAL LETTERS OR KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT
6) if you did not type the name correctly , you will get a message that kies does not know this name , so start again , type SM-N910C
7) then you will get another box asks for your serial number , enter it (Not case sensitive).
8) Kies then will inform you that it is going to prepare the phone and download the firmware for your device and that you have to connect it in download mode.
9) unplug your mobile , plug it again and click start.
10) Now the process is going to take a while depending on your internet connection (downloading about 2GB), do not unplug the phone and do not allow your laptop/PC to sleep.
11) cautions that I read before : you better not connect or disable any usb devices during the process.
12) suddenly , you will hear you mobile starting up again , congratulations
Q: What about my data , apps and stuff ?
A: All is gone except for those on your External card , sorry , nothing can be done for that (May be you should remove your SDcard first just in case).
Good Luck
APCOtech said:
Well , do as @dewingerd said
Initially you need to upgrade kies to the latest version (mine is : 3.2.15072_2) or this will fail cuz it failed with me the first time.
1) take of your battery , and write down your Serial number .
2) open kies first.
3) open mobile in download mode then connect it . KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE MOBILE
4) Choose : Tools >> Firmware upgrade and initialisation
5) Kies will ask you about your mobile name , TYPE : SM-N910C , ALL CAPITAL LETTERS OR KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT
6) if you did not type the name correctly , you will get a message that kies does not know this name , so start again , type SM-N910C
7) then you will get another box asks for your serial number , enter it (Not case sensitive).
8) Kies then will inform you that it is going to prepare the phone and download the firmware for your device and that you have to connect it in download mode.
9) unplug your mobile , plug it again and click start.
10) Now the process is going to take a while depending on your internet connection (downloading about 2GB), do not unplug the phone and do not allow your laptop/PC to sleep.
11) cautions that I read before : you better not connect or disable any usb devices during the process.
12) suddenly , you will hear you mobile starting up again , congratulations
Q: What about my data , apps and stuff ?
A: All is gone except for those on your External card , sorry , nothing can be done for that (May be you should remove your SDcard first just in case).
Good Luck
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I have done all you have stated here and still end up on the Samsung boot logo, i have flash a stock firmware from sammobile and my note 4 still ends up on the Samsung boot animation logo
please help i don't know what else to do
Ify2gen2 said:
I have done all you have stated here and still end up on the Samsung boot logo, i have flash a stock firmware from sammobile and my note 4 still ends up on the Samsung boot animation logo
please help i don't know what else to do
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Now , this is another case , as long as you can press power and the mobile starts up , showing the first logo , and next the animation , then this is no big problem .
just first tell me what is your note4 variant ? C F H ? can you root and install recovery ?
What happened to your mobile and resulted this ?
APCOtech said:
Now , this is another case , as long as you can press power and the mobile starts up , showing the first logo , and next the animation , then this is no big problem .
just first tell me what is your note4 variant ? C F H ? can you root and install recovery ?
What happened to your mobile and resulted this ?
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thank for your quick reply, my variant is n910c ans yes i can still install recovery. I upgraded from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1 poland using odin and everything works well. I flashed Googy N4 kernel using TWRP 2.8.1.1 and everything still works well. My problem began when I made a backup of my 5.1.1 stock rom and flash infinity rom which end up in bootloop. So I tried restoring my backup but whenever it got to DATA RESTORING it keeps failing and flashing back the 5.1.1 poland stock firmware through odin keeps ending up on the SAMSUNG boot animation screen.
Ify2gen2 said:
thank for your quick reply, my variant is n910c ans yes i can still install recovery. I upgraded from 5.0.1 to 5.1.1 poland using odin and everything works well. I flashed Googy N4 kernel using TWRP 2.8.1.1 and everything still works well. My problem began when I made a backup of my 5.1.1 stock rom and flash infinity rom which end up in bootloop. So I tried restoring my backup but whenever it got to DATA RESTORING it keeps failing and flashing back the 5.1.1 poland stock firmware through odin keeps ending up on the SAMSUNG boot animation screen.
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which version of googy kernel ?
Well whatever , TWRP 2.8.1.1 won't work with 5.1.1 bootloader , try TWRP 2.8.7.0
APCOtech said:
which version of googy kernel ?
Well whatever , TWRP 2.8.1.1 won't work with 5.1.1 bootloader , try TWRP 2.8.7.0
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GoogyMax N4 v2.0. I have tried TWRP 2.8.7.0 but still the same.
After flashing stock firmware using odin, on my stock recovery i found this error
"E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
dm-verity verification failed.......
need to check drk first......."
I have search through the internet but i can't get a clear picture of what it meant.
Does anyone has an idea of what it meant and how to resolve the error?
Ify2gen2 said:
GoogyMax N4 v2.0. I have tried TWRP 2.8.7.0 but still the same.
After flashing stock firmware using odin, on my stock recovery i found this error
"E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)
dm-verity verification failed.......
need to check drk first......."
I have search through the internet but i can't get a clear picture of what it meant.
Does anyone has an idea of what it meant and how to resolve the error?
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Hi again ,
Looks like a locked phone and was unlocked in a wrong way or something like that.
read this thread , looks like the same problem.
in short , you need the 4 files firmware to be flashed via oden and as stated in page 2 there , you flash them without pit file.
You can find the 4-files firmware here but this is not 5.1.1 firmware , give it a try , if failed too , search for 5.1.1 4-files firmware.
here is another site but I do not really know if they are 4-files or the single file .
Good luck.
APCOtech said:
Hi again ,
Looks like a locked phone and was unlocked in a wrong way or something like that.
read this thread , looks like the same problem.
in short , you need the 4 files firmware to be flashed via oden and as stated in page 2 there , you flash them without pit file.
You can find the 4-files firmware here but this is not 5.1.1 firmware , give it a try , if failed too , search for 5.1.1 4-files firmware.
here is another site but I do not really know if they are 4-files or the single file .
Good luck.
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thanks i will give a try and post my feedback
APCOtech said:
Hi again ,
Looks like a locked phone and was unlocked in a wrong way or something like that.
read this thread , looks like the same problem.
in short , you need the 4 files firmware to be flashed via oden and as stated in page 2 there , you flash them without pit file.
You can find the 4-files firmware here but this is not 5.1.1 firmware , give it a try , if failed too , search for 5.1.1 4-files firmware.
here is another site but I do not really know if they are 4-files or the single file .
Good luck.
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All methods on the links you pasted didn't work, however i have been able to resolve it using this method from this link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOOwZs-kwQ
thanks for your support and help.
Ify2gen2 said:
All methods on the links you pasted didn't work, however i have been able to resolve it using this method from this link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVOOwZs-kwQ
thanks for your support and help.
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You are welcome , what matters is your phone is back
APCOtech said:
You are welcome , what matters is your phone is back
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yes my phone is back but not fully back. I am having a bad IMEI, phone is not registering on network and i have mistakenly delected my EFS backup........my bad!
Can i get a working EFS backup of the same phone model (n910c) and restore it on my note 4 n910c? will it restore back my IMEI?
APCOtech said:
Well , you should do as @dewingerd said carefully do these steps :
Initially you need to upgrade kies to the latest version (mine is : 3.2.15072_2) or this will fail cuz it failed with me the first time.
1) take of your battery , and write down your Serial number .
2) open kies first.
3) open mobile in download mode then connect it . KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE MOBILE
4) Choose : Tools >> Firmware upgrade and initialisation
5) Kies will ask you about your mobile name , TYPE : SM-N910C , ALL CAPITAL LETTERS OR KIES WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT
6) if you did not type the name correctly , you will get a message that kies does not know this name , so start again , type SM-N910C
7) then you will get another box asks for your serial number , enter it (Not case sensitive).
8) Kies then will inform you that it is going to prepare the phone and download the firmware for your device and that you have to connect it in download mode.
9) unplug your mobile , plug it again and click start.
10) Now the process is going to take a while depending on your internet connection (downloading about 2GB), do not unplug the phone and do not allow your laptop/PC to sleep.
11) cautions that I read before : you better not connect or disable any usb devices during the process.
12) suddenly , you will hear you mobile starting up again , congratulations
Q: What about my data , apps and stuff ?
A: All is gone except for those on your External card , sorry , nothing can be done for that (May be you should remove your SDcard first just in case).
Good Luck
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Hi APCOtech im trying to solve mine too.. But my device not suppotred with kies3.. Any suggestion?? My device SM-N910S
Thanks man.
vzaen said:
Hi APCOtech im trying to solve mine too.. But my device not suppotred with kies3.. Any suggestion?? My device SM-N910S
Thanks man.
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Try to download the appropriate firmware with Samfirm_reborn0.3.6.2 you'll find on Github. Unpack the .zip and start as admin.
Insert full device name and region and additionally check "binary nature" box.
It should download the latest! ROM multiple file format from Samsungs servers directly, at least it did for all my 7 devices (just in case) before I rooted them.
BUT I know that for N910V nothing is found and don't know about S model.
KIES I never used as I read it sometimes conflicts with Odin.
If files are downloaded flash with Odin adding the different files in their input fields. (selve explaining names)
Hi , my name is ricardo , im going to be honest with you guys.
So , i rooted my phone , a samsung galaxy j5 , SM-J500FN , with superuser , then i had gamekiller.
But i decided that i wanted to unroot , so i did , i had usb depuration on , after i unrooted , the phone said that the security of the phone was at risk , i dont have antivirus , its from samsung , knox , i think... I dont know.
So , i decided to erase everything. I did , and after it , turning on the phone says : Set warranty bit - Recovery
and the screen goes black . Cant get into recovery , but i can get to download mode , but not reconizable in the pc or odin , or kies or smartswitch , tried 4 pcs , unistalled drivers , installed , tried on windows 10 , 8 and 7 , and also xp.
In download mode the phone says:
ODIN MODE
Product name : SM-J500FN
CURRENT BINARY - Custom
SYSTEM STATUS - Custom
FAP LOCK : OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0X1 (4)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLW (CSB)
RP SWREV : S1 , T1, H1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : Enable
If you know how to fix this , please tell me ... :crying::crying::crying:
Hondaturboeg6 said:
Hi , my name is ricardo , im going to be honest with you guys.
So , i rooted my phone , a samsung galaxy j5 , SM-J500FN , with superuser , then i had gamekiller.
But i decided that i wanted to unroot , so i did , i had usb depuration on , after i unrooted , the phone said that the security of the phone was at risk , i dont have antivirus , its from samsung , knox , i think... I dont know.
So , i decided to erase everything. I did , and after it , turning on the phone says : Set warranty bit - Recovery
and the screen goes black . Cant get into recovery , but i can get to download mode , but not reconizable in the pc or odin , or kies or smartswitch , tried 4 pcs , unistalled drivers , installed , tried on windows 10 , 8 and 7 , and also xp.
In download mode the phone says:
ODIN MODE
Product name : SM-J500FN
CURRENT BINARY - Custom
SYSTEM STATUS - Custom
FAP LOCK : OFF
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0X1 (4)
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLW (CSB)
RP SWREV : S1 , T1, H1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : Enable
If you know how to fix this , please tell me ... :crying::crying::crying:
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Actually Odin must detect the phone in download mode if correct drivers are installed. You may try this. Try to install TWRP recovery in your device. And than install CM 12.1 in it. But the best option is to download latest firmware for your mobile from Sammobile & flash it via Odin. Try to reinstall the drivers in your PC and see. Hope it will help.
rjrulz007 said:
Actually Odin must detect the phone in download mode if correct drivers are installed. You may try this. Try to install TWRP recovery in your device. And than install CM 12.1 in it. But the best option is to download latest firmware for your mobile from Sammobile & flash it via Odin. Try to reinstall the drivers in your PC and see. Hope it will help.
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Thank you for the help , but my dad did something to the cable , not original though , and odin managed to reconize it , but its weird because , i tried also in a new cable of galaxy s5 and it didnt work , but thanks , the phone is working but pc doesnt reconize it still , dont know why , but the phone is working ... Its really weird.
Hondaturboeg6 said:
Thank you for the help , but my dad did something to the cable , not original though , and odin managed to reconize it , but its weird because , i tried also in a new cable of galaxy s5 and it didnt work , but thanks , the phone is working but pc doesnt reconize it still , dont know why , but the phone is working ... Its really weird.
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WELL FROM experience for galaxy s duos 2 when the phone receive some kind of electric choc or smth cpu config may reset