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[Q] Last resort before i have to replace :/

Yesterday i decided to test few roms out so i backed up my current and flashed.
had no problems until i flashed cognition 2.3b2 , after i had i felt i didn't like it and went to restore my backup. Instead however i received errors in the recovery and it seemed to restore way too quickly still with errors. As of that point my phone will not boot my screen seems to glow after hitting the power button but nothing ever comes up its completley black , i can however get into download mode and i have tried numerous times to restore with odin , instead of restoring to stock though it gets stuck on odin at :
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<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> Sbl.bin
and occasionally at :
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<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> Sbl.bin
<ID:0/004> boot.bin
<ID:0/004> cache.rfs
<ID:0/004> dbdata.rfs
<ID:0/004> factoryfs.rfs
the only thing i can think of that could have caused this is possibly voodoo being enabled when i tried to restore. If this is the case , is there any way to fix it , assuming people have done this before.
If all else fails i will just get the phone replaced, not an issue of money however there is a lot on my internal that i would like to keep , would there be any way to get it off the internal without having to start the phone , maybe through download mode ?
In advance, thank you
-Cristian

Man, that sucks. Have you tried one of the one-click odins? I think there's a one-click that can take you back to stock JF6, and I know there's a leaked 2.2 one-click floating around. Maybe you will have better luck with those, since they're all-in-one packages?

modest_mandroid said:
Man, that sucks. Have you tried one of the one-click odins? I think there's a one-click that can take you back to stock JF6, and I know there's a leaked 2.2 one-click floating around. Maybe you will have better luck with those, since they're all-in-one packages?
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thanks for the input, The problems im having are with the stock jf6 one click odin.
Should have been more specific ,
This 2.2 one click seems promising though, im willing to try anything at this point!

Here's what I would do:
0. Download ODIN3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
1. Pull the battery, sim card, and external SD card.
2. Start ODIN3.
3. Insert your battery, then press and hold the volume buttons.
4. Connect the phone to your PC.
5. Click start.
Once the new ROM is installed, boot the phone and enable USB debugging. Start ODIN3, connect the phone, then click master clear.

kegobeer said:
Here's what I would do:
0. Download ODIN3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
1. Pull the battery, sim card, and external SD card.
2. Start ODIN3.
3. Insert your battery, then press and hold the volume buttons.
4. Connect the phone to your PC.
5. Click start.
Once the new ROM is installed, boot the phone and enable USB debugging. Start ODIN3, connect the phone, then click master clear.
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This is what ive been trying to do,
it hangs up during the flash however, ive left my phone connected for 3 hours while doing it to see if it was just going to take a long time and that didnt even help still stuck on one of the 2 parts that i posted in my original post.

Why does this phone give me so many problems!

First the phone wouldnt read the sd card, and now when I rebooted into recovery (holding both volumes down then pressing power) I tried to restore it. Went to backup and restore, then restored it. now its stuck on the sidekick screen. All it does is once you turn it on, the black screen that says t mobile sidekick 4g samsung stays there. It wont boot up past it. Even holding down the volumes then pressing power it still gets stuck there. Anyone know what do do?? Ive killed the battery, ive let it sit there for a day and the screen never changed.

Ruki_Uki said:
First the phone wouldnt read the sd card, and now when I rebooted into recovery (holding both volumes down then pressing power) I tried to restore it. Went to backup and restore, then restored it. now its stuck on the sidekick screen. All it does is once you turn it on, the black screen that says t mobile sidekick 4g samsung stays there. It wont boot up past it. Even holding down the volumes then pressing power it still gets stuck there. Anyone know what do do?? Ive killed the battery, ive let it sit there for a day and the screen never changed.
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Pull the battery, or ODIN
RTFM
With Bali I haven't had a single FC, and its at least 25% faster. Battery life is noticeably longer as well.

Odin it back to stock. Follow the instructions in this thread very carefully. I noticed after first flashing Smooth Maximus bootup was kind of long, but it still booted. Good luck.

Kinda lost?? I have pulled the battery, its the only way to shut off the screen. And what's odin??

Ruki_Uki said:
Kinda lost?? I have pulled the battery, its the only way to shut off the screen. And what's odin??
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Edit: nvm its the name of the ROM lol. I'm about to try that now. Thanks, ill get back to you guys. If it works hopefully the SD card slot works again.

No, Odin is not a ROM. Odin is a leaked Samsung program that is used to flash Samsung phones. AFAIK Odin is the only way to fix a softbricked (like yours) phone.
If you follow the instructions in the thread I linked carefully you should be back to factory stock in no time.

tweeklulz said:
No, Odin is not a ROM. Odin is a leaked Samsung program that is used to flash Samsung phones. AFAIK Odin is the only way to fix a softbricked (like yours) phone.
If you follow the instructions in the thread I linked carefully you should be back to factory stock in no time.
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Now I see that lol. The one thing im worried about is in the steps it says, 3. Boot in to download mode using Trackpad+Vol down then power. When I do this it still stays at the black screen that intros the phone to you. is this normol? If not does that matter and will it still work??

The trackpad+voldwn+power does not work for me. To get to download mode what I do is:
1. open Odin and load the files into the appropriate slots
2. remove the battery from the SK4G
3. connect the SK4G to your PC with the USB cable
4. hold Volume Down + Trackpad while putting the battery in
5. voila, download mode. It may take a few tries.
download mode should show a big yellow triangle with the android alien
Odin also will not recognize your device unless you are in download mode
6. click Start and your phone should be back to stock in a few minutes

tweeklulz said:
The trackpad+voldwn+power does not work for me. To get to download mode what I do is:
1. open Odin and load the files into the appropriate slots
2. remove the battery from the SK4G
3. connect the SK4G to your PC with the USB cable
4. hold Volume Down + Trackpad while putting the battery in
5. voila, download mode. It may take a few tries.
download mode should show a big yellow triangle with the android alien
Odin also will not recognize your device unless you are in download mode
6. click Start and your phone should be back to stock in a few minutes
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Going to try now. Do I check off the file box next to PDA?

Click the PDA button
It should open a windows explorer window
Navigate to where you downloaded KD1SK4GOdin.tar(remove .md5 by renaming it)
It should automatically check off the box next to PDA for you
Near the top only Auto-reboot should be checked

Its running through ODIN as we....uh type lol. I made sure to hit the thanks

UPDATE: I got a big red FAIL

Okay, still fixable.
What does the message box in Odin say?
E: you can try again, but this time click the PIT button, navigate to sk4g.pit
have auto-reboot and repartition checked
flash

<ID:0/004> Added!!
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> factoryfs.rfs
<ID:0/004> cache.rfs
<ID:0/004> data.rfs
<ID:0/004> param.lfs
<ID:0/004> modem.bin
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
At the very very last bit it fails.

you can try again, but this time click the PIT button, navigate to sk4g.pit
have auto-reboot and repartition checked
flash
E: nvm

Ok ill try that now. Btw does it matter if the sim card and sd crd arre in, should I take them out?

Take them out just in case
It's a mystery how these things work, I wish they'd release documentation lol
E: if that still fails then there is nothing i can do for you now; just wait until ayoteddy comes online and he can probably help you

HOLY SH!T IT WORKED!!!! Buuuuuut still no SD card fix :/ But at least the phone can now be used.

Cool. Are you sure the SD card problem is the phone's fault? It may be a corrupt card. Worst case, you can now have T-Mo replace it for you if the SD slot really doesn't work

Im sure its the phone. Ive used about 10 different kind and size cards and none will work. And when the phone is in recovery and i try to reformat the card or anything, it always says cant find SD c ard ext. And I have Sprint lol, I have an EVO, I got the sidekick for hahas (craigslist is awesome lol) so not to sure if I can bring it to t mobile

[Q] can't get into download mode

So I was trying to root my phone. Kinda went through a quick crash course of it with Odin. For some reason it kept hanging up at boot.img but that's a different story. Long story short, after numerous tries, I forgot to unclick repartition. Why it clicks itself when you load up the PIT is beyond me. Personally, I think the developer got a kick out of people bricking their phones that way. **** him/her. Anyway, I can't get into download mode anymore, even with a JIG. Anybody got any ideas before I send it for JTAG?

crimsondragon said:
Personally, I think the developer got a kick out of people bricking their phones that way. **** him/her.
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Talking like that will likely not get you any help here...
Please everyone refrain from posting the rule about searching and reading as this should resolve itself (should the OP actually search and read).

anactoraaron said:
Talking like that will likely not get you any help here...
Please everyone refrain from posting the rule about searching and reading as this should resolve itself (should the OP actually search and read).
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I've searched through enough threads as it is with a combination of different keywords and all I've found is a bunch of people explaining how to get into download mode or others saying so and so can be fixed as long as you can get into download mode. With the latter, if you can't get into download mode, then what?

Just for the record, I've already tried reflashing it to stock with a .tar file. That failed miserably.
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> boot.img
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Kind of an improvement as before it would just hang at boot.img but now at least I can get a confirmation of whether it works or not. Currently the phone is still showing the "Firmware upgrade encountered blah blah" crap. But I tried it anyway as I read that it's supposedly a front.
Can't get into stock recovery either. Top left corner says Odin mode. Odd as the JIG puts it into Factory mode. I've uninstalled/installed the Samsung drivers several times. I've changed the USB cable to a Samsung one that I got like a month ago. I have Kies installed. Can't connect the phone to it either. I've tried flashing with Kies not installed and with it installed and shut down/not shut down. Don't think I missed anything else but if I did I'll add it.

crimsondragon said:
Just for the record, I've already tried reflashing it to stock with a .tar file. That failed miserably.
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> boot.img
<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Kind of an improvement as before it would just hang at boot.img but now at least I can get a confirmation of whether it works or not. Currently the phone is still showing the "Firmware upgrade encountered blah blah" crap. But I tried it anyway as I read that it's supposedly a front.
Can't get into stock recovery either. Top left corner says Odin mode. Odd as the JIG puts it into Factory mode. I've uninstalled/installed the Samsung drivers several times. I've changed the USB cable to a Samsung one that I got like a month ago. I have Kies installed. Can't connect the phone to it either. I've tried flashing with Kies not installed and with it installed and shut down/not shut down. Don't think I missed anything else but if I did I'll add it.
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I believe that has been discussed also. Pull the battery, re-enter download mode and flash again. When it doesn't complete properly it won't let you Odin again until the battery is pulled.
Just curious but are you on ICS 4.0.4? If so the Odin root is exclusive to gingerbread... Odin cwm and a flash a rom or just Odin back to stock. Root through ICS is obtained by flashing supersu zip through cwm when on ICS.
I realize you are frustrated, but the devs here are awesome and deserve respect, especially since they just brought 4.3 to us.
Sent from my SGH-T769 using xda app-developers app

anactoraaron said:
I believe that has been discussed also. Pull the battery, re-enter download mode and flash again. When it doesn't complete properly it won't let you Odin again until the battery is pulled.
Just curious but are you on ICS 4.0.4? If so the Odin root is exclusive to gingerbread... Odin cwm and a flash a rom or just Odin back to stock. Root through ICS is obtained by flashing supersu zip through cwm when on ICS.
I realize you are frustrated, but the devs here are awesome and deserve respect, especially since they just brought 4.3 to us.
Sent from my SGH-T769 using xda app-developers app
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Got it figured out. I was surfing the other subforums and landed on the thread talking about Odin 3.07 and I figured why the hell not. The flash to stock was a success. Then I did the root and CWM Recovery. All is well. 3.07 is much better than 1.85. For the record, I am on GB. Thanks for the help. I apologize for earlier as it was indeed frustrating.

Custom Binary Blocked by FRP Lock

I've been running the latest Darthstalker rom on my T-mobile Galaxy Note 5 (SM-N920T). After midnight New Years.. I powered the phone off and then later powered it on and I get this message Custom Binary Blocked by FRP Lock. I can't mount anything via my WIndows laptop and I can't get into Recovery. Since it's a note 5 I can't even open it to get the serial number or any thing or pull the SIM chip. I've seen some posts telling me to use Kies 3 and some saying using Odin to install stock and reroot. A lot of these posts seem to have been using Darthstalker as a ROM.
Is there any path I can follow that will allow me to get back and up and running without data loss? What's the best steps to take?
Thanks in advance and Happy New Years XDA!

mryanmarkryan said:
I've been running the latest Darthstalker rom on my T-mobile Galaxy Note 5 (SM-N920T). After midnight New Years.. I powered the phone off and then later powered it on and I get this message Custom Binary Blocked by FRP Lock. I can't mount anything via my WIndows laptop and I can't get into Recovery. Since it's a note 5 I can't even open it to get the serial number or any thing or pull the SIM chip. I've seen some posts telling me to use Kies 3 and some saying using Odin to install stock and reroot. A lot of these posts seem to have been using Darthstalker as a ROM.
Is there any path I can follow that will allow me to get back and up and running without data loss? What's the best steps to take?
Thanks in advance and Happy New Years XDA!
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If you can't even mount it on Windows or get into recovery that's not good.

True Dat!
MrMike2182 said:
If you can't even mount it on Windows or get into recovery that's not good.
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The other examples I read said the same thing.. at this point I'm going to try to find a stock and odin it and root again and see if I even get my files back.. Unless someone has a better idea?

mryanmarkryan said:
The other examples I read said the same thing.. at this point I'm going to try to find a stock and odin it and root again and see if I even get my files back.. Unless someone has a better idea?
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I would suggest pushing the root kernel to it anyway just to see if it will go.. I do have an FRPbypass but it's an apk meaning you need to install it and if you cannot mount to push it and then try to do adb shell pm install FRPbypass.apk then there's no point in that either.. Can you even get into download mode? If not the last thing I could suggest is the PIT file to repartition it. Unless someone else has a better idea? I do have the PIT file for odin too.
Also I think you're past the point of losing your data and if you can hold the volume down button and power button at the same time until it shuts off and turns back on again you can select factory reset and that's going to ruin all data..

My god, this happened to me on my first Note 5 I had. I was trying to restore it to stock before selling it and like an asshole I forgot to check for "OEM Unlock" and ran into that exact message. It put the fear of god into me. Like you I didn't have the serial number written down and I couldn't get it from anywhere. T-Mobile tech reps tried to tell me the IMEI number acts as a serial number, cool, that doesn't help me. I gave up on Kies and just played around with Odin after I was FINALLY able to find a stock firmware. I can't believe how difficult that was to get. I managed to flash the stock firmware thru Odin and I got the phone back! Stock as it came out the box.
I can't remember how I was able to get it into download mode but whatever button order I kept trying I finally did because Odin recognized the mofo and I flashed that stock firmware as fast as I could. It rebooted and I saw that beautiful stock welcome screen once more. Try to do this, I didn't need to do anything else.
For this reason I now keep a copy of stock firmware along with screen shot of my phone's status screen showing the serial number and everything else. All that's backed up to one of my external drives. Alone with several nandroid backups of various stages of owning this second Note 5 I have now. I'm running V10 of Darthstalker but I haven't heard of other users running into FRP lock. That would mean something tripped their OEM unlock option but how would that happen without you doing it? Is there something inside the ROM (a bug) that's tripping the option in Developer Options?
Best of luck with this, I know how stressful this can be. As far as getting your data back, yeah that's likely a no go. At this point you should be hopeful of getting a working phone back, let alone recover any personal data. Hope you can sort this.

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MrMike2182 said:
If you can't even mount it on Windows or get into recovery that's not good.
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I can get it into download mode.. just not into recovery. The only thing I can think I did was I changed my password about 4 days ago to google. I don't have any screen security setup so that is not a factor. Last night we were trying to figure out how to push Gear VR to a tv so everyone could watch and I recall disabling (by mistake) the developer options and then re-enabling it. I also turned on a secondary screen option and later turned it off. SO who knows? I do have a twrp backup on a sim so I'm going to go ahead and try to get stock going and so on.. Keep ya posted..

mryanmarkryan said:
I can get it into download mode.. just not into recovery. The only thing I can think I did was I changed my password about 4 days ago to google. I don't have any screen security setup so that is not a factor. Last night we were trying to figure out how to push Gear VR to a tv so everyone could watch and I recall disabling (by mistake) the developer options and then re-enabling it. I also turned on a secondary screen option and later turned it off. SO who knows? I do have a twrp backup on a sim so I'm going to go ahead and try to get stock going and so on.. Keep ya posted..
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Yeah if you can get it into download mode and you've got the stock firmware you should be good to go and flash tru Odin. That's key. If I were you I'd be like, "To hell with my personal data! Get me a working phone back!".
Good luck.
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mryanmarkryan said:
I can get it into download mode.. just not into recovery. The only thing I can think I did was I changed my password about 4 days ago to google. I don't have any screen security setup so that is not a factor. Last night we were trying to figure out how to push Gear VR to a tv so everyone could watch and I recall disabling (by mistake) the developer options and then re-enabling it. I also turned on a secondary screen option and later turned it off. SO who knows? I do have a twrp backup on a sim so I'm going to go ahead and try to get stock going and so on.. Keep ya posted..
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Ohh I see what you did now and unfortunately all your data is gone because there's only one way to fix this now and that's to either flash TWRP again and then re-flash the rom you want or use odin to flash stock firmware to at least get your phone going.. The mistake you made was disabling developer options which in turn, turned around and re-disabled oem unlock and turned debugging off.. Never ever turn that off while using a custom rom and kernel!!

MrMike2182 said:
Ohh I see what you did now and unfortunately all your data is gone because there's only one way to fix this now and that's to either flash TWRP again and then re-flash the rom you want or use odin to flash stock firmware to at least get your phone going.. The mistake you made was disabling developer options which in turn, turned around and re-disabled oem unlock and turned debugging off.. Never ever turn that off while using a custom rom and kernel!!
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Ahhh that makes sense.. never heard of the FRP feature until now though.. oh well.. So far I've tried flashing TWRP (failed) and tried flashing a stock rom.. (failed).. I was using Odin 3.10.6
I'll keep at it..

mryanmarkryan said:
Ahhh that makes sense.. never heard of the FRP feature until now though.. oh well.. So far I've tried flashing TWRP (failed) and tried flashing a stock rom.. (failed).. I was using Odin 3.10.6
I'll keep at it..
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Try downloading the newest odin version sometimes that can help.. Can you tell me how it's failing? Like what exactly happens when you try to do all the flashing? Did you try the adb commands that I suggested? You only need to install minimal adb and Fastboot on the windows pc and then connect your device and then open a terminal in the same exact folder where adb and Fastboot were installed and then type Fastboot devices or adb devices if it give you a bunch of numbers it means that it can see the device and we can then manually push and install the firmware. The other thing I suggest you try to do is flash the Lollipop 5.1 T-mobile firmware because I think it doesn't have frp on it yet and before flashing it go into the actual firmware you downloaded and delete cm.bin then rezip the firmware again and flash that one without the cm.bin but first try flashing the entire firmware as is with the md5 and all before resorting to deleting cm.bin.. Don't try flashing the Marshmallow 6 rom because that's where they started that frp bullcrap if you ask me. FRP stands for Factory Reset Protection... I understand the need for it and it's importance but Google could have been a lot more open about it and explaining to its customers what it's for and what it does not just do it and let most of us learn the hard way!!
When you try to flash in Odin tell me what file it fails on.
If none of this works this page is your last bet buddy
https://www.sammobile.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31136

I'm working on it now! Give you guys a summary of what happened as I as check off your suggestions..

SO far I have the ADB and Fastboot installed (found the link on XDA). However, when I plug my phone in and issue adb devices or fastboot device it does not show. I did also hook up a note II which is my older phone. It used to be rooted and had ROMs installed but I snafued it up one day and didn't bother with it. It says System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone.. blah blah.. SO that phone doesn't appear in adb devices either.. I've already updated and re-installed the samsung drivers.. Shouldn't the Note II have shown up? There is no FRP for that old model..
I"ve also got Odin and am currently downloading the 5.1.1 firmware.. the free way lol

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mryanmarkryan said:
SO far I have the ADB and Fastboot installed (found the link on XDA). However, when I plug my phone in and issue adb devices or fastboot device it does not show. I did also hook up a note II which is my older phone. It used to be rooted and had ROMs installed but I snafued it up one day and didn't bother with it. It says System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone.. blah blah.. SO that phone doesn't appear in adb devices either.. I've already updated and re-installed the samsung drivers.. Shouldn't the Note II have shown up? There is no FRP for that old model..
I"ve also got Odin and am currently downloading the 5.1.1 firmware.. the free way lol
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I was able to install the 5.1.1 firmware and it reboots, has tmobile's (or samsung's) recovery and boots to a TMOBILE logo and stops. Thinking it is not rooted anymore and Perhaps I should try to re-root.. I did try to install twrp and it failed.. Twrp 2.8.7.1 alpha.. and also the most recent..
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1101)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

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I'm afraid I'm thrashing around at this point. I have the firmware for 5.1.1 installed. It boots to a tmobile logo and stops. I can get into the default recovery. I can't flash twrp.. I still can't get my files mounted via USB.. Perhaps I need to do a wipe data / factory reset? Also because I know you are gonna ask, adb still does not list any devices, nor does fastboot..
mryanmarkryan said:
I was able to install the 5.1.1 firmware and it reboots, has tmobile's (or samsung's) recovery and boots to a TMOBILE logo and stops. Thinking it is not rooted anymore and Perhaps I should try to re-root.. I did try to install twrp and it failed.. Twrp 2.8.7.1 alpha.. and also the most recent..
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1101)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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mryanmarkryan said:
I'm afraid I'm thrashing around at this point. I have the firmware for 5.1.1 installed. It boots to a tmobile logo and stops. I can get into the default recovery. I can't flash twrp.. I still can't get my files mounted via USB.. Perhaps I need to do a wipe data / factory reset? Also because I know you are gonna ask, adb still does not list any devices, nor does fastboot..
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Your gonna have to flash the LATEST 6.0.1 ROM and firmware thru Odin. I don't think 5.1.1 will boot your phone up completely.

mryanmarkryan said:
I'm afraid I'm thrashing around at this point. I have the firmware for 5.1.1 installed. It boots to a tmobile logo and stops. I can get into the default recovery. I can't flash twrp.. I still can't get my files mounted via USB.. Perhaps I need to do a wipe data / factory reset? Also because I know you are gonna ask, adb still does not list any devices, nor does fastboot..
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It stopped right while trying to flash the recovery part of it so here's what I suggest you try to do.. unzip the 5.1.1 firmware you downloaded and unzip it again until you can see all the files in it and then manually flash them 1 by 1 in the AP slot but don't allow the phone to auto reboot uncheck that option and after 1 files flashed hold the volume down button and power button until you can select shut down device or turn off whichever then again hold the buttons to get into download mode again and continue until they are all flashed and then finally again hold the volume down button and power button and when it comes back on then select factory reset.
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E-POUND said:
Your gonna have to flash the LATEST 6.0.1 ROM and firmware thru Odin. I don't think 5.1.1 will boot your phone up completely.
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If he flashes the latest firmware with the security updates he can never go back to 5.1.1 so I don't suggest he do that yet

Ok, potentially some progress.. I flashed all the .bin files . Then I converted all the img files to tar.md5 and flashed those including the recovery and system.img. I rebooted the phone into download each time. Afterwards I rebooted and it did a system update icon for a bite and then the samsung animation.. Now it's at t-moile.. and sitting. I'll let it sit for a while.. maybe it's just rebuilding the cache.. I didn't see an option for factory reset, but I could go into recovery and do it there?
Update: It finally rebooted and has done so 3 times after sitting at the T Mobile (white screen) ..
Update2: I tried to flash the contents of file twrp-3.0.2-0-nobleltetmo.img.tar.. it failed so I extracted the recovery.img file and converted it back to tar.md5 (I know probably just a circle). It failed too..
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1101)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Does this mean I'm not rooted anymore?

mryanmarkryan said:
Ok, potentially some progress.. I flashed all the .bin files . Then I converted all the img files to tar.md5 and flashed those including the recovery and system.img. I rebooted the phone into download each time. Afterwards I rebooted and it did a system update icon for a bite and then the samsung animation.. Now it's at t-moile.. and sitting. I'll let it sit for a while.. maybe it's just rebuilding the cache.. I didn't see an option for factory reset, but I could go into recovery and do it there?
Update: It finally rebooted and has done so 3 times after sitting at the T Mobile (white screen) ..
Update2: I tried to flash the contents of file twrp-3.0.2-0-nobleltetmo.img.tar.. it failed so I extracted the recovery.img file and converted it back to tar.md5 (I know probably just a circle). It failed too..
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1101)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.
<ID:0/003> recovery.img
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
Does this mean I'm not rooted anymore?
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You're not rooted at all right now but you should not have needed to turn the imgs back into md5s again you should have just flashed them the way they were they don't need md5 just to flash. Try holding the volume down button and power button until it shuts off and turns back on again then select factory reset if that doesn't work then go into download mode again and connect to a Windows pc and use Smart Switch to try and fix it.

The reason I converted them was because Odin wouldn't find the files.. I tried just running them by typing a *.img but it didn't work. I'll go read about smart switch.. I"m learning stuff here
Update,: On a hunch I went back and ran the firmware install again, but just in it's original format. It succeeded and I'm setting up the phone now.. Thanks for your help MrMike. I appreciate you putting the time in..

mryanmarkryan said:
Ahhh that makes sense.. never heard of the FRP feature until now though.. oh well.. So far I've tried flashing TWRP (failed) and tried flashing a stock rom.. (failed).. I was using Odin 3.10.6
I'll keep at it..
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You are using the wrong stock firmware. Download the DPG1 firmware since that is was darthstalker v.11 is on. If you backed up your ROM then you don't have any troubles at all. Just ODIN back to stock, root, twrp recovery data only and done. But not all at once. First get the firmware going and reboot your phone. Once you know it's working the try rooting. Once you are rooted download TWRP and recover your data only.
Btw - FRP is when you log into your google account in the beginning of the setup so don't do that if you want to flash other ROMs.
P.S. I'be been running Darthstalker v.11 since it came out with no problems.

Samsung S8+ wont boot.

Hello, i have recenently tried to root my samsung s8 (did not know it was a stupid idea at that time) after i succeeded i wanted to start installing some roms
So i went and booted TWRP installed the roms, but my phone wouldn't boot anymore.
So i reinstalled the original OS through Odin, and my phone was back and working again , but being the stupid idiot I am, I tried to root it, again only this time without succes.
The phone is stuck on the device info (the samsung text with "Samsung Galaxy S8+" and "powered by android") and wont boot further or into android
When i try to once again reinstall the original OS with Odin it gives me the following error msg:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006>
<ID:0/006> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/006> Removed!!
I can't boot into recovery mode on my phone either, just download mode nothing else.
i've treid booting recovery mode on my phone from my pc but when i use "adb devices" it won't detect the device (while in download mode) I'm not sure if it should detect it as I am in download mode, it does however detect the device in device manager, maybe USB debugging is disabled as i installed a fresh copy of android, I however only have a year of android experience so I really don't know if adb should even be possible from download mode.
Anyhow after 3 days of internet troubleshooting, I'm really running out of options.
Hope someone can point me in the right direction.

FluitGeluid said:
Hello, i have recenently tried to root my samsung s8 (did not know it was a stupid idea at that time) after i succeeded i wanted to start installing some roms
So i went and booted TWRP installed the roms, but my phone wouldn't boot anymore.
So i reinstalled the original OS through Odin, and my phone was back and working again , but being the stupid idiot I am, I tried to root it, again only this time without succes.
The phone is stuck on the device info (the samsung text with "Samsung Galaxy S8+" and "powered by android") and wont boot further or into android
When i try to once again reinstall the original OS with Odin it gives me the following error msg:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin engine v(ID:3.1203)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006>
<ID:0/006> FAIL! (DeviceInfo)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/006> Removed!!
I can't boot into recovery mode on my phone either, just download mode nothing else.
i've treid booting recovery mode on my phone from my pc but when i use "adb devices" it won't detect the device (while in download mode) I'm not sure if it should detect it as I am in download mode, it does however detect the device in device manager, maybe USB debugging is disabled as i installed a fresh copy of android, I however only have a year of android experience so I really don't know if adb should even be possible from download mode.
Anyhow after 3 days of internet troubleshooting, I'm really running out of options.
Hope someone can point me in the right direction.
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There is a S8+ forum, you'll likely get more assistance from there.

I'm getting the same problem one by one. please help

Critical Detox said:
There is a S8+ forum, you'll likely get more assistance from there.
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when device reboots on its own after failed error press bixby vol down and power button. let it boot into download mode again now flash rom or whater ever. it would work on 2nd attempt.

rehanraza said:
when device reboots on its own after failed error press bixby vol down and power button. let it boot into download mode again now flash rom or whater ever. it would work on 2nd attempt.
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I have tried that also, but keep getting the error above

same problem here. i had stock dbt tw rom. root with magisk. then i wanted to flash new BL and modem from new dbt fw update. after this i only got working DL mode left. couldnt flash back to another fw no matter which source i tried. btu too. i also got the same error as described above. after whole night of odin flashing trys, for myself i thought sth of internal memory chip is broken so i ordered a new phone. but now i see the second thread describing my problems maybe i was wrong with my thoughts

I fixed it!
With the help of Nameless i managed to fix my problem, here is his post regarding this issue: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/stuck-bootloop-flashing-aqg5-fix-t3636857
I see other people are experiencing this issue as well, hope this helps!
here is the AQF7 bootloader I used: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195911671,
For a full flash of the AQF7 version, I recommend you to use this website: http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
Fill in the model of your S8 or S8+ select your country then look for the one that ends with XXU1AQF7 under the tab PDA
Best of luck!

FluitGeluid said:
With the help of Nameless i managed to fix my problem, here is his post regarding this issue: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s8/help/stuck-bootloop-flashing-aqg5-fix-t3636857
I see other people are experiencing this issue as well, hope this helps!
here is the AQF7 bootloader I used: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=889764386195911671,
For a full flash of the AQF7 version, I recommend you to use this website: http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model
Fill in the model of your S8 or S8+ select your country then look for the one that ends with XXU1AQF7 under the tab PDA
Best of luck!
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Worked like a charm thanks FluitGeluid....
You save me :angel: