Database Info

[Q] Root frozen and can't get into download mode

I went to flash my sgs2s and it successfully went into download mode. I started Odin and it froze on xxxxx.img. After waiting about 30 minutes, I shut off the phone and tried to go back to my download mode, only to find that it goes to "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." I have tried so many different ways to get it back into download mode and nothing seems to work. I can get to the screen to push the vol+ to get to download mode and it goes back to the error screen.
I have tried to use Kies to restore my device to no avail. I have scoured the web for any information, also to no avail. I have tried a couple of ROMs, one which was a stock ROM, no difference. I cannot boot my phone and am in need of my phone. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer.

Gsii or gsii skyrocket?
Sent from my Liberty using XDA

Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. Sorry about that.

phantomofdaATL said:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket. Sorry about that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its fine, its still in dl mode. Run it again
if it doesnt work after a few tries, reboot pc, right click and run odin as admin, try a different usb port or cable

phantomofdaATL said:
I went to flash my sgs2s and it successfully went into download mode. I started Odin and it froze on xxxxx.img. After waiting about 30 minutes, I shut off the phone and tried to go back to my download mode, only to find that it goes to "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." I have tried so many different ways to get it back into download mode and nothing seems to work. I can get to the screen to push the vol+ to get to download mode and it goes back to the error screen.
I have tried to use Kies to restore my device to no avail. I have scoured the web for any information, also to no avail. I have tried a couple of ROMs, one which was a stock ROM, no difference. I cannot boot my phone and am in need of my phone. Thank you for any help you might be able to offer.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What were you flashing? Seems like a bad download. Happened to me once. The error screen is download mode. If you try and connect the phone to a computer I am sure ODIN will be able to se it. Redownload whatever you were flashing and try to flash it again using ODIN.
As a usual warning, do NOT check repartition in ODIN.
As a usual tip, use the USb port that's directly on the motherboard of your PC, and not the one on the front.
Also, run ODIN as administrator.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA

Changed the usb port and it WORKED! Thanks everyone!

Good to hear.
I had to ask because a lot of... less-than-intelligent... people tend to flash skyrocket roms on gsii phones or vice versa, thus bricking their devices...

Cant start tablet

During odin restore process....and unexpected error occured...now i cant boot my device up...it has flashes of some sort of kies message, but i cant get it to stay on long enough for any application to work on it?? any recommendations..
thanks in advance

explained better, what did you do with odin?

I thought i was restoring software through pda file..it was going for a while...then i came back and it was like the battery died in the middle of the operation.....now i cant get tablet to stay connected long enough in odin to resore anything....i get a message saying to plug into kies in recovery mode;....but i cant get it into recovery mode.....at times when it does connect for a quick second kies says connecting...but it never does.??
Thanks in advance.

devid801 said:
explained better, what did you do with odin?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1498697&highlight=recovery
this guy seemed to have same issue

if kies doesn't recognize the device you have to install the drivers here :http://depositfiles.com/files/3raqcskp2 .Another way is using odin v 1.85 to flash a firmware stock samsung here; http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/

thanks...i just shipped it back to samsung...will hold website for future issues..im sure they will arise...thanks again.

System Software not authorized by verizon wireless has been found on your phone

I need help guys,
I used Odin to root the phone and did my first custom rom which is the clean rom...it went through the process and when it was about to reboot i got the system software not approved by verizon and take phone to store
I have been told to odin back to stock but it wont let me. The stock image on odin wont work it says fail
I tried the first method and used odin in download mode to flash the stock image
Failed:
This is what I get
added
Odin V3 engine
File Analysis
all threads completed (succeed 0 / Fail 1)
In the Odin Download mode on the phone the top left reads as follow
Odin Mode (Red Letters)
Product Name (SCH-I535)
Custom Binary Download : Yes (1 counts )
Current Binary Custom
System Status Custom
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable

One thing I gotta mention is that when I got the phone last week it had an OTA update from Verizon which I did install and then a few days later I rooted the phone and when I tried to use Clean Rom it gave me the dreaded Verizon message

Sounds like you didn't unlock the bootloader.

Ya your bootloader is locked again ... unlock it and redo the steps everything should be fine after that

Guys I know that the bootloader is locked but i cannot get back to stock to unroot phone and then unlock the bootloader
Odin recognizes phone but the stock image goes into fail mode right away
I cannot get into recovery and the only thing I can do is go to download mode and Odin but nothing else

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&highlight=jtag
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798850
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29256-tutorial-rootrecoverybootloader-unlockicsjb-verizon-galaxy-s-iii/
http://www.android.gs/fix-bricked-verizon-galaxy-s3/
one of these may be able to help you ... i lost the original link i had but saved these for bootloader issues hope they help they should

Stranger_84 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030&highlight=jtag
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798850
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/29256-tutorial-rootrecoverybootloader-unlockicsjb-verizon-galaxy-s-iii/
http://www.android.gs/fix-bricked-verizon-galaxy-s3/
one of these may be able to help you ... i lost the original link i had but saved these for bootloader issues hope they help they should
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You are aware he can Odin flashed the latest OTA instead of that you have provided. Here it is :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439. This will also help fix his phone being that it is recent. Forgot this link to get him back on track: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1974114.

i thought thats what he already tried? but yes you can odin any ota file being that an unlocked bootloader isnt needed.

When I try the VRBLK3 chain it goes into set up connection for like 10 minutes on Odin with a fail at the end each time

I'm not sure being ive never had that issues ... im sorry and good luck

try flashing odin stock ROM, not bootchain

NYGiants4Natic said:
When I try the VRBLK3 chain it goes into set up connection for like 10 minutes on Odin with a fail at the end each time
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Did you put the file in PDA in Odin they only work if you checked PDA.

NYGiants4Natic said:
When I try the VRBLK3 chain it goes into set up connection for like 10 minutes on Odin with a fail at the end each time
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had a similar issue once. This helpful post by h3llsdr0id eventually got me up and running. Took a total of like 4 hours though lol.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30569324&postcount=26
Make sure you have the correct files. This is for the original root66 so it's ICS. Once I booted up and activated I took the Verizon OTAs all the way to JB and then rooted/unlocked bootloader.
edit: I actually had to go back to ICS to reprovision my SIM so not sure you have to go through all of this. Try to odin stock JB ROM like mentioned above.

Thank YOU so much guys you have made my day.
After trying all last night and today I got it back to stock with the OTA file through ODIN. That is all I needed and it went right back to brand new stock phone using 4.1.1
WOW.
I thought I was going to have a dead phone.
Thank you all

Glad you got it up and working!!!!!

Yea I had the same problem but all it needed was a handy flash back to stock. The good thing with making these mistakes is that if it happens again you know what to do.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app

I'm having the same problem and can't get into download mode
Gatanater said:
Yea I had the same problem but all it needed was a handy flash back to stock. The good thing with making these mistakes is that if it happens again you know what to do.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi there,
Could someone please help me. I bricked my phone 3 days go and went through odin and root66 stock to unbrick it. I installed CWR and backed up everything, then i purchased triangle away to reset the flash counter. When I did that I got the software not authorized by verizon error screen. It won't let me get into download mode or recovery. Can I still try to use odin? What should I do? I'd really appreciate some help today is the 4th day I have been trying to fix my phone, only to make it worse.
Thank you in advance

You have to get into download mode to use Odin. It will go into download mode, if you will search, there are ways to pull battery along with button combo to get it there. After rooting, use EZ Unlock 1.2 and that will unlock your bootloader without then unauthorized message from Verizon. Make sure you use only that version, the others don't work.

Re: I'm having the same problem and can't get into download mode
mj76 said:
Hi there,
Could someone please help me. I bricked my phone 3 days go and went through odin and root66 stock to unbrick it. I installed CWR and backed up everything, then i purchased triangle away to reset the flash counter. When I did that I got the software not authorized by verizon error screen. It won't let me get into download mode or recovery. Can I still try to use odin? What should I do? I'd really appreciate some help today is the 4th day I have been trying to fix my phone, only to make it worse.
Thank you in advance
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Pull battery, hold volume down+home+power keys while you put the battery back in. If that's too many buttons to fumble with at the same time you can try pulling battery, put it back, hold all three keys while plugging it into your computer. My old phone worked that way, idk about the s3. You SHOULD get the download triangle and it asking you if you want to continue. Hit volume up to continue then plug it in and odin should recognize it. Get the stock rom image to flash in the PDA slot of odin. Accept the OTA's until you're up to date then unlock bootloader, root, then flash custom roms/kernels AFTER you've done the appropriate reading. Theres a sticky in development takes you step by step on how to unbrick, then unlock and root. Those should help once you get into download. Hope this helps! :fingers-crossed:

flammablepez said:
Pull battery, hold volume down+home+power keys while you put the battery back in. If that's too many buttons to fumble with at the same time you can try pulling battery, put it back, hold all three keys while plugging it into your computer. My old phone worked that way, idk about the s3. You SHOULD get the download triangle and it asking you if you want to continue. Hit volume up to continue then plug it in and odin should recognize it. Get the stock rom image to flash in the PDA slot of odin. Accept the OTA's until you're up to date then unlock bootloader, root, then flash custom roms/kernels AFTER you've done the appropriate reading. Theres a sticky in development takes you step by step on how to unbrick, then unlock and root. Those should help once you get into download. Hope this helps! :fingers-crossed:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you for your response. I tried pulling the battery out and holding volume down, home and power keys at the same time while putting battery in, even as i plugged it into my phone, but nothing but the unauthorized error screen comes up. I should note that my phone is note 2 not s3. I apologize for posting it here, but this thread seemed to be just like the problem i was having.

No download mode, no recovery, detected by odin, not kies

Hi,
I rooted my brandnew GT-P3110 with cf, flashed pacman and cwm recovery. I do not blame anybody alse for my issues but myself. I guess I messed up the restoring of NON-system-apps:
After a day of troublefree use the tablet randomly rebooted and came back with the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.". No booting into recovery possible, no booting into download mode, no regular boot. Just the same message over and over again. Battery is unremovable.
I installed Kies, updated it, it downloaded drivers but under "emergency recovery" my tablet didn't appear. I then followed the "Firmware Upgrade and Initialization" procedure wich downloaded the necessary files but aborted with a korean text shown in the attachment after replugging the tablet. I tried this with 2 different USB-cables on several USB-ports. Kies btw asked me to remove the battery (not possible) after entering device number and serial-number. I turned off by pressing the off button instead and it turned on again.
I uninstalled Kies, rebooted, installed the samsung drivers manually, rebooted. I installed odin 1.85 (and later 1.3) and downloaded my contry's stock firmware (and later a newer version of the same firmware and another country's stock) from sammobile. I tried to flash them first without "repartition" ticked, later with it ticked but without a pit file (i can't find it!). I got four different errors, two are attached, the third was somethign like "cant write (line 1876)" and "cant write (line 1440)".I tried three stock firmwares with two version of odin with two USB cords on everal ports on ONE computer. I remove the tablet every time, exited odin every time, run it as admin, disabled firewall, xp-antispy and antivirus. I'm on Windows 7.
Besides a million other threads I found this one, but I wasn't able to solve my issue with it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
For 48 hours i tried to solve this problem by myself. Now I hope to find out if there's a point in continuing or if I can give up and throw away the piece of samsung.
Cheers,
404

android404 said:
Hi,
I rooted my brandnew GT-P3110
404
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose

vizionforever said:
Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?

vizionforever said:
Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks but it didn't work.
wd5gnr said:
I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Mine is still bricked. Good luck.

facing same problem in my samsung tab 2 p3100 after root

wd5gnr said:
I am having the same problem with a P5113. Started with stuck at the Samsung logo. Then I tried a flash from Odin that didn't work. That led to the "Firmware error" screen telling me to use Keis. Keis fails to find the tablet. Odin still sees it but doesn't get a good write.
Now all I get is the battery icon when plugged in but that's it.
Things I have tried:
1) Two versions of Odin
2) Different USB ports
3) Different PC
I also let the device sit over the weekend to completely discharge. Still nothing.
Did you (or anyone else) resolve this issue?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
The stock ROM from sammobile. (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/)
The JB Bootloader
The stock JB kernel.
Opened odin v1.85.
Then i used the vol down+home+lock keys together to try to open the download mode ( but ended up in the "Firmware error " page) and connected phone to the pc. It shows "Added!" in the message box.
Repartition with the .pit and it will reboot.
Disconnect
Get into download mode and install the bootloader and it should reboot when done. Disconnect.
Get into download mode and connect
Installed the kernel through odin and reboot
Download mode again and install the ROM through odin.
If the phone gets stuck in boot loop (samsung logo over and over),
get into recovery mode ( for s2, vol up+home+lock, it needs to be pressed intermittently)
Then do a full format along with wipe cache.
And then the phone finally booted completely. :laugh: . Good Luck.
Note: I'm not sure to boot into recovery and download are the same key combos as it was for the i9100g.

novjean said:
Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks. Well, I understand the theory. I have had trouble finding a PIT file that I am sure is for my device. I did save a PIT file but I think it is corrupt because using it requires me to let the battery die afterwards to get back to download mode. Same for the bootloader. I have a few things I've tried, but not sure I have one that is exactly for the GT-P5113 (in fact, I never did find a JB for the 5113 just the 5110 and it never would load).

Well no amount of coaxing has put life back into the tab
I may try again out of curiosity, but rather than invest more time I went out and bought a 32G Nexus 7 (2013 version). I would still like to get the Galaxy Tab alive again -- it has corrupted the flash twice before and each time I was able to bring it back to life. Not sure if this is an actual hardware failure or if it is just beyond partitioning.
I have a feeling if I had the right PIT and the right bootloader I could get back in business.

I can do each thing you mentioned, but my device is not getting detected by my PC. When I insert USB it says USB not recognized and it is not detected by Odin, adb and anything else. I am stuck on Boot Logo for my P3100 and when I go into recovery, it says USB not recognized. Fully messed up. Can you help me out here.
novjean said:
Dude had the same issue on my galaxy S2 and resolved it. I downloaded the
The .pit file for my gt-i9100g (http://data.hu/get/4697903/omap4_all_20110627_emmc.pit)
The stock ROM from sammobile. (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/)
The JB Bootloader
The stock JB kernel.
Opened odin v1.85.
Then i used the vol down+home+lock keys together to try to open the download mode ( but ended up in the "Firmware error " page) and connected phone to the pc. It shows "Added!" in the message box.
Repartition with the .pit and it will reboot.
Disconnect
Get into download mode and install the bootloader and it should reboot when done. Disconnect.
Get into download mode and connect
Installed the kernel through odin and reboot
Download mode again and install the ROM through odin.
If the phone gets stuck in boot loop (samsung logo over and over),
get into recovery mode ( for s2, vol up+home+lock, it needs to be pressed intermittently)
Then do a full format along with wipe cache.
And then the phone finally booted completely. :laugh: . Good Luck.
Note: I'm not sure to boot into recovery and download are the same key combos as it was for the i9100g.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

2 years later .... did you ever unbrick this? I'm dealing with a P5113 now that's stuck at the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen. <sigh>
wd5gnr said:
Well no amount of coaxing has put life back into the tab
I may try again out of curiosity, but rather than invest more time I went out and bought a 32G Nexus 7 (2013 version). I would still like to get the Galaxy Tab alive again -- it has corrupted the flash twice before and each time I was able to bring it back to life. Not sure if this is an actual hardware failure or if it is just beyond partitioning.
I have a feeling if I had the right PIT and the right bootloader I could get back in business.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

No. I finally sent it to one of these ebay guys who will JTAG it since I was too lazy to wire up one of my JTAG probes. They worked on it and said it was simply dead and the only alternative would be to replace the flash chips.
Bought a Nexus 7.

I've got the pit files for P311x and P3100 on my website https://sites.google.com/site/jrc2swebsite/downloads/samsung-galaxy-tab-2-70-p31xx

[Q] Bricked Tablet - see post for details

Here is the sequence of events:
Galaxy tab 2 10.1 with factory rom (wife's tablet)
Wife tells me that she keeps trying to complete the update everytime she gets prompted, but it always fails
Wife also tells me that she can't power off the tablet (she presses the power button, it shuts down, but then it starts up again)
I try the upgrade, get same result as wife
I try to reset the rom: I download what I think is the correct file, download Odin 1.85, and run it.
put tablet into download mode, attempt to use Odin to load new rom ***note, this is probably where I screwed up, as I am not sure i used the correct file. This is the file I used: PDA_HC31_EG01Ba_AP352081user_CP1033580_LTE20110704_0708.tar, which I found in a search on xda forums for my problem.
Odin reported failure. I tried again, same result.
I tried using KIES, using the Firmware upgrade and intitialisation (note that I must have UK version of KIEs, based on the spelling of initialisation--maybe that's a problem??/). I put in the model number, then the serial number if the tablet, get a message that GT-P5113 does not support initializing
tablet displays the message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
I try to put tablet back into download mode, but that doesn't work. Any suggestions on what to do at this point? Appreciate a step-by-step solution, if possible.
Thanks!

kevinkohut said:
Here is the sequence of events:
Galaxy tab 2 10.1 with factory rom (wife's tablet)
Wife tells me that she keeps trying to complete the update everytime she gets prompted, but it always fails
Wife also tells me that she can't power off the tablet (she presses the power button, it shuts down, but then it starts up again)
I try the upgrade, get same result as wife
I try to reset the rom: I download what I think is the correct file, download Odin 1.85, and run it.
put tablet into download mode, attempt to use Odin to load new rom ***note, this is probably where I screwed up, as I am not sure i used the correct file. This is the file I used: PDA_HC31_EG01Ba_AP352081user_CP1033580_LTE20110704_0708.tar, which I found in a search on xda forums for my problem.
Odin reported failure. I tried again, same result.
I tried using KIES, using the Firmware upgrade and intitialisation (note that I must have UK version of KIEs, based on the spelling of initialisation--maybe that's a problem??/). I put in the model number, then the serial number if the tablet, get a message that GT-P5113 does not support initializing
tablet displays the message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
I try to put tablet back into download mode, but that doesn't work. Any suggestions on what to do at this point? Appreciate a step-by-step solution, if possible.
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Seems you flashed a wrong file.
Download another rom from http://live.samsung-updates.com/
and reflash with odin
Last week i tried to update my tab from 4.1.2 to 4.2.2 it hangup while flashing. Had to reset but then end up with firmware upgrade encountered blablabla. I just reflash within the blind screen without download mode and got it to work again

But don't I need to get the tablet into download mode first?
Rosli59564 said:
Seems you flashed a wrong file.
Download another rom from <<url.....>>
and reflash with odin
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That makes sense, but how do I get the correct file to the tablet if I can't get the tablet into download mode?

kevinkohut said:
That makes sense, but how do I get the correct file to the tablet if I can't get the tablet into download mode?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it's really a gt-p5113 then find the 1 for your country. If you're not sure your region code/csc then just download for any region.
You will know what i'm talking about if take a look at the given link

Please look at item 10 on my list
Rosli59564 said:
If it's really a gt-p5113 then find the 1 for your country. If you're not sure your region code/csc then just download for any region.
You will know what i'm talking about if take a look at the given link
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't load ANY file to the tablet, as I CANNOT GET IT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. I need to know how to force the tablet into download mode. Pressing POWER and VOLUME DOWN does not work. NOTHING HAPPENS.

Connect to PC on the screen "firmware upgrade encountered blablabl" Downloadmode on in Background, Odin can get access
If you are working with Odin, please kil ALL Samsung and KIES Programs and Services running in Background.

Hi for go to download mode you have to press power and volume up buttons
Sent from my GT-P5113 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Android-Andi said:
Connect to PC on the screen "firmware upgrade encountered blablabl" Downloadmode on in Background, Odin can get access
If you are working with Odin, please kil ALL Samsung and KIES Programs and Services running in Background.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have tried this many times and Odin just fails. TWRP, CWM, Phil's touch all tried and failed. I have tried so many ROMs not sure I could list 'em all. Wanted to try SlimKat. But have this same problem, can't find the handle now, I only get the firmware upgrade encountered blah, blah. I'm just about ready to make confetti out of it! Can I get assistance with this problem, please. I don't care what ROM I have to run, I just need it to work...

Any solution to your problem?
Pp.

PanchoPlanet said:
Any solution to your problem?
Pp.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
None as yet, I'm running out of real estate to search...

The rom you used in your op was probably for a data tab like sprint, att, Verizon, that is usually a brick result.
If you could factory reset you may have a chance but I doubt it without recovery or download mode.
Pp

You are faceing the "black screen of death" ("Firmware upgrade encountered an issue....").
Uninstall kies and reboot your pc.
Start odin.
Connect the tab running the black screen of death (BSOD).
Download mode running in background of BSOD so odin will detect your device.
Flash the correct firmware now and pray flashing the at&t rom didn't caused a hardbrick.
Send from OnePlus One using Tapatalk

Correct rom
I think that is exactly my problem. Last night I got Odin to run all the way through, it said pass but still no soap. I'm just about to list it for parts and at least minimize my loss.