I think I bricked my son's tablet! - Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Crap!!! I hope someone can help me. I was trying to upgrade my son's tablet using odin and a stock 4.04 rom from here :Samsung P5100 / P5110 / P5113 Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Complete Stock Firmware. The first one for the P5113.
Anyway, everything seemed to be going okay following the directions and then a failed came up in the first box in odin was red. I repeated it and it appeared to be stuck. The tablet was in download mode and the blue line had only progressed about a quarter inch. I heard the usb disconnect and reconnect sound and I tried to initiate it through odin again but the tablet wasn't responding. I stupidly on plugged the tablet and tried to power it down. Now I can't do anything. Can't get into recovery or download mode. The tablet is stuck on the screen and has this message with a picture of a tablet then a yellow triangle and a computer. Here is the message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. Kies won't recognize the tablet and when I click on emergency firmare recovery it just asks for PC code. I am stumped. I am not familiar with Samsung at all. Also, the message on the screen won't disappear. If I hold down power it won't turn off, the screen will go black and then the message will come right back so I'm afraid the battery will be dead soon and then I will be totally out of luck.
The tablet is a wifi only P5113 Tab 2 10.1.

http://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-4484
Not your device but its should be similar. Hope it works for you.

No luck so far, is there no way to get past this screen?

Not that I know of to be honest, You need to get into download/recovery .... Hopefully someone else more knowledgeable will come up with something !
How old is the tab ?
EDIT :
Will ODIN connect ... When you get that firmware error screen ?

Sean_Seany said:
Not that I know of to be honest, You need to get into download/recovery .... Hopefully someone else more knowledgeable will come up with something !
How old is the tab ?
EDIT :
Will ODIN connect ... When you get that firmware error screen ?
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No nothing, windows does recognize it and will install the driver. But Odin doesn't show anything happening and Kies just shows connecting. When you select emergency recovery in Kies it will stop trying to connect and bring up a dialog box asking for a recovery code. Apparently if the failure would have happened during a legit upgrade using Kies it would have generated an error code for recovery. Is there no way to repair this? Thought Samsung devices were suppose to be so easy to customize? Please help my son is pretty pissed.
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Update!!!
I was able to get odin to connect to tablet and I got cwm recovery installed so it no longer boots to the failed firmware screen and I can get into recovery. My question is which firmware do I install?? The tablet is a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5113 wifi only. Is the P5113UEBLH3 firmware the correct one? It says it was provided by Cellular South which confuses me since the tablet is wifi only.
Update 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Success!!! Got into download mode and was able to load the stock 4.04 firmware and life is good again. Thanks to all that helped.

One thing. Always update your table with OTA or Kies. ODIN breaks the warrantie
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Sweeeet ! Well played :good::good::good::good:

Same issue, different solution...
cruise350 said:
Update!!!
I was able to get odin to connect to tablet and I got cwm recovery installed so it no longer boots to the failed firmware screen and I can get into recovery. My question is which firmware do I install?? The tablet is a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 P5113 wifi only. Is the P5113UEBLH3 firmware the correct one? It says it was provided by Cellular South which confuses me since the tablet is wifi only.
Update 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Success!!! Got into download mode and was able to load the stock 4.04 firmware and life is good again. Thanks to all that helped.
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I bricked my device from Odin while trying to revert from a CM10.1 nightly to stock JB. Device picked up in Odin, but would not flash... unless I reboot the device after I clicked start in Odin. Dunno why, but it loaded stock firmware on the error screen... don' ask me how...

I have experienced this. Run ODIN, then connect your devices to the computer. When ODIN detect it, unplug and then replug your device. When ODIN back detect it then flash.

Recent versions of Odin work the other way around. First plug then open. Older like <1.87, first you open the program then you plug device. Glad it got solved.
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I have also hit this screen several times while playing with roms, this is a fairly common example of "softbrick". Fortunately for me, Odin had no problems connecting, and then simply flashed an oem rom. I have not been able to hard brick this thing, which is a huge surprise considering all the flashing I've done. Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't blown up like an iraqi IED yet lol!
This is a good thing! It means that Samsung built in a good failsafe. It just means you hosed your rom install all the way down to the bootloader. Easy to recover from
Glad ya learned to fix it!

Big problems with my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
cruise350 said:
Crap!!! I hope someone can help me. I was trying to upgrade my son's tablet using odin and a stock 4.04 rom from here :Samsung P5100 / P5110 / P5113 Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 Complete Stock Firmware. The first one for the P5113.
Anyway, everything seemed to be going okay following the directions and then a failed came up in the first box in odin was red. I repeated it and it appeared to be stuck. The tablet was in download mode and the blue line had only progressed about a quarter inch. I heard the usb disconnect and reconnect sound and I tried to initiate it through odin again but the tablet wasn't responding. I stupidly on plugged the tablet and tried to power it down. Now I can't do anything. Can't get into recovery or download mode. The tablet is stuck on the screen and has this message with a picture of a tablet then a yellow triangle and a computer. Here is the message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. Kies won't recognize the tablet and when I click on emergency firmare recovery it just asks for PC code. I am stumped. I am not familiar with Samsung at all. Also, the message on the screen won't disappear. If I hold down power it won't turn off, the screen will go black and then the message will come right back so I'm afraid the battery will be dead soon and then I will be totally out of luck.
The tablet is a wifi only P5113 Tab 2 10.1.
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Hi, my problem is identical. I have a samsung galaxy tab 2 10.1 and after a failed update with Odin the message was:Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. I try again with Odin and nothing. I used Kies, and nothing. Then i saw a reference to the md5 philz_touch_5.03.7-p5110.tar.md5 and i use it with Odin. Sucess but the message was RESET. Everithing disappeared from screen except the battery logo. The tablet is always on and with that image. The volume buttons and power don't work and it is not detected.
I'm affraid the thing is bad.
Can you help? Thank you.
Djadomor

Hey cruise, would you happen to still have the file you used on your son's box? The only page I can find won't let me in.

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[Q] [HELP] Kies Firmware Update Failed

Hello,
I just updated the firmware of my brand new Note 10.1 (N8000) using Kies, which seems to have failed - I can't even turn the device off. I'm a quite experienced computer user, but brand new to Android. Any help or feedback would be very much appreciated (esp. how I can at least turn off the device).
Problem Description:
I have a new Note 10.1 (a German device/I'm in Germany using the Vodafone network, but I guess that shouldn't matter) and installed Kies today. The application identified a new firmware and suggested an update, which I did via USB. Everything appeared to have gone all right - the file got downloaded, transferred to the device, which then showed that it was installing the updates (something like 95 items). No error message. The device then booted, and that's where it seems to be stuck: since then, the device is in an endless loop: Screen is black, a swirling animation comes up, than the Samsung Logo, which stays for like 12 seconds, the screen goes black and it starts from the beginning (in total the loop takes like 15 secondes). Kies cannot connect to the device, and I can't even turn it off, it's just stuck in this endless loop.
Before the update, the device was neither modified nor rooted (I only installed a few apps), and there was no error message during the update (at least none that I saw).
Can anyone help???
Get the firmware file from sammobile and flash with odin. You can find a lot of how to regarding Odin, just do a search and you will find a movie or tutorial.
Here is the fw
http://www.hotfile.com/dl/178817278/616d7ef/N8000XXBLJ9_N8000OXABLJ9_DBT.zip.html
The link is from sammobile, not a mirror, so it's safe.
Or you could just return it for an exchange.
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To turn off, just press power until it turns off (about 10 seconds)...
Kies firmware failed N8010
ultramag69 said:
To turn off, just press power until it turns off (about 10 seconds)...
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Hi there, I have the same problem but with N8010, after firmware update witch FAILED , my N8010 shows .... Firmwareas encountered an issue , Try to recover with Kies...
No way to recover with Kies, I've tryied with Odin flashing the original firmware Ics 404 " Odin flash PASSED, N8010 restart after flashing first start " Samsung note 10.1.. " but no going further it statck ther, I flashed again in Odin Jb 4.1.2 ... Odin Pass, N8010 reboot , Samsung note 10.1 go further Sound and Samsung logo come up but it stack there, I can not turn my N8010 off, if I push the Power botton it reboot again and stack after the souns and Samsung logo!!!
I can enter in Download mode for flashing again but can not get my N8010 further , Please HELP!! " dont know what to do .
ThankYou in advantage
Greetings
Joey
EagleTalon1 said:
Hi there, I have the same problem but with N8010, after firmware update witch FAILED , my N8010 shows .... Firmwareas encountered an issue , Try to recover with Kies...
No way to recover with Kies, I've tryied with Odin flashing the original firmware Ics 404 " Odin flash PASSED, N8010 restart after flashing first start " Samsung note 10.1.. " but no going further it statck ther, I flashed again in Odin Jb 4.1.2 ... Odin Pass, N8010 reboot , Samsung note 10.1 go further Sound and Samsung logo come up but it stack there, I can not turn my N8010 off, if I push the Power botton it reboot again and stack after the souns and Samsung logo!!!
I can enter in Download mode for flashing again but can not get my N8010 further , Please HELP!! " dont know what to do .
ThankYou in advantage
Greetings
Joey
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I'm having the same issue!!!!!
Kies failed! Odin PASS and stuck in the logo!, it doesnt boot!
You may need to go into recovery and wipe data/cache partition. This will wipe your internal memory of everything but you will get an operational note...

[Firmware] Unbrick & restore Galaxy Tab 3 7in SM-T210R

[Firmware] Galaxy Tab 3 7in SM-T210R
How to restore your Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7in wifi tablet with odin and the stock firmware. Unbrick your device
Directions [NOTE] make sure your battery is fully charged before starting this process.
Download files listed to your computer
UPDATED LINK WITH ALL Firmware in one easy spot HERE
1. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SM-T210R&pcode=0#firmware or MK1 Firmware to fix screen flicker
2. ODIN 3.07.ZIP
3. Samsung drivers
extract the drivers and install.
extract odin 3.07 program to desktop
extract firmware to desktop
Enter download mode / odin mode on the tablet from a powered off state.
Press and hold power, home, and volume down. you will see a warning screen then press volume up to continue
Now the device is in download mode. plug in usb cable to computer and device and let the drivers install give it 3 minutes
run odin 3.07 and wait to see the com port connect.
Click on pda button in odin and find the firmware file you extracted to your desktop and select it
press start and wait for device to finish the flash and reboot.
Thats it you just restored the firmware on your device.
Link to samsung mobile firmware
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SM-T210R&pcode=0#firmware
How to video linked here VIDEO
Thanks for the info. Is there already a way of how to reset the flash counter ?
batman08 said:
Thanks for the info. Is there already a way of how to reset the flash counter ?
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No sure if Triangle away app will work on this device yet. I really dont care if it shows flash counts it doesnt bother me.
Question, does this remove cwm?
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meber said:
Question, does this remove cwm?
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It should restore the entire device even stock recovery
Video added to OP
hi
is the firmwere contains or supports the arabic language ?
if not how do i find a firmwere that supports arabic language
tab 3 ( sm-t210r )
thak you
i did this but my galaxy tab is like all colored flicked like green blue red etc...keeps flickering...i just bought this so i know its not a hardware problem, because it was fine til i rooted....now its all like shaky and flickery
Thank you
I am glad I found this I just got mine a week ago and was in a hurry to root it so I could play around and in doing so I spaced off making a backup. So again thanks your a lifesaver. Can do the updates then back it up before I root it again. You happen to know of any good roms for this tablet?
it didint work for me i get a block of yellow text and it says factory mode and alot of other stuff
my tab 3 t210 doesnt let me choose any usb mode MTP or PTP. and doesnt let me uncheck Developer options -> usb debugging. When i try to do these, my tab restarts and panic mode comes. would this subject solve my problem?
tuncell said:
my tab 3 t210 doesnt let me choose any usb mode MTP or PTP. and doesnt let me uncheck Developer options -> usb debugging. When i try to do these, my tab restarts and panic mode comes. would this subject solve my problem?
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yes I think it would
is the latest version for the galaxy tab 3 t210r wifi only for the US the MK1 listed as unknown on http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SM-T210R&pcode=XAC ??
does this overwrite recovery?
if so can you still install philz recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2468441 ??
also will the root method work from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853 ??
biggyhead said:
i did this but my galaxy tab is like all colored flicked like green blue red etc...keeps flickering...i just bought this so i know its not a hardware problem, because it was fine til i rooted....now its all like shaky and flickery
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After I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7" using prerooted.tar.md5, I had the same issue. The screen kept flickering and now I want to unroot to go back to the original manufacturing setting. I just flashed this firmware and it restored to the original condition except the flickering problem still exists. Please help.
unbrick my galaxy tab 3 10.1 P5200
First I greatly appreciate this forum; you may actually be able to help - - - -
Apparently I may have turned my Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 P5200 into a brick; my battery was below 50%, and it asked me if I wanted to update my IAP? - -somewhat of a novice in this regards, said yes, immediately asked me to connect my charger, after I did the power was not charging and continued to drop. Now it will not charge at all - - -no battery prompt, no screen, no nothing, went completely dead. My question is how can I restore power to my TAB 3? I have tried most of the suggestions from google sites; and an IT friend of mine indicated this sounds like a firmware issue and I would have to send to manufacture - - -I purchased it 1 1/2 months ago brand new; I LOVE MY GALAXY TAB 3; currently in a war zone and it would take forever to send back and get back; can someone give me some hope on restoring power so I do not have to send back . . .Thanks to all of you, be safe.
Horatio03 said:
First I greatly appreciate this forum; you may actually be able to help - - - -
Apparently I may have turned my Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 P5200 into a brick; my battery was below 50%, and it asked me if I wanted to update my IAP? - -somewhat of a novice in this regards, said yes, immediately asked me to connect my charger, after I did the power was not charging and continued to drop. Now it will not charge at all - - -no battery prompt, no screen, no nothing, went completely dead. My question is how can I restore power to my TAB 3? I have tried most of the suggestions from google sites; and an IT friend of mine indicated this sounds like a firmware issue and I would have to send to manufacture - - -I purchased it 1 1/2 months ago brand new; I LOVE MY GALAXY TAB 3; currently in a war zone and it would take forever to send back and get back; can someone give me some hope on restoring power so I do not have to send back . . .Thanks to all of you, be safe.
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ok, here's the update, I have in fact been told it IS as a result of the firmware . . . . is there a 3rd party or download available that can be used to fix the firmware issue . ..if known please, please, please, give the link - - -thank you for your attention
screen flickers
when i restore my screen flickers and shakes and changes colors randomly
does it work for my : samsung galaxy tab 3, 7 inch SM-T210 ?
Bad firmware image
The same thing was happening to me so i went to sammobile to find a good copy of the firmware and sure enough that was it. Took me 12 friggin hours and i think i cried a little, but now no more flickering.
Sorry im new so i cant submit the link but its the first result in the list when you search for firmware on sammobile.
samsong313 said:
The same thing was happening to me so i went to sammobile to find a good copy of the firmware and sure enough that was it. Took me 12 friggin hours and i think i cried a little, but now no more flickering.
Sorry im new so i cant submit the link but its the first result in the list when you search for firmware on sammobile.
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Thread updated. when I made this thread the device it was on a different firmware and it must not work anymore so links in OP are updated get the firmware from samsung mobile

[Completed] Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try agai

Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try agai
Hi. I got the problem where I cant use my tab, because it just shows this message: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
It happened because I tried rooting my tab in Odin. At first it failed, I tried it a second time and it kind of lagged.. so being my stupid self I disconnected the tab and since then I have this problem.
I tried looking for some resolutions, but half of them either uses Odin:
1. which I really dont know how to use
2. which considers the tab being in download mode. My tab cant even do that.. when I hold the Power+home+volume down buttons, the screen goes black and then the same message comes back.
The second half of resolutions is with Kies. I didnt know about Kies earlier, so it doesnt have my tab details stored there.
I dont know if Kies has to have your tab stored to use the 'Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation' option, but I tried in anyway. When I write in my model, which is SM-T230NU, it shows that the model information I entered cannot be verified.
When I charged my tab a bit and connected to my computer, Kies isnt able to find it. It finds that something is connected, because it shows that it's connecting, but then it stops, then connects, and the same over and over.
Anyways, I have a Samsung galaxy Tab 4 7.0, model SM-T230NU, and I really want to try and repair it on my own before I give it to service.
Please dont hate on my stupidity, because I'm not really into technology..
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. You're are going to have to flash the stock firmware in Odin. Go to sammobile.com for the firmware and see this on how to use Odin,http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372414. If you can't get into download mode that's going to be a big problem. You can look for help by posting here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/help
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HELP! Firmware Upgrade Encountered an Issue! GT-P3100

I searched most of the web for a week now, trying to figure out how to fix my Tablet on this nightmare.
so before it all began, i left my Tablet charging in midnight, left it in stand-by mode for 12 hours (yes i slept for 12 hours). when i woke up, it was on shutdown mode. i don't know why, i tried opening it, but it was stuck on Samsung Logo for nearly 2 mins. then i tried re-restart it again, and then i was stuck on "Samsung Galaxy tab 2 7.0". I can charge my Tab and it only has 80% battery for some reason. and so i asked someone from Yahoo Ask about how to fix this problem, i couldn't go to Recovery mode or start my tab, but everytime i try, it'll only get stuck at "Samsung Galaxy tab 2 7.0". Now, this guy said i should download a custom os or firmware or smth. (Forgot). and then i downloaded Odin, and a Firmware. for my GT-P3100.
I know i made a mistake, since i wanted to already fix my problem, i went to try anything i didn't actually know of. Now i have a problem, I didn't listen to "Don't turn off target" thing, and i shutdown my tab in the middle of using Odin, since most of the tries failed, Now i got the Firmware upgrade encountered an Issue.
I Tried using Samsung Kies to fix the issue, but it'll only get stuck on Connecting... i tried reinstalling the Drivers but nothing happened, then i uninstalled Kies. and then i download firmwares that might help me with my problem. but most of them failed.
i have 2 Firmware Stock for GT-P3100 Philippines. I really want to get my tab fixed already without a technician repairing it for me. so can you guys help?
I'm about to Download and try Jellybean Firmware, I Don't know anything about this problem nor these firmware. since i couldn't connect to Kies, i only tried fixing it on Odin.
Most of the Firmwares i tried failed. and every time i want to find some thread with the same problem as mine, i couldn't find anything.
i tried everything and it still wont work.
HELP!
._. It happened to me when i deleted System using the recovery mode e.e You should call samsung or buy another tablet ~i have 1 p3100~
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Eddy_0205 said:
._. It happened to me when i deleted System using the recovery mode e.e You should call samsung or buy another tablet ~i have 1 p3100~
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if i ran out of options, i have no choice but to get it fixed by some pro. i don't really know how it happened to my tablet : (
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HELP
Can someone help me, because I have a tab same isseu
I have GT-P3100 SamsungTab 2 (7''). Due to some reason its unable to boot normal and stuck at bootup logo.I try open recovery mode but fail.
I open download mode and try update firmware by ODIN3. But fail as USB and set disconnected in middle. After that phone unable to boot in download or recovery mode and always shows "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again."
I tried again with ODIN but unable to flash firmware. Tried CWM & firmware MD5 files but all fail. On ODIN3 (3.07) it shows success in tool but actually no impact on set. When try with ODIN3 (1.85) it saying fail to write NAND.
Is any way i can correct my Tablet?
Any suggestion will be welcomed.
Thanks in advance
Umamkgf

[Completed] Can't boot into Recovery or Download mode after flashing Stock ROM on Galaxy Tablet

my samsung tablet went through a tough time because it had no os and wasnt installing one so i went to odin and downloaded the stock rom then flashed it by odin while my tab was connected in download mode. suddenly the connection got unplugged while installing the new rom leaving me with a black screen. the real issue here is that i cant save my tab because it doesnt get to recovery nor download mode so im basically left with a useless piece of junk. i think there is a way to get it back because my computer recognizes it but odin doesnt. if i could get it to boot into download mode, i can get it back. but i dont know how...
my tab is samsung galaxt tab 3 lite sm t111.
pls help urgent!!!
kimosab said:
my samsung tablet went through a tough time because it had no os and wasnt installing one so i went to odin and downloaded the stock rom then flashed it by odin while my tab was connected in download mode. suddenly the connection got unplugged while installing the new rom leaving me with a black screen. the real issue here is that i cant save my tab because it doesnt get to recovery nor download mode so im basically left with a useless piece of junk. i think there is a way to get it back because my computer recognizes it but odin doesnt. if i could get it to boot into download mode, i can get it back. but i dont know how...
my tab is samsung galaxt tab 3 lite sm t111.
pls help urgent!!!
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Hello.
Thank you for using XDA Assist.
Please post your questions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3/help
That's the specific help forum for your device.
Your device experts are located there.
Good luck!

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