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samsung showcase HELP!!!

I apologize in advance, since I know people have asked questions similar to this already. But I am desperate for help, as I have been trying to fix my phone for 3 days now, and have not gotten anywhere!!! so here is my story/problem.
I was trying to do an update on my samsung showcase (cspire) using kies, and during the download it was interrupted somehow. The phone was bricked. (i think) so then I found something called one-click unbrick. after that i'm able to put the phone in download or recovery mode.
So i have been trying to get factory rom back on my phone. I downloaded odin3 v1.70 and v1.82 (i have tried both of these) and i have downloaded atlas 2.2 for pit and I have tried both EH09_modem_CS.TAR.MD5 and EI20.tar.md5\EI20.tar.md5. Everytime I do this odin freezes on factoryyfs.rfs.... I have tried all the tricks I can find, different usb port, diff cable, running as admin, i even download sandboxie ( someone suggested that)... I dont know if i am doing something wrong, or if it is odin... Also, i'm not rly sure about the software i'm using... I have very little experience with this kind of stuff, but i am really determined to fix this! please forgive my ignorance! TIA!!

Try flashing a custom rom and boot.img first then Odin back to stock

AshtonTS said:
Try flashing a custom rom and boot.img first then Odin back to stock
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I've been trying to find one, you don't happen to have a link to where I can find one do you?? Also can i do this using odin, the same way I have been trying to get the stock on there?? Thanks for you help!!

[Q] GT-5110 Wont load Firmware

Good afternoon guys,
I have a problem with a Samsung Tab 2 GT-P5110 16gb 10.1 tab.... i went to restore to factory settings and it wouldnt load...
I tried using ODIN and stock rom but here is what happens... It loads to device fine and then says updating for about 20 seconds then says deleting and just goes back to the Error screen with Android robot... Tried this a few times before coming here to ask for help...
I am just downloading the P5110xxDMH2_P5110 UK Version from SAM Mobile.... But the guide says to also add PIT File... this is where i am stuck... Do i need this... What is this...
I have Done plenty with my S2 and S3's but never needed to do this on any of them...
Any help is much appreciated and will try to give as much info as required
Cheers
Steve

steved271 said:
Good afternoon guys,
I have a problem with a Samsung Tab 2 GT-P5110 16gb 10.1 tab.... i went to restore to factory settings and it wouldnt load...
I tried using ODIN and stock rom but here is what happens... It loads to device fine and then says updating for about 20 seconds then says deleting and just goes back to the Error screen with Android robot... Tried this a few times before coming here to ask for help...
I am just downloading the P5110xxDMH2_P5110 UK Version from SAM Mobile.... But the guide says to also add PIT File... this is where i am stuck... Do i need this... What is this...
I have Done plenty with my S2 and S3's but never needed to do this on any of them...
Any help is much appreciated and will try to give as much info as required
Cheers
Steve
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Here's the thread with your answers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203309

been trying this quite a few times now, someone suggested extracting the PIT and the Bootloader and CSC files from the stock Rom... will this help?

[Q]Soft Brick..Stock ROM..ODIN

Hello everyone.
First of all, the questions I have :
Where can I find Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 stock rom file for ODIN?
Which recovery should be used with it?
Boxes I should tick when installing it?
Problem I'm facing :
Tab kept booting over and over and it shows start screen, so I decided to install a custom ROM.
check SlimROM forums and downloaded the 6.0.5.1 recovery and the Slim-p3100-4.4.4.build.9.1-UNOFFICIAL-20150205-2140 ROM
Flashed Recovery via ODIN, then when I tried Wipe Data/Factory Reset, tab just kept restarting as if I never tried Wiping anything.
Read all of the posts on : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-2/help/soft-bricked-tab-gt-p3100-t3016879
Conclusion : Before I decide whether the device is bai-bai, I should flash a Stock ROM with Pit files and re-parti (I think)
Problem : Can't find the Stock ROM file and Pit file for days now..only ones I found are outdated and links dead.
(some info on which boxes to check in ODIN and ODIN version would be helpful too, noob over here)
Tab used to run ICS.
Please help!
Thanks in advance!

Have you checked sammobile?

Only place to find it will be Samobile, tab has no active development and is ancient with "end of life " issues.
Go to Samobile find firmware, click download, go fishing and come home 12 hrs later and maybe it will be downloaded completely.
If you're lucky flash with Odin and if it works leave it alone.
Pp.

Nothing worked
shsagnik said:
Have you checked sammobile?
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PanchoPlanet said:
Only place to find it will be Samobile, tab has no active development and is ancient with "end of life " issues.
Go to Samobile find firmware, click download, go fishing and come home 12 hrs later and maybe it will be downloaded completely.
If you're lucky flash with Odin and if it works leave it alone.
Pp.
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So I found the PIT file and the stock ROM tar file (Thanks for the tip by the way) and it still didn't work.
It's as if I hadn't done a thing in the first place!!
Stock ROM same as it is, nothing changed AT ALL..all that happened after is that Custom Recovery was removed.
So I entered Normal Recovery and Factory Reset, on doing so, it reset the Stock ROM. I rooted the tab this time and still haven't done anything else.
Tab started rebooting on its own again and soon wont stop rebooting.
All I found on the forums was that the only solution is the Stock Tar + PIT file, but that didn't have any effect at all..
Anyone could tell me how to proceed to install a custom ROM just to get rid of this faulty damn Stock one?
Thanks in advance!
Your help is really appreciated!!

Maybe you need tar.md5 file of a custom rom

Your best bet is to read through this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3016879 you may find something to guide you.
Pp.

I was able to rescue mine with heimdall and the heimdall frontend.

SOFT BRICK Galaxy S6 (SM-G920I)

this is the second time i've soft bricked my phone in the past 6 days and if this is fixable i will probably consider researching for weeks at a time before trying anything new..
anyway, the first time i soft bricked my phone last week, my s6 was rooted (via chainfire, G920IDVU1AOC6) but i decided to unroot so i could update software. after unrooting with SuperSU, i attempted to update by using smart switch and then something went wrong with that process (my firmware was at G920IDVU1AOC4) which i then fixed by flashing G920IDVU1BOE3 (latest stock firmware) WITHOUT the hidden.img
backstory out of the way, i wanted to flash TWRP so i could install xposed installer. i used the same chainfire firmware that worked the week prior (above) and so now my phone is soft bricked
things i've tried:
- flashing recovery of AOC4 - i can get back into recovery mode with the older firmware
- flashing AOC4 stock firmware with AND without the hidden.img
- flashing the BOE3 stock firmware with AND without the hidden.img
i'm still able to get into download mode and stock recovery and i've already tried wiping cache and factory reset but nothing works.
i continue to get FAILED on odin
if anyone is able to bring my phone back from purgatory for the second time it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advanced, mojo.

Ok, I soft bricked my s6 too :/ its fine now so dont worry, actually, I read somewhere the problem of failing is in Odin, and you need to flash the stock recovery and then recocery.img you extracted from it in a way odin can read, im from my phone now so I will try to search it out, hope I will find. Dont worry dude your s6 is alive.
Ok i found it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/solved-stuck-download-mode-failed-odin-t3104736 , I burned stock and then the file he supplied,worked like a charm.

JusTeN_ said:
Ok, I soft bricked my s6 too :/ its fine now so dont worry, actually, I read somewhere the problem of failing is in Odin, and you need to flash the stock recovery and then recocery.img you extracted from it in a way odin can read, im from my phone now so I will try to search it out, hope I will find. Dont worry dude your s6 is alive.
Ok i found it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/solved-stuck-download-mode-failed-odin-t3104736 , I burned stock and then the file he supplied,worked like a charm.
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thank you so much for your reply and reassurance! i'll try this out right now and update on the results
UPDATE: i tried flashing stock and then the my-recovery.img.tar and i could get into recovery but i was stuck in boot loop.
is there something i'm doing that's incorrect?

Saafir said:
Did you remove the cable, boot download mode, then reconnect and let the driver install screen complete on your PC? Sorry if its a bit redundant but I had made this mistake before.
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yes i have reconnected each time but thanks anyway!

JusTeN_ said:
Ok, I soft bricked my s6 too :/ its fine now so dont worry, actually, I read somewhere the problem of failing is in Odin, and you need to flash the stock recovery and then recocery.img you extracted from it in a way odin can read, im from my phone now so I will try to search it out, hope I will find. Dont worry dude your s6 is alive.
Ok i found it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/solved-stuck-download-mode-failed-odin-t3104736 , I burned stock and then the file he supplied,worked like a charm.
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I FIXED IT.
i'm not exactly sure of the steps i took, as i had to keep waiting for my Unified Android Toolkit to create the tars but essentially what i did was i flashed;
- stock BOE3 WITHOUT hidden.img
- TWRP recovery (was able to boot into twrp and when i looked through some settings (reboot) it said i had no OS installed for some reason
- from this info i tried flashing the AOC4 older firmware WITHOUT hidden.img then it worked.
do you think it is worth attempting the smart switch thing mentioned in that link you posted?
i wouldn't want to run into this problem again..

my lord.. so SOMEHOW i managed to get myself into this for THE THIRD TIME..
once i got it fixed, just a few hours ago, everything was fine and i was then able to flash CF root again.
but once i tried to install TWRP (it worked before i fixed the second time) odin FAILED again and i'm back to square one.
i'm unsure how to properly fix it and the steps i took before aren't working now and i can't even flash any recoveries (whether its AOC4, BOE3 or TWRP)
can anyone suggest anything else please?? i'm in panic mode again lol
this is definitely the last time i try to do any type of configuration with this device.

Do you have recovery now? Maybe burn some custom rom? ..

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Do you have recovery now? Maybe burn some custom rom? ..
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now i can't flash the twrp .. it won't work. this suck so much!
UPDATE (final update, hopefully ): fixed it AGAIN.
after going through this hellish nightmare for the 3rd time and reading countless threads, i've discovered that the FAILs on odin may be occurring due to the corruption of the firmware file.
so if anyone goes through my problem, CREATE A COPY of the desired firmware before flashing with odin!
thanks justen for your patience and attempts to help me!

What have I done??

Hi, after a weekend of messing with my phone I managed to delete all my files
Plus all my backup files I have no recovery backup that's gone too, all root access has
Been Lost odin won't work supersu is asking for Binery files and won't work, I do have the latest Twerp Installed however I've got nothing to install with it and no recovery backup to install, odin won't open it says unexpected partition layout. I have a Samsung galaxy s3 GT-I9300, OH I can no longer connect to my Internet at home. Here's some more info don't know if it will help anyone who can help me.
WI-FIMAC ADDRESS 88:32:9B:63:5F:A8
SERIAL NUMBER 4df7298605262179
BASEBAND VERSION 19300XXUGMK6
KERNAL VERSION 3.0.31-2168382
BUILD NUMBER JSSISJ. 19300XXUGMK6
Any help, any ideas will be greatly appreciated
Thanks. Matt...... Newbe

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mwelf74 said:
Hi, after a weekend of messing with my phone I managed to delete all my files
Plus all my backup files I have no recovery backup that's gone too, all root access has
Been Lost odin won't work supersu is asking for Binery files and won't work, I do have the latest Twerp Installed however I've got nothing to install with it and no recovery backup to install, odin won't open it says unexpected partition layout. I have a Samsung galaxy s3 GT-I9300, OH I can no longer connect to my Internet at home. Here's some more info don't know if it will help anyone who can help me.
WI-FIMAC ADDRESS 88:32:9B:63:5F:A8
SERIAL NUMBER 4df7298605262179
BASEBAND VERSION 19300XXUGMK6
KERNAL VERSION 3.0.31-2168382
BUILD NUMBER JSSISJ. 19300XXUGMK6
Any help, any ideas will be greatly appreciated
Thanks. Matt...... Newbe
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try using a pit file with odin. im thinking it wouldnt have an error if you had the pit file.
to answer your question "what have i done?" it would seem, you changed things you didnt understand and didnt realize the consequences, resulting in a big @SS mess
dont do that

Like I said odin won't work because of unexpected partition layout.
I'm fully aware of the consequences however I will be the recipient
Of a Samsung galaxy note 4 next week so I was just experimenting
And I will definitely not be rooting that

mwelf74 said:
Like I said odin won't work because of unexpected partition layout.
I'm fully aware of the consequences however I will be the recipient
Of a Samsung galaxy note 4 next week so I was just experimenting
And I will definitely not be rooting that
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ill just assume you dont know what a pit file is, and ill move on. good luck!

No need to assume, I'll be honest I've no idea what a pit file is or how to use one
Etc etc, however I'd be interested to learn if you can give me the basics, everybody has to start somewhere and the only way to progress is if people share the knowledge,
So what do you know that can help me??

mwelf74 said:
No need to assume, I'll be honest I've no idea what a pit file is or how to use one
Etc etc, however I'd be interested to learn if you can give me the basics, everybody has to start somewhere and the only way to progress is if people share the knowledge,
So what do you know that can help me??
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go to your devices forum where the return to stock post is, and see if there is a pit file for whatever version you have. if not, try a search for pit over your general and q&a forums. im sure you will find some, just need to match them to the stock files.
on odin, there is a pit box, check it and link your pit file.

I'd just like to let you know I have managed to sort my phone out
I got a clockwork mod ,and now I'm using something called CyanogenMod
I'm not quite sure how I have managed to achieve this but I have my WiFi connected
to my phone again, Odin is installed and working with no unexpected partition layout
Problems, however my SD card won't mount and I can't seem to get Google playstore
But for now its a small price to pay considering where I was this afternoon. I think I've done well