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kies update bricked my aunts phone

I have already used kies once to upgrade my sgh-i727's firmware to ICS. Anyways my aunt asked if i would do hers for her. I ran kies but after the firmware install had started I got an error message asking me to unplug my phone and boot in to recovery mode. However I can only get the phone to boot into odin mode. Either by turning it on normally i get the error:
odin mode
product name: sgh-727
custom binary download: no
current binary: samsung official
firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
Or i can boot in to normal odin mode holding the volume up and down keys while plugging the usb port in. Then I choose volume up to load custom rom i end up at the same error.
I did try endlessly booting into recovery mode holding the volume up and down keys while powering on (also tried just up and just down to ensure i wasn't crazy) and while samsung flashes super briefly i again end up in odin mode with the error message. I tried flashing a stock ICS and gingerbread roms via odin 1.85 but it fails saying there is no pit file. I have searched for a pit file to load but have been unable to find one, in fact I noticed I was not the only one unable to locate one for this model phone.
Even without recovery mode I still did try to do a emergency firmware recovery in odin mode (rather sure it wouldn't work but what the heck) to no avail. I am at a total loss. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this brick aside from haveing her exchange it with ATT? It is only two days old so that is a possibility if worse comes to worse.
I have scoured the forums, Google and everything else I could think of before asking for help so please don't thrash me if i missed something. some help and a point in the right direction is all i ask. thanks!

atomicWAR said:
I have already used kies once to upgrade my sgh-i727's firmware to ICS. Anyways my aunt asked if i would do hers for her. I ran kies but after the firmware install had started I got an error message asking me to unplug my phone and boot in to recovery mode. However I can only get the phone to boot into odin mode. Either by turning it on normally i get the error:
odin mode
product name: sgh-727
custom binary download: no
current binary: samsung official
firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again.
Or i can boot in to normal odin mode holding the volume up and down keys while plugging the usb port in. Then I choose volume up to load custom rom i end up at the same error.
I did try endlessly booting into recovery mode holding the volume up and down keys while powering on (also tried just up and just down to ensure i wasn't crazy) and while samsung flashes super briefly i again end up in odin mode with the error message. I tried flashing a stock ICS and gingerbread roms via odin 1.85 but it fails saying there is no pit file. I have searched for a pit file to load but have been unable to find one, in fact I noticed I was not the only one unable to locate one for this model phone.
Even without recovery mode I still did try to do a emergency firmware recovery in odin mode (rather sure it wouldn't work but what the heck) to no avail. I am at a total loss. Does anyone have any ideas how to fix this brick aside from haveing her exchange it with ATT? It is only two days old so that is a possibility if worse comes to worse.
I have scoured the forums, Google and everything else I could think of before asking for help so please don't thrash me if i missed something. some help and a point in the right direction is all i ask. thanks!
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take the battery out, put it in download mode and use odin to just flash a stock 4.0.4 att rom
this has happened to me during a 2.3.6 upgrade and i switched usb ports, pulled battery and plugged back in and used odin to flash a stock 2.3.6
here is the stock att official 4.0.4 http://www.hotfile.com/dl/162779401/27c699c/I727UCLF6_I727ATTLF6_ATT.zip.html

just go to the first link in my sig

thanks my brain was hurting. had already pulled the battery etc but then i retried all my usb ports and that was the hang up for odin at least. you guys are awesome.

atomicwar said:
thanks my brain was hurting. Had already pulled the battery etc but then i retried all my usb ports and that was the hang up for odin at least. You guys are awesome.
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good to hear

Problem solved?
CM9 Skyrocket

vincom said:
just go to the first link in my sig
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Dude, I think I just saved my phone. I was freaking out, you have no idea. Thank you so very, very, very much. I'm truly grateful to you!
Seriously, thanks. =]

Thank YOU
vincom said:
just go to the first link in my sig
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New to the boards; however, I must say THANK YOU to the persons who own and operate these boards. Also a BIG THANK YOU to vincom and everyone else who helps on these boards.
I just went through the exact same dilemma that the person who created this post did. I thought for sure Kies ruined my phone.
Well I used vincom's resolution and my phone is working again AND I have ICS! Thank you!

Those who are saying thanks should click thanks on Vincom's post as well. Sending one his way for you...lol.
Sent from my SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

[Q] Problem during rooting help

I was attempting to get root access to my galaxy tab 2 10.1 running android 10.2.1 (or whatever the latest Samsung update was it is 10.2 on my phone but am sure it was 10.2.1 on the tablet.
I was following this guide that someone here recommended
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/4...-p5113-android41-jellybean-android404-ics.htm
I set usb debug and made sure the drivers were on my pc and made sure KIES was completely not running
Followed the instructions to the letter but should have worried when I found the instructions to get to download were wrong - I found on videos that it was reboot using power and right volume key. That was successful
It connected to ODIN fine and the yellow box came up
I made sure the two boxes were ticked and then searched for the file
CF-Auto-Root-espresso10wifi-espresso10wifibby-gtp5113.zip and started ODIN
it seemed to be going fine until suddenly a red box came up with update failed
Now all I can get on the device is "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
No matter how I try to restart this I get the same screen and imagine I couldn't connect to kies even if I should
Can anyone help as I am worried that I have bricked my device - I was looking for a simple way to get root without flashing a whole rom - or is that what I was doing anyway?

Here is a link that may can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722745
Try to do the point A to install CWM Recovery and root correctly the tab then do the point E to install the stock Android 4.0.4
ps : if you want to do something to your tab, try to search here before other websites, big community, good informations/tips (personnal advise) :good:

Maybe file you downloaded is corrupted , redownload it from xda or sammobile and do steps again

n0is said:
Here is a link that may can help you : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722745
Try to do the point A to install CWM Recovery and root correctly the tab then do the point E to install the stock Android 4.0.4
ps : if you want to do something to your tab, try to search here before other websites, big community, good informations/tips (personnal advise) :good:
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I will take a look but so far the only thing I get is the message to connect to KIES and it wont of course connect - cant get into any other modes - you would think they would have some kind of hard boot recovery button that gets you to basic screen to download the latest firmware.
And I did start here and believe that this led from a post here - I was trying to find the least complicated method of getting root access without changing what I already had too much - the only other process that I found on here seemed to have lots of people reporting problems if it wasn't a 3g model
It is beginning to look like I may have found out what bricking is - thanks for the reply anyway

would like to do that
mjrshark said:
Maybe file you downloaded is corrupted , redownload it from xda or sammobile and do steps again
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In fact the instructions do say if it doesn't work first time, to run it again with the boxes unticked - the problem is that I cant get back to download mode, or any mode other than the message to connect to kies, so have no way of doing this. So looks like it may have bricked - is there any way of unbricking a tablet?:crying:
It's going to be an expensive mistake especially as I haven't even had the £50 cash back from Samsung yet and I would have to pay full price now to replace it,

So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

not optamistic but will try!
samsgun357 said:
So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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I will try but I don't think it is going to work. Whenever I connect the tablet by USB I get the usb connecting sound followed immediately by the USB disconnect sound - this just continues to happen every 4 seconds or so all the time that the device is connected. At the moment I have it on charge as once the error screen comes on it doesnt seem to go off for a very long time and then it wont start unless I charge it first. After a few minutes on charge - The firmware upgrade encountered an issue message comes up. I am going to leave it a while until I am sure it is fully charged and then try what you suggest - not optamistic though since I now realise that it is not even connecting properly. I just have a bad feeling about this. I had to disconnect it from the power yesterday because the error screen stays on continuously and the device starts to get warm
Assuming that I ever manage to get a stock image installed will this mean I can go back to normal kies updates - all I really wanted was the standard samsung android O/S but with super user added.
Unfortunately I had read the linked article a while back and what made me more confident was the statement that said it was "virtually impossible to brick this device"

Since it's still going into Charging mode and spitting out error messages, it's not completely bricked. It's just in a reboot loop (a.k.a. soft brick).
Keep trying to get it into Download mode. Sometimes the timing is a little tricky if it's in a boot loop.
1. Disconnect it before trying to get it into Download Mode. If it's plugged in (charger or PC), the device will go into Charging mode instead.
2. Hold the Power button for 10 seconds to make it reboot.
3. When you see the screen turn off, let go of Power and then press and hold Power and Volume Right/Up.
4. If done correctly, it will immediately go into Download Mode. If you see the Samsung logo instead, repeat from Step 2.

some progress but still stuck - any more ideas please
samsgun357 said:
So did you remove it from Odin after it failed?
If you connect and pull up Odin, even though its not in download mode, do you get an active com box showing its connected?
Have you tried kies yet?
There is a simple method of rooting in the link posted in the previous post by n0is. At this point you might have to flash a stock image before you try and root again. If you can get an active com port in Odin, run a stock image first, they can be found here in xda. Get it booted up and then make sure you are on the latest android version, its 4.1.1 here in the US. If you try and root first and then update, you will lose root so update first to avoid rooting twice.
Just to clarify the root procedures,
Odin the cwm recovery .tar from the thread.
Reboot to recovery then flash the super user zip for the p5113. It will ask you about erasing stock recovery or something like that, check yes.
And that's it, simple enough
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium
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Hi well thanks -
when I connected Odin it did show up yellow and so I downloaded the P5110 stock from from the other thread - all went well and it reported all OK and re-booted - saw the animated sequence but now it has stalled on the samsung logo and still wont connect to kies
So still stuck but at least it has moved on - The instructions on the other page were a little unclear about one stage
It said if there was pit file included to set something and tick repartition - this was all in one line and so I assumed part of the pit instruction - as there was no pit file I did not tick re-partition - I wonder if I should have done?
I have just reconnected to ODIN and the ID Com is still lit up yellow so presumably I could try running it again, or should I look on here for another stock rom - I am wondering if I have somehpw scewed up the bootloader and if so how I go about restoring it
ODIN is the only thing it connects to right now

GT-P3110 Problem stuck on "Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue.."

i tried rooting my tab (GT-P3110) and in Odin it didn't showed pass, my tab rebooted and it showed an error saying "Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue..." i tried putting it in download mode to flash a new rom but it's stuck in that screen, i also tried putting it in recovery mode but it doesn't work either, is my tab totally bricked? can it still be fixed? i can't enter download mode or recovery mode, every time i turn it off it just goes back to the same screen and when i put the charger in, it still shows the same screen, help me please...thank you!

dhrexler said:
i tried rooting my tab (GT-P3110) and in Odin it didn't showed pass, my tab rebooted and it showed an error saying "Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue..." i tried putting it in download mode to flash a new rom but it's stuck in that screen, i also tried putting it in recovery mode but it doesn't work either, is my tab totally bricked? can it still be fixed? i can't enter download mode or recovery mode, every time i turn it off it just goes back to the same screen and when i put the charger in, it still shows the same screen, help me please...thank you!
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I have the same problem, can some1 help?
I try using kies to fix the problem but the gt-p3110 is not supported when u go to Firmware upgrade and initilazation, put in the serial number from the back of your battery, then the tablet model and when u click ok is telling you that your model is not supported.
Can some1 tell me how to do it using Odin , even with complete wipe, or stock ROM.
Thx and please reply

"Firmware Upgrade encountered an issue..." = that´s the black screen of death. Download mode is enabled in this situation automaticly, no need to boot into downloadmode.
Uninstall Kies first! Maybe that´s why Odin failed! Maybe some Kies prozess running in the background.
Start Odin as Administrator,
Connect your tabelt to your PC (yes, with black screen of death!) - Odin will show "Added"
Now flash a Stockrom for your device
Safed your Tab

i did that with odin, untill it show'd pass but when i turn it on is the same
i loaded the file in the pda section,auto reboot and f.reset time boxes were checked
i used this http://www.hotfile.com/dl/182607797/b61e3af/P3110XXCLK7_P3110OXACLK7_BTU.zip.html from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35095146 , the uk link
if u have a working method can you please tell me and live a link and how to do it?
thanks and please reply

maybe bad download? redownload a rom for your deivce e.g. from www.samsung-updates.com

Just did that , but is the same, I use Odin 3.07
Any more ideas?
Thanks

I notice this thread has been dead for some time. However, I am also in search of a possible solution to this as a colleague of mine passed one of these tablets on to me in the hope I could get some use out of it. It is in the same state as the previous posters claim, 'firmware encountered a problem.....'. Obviously I'm in a different situation as I did not buy this thing with my own money, not will I lose out if it is beyond repair. But I'm interested to solve this problem none the less.
So, so far I have attempted to flash a philztouch recovery using Odin which was unsuccessful and I have also tried to flash several compatible ROMs. All of which have failed, Odin confirming each time that the attempts were unsuccessful. I have read that the tablet in this state auto unlocks the bootloader, so I have ruled out that as a sticking point. I have read that flashing ROMs potentially won't work either as the corruption of the firmware is seated too deeply for this to have any effect. I know a possible solution is to try flash a new kernel as this goes a lot deeper, but this can be risky, however, like I mentioned above is not an issue for me as I have nothing to lose. Does anyone have any pointers on how to flash a new kernel? Surely there is a way to remove the corrupted firmware completely? I have to admit this is beyond the realm of anything I have used Odin for in the past. Also, I am more than aware some of my understanding may be incorrect so feel free to correct me. Any help would be greatly appreciated, even if it's just to point me in the right direction or towards some reference material which could shed some light on this particular problem.
Thanks in advance.

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
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Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose

vizionforever said:
Try odin 1.61 1.85 sometimes itll jar it loose
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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
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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?
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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?
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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

Trying to recover bricked P5113 for friend

I haven't been on the xda forums since the early WP7 days but im back now with a android question.
My friend bricked her p5113 and I thought I may be able to fix it. But Im a little confused with all the different things that need to be done to flash a stock rom on an android. Flash Kernel, mobile odin, which firmware, which rom etc
Right now I get stuck on the "WARNING custom rom installation screen, volume down to download a custom rom, volume up to restart phone" screen. My computer will not recognize the device. Once I got my computer to make the device connected noise but then immediately after it made the device disconnected noise and kept repeating.
Can someone point me in the correct direction here? I just want to restore it back to factory settings.
THANKS

What happened that it bricked? tryed to flash a stockrom using odin?
maybe try drivers from here:
Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 - x86 / x64
Version: 1.5.27.0
Date: 21. Juni 2013
Source: taken from KIES 2.6.0.13074_14_00
14,6 MiB (15.365.072 Bytes)
MD5: AB24028EBA28A444D9BCC9E836C6FF40
Download: via ZippyShare

Android-Andi said:
What happened that it bricked? tryed to flash a stockrom using odin?
maybe try drivers from here:
Microsoft Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 - x86 / x64
Version: 1.5.27.0
Date: 21. Juni 2013
Source: taken from KIES 2.6.0.13074_14_00
14,6 MiB (15.365.072 Bytes)
MD5: AB24028EBA28A444D9BCC9E836C6FF40
Download: via ZippyShare
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Not sure what did it. She said she turned it on one day and it was like that. I more of a windows guy so im not really familiar with the android setups.

Floods7 said:
I haven't been on the xda forums since the early WP7 days but im back now with a android question.
My friend bricked her p5113 and I thought I may be able to fix it. But Im a little confused with all the different things that need to be done to flash a stock rom on an android. Flash Kernel, mobile odin, which firmware, which rom etc
Right now I get stuck on the "WARNING custom rom installation screen, volume down to download a custom rom, volume up to restart phone" screen. My computer will not recognize the device. Once I got my computer to make the device connected noise but then immediately after it made the device disconnected noise and kept repeating.
Can someone point me in the correct direction here? I just want to restore it back to factory settings.
THANKS
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You need to install Samsung Kies on the pc for the correct driver. Be sure to keep Kies closed when flashing through Odin.
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Im just not sure of the process and in what order they go in.
I can look up all the downloads but can someone tell me what order to do all the steps in ?

Floods7 said:
Im just not sure of the process and in what order they go in.
I can look up all the downloads but can someone tell me what order to do all the steps in ?
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The first thing to try is a factory reset. If you hold the power and volume down button (volume up on most other Samsung Android devices), you will enter recovery mode (which is not the download mode you describe in your first post). You can navigate with the volume buttons and enter with the power button. Navigate to the factory reset option and press enter. You will lose all data on the internal sd card.
If that doesn't work, you can try to flash the original firmware through Odin. There are many step by step tutorials on the internet and YouTube, so no need for me to elaborate here. Download the firmware here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/. It is a generic process for all Samsung devices, so not Tab specific.
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eejee said:
The first thing to try is a factory reset. If you hold the power and volume down button (volume up on most other Samsung Android devices), you will enter recovery mode (which is not the download mode you describe in your first post). You can navigate with the volume buttons and enter with the power button. Navigate to the factory reset option and press enter. You will lose all data on the internal sd card.
If that doesn't work, you can try to flash the original firmware through Odin. There are many step by step tutorials on the internet and YouTube, so no need for me to elaborate here. Download the firmware here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/. It is a generic process for all Samsung devices, so not Tab specific.
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Thanks so much for the info. But im still having problems. I got odin running and it connected. but now im in "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen and cant get anywhere else. I started odin and the first time it said "RESTART!" so I restarted and ran it again, this time it said PASS! but im still stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen and cant get anywhere else" screen. Whats my next move lol ??

and btw, I cannot enter download mode

Floods7 said:
Thanks so much for the info. But im still having problems. I got odin running and it connected. but now im in "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen and cant get anywhere else. I started odin and the first time it said "RESTART!" so I restarted and ran it again, this time it said PASS! but im still stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen and cant get anywhere else" screen. Whats my next move lol ??
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Where do you get that screen? Odin, Kies, phone? Remember that Kies should be installed, but not active. To be sure, also stop the Kies entries in Windows task manager.
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eejee said:
Where do you get that screen? Odin, Kies, phone? Remember that Kies should be installed, but not active. To be sure, also stop the Kies entries in Windows task manager.
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I get that screen on odin. I have tried running kies but it never connects.

Floods7 said:
I get that screen on odin. I have tried running kies but it never connects.
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That Kies never connects doesn't mean anything: in the past six years I almost never got it to work and I never use it. Besides, it doesn't work anyway if a custom rom has been installed, which is understandable. You just have to have it on your pc because of the USB driver.
Did you try the factory reset in recovery mode that I mentioned earlier?
Are you sure you've downloaded the correct firmware?
Is the present installation stock firmware or a custom rom?
Have you tried different USB ports?
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eejee said:
That Kies never connects doesn't mean anything: in the past six years I almost never got it to work and I never use it. Besides, it doesn't work anyway if a custom rom has been installed, which is understandable. You just have to have it on your pc because of the USB driver.
Did you try the factory reset in recovery mode that I mentioned earlier?
Are you sure you've downloaded the correct firmware?
Is the present installation stock firmware or a custom rom?
Have you tried different USB ports?
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I tried the factory reset method. Was not able to get that working. At one point I was able to get to the odin download screen, so I tried to flash, it said pass, but did not work. Now I cant get to the odin download screen at all, all I can get is the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen and cant get anywhere else" screen. Literally no other screen than that one. I thought I used the correct firmware but im not on the same computer right now so I cant check. Can someone point me to the correct firmware? Am I skipping any steps?
I turn the tablet on and get to the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" screen and cant get anywhere else" screen. Connect to odin, the device is detected by odin and then i begin to flash. I usually gets stuck when odin says to "RESTART".

"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" = Black-Screen-Of-Death, download-mode running in background, flashing with Odin will work there.
Maybe uncheck "Auto-Reboot" in Odin, if Odin says "Pass!" Wait 1 Minute to be sure. Now reboot directly into recovery, restart the device from there and see if it works.

Maybe you could try another version of Odin. That worked for me when i got stuck with my tab

Android-Andi said:
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" = Black-Screen-Of-Death, download-mode running in background, flashing with Odin will work there.
Maybe uncheck "Auto-Reboot" in Odin, if Odin says "Pass!" Wait 1 Minute to be sure. Now reboot directly into recovery, restart the device from there and see if it works.
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I have tried a few versions of odin. I got one to work and it said pass, then went to restart and I could not restart the device.