Anyone there who could help... I've been get hype when i receive my first android device (galaxy tab P6200) so i search for tutorial on how to root and flash new firmawre.. i did everything in the tutorial but suddenly.. odin has stop working. when i boot my P6200 it turns out to be softbrick.. sorry i'am kinda new on android scene i've been on ios scene before o didn't think it would be harder to find a solution on android... ive spent 2 straight days finding downloading firmware ive even search xda for this matter but no luck... i can still access download mode but odin and Heimdall still give me such error that prevents me to fix my device... i'am kinda losing hope so i try to post here to see if its still a chance for me to recover my softbrick device... hope someone could help... insanely beggin....:crying:
userpjay said:
Anyone there who could help... I've been get hype when i receive my first android device (galaxy tab P6200) so i search for tutorial on how to root and flash new firmawre.. i did everything in the tutorial but suddenly.. odin has stop working. when i boot my P6200 it turns out to be softbrick.. sorry i'am kinda new on android scene i've been on ios scene before o didn't think it would be harder to find a solution on android... ive spent 2 straight days finding downloading firmware ive even search xda for this matter but no luck... i can still access download mode but odin and Heimdall still give me such error that prevents me to fix my device... i'am kinda losing hope so i try to post here to see if its still a chance for me to recover my softbrick device... hope someone could help... insanely beggin....:crying:
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Need more info, exact model number firmware you were on, firmware file you were tryimg to flash, did you check, or uncheck anything in Odin? Download mode is good, you should be OK.
How do you know its softbrick? Bootloop, hang at logo? Which one?, as much data as possible will get you fixed faster.
I had same problem. You need a PIT file for p6200 and use it in odin together with the newest firmware from sammobile.com.
It works for me.
nabile said:
I had same problem. You need a PIT file for p6200 and use it in odin together with the newest firmware from sammobile.com.
It works for me.
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I have limited knowledge on flashing, but as far as I know, If u r using a 'PIT' file, be sure to check on 'Repartition' Option in Odin (while flashing). If u Flash wid ONLY a md5 file, ensure that 'Re Partition' box is unchecked while flashing. May be u kept Repartition checked while you were not using a PIT file or vice versa.
If that is d case, try flashing again by following a correct process.
Hello I started my Friday by deciding I want to upgrade my galaxy s4 to lollipop I downloaded a file used Odin installed job done no problem powered on I have lollipop brilliant! As I am a root user I then found a root file I went into Odin into download mode and started I immediately received a fail I looked on my phone and it was halfway done before freezing I thought stupidly ok I'll plug it out and retry on powering on again I received a message saying firmware upgrade encountered an issue I thought ok that's fine I'll just go into download mode I tried and it stayed on the same screen I then tried recovery mode same problem many forums said to use kies doesn't support my s4 I tried all the kies software and it failed I then tried smart switch and failed I was very worried now and spent hours looking at forums to no avail now here I am hoping that someone will help me thanks guys look forward to a reply
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Hello I started my Friday by deciding I want to upgrade my galaxy s4 to lollipop I downloaded a file used Odin installed job done no problem powered on I have lollipop brilliant! As I am a root user I then found a root file I went into Odin into download mode and started I immediately received a fail I looked on my phone and it was halfway done before freezing I thought stupidly ok I'll plug it out and retry on powering on again I received a message saying firmware upgrade encountered an issue I thought ok that's fine I'll just go into download mode I tried and it stayed on the same screen I then tried recovery mode same problem many forums said to use kies doesn't support my s4 I tried all the kies software and it failed I then tried smart switch and failed I was very worried now and spent hours looking at forums to no avail now here I am hoping that someone will help me thanks guys look forward to a reply
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I found a similar issue report here: [Q] Need help for S4 GT-I9505 " firmware upgrade encountered an issue" .
Suggested solution there was to boot into recovery, wipe data (= do a factory reset) then flash a new firmware with Odin.
You need to specify your exact device model (GT-I9500 or GT-I9505 or ???).
Then the firmware version your are running ATM.
And the rooting method which failed.
Maybe the rooting method doesn't work for the firmware version.
Here is a rooting guide specially for Lollipop on the S4: [Guide][How to Root Lollipop GT-I9500/i9505][5.0.1].
If you have further questions, please register on xda and ask in the corresponding Q&A thread.
Thread closed. Thank you!
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.
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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? ..
JusTeN_ said:
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!
Hi, so I am on a Galaxy S5 16gb running lollipop 5.0 through sprint. Im not too in this scene but Ive known enough to successfully root and unroot several other phones without.any problems. I successfully rooted my S5 using Cf auto root and everything was perfect until I tried flashing a .zip file for xposed installer through recovery. Ever since my phone wont go.past the samsung logo on start up. I am able to still access download and recovery mode. Every time on odin I try to flash the stock firmware (ive tried three.different ones) it ends up saying " nand write start fail" then "complete write operation failed". This is stressimg me out hardcore and im completely unsure of what I need to do. Much help needed.
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Hi, so I am on a Galaxy S5 16gb running lollipop 5.0 through sprint. Im not too in this scene but Ive known enough to successfully root and unroot several other phones without.any problems. I successfully rooted my S5 using Cf auto root and everything was perfect until I tried flashing a .zip file for xposed installer through recovery. Ever since my phone wont go.past the samsung logo on start up. I am able to still access download and recovery mode. Every time on odin I try to flash the stock firmware (ive tried three.different ones) it ends up saying " nand write start fail" then "complete write operation failed". This is stressimg me out hardcore and im completely unsure of what I need to do. Much help needed.
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Hi, thanks for using XDA assist!
First, please create an account so you can post in other forums.
Here is your device main forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5
Here is where you should post your question:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
The experts for your device are located there and will be able to help you.
Good luck!
Hey guys I'm trying to upgrade to 4.4 note 3 at&t. I have 4.2 and tried using odin 3.09, alo I tried 3.10 to upgrade to 4.4. When doin so I get an error saying failed. I try to boot up my phone and says fail recovery try using kies. Has anyone had this issue before? I have a N900A and I downloaded the right stock . Not sure how I can solve this since kies isn't workin when I put in the right S/N had this phone for 3 years. I cant find the 4.2 stock to see if I can solve the failed recovery msg.
Hi !
This is the thread that it may help you
Good luck !