"debranding" the g920f with odin dont work - Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello guys,
yesterday i bought a galaxy s6 (g920f). it got the 1&1 branding but its simlock free. i just read about, that i can use this fw G920FXXU1AOE3_G920FDBT1AODQ_G920FXXU1AOE3_HOME.tar (5.02), flash it with odin, after that a wipe and than update to 5.1.1 with smartswitch. than i got a complete debranded dbt firmware.
ok, thought it would be easy ;P - a ran in conflicts now. odin got errors on flashing. every time it failed flashing. i read about the "hidden.img". i should extract the firmwarefile with 7zip, delete the hidden.img and after that i have to make a new .tar (not tar.md5, cause i will get md5 errors in odin, already tested ) - still fail on flashing....
than i found a pit file, but i dont know how to handle that. i never done that and dont know, whats happening when im flashing it and i dont even know which i have to download.
here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/general/g920f-pit-file-banded-firmwares-t3118459
hope someone can help me.
best regards taker-`
//edit: meanwhile i triggert knox, so i tried to flash twpr and try to flash the dbt 5.1.1 firmware with the recovery....recoveryflashing also failed - why?

Are you using the official Samsung cable? Odin is very picky about usb cables. How many times did you try? I recently unrooted using Odin, and the first time it failed as well for no reason. I just reconnected the usb cable and tried again, then it worked.

i used the original cable, but i also tried a original cable from a galaxy s5 and s4. same error all the time.
i flashed my s5 with the same cable, same odin version...i want it on stock firmware, cause i sold it. that worked well, but with the s6, it dont work.

Flash this stock 5.1.1 ROM via odin to debrand your G920F.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/52470/G920FXXU2BOG8_G920FDBT2BOG8_DBT/

roydok said:
Flash this stock 5.1.1 ROM via odin to debrand your G920F.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/52470/G920FXXU2BOG8_G920FDBT2BOG8_DBT/
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already tried. i cant flash anything. i dont know why. i use odin 3.10.6 and so on... i tried a kernel to obtain root, than flash via terminal twpr and than the firmware as a *.zip...
nothing is gonna work

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SM-G920F firmware flash fail in odin - ANY SUCCESSFUL FLASHES?

Ok guys, Could be a simple answer. I currently have an S6 and it is unlocked and currently on German Vodafone. I have attempted to revert it to BTU firmware as I'm in the UK. I followed all the available guides to achieve this via odin but it failed almost immediately. It failed at Hidden.img I think? Anyway the phone then failed to start up and took me straight to an error screen telling me to connect it to smart switch. I then found out how to fix it and managed it so phone up and running again. Is it possible to flash the BTU firmware in the first place?
Thanks
Come on guys, surely there must have been someone out there with the same problem as me and has managed to overcome it?
The answer is:
extract the Firmware with winrar and extract the hidden.img separat to your Desktop. rename it to hidden.img.tar and Flash that again (AP), after that your phone should reboot. if not, go into recovery make a reset. Here is a link in german:
https://www.androidpit.de/forum/670145/samsung-galaxy-s6-s6-update-problem-hidden-img-fail
That's how I solved the problem with the phone going into error. I need to know if it is possible to flash the firmware BTU to my phone?
sinbrad said:
I need to know if it is possible to flash the firmware BTU to my phone?
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It's 100% possible but check first if the rar file is not corrupted.
I had problem with corrupted files failed in odin.
Ok, I completed yet another download of the firmware for BTU but once again the flash failed. I had to carry out flash with hidden.img.tar in order to restore phone. I don't understand why this is happening? Any ideas?

SM-G920W8 Help!

Hey guys, Im in need of some expert help.. So basically I let a friend root my phone and install twrp, and all went well until he flashed Xposed. He wasn't aware that I had installed the marshmallow update. After he flashed xposed the phone wouldn't boot so he tried to flash the stock 6.0.1 ROM back from Sam mobile with no luck. Apparently it gets stuck in Odin when trying to flash the CM.bin and the sboot.bin files. I was able to flash the system and modem files on to get it to boot. when checking the phone im not seeing any IMEI as it says Unknown. Ive tried just the modem file and nadda.. any help would be appreciated. Also My phone detects now as a SM-G920F and not as it should SM-G920W8 Canadian version.
Update. Ive installed the Xtresto Lite through TWRP and it installed fine except it still detects the phone now as a SM-G920F and ive still got no modem working.
simonsez4200 said:
Hey guys, Im in need of some expert help.. So basically I let a friend root my phone and install twrp, and all went well until he flashed Xposed. He wasn't aware that I had installed the marshmallow update. After he flashed xposed the phone wouldn't boot so he tried to flash the stock 6.0.1 ROM back from Sam mobile with no luck. Apparently it gets stuck in Odin when trying to flash the CM.bin and the sboot.bin files. I was able to flash the system and modem files on to get it to boot. when checking the phone im not seeing any IMEI as it says Unknown. Ive tried just the modem file and nadda.. any help would be appreciated. Also My phone detects now as a SM-G920F and not as it should SM-G920W8 Canadian version.
Update. Ive installed the Xtresto Lite through TWRP and it installed fine except it still detects the phone now as a SM-G920F and ive still got no modem working.
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Did you flash 920f modem?. Flash back to stock with odin or smart switch. Odin is a bit fussy though. Best us smart swith. It will do everything. You just have to enter model number and s.n. of the phone.
Sent from my SM-G925F

Odin FAILs on FW flashing start

Since I'm tired of waiting for Nougat for S6 BTU I downloaded latest 7.0 FW for Germany (DBT).
DL-ed latest Odin, connected my phone and loaded FW up, pressed start and right after that Odin displayed FAIL. It didn't flash anything, said FAIL right on start.
So I tried flashing only hidden.img and even modem file and re-tried but nothing, every time it fails on start.
Now my S6 is stuck in Download mode, and I'm afraid battery will drain since I cannot turn it off.
Why can't I flash 7.0 DBT over 6.0.1 MM (BTU)? Do I need PIT file or what?
try this stock rom
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sp...ham-space-rom-v1-1-1-27-t3596903/post72048526
or this custom rom need custom recovery
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ied-development/noble-nougat-rom-1-0-t3565293
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1samek said:
Since I'm tired of waiting for Nougat for S6 BTU I downloaded latest 7.0 FW for Germany (DBT).
DL-ed latest Odin, connected my phone and loaded FW up, pressed start and right after that Odin displayed FAIL. It didn't flash anything, said FAIL right on start.
So I tried flashing only hidden.img and even modem file and re-tried but nothing, every time it fails on start.
Now my S6 is stuck in Download mode, and I'm afraid battery will drain since I cannot turn it off.
Why can't I flash 7.0 DBT over 6.0.1 MM (BTU)? Do I need PIT file or what?
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Easy as this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeSAQOYbWd0
Razertje said:
Easy as this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeSAQOYbWd0
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Yeah, but I get error on START not on end of flashing...
It doesn't even start writing any part of the firmware.

SM-G930F SW REV Check fail device 2 binary 1

Hey guys! I have a problem. I have flashed on my Galaxy S7 (Exynos version) the galaxy Note Fan Edition Port rom a couple of weeks ago, but now I flashed the latest stock firmware from Sammobile via odin and it always fails at the bootloader. I don't know why? I searched for many hours for a solution, but nothing works.... I hope somebody could help me
Here is the link for the note fan edition rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7...-galaxy-note-fan-edition-port-vol1-0-t3633626
OEM unlock on?
Could also be that the latest bootloader prevents rolling back, so if you're trying to go from a newer bootloader to an older one it won't let you. You can probably just exclude the BL file and be fine.
Is that Fan Edition ROM you flashed not a S7 Edge rom made to work on the S7..! Maybe your phone shows up as a G935 now?
I have flashed android 8.0 manually from sammobile via odin and it got stuck on emergency recovery and I somehow got it into the download mode and every time I want to flash my stock firmware it says device 2 binary 1... I also flashed twrp recovery and wiped everything (system, data....) and tried again and it always fails in odin and says device 2 binary 1.. Im trying to find solution but everytime it fails. PLEASE HELP ME
daymonfeyenord said:
I have flashed android 8.0 manually from sammobile via odin and it got stuck on emergency recovery and I somehow got it into the download mode and every time I want to flash my stock firmware it says device 2 binary 1... I also flashed twrp recovery and wiped everything (system, data....) and tried again and it always fails in odin and says device 2 binary 1.. Im trying to find solution but everytime it fails. PLEASE HELP ME
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Samething happened to me. I did the same thing u did but nothing worked.
Can someone plz help us to get odin download work again.
you should go for latest rom. download from here: https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G930F/region/BTU/
You will be satisfy with this.
Hi! Same error but different situation.
I was on the latest firmware 8.0 ITV, I wanted to downgrade to nougat, so I downloaded the first 7.0 firmware BTU (the one that was the best for my S7).
I opened all the firmware files on odin 3.13.1 and I started the procedure but at a certain point everything stopped, on odin the message "failed" appeared and on the phone the message "sw rev check fail (bootloader) device 2 binary 1".
I tried with a different version of odin but the message remains the same, I also tried without flashing the BL file but nothing ... In the end I had to flash again the latest firmware oreo ITV and no errors appeared, but I find myself at the starting point
specific that my S7 has never had modding operations, the knox counter is perfectly at 0x0, I have always used only original firmware and never had problems with odin.
How can I downgrade without having in that error?
Hi just flash this version of latest nougat G930FXXS2DRDI, this is binary 2 firmware (XEO)

Can't flash stock firmware

Hi! A while ago I decided to flash TWRP and a custom rom (LineageOS) onto my S7. After a while I decided that I would prefer the stock OS. So I tried flashing the stock ROM with Odin and a zip file downloaded from SamMobile. But it would always fail when it got up to flashing system.img. So I tried another firmware using SamFirm, the same problem persisted. So I tried flashing the stock ROM using FlashFire, but no partitions showed up. Smart Switch and Kies 3 just said that my device is not compatible. If anyone can help me, it would be massively appreciated.
P.S. I am doing everything right, I've done this exact process on many other Samsung phones.
Are you extracting the AP, BL, CP and CSC files from the zip, or just putting the zip straight into Odin?
MuscularCrab said:
Hi! A while ago I decided to flash TWRP and a custom rom (LineageOS) onto my S7. After a while I decided that I would prefer the stock OS. So I tried flashing the stock ROM with Odin and a zip file downloaded from SamMobile. But it would always fail when it got up to flashing system.img. So I tried another firmware using SamFirm, the same problem persisted. So I tried flashing the stock ROM using FlashFire, but no partitions showed up. Smart Switch and Kies 3 just said that my device is not compatible. If anyone can help me, it would be massively appreciated.
P.S. I am doing everything right, I've done this exact process on many other Samsung phones.
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please post the error showing in Odin

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