Can't find an answer anywhere. Please Help - Sprint Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 G900P and I tried to downgrade from 5.0 to 4.4.2 before realizing that I can't do that because of the locked bootloader and all. Now the phone will not boot and odin gives me the error SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 3 > Binary 1. I have searched high and low and have found that this means I tried to download with a locked bootloader but can't find a way to flash the stock 5.0 firmware to fix this issue. I have tried multiple times with odin and Samsung Kies. Kies does not recognize the phone in download mode so thats a no go. I am completely stumped here. This isn't my first go round with odin or Samsung devices just jumped right in without much research this time. Any help would be greatly appreciated if someone could give me step by step or just a link to one so i can get this thing back going. I have screen shots of what the phone and odin both say when this fails but this being my first post i can't post them. Thank ahead of time.

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[q] samsung galaxy s3 root accidentyl updated help

I have a rooted android device samsung galaxy s3 and it was running fine and everything till one day it said to install an update. i accepted it and while it was updating all of a sudden it went to that black screen and says, " system software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off you phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help." Then thats where i couldn't do anyting with my phone but go to download/ODIN MODE and rebooting system thing where you can reboot system. IM very new and i don't know much about rooting and the meanings of a lot of words like unlock bootloader. If i go to ODIN MODE it says
ODINE MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-1535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (1 Counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty bit: 1
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV:1
i think this doesn't look good. WHat should i do to make my phone be working again and not showing that black screen.
I already wiped all data and tried to do that StockROm thing on my computer ODIN and still nothing.
Is my bootloader locked? if so do i need to unlock it to make my phone work again? Thanks so much for your time
Same with mine I think it's called a bricked phone and think there is nothing we can do about it, hopefully someone has a solution
Might Work?
Remeax said:
I have a rooted android device samsung galaxy s3 and it was running fine and everything till one day it said to install an update. i accepted it and while it was updating all of a sudden it went to that black screen and says, " system software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off you phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help." Then thats where i couldn't do anyting with my phone but go to download/ODIN MODE and rebooting system thing where you can reboot system. IM very new and i don't know much about rooting and the meanings of a lot of words like unlock bootloader. If i go to ODIN MODE it says
ODINE MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-1535
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: Yes (1 Counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
Warranty bit: 1
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV:1
i think this doesn't look good. WHat should i do to make my phone be working again and not showing that black screen.
I already wiped all data and tried to do that StockROm thing on my computer ODIN and still nothing.
Is my bootloader locked? if so do i need to unlock it to make my phone work again? Thanks so much for your time
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I dunno if this will work for you. But I had the same message and when I booted in Download mode I just hit Cancel then rebooted and it worked?
If you flashed cyanogenmod, that means you're bootloader is unlocked, which is a good thing.
Can you get into CWM or TWRP? I don't have a samsung so i don't know about ODIN (i presume it's like flashtools for Xperia).
For as long as your phone vibrates (or does pretty much anything when you boot it up) your phone is not hardbricked, which is also good .
Try getting into CWM, shut down your phone completely, wait 5 seconds, then do: Volume Down + Home + Power key . This will get you into bootloader state and try reflashing your old backup, a stock rom or cyanogenmod.
First time with these softbricks is always the most fun ^^. Been there done that, i thought i spend 250 euro's on a phone that was broken .
Btw. Always make a backup for these kind of situations.
Remeax said:
I have a rooted android device samsung galaxy s3 and it was running fine and everything till one day it said to install an update. i accepted it and while it was updating all of a sudden it went to that black screen and says, " system software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone. Please turn off you phone and go to the nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."...
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You took the 4.3 update. You must now Odin to stock 4.3 to unbrick, do not Odin to any other (previous) version. There is a safe root method.
I do not think there is custom recovery and bootloader is now permalocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270191 has a link to the odin file and the root method in post 2 or 3 i believe.
Ok how do i get it?
afextwin said:
You took the 4.3 update. You must now Odin to stock 4.3 to unbrick, do not Odin to any other (previous) version. There is a safe root method.
I do not think there is custom recovery and bootloader is now permalocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270191 has a link to the odin file and the root method in post 2 or 3 i believe.
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Ok so is do i do the same thing as i was trying to flash or something like grab a kies file( the ones that take 2+ hours to download) and then flash or get to factory reset with the 4.3 file? if so do you know where i can grab a 4.3 update file to restore? please help me if you have skype or PM me? thanks
afextwin said:
You took the 4.3 update. You must now Odin to stock 4.3 to unbrick, do not Odin to any other (previous) version. There is a safe root method.
I do not think there is custom recovery and bootloader is now permalocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270191 has a link to the odin file and the root method in post 2 or 3 i believe.
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I just recently ODIN flashed the latest 4.3 stock firmware for my TMO GS3 and then attempted to roll back to 4.1.2. It didn't brick my device, but it didn't work either. I would simply fail to install. I was able to reflash, through ODIN, the 4.3 stock firmware (actually used the root66 version). Then I was able to ODIN flash CWM recovery and install Dandroid 5.1, which is also a 4.3 based ROM. All is well now. I guess I simply can't go back to any previous 4.3 ROMs now, and I'm not sure about any AOSP ROMs. I may give a try at some point to see.

[Q] JOidn not detecting device. Help

Hey there guys.
Long time creeper first time post. Plus a while since I have even tried to root or flash custom roms.
I succesfully rooted my verizon I535 Galaxy SIII 4.4.2 but went to flash Liquid smooth (which i know now i wasnt supposed to) onto it and got:
system software not authorized by verizon has been found blah blah blah. but i can still get into download mode. but not recovery mode. In download mode it reads:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SCH-I535
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS: OFFICIAL
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
BOOTLOADER AP SWERV: 2
I got the files i need from [GUIDE Win/Linux/Mac] Debrick 4.3 with Odin or Verizon Utility + PIT [SOFT BRICK] thread.
Im on Mac and got JOdin working and followed every step to the T. In my termal window it says device detected but in JOdin it still has the red "Disconnected" and in message window it reads <ID:0/008> Added!! Device Not Detected.
any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
anyone?
No one has any ideas? Im really at my wits end here. :crying:
Help me all mighty Droid Gurus, You are my only hope!
artcrymes said:
No one has any ideas? Im really at my wits end here. :crying:
Help me all mighty Droid Gurus, You are my only hope!
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Not too many ppl have MAC, you should try to find a PC and see if it works.
Using mobile XDA, and entered question in wrong thread... sorry!
JOdin doesn't work with 4.4.2. Personal experience. Only 4.3 or lower. You need to get a PC. It is required to use Odin on 4.4.2 like that.
Sent from my HTC One M8 running NuSenseSIX. S-OFF.

[Q] Can't update, downgrade, or rest to stock OS, PLEASE HELP

Good afternoon all if anyone could please help I'd greatly appreciate it!
So I just bought a Sprint Galaxy S5 from ebay with the assumption that with some customizing I'd be able to get the phone domestically unlocked. I got the phone and it was already updated to 5.0 Lollipop so I followed this tutorial to get the SSU.apk to actually work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...locking-sprint-galaxy-s5-g900p-t3085624/page2
After a lot of time I was successful at rooting the phone and was able to downgrade to 4.4.4 but the tutorial calls for 4.4.2 but it seems that 4.4.4 was the only fw that would successfully install.
But now here's the problem I was able to obtain the domestic unlock code through Sprint but now the activation/update app doesn't work and doesn't open automatically the way that the reps said it would,. I've tried to reset stock through Kies but Kies doesn't recognize the phone. I've also tried to use Odin through out this process not only to reset back to stock but also downgrade the fw and the modem. The really annoying part is that small PDA/AP updates and installs work fine but when I try to Odin the original tars it always fails 100% getting a "sw rev check fail aboot fused 2 binary 1 " error on my phone.
I really don't know what to do at this point, and it seems the error is associated with a soft brick but the device still powers on and boots.
I thought this would be a pretty straight forward process but I've hit the wall and am losing my mind, I need help!
P.s. I flashed 4.4.4 fw with CWM and the device is still rooted
Thanks

[Completed] tmobile sgh-t999 s3 wont boot completely

I have a t-mobile s3 that was at one time rooted then updated to the latest firmware root was lost and never rerooted. I was running the latest update totally stock no modifications. The phone wont complete the boot it just hangs at the end where the samsung is going from blue to white. The phone will go into download mode and recovery however when i tried to do a factory reset on it it failed. The device is not rooted so i cant flash a rom to it. I dont know how to fix it. I dont know what version of odin to use and am not sure what rom to put on it or if i can even do it. I connected the phone to odin and it said s4 mini so I am thinking that is not the version of odin to even try and flash the stock firmware. any suggestions on how to fix my phone or if it can be fixed?
Hello,
Welcome to XDA.
I cant post a link for you but you can go to Sammobile or samsung-updates and use your model number to find your stock firmware. I'm sure there will be more than one android version for your device so choose whichever you want, just be mindful of which ones are rootable or not if you want to root it again at some point. Then use at least Odin version 3.09 or newer, make sure you have the newest version of "USB drivers for Samsung phones" installed.
If you have more questions or need further assistance you can post your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-t-mobile/help
The experts there may be able to help, good luck.

Help?

I dont know if i should post this here but here i go. Hey Guys i am very new to xda and very new to rooting. i recently rooted my galaxy s7 edge (sm-g935fd)
And my phone wasnt connecting to phone and i searched and they said to turn off usb debugging. and then i restarted my phone once and it said custom binary blocked by frp lock.
and since then i have been trying for almost three days and i am hopeless. I did factory reset by holding power and volume up and did not work
i tried using odin to upload a stock firmware but i get nand start and then fail.
i have tried a few post about how to fix nand but i cant understand it as it is not very clear
So please i really need help on how i can fix this
my device details
Samsung s7 edge (Says Duos on the back)
Model- SM-G935FD
Please help a brother out
oh and it says sw rev check bootloader failed when i use odin for new stock firmware
Saifu.jpg said:
I dont know if i should post this here but here i go. Hey Guys i am very new to xda and very new to rooting. i recently rooted my galaxy s7 edge (sm-g935fd)
And my phone wasnt connecting to phone and i searched and they said to turn off usb debugging. and then i restarted my phone once and it said custom binary blocked by frp lock.
and since then i have been trying for almost three days and i am hopeless. I did factory reset by holding power and volume up and did not work
i tried using odin to upload a stock firmware but i get nand start and then fail.
i have tried a few post about how to fix nand but i cant understand it as it is not very clear
So please i really need help on how i can fix this
my device details
Samsung s7 edge (Says Duos on the back)
Model- SM-G935FD
Please help a brother out
oh and it says sw rev check bootloader failed when i use odin for new stock firmware
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The firmware that you are trying to flash is giving you the sw rev error because that firmware is an older/downgraded version than the version that is already on the phone. You have to flash the firmware that is the same as what is already on the device or a newer version, you can't flash an older version. Find the newest, most updated firmware that you can find for your specific model number.
Do a Google search for:
"Stock firmware for SM-G935FD"
Then find the newest available version that is made for your specific region/carrier.
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Thank you. I shall try this let you know.

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