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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] no battery pull precludes recovery

I tried to use chainroot, and got stuck on the logo screen. normally you'd battery pull, go to recovery and wipe data. but i can't find any way to shut down the phone, before doing power-upVol-home.
And now i've tried to odin a stock recovery to undo chainroot, odin fails. could re-run odin with auto-reboot off, but again, no way to shut off and go to recovery.
at this point i'm stuck with the blue screen asking me to use smart switch on PC to do emergency recovery. but smartswitch says the device is not recognized.
thoughts? thanks!

I was stuck rooting on the boot logo too. Had to use odin 3.10 and did "run as administrator". Also if this helps to reboot the stuck phone press vol down+power together until the screen blanks out. If you need to get into download mode, as soon as the screen blanks out, press and hold the Home button ( Don't let go of the vol down and power though ).
Good grief.... the non-removable battery has made these recovery tricks so difficult

thanks twisted_mind. at this point, i only get the blue screen asking me to do smartswitch recovery, and the one thing i CAN seem to do is volDown-power-home and it easily goes to download mode. i have not been able to get to recovery mode no matter what i do (including volUp-power-home, even before this smartswitch message came up after i tried to odin a stock recovery).
so i can still go to dload mode, and stick in a stock rom. the ones i've tried are from sammobile, and a potential issue is that i don't know the exact one to pick (this phone is a demo here in europe and i didn't note the details under settings when it was working). so the ones i try end in an odin FAIL. again, i've also tried odin unchecking auto-reboot, but then the phone is stuck at the very end of dload ("don't turn off target", etc), and i have no way to battery pull, etc.

Instead of holding power to shut off you have to hold power and vol down

jasonastley said:
I tried to use chainroot, and got stuck on the logo screen. normally you'd battery pull, go to recovery and wipe data. but i can't find any way to shut down the phone, before doing power-upVol-home.
And now i've tried to odin a stock recovery to undo chainroot, odin fails. could re-run odin with auto-reboot off, but again, no way to shut off and go to recovery.
at this point i'm stuck with the blue screen asking me to use smart switch on PC to do emergency recovery. but smartswitch says the device is not recognized.
thoughts? thanks!
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Hello
I'm stucked on the same corner, i used Chainroot with odin 3.10.6 with no luck, just as what
happened with you, my S6 international module stucked on logo screen.
where did you get S6 stock recovery from?
Thanks

ktetreault14 said:
Instead of holding power to shut off you have to hold power and vol down
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I have the turquoise screen that says "an error has occurred... use the emergency recovery function in smart switch...". if i do power + volDown there OR when the phone is stuck in download mode after the odin fail, the phone turns off but then comes right back on with the turquoise error screen. i've tried quickly going to the recovery key combo right when or right after the screen goes dark, but to no avail.
I can easily do power +volDown + home and go to dload mode. i just can't get into recovery mode no matter what i've tried so far.
if i could just find a stock rom that wouldn't fail in odin, or something else to use as AP/PDA in odin, i'd be set i think. wish i knew how to do this. hitting nand erase all in odin doesn't do the trick by the way.

ammsamm said:
Hello
I'm stucked on the same corner, i used Chainroot with odin 3.10.6 with no luck, just as what
happened with you, my S6 international module stucked on logo screen.
where did you get S6 stock recovery from?
Thanks
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got the stock rom from the sammobile site. but a problem is that they have many rom's listed for the G925F and i am not certain which variety i have, or if that matters: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G925F/

jasonastley said:
got the stock rom from the sammobile site. but a problem is that they have many rom's listed for the G925F and i am not certain which variety i have, or if that matters
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I managed to root my G920F after "odin flashing" the UK version from Sammobile, release date 11-4-2015,
Then i flashed back the CF-Auto-Root.
Know my device is booting fine and rooted

ammsamm said:
I managed to root my G920F after "odin flashing" the UK version from Sammobile, release date 11-4-2015,
Then i flashed back the CF-Auto-Root.
Know my device is booting fine and rooted
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is the version you flashed the same version that you had prior (do the apps look the same, etc)?
so odin passed? (mine FAILs, with 4 different sammobile stock recoveries). I have the S6 Edge, maybe the S6 works fine and I just need the correct S6 Edge firmware.

jasonastley said:
is the version you flashed the same version that you had prior (do the apps look the same, etc)?
so odin passed? (mine FAILs, with 4 different sammobile stock recoveries). I have the S6 Edge, maybe the S6 works fine and I just need the correct S6 Edge firmware.
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No its not the same version, mine was G920FZDAXSG and i flashed G920FXXU1AOCV, its a UK version, some Version
store apps was pre installed in the rom nothing more.
Odin passed normally with no issue.
i used two identical Odin v3.10.6 versions the second one i used is the one i flashed the rom and the root with.
Download the odin from this link:
samsungodindownload. com

ammsamm said:
No its not the same version, mine was G920FZDAXSG and i flashed G920FXXU1AOCV, its a UK version, some Version
store apps was pre installed in the rom nothing more.
Odin passed normally with no issue.
i used two identical Odin v3.10.6 versions the second one i used is the one i flashed the rom and the root with.
Download the odin from this link:
samsungodindownload. com
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umm, hey ammsamm, i went to the link you just mentioned, installed it and GOT SOME NASTY SPAMWARE INSTALLED on my machine from it. I'd normally flag you immediately as a bad user, but your other comments sound legit. do you have anything to say about this?

jasonastley said:
umm, hey ammsamm, i went to the link you just mentioned, installed it and GOT SOME NASTY SPAMWARE INSTALLED on my machine from it. I'd normally flag you immediately as a bad user, but your other comments sound legit. do you have anything to say about this?
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Actually this is not the link i downloaded the odin from i tried to
Atthach the one i have but faced with the upload limit, even
After ziping and spilting the the odin, upload failed,
So, you better find another odin 3.10.6 a version with all the buttons
are enabled.

[Q] I made a messed up my S3.

My Phone sprint S3 is rooted with a stock4.1.2 rom. I was going to put my phone in recovery to do a backup because I wanted to flash ND8 then a new Kit Kat rom. The phone wouldn't boot to recovery. I read something about using Kies if this happens. I updated Kies and connected the phone to it. Now it boots to the "Samsung" on the screen and goes to small windows with "unfortunately the process.com.android.phone has stopped" when I hit OK it says ".process.acore has stopped". It goes in to some more windows sometimes. can I fix this or am I screwed. I just wnat to go back to my rooted 4.1.2 stock rom for now and then figure out where to go from there. If the only thing to do is flash the phone with ND8 with Oden so be it, I'm not sure how at this point to do that.

congaman59 said:
My Phone sprint S3 is rooted with a stock4.1.2 rom. I was going to put my phone in recovery to do a backup because I wanted to flash ND8 then a new Kit Kat rom. The phone wouldn't boot to recovery. I read something about using Kies if this happens. I updated Kies and connected the phone to it. Now it boots to the "Samsung" on the screen and goes to small windows with "unfortunately the process.com.android.phone has stopped" when I hit OK it says ".process.acore has stopped". It goes in to some more windows sometimes. can I fix this or am I screwed. I just wnat to go back to my rooted 4.1.2 stock rom for now and then figure out where to go from there. If the only thing to do is flash the phone with ND8 with Oden so be it, I'm not sure how at this point to do that.
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see this

Newest odin
flash- said:
see this
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says to flash the bootloader in the "PDA" section. The newest odin doesn't have a "PDA" section. Have an idea what I should do about that?

congaman59 said:
says to flash the bootloader in the "PDA" section. The newest odin doesn't have a "PDA" section. Have an idea what I should do about that?
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install the version they work on it in the guide ..look for it ...you shall find it somewhere

having driver problem
Oden3 ver3.09 to do what you said. I still can't get the usb driver to work with my computer and phone. It is a SPH-L710 on sprint.

Okay got the driver but getting FAIL
I got the driver to work after I got the phone in to download mode. However every time I try to flash the VRALEC bootchain I get a fail. I have the phone in download mode.

got first bootloader to run. But
I got the driver to work after I got the phone in to download mode. I think I got the first bootloader to run even though it failed every time I tried to flash it. I however can't get the second one to even show up in Odin!

Please Help I broke my phone

Hi XDA forum,
So yesterday I tried to root my phone and disaster struck. Now the phone is stuck in a bootloop where it turns on and off and on again indefinitely. I can still boot to recovery mode however. I tried to use factory reset and then reboot but I run into the same problem.
I figured that I would need to put the stock Firmware back on, and went and downloaded this: [I cant post links yet but it was the SM-G930V from sammobile .com] Because Etched on the back of my phone is Samsung SM-G930V
However, when I try to download that using Odin (Prince Comsy Version) it fails and I get a message on my phone "unsupport dev_type"
That is definitely the model type that is etched on the back of my phone.
Any ideas on what I am doing wrong/how I can get my phone to work again?
I would REALLY appreciate any help.
EDIT: this is my first post here, if it is in the wrong place please let me know.

What model does your phone say it is in download mode? It's the end all source of truth.
The firmware you're flashing, is it the latest? The G930V can't flash back to older versions, so you either have to be flashing the same version or newer from sammobile

Beanvee7 said:
What model does your phone say it is in download mode? It's the end all source of truth.
The firmware you're flashing, is it the latest? The G930V can't flash back to older versions, so you either have to be flashing the same version or newer from sammobile
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Thanks so much for the reply!
I was trying the latest version yes. Where exactly will the phone say what model it is in download mode? I haven't seen that anywhere and that might be the issue.

Download mode should be a blue screen with text and an arrow in the background, the phone info including model will be in the top left like https://imgur.com/lvqQmws
It should be in download mode if you're trying to flash anything.
If you're in recovery you're in the wrong place (iirc they use the same button combo, but recovery is volume up, while download mode is volume down)

S10e Literally stuck in bootloops after 2020 Update

So i updated my phone automatically yesterday from the latest update, after it was done, i haven't been able to access my phone in anyway, it keeps on looping samsung logo and a window that says "This phone's bootloader is unlocked´and its software integrity can't be verified" and so on, ive tried to enter either Download mode and recovery mode, but none of the methods seems to have an affect on the phone at all, please help, thanks

Hmm if u have PC download Smart Switch and do Emergency Firmware recovery. That should fix it totally.

FakerS3 said:
Hmm if u have PC download Smart Switch and do Emergency Firmware recovery. That should fix it totally.
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- The phone does not show up on the pc either

Was your phone rooted? That could explain it.

riggerman0421 said:
Was your phone rooted? That could explain it.
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Yes

thorius95 said:
Yes
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Same issue here. s10e stuck in boot loop (between samsung logo and warning about the bootloader being unlocked) after yesterday's update.
So far I had no success putting the phone into recovery or download mode.
The phone was rooted, then flashed with custom ROM, then flashed again with stock firmware. I kept the bootloader unlocked because I read it was risky to re-lock the bootloader.
So, is it now hopelessly bricked?

chibuche said:
Same issue here. s10e stuck in boot loop (between samsung logo and warning about the bootloader being unlocked) after yesterday's update.
So far I had no success putting the phone into recovery or download mode.
The phone was rooted, then flashed with custom ROM, then flashed again with stock firmware. I kept the bootloader unlocked because I read it was risky to re-lock the bootloader.
So, is it now hopelessly bricked?
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Thats a good question, far as i know, my phone is unable to get any form of connection to the pc, not able to start up in recovery or download mode either. What i know for sure, there is a way out, we just have to find the way

Never attempt to update if you have rooted and made any changes to the system, deleted or added system apps, modified kernel, changed boot logo,etc.

thorius95 said:
Thats a good question, far as i know, my phone is unable to get any form of connection to the pc, not able to start up in recovery or download mode either. What i know for sure, there is a way out, we just have to find the way
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So, here's how I put the phone in download mode.
I left the battery to drain completely, then without pressing the power button, I pressed the volume down and Bixby button; and only then I plugged the cable. Without pressing the power button, the phone started straight into Download mode.
Now Odin sees the phone, I'm about to flash it with the stock firmware and see what happens.

thorius95 said:
Thats a good question, far as i know, my phone is unable to get any form of connection to the pc, not able to start up in recovery or download mode either. What i know for sure, there is a way out, we just have to find the way
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Maybe this thread helps: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s10/help/galaxy-s10-bootloop-updte-to-android-10-t4023201
It's probably Samsung's vaultkeeper that caused the bootloop.

thorius95 said:
Thats a good question, far as i know, my phone is unable to get any form of connection to the pc, not able to start up in recovery or download mode either. What i know for sure, there is a way out, we just have to find the way
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I just wanted to give an update of how I rescued my phone and kept all the information on the phone memory intact (this was one of the challenges, as I had some photos on it).
I put it in download mode by draining the battery, then tried to flash the updated firmware. It didn't work, leading once again to boot loop and all I could do was boot to the stock Android recovery - not helpful.
So I got it to download mode again and flashed the stock firmware it originally came with (prior to the update). In Odin, I put HOME_CSC in the CSC field, to keep the phone memory from being erased. This solved it.
Hope this info can help someone having the same issue.