Hi, I don't know how but one day i was using my phone and it got stuck and turned off and its been a year now it never turned on. It is hard bricked i guess. It never surpasses the Samsung s4 mini logo. I can get into download mode and recovery mode. I have cwm recovery installed in it. I tried to install if i remember correctly 3 or 4 different stock roms but they don't work. I dont know where the problem is.. It used to work fine. I used to have cm12 on it and use it as a normal phone just without sim access. Thing is I dont know where it is from so I cant decide which firmware to install. On the back of the phone under the battery it says i9195xgsmh but i can't seem to find anything or any firmware related to it. I don't know what to do. Any help will be appreciated.
hammadneto said:
Hi, I don't know how but one day i was using my phone and it got stuck and turned off and its been a year now it never turned on. It is hard bricked i guess. It never surpasses the Samsung s4 mini logo. I can get into download mode and recovery mode. I have cwm recovery installed in it. I tried to install if i remember correctly 3 or 4 different stock roms but they don't work. I dont know where the problem is.. It used to work fine. I used to have cm12 on it and use it as a normal phone just without sim access. Thing is I dont know where it is from so I cant decide which firmware to install. On the back of the phone under the battery it says i9195xgsmh but i can't seem to find anything or any firmware related to it. I don't know what to do. Any help will be appreciated.
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Are you sure it is a demo unit and not a genuine device ? You can either return it to cm12 or try kies/smartswitch emergency firmware recovery to return the phone to its original state
Good luck
Sawdoctor
sawdoctor said:
Greetings and welcome to assist. Are you sure it is a demo unit and not a genuine device ? You can either return it to cm12 or try kies/smartswitch emergency firmware recovery to return the phone to its original state
Good luck
Sawdoctor
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Yes it is a demo unit. I tried to install cm12 but nothing happened and kies won't recognize my device. It always gets stuck on connecting device..
hammadneto said:
Yes it is a demo unit. I tried to install cm12 but nothing happened and kies won't recognize my device. It always gets stuck on connecting device..
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Kies probably wont recognise a demo unit and unfortunately we know little about the demo units. Try asking here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-mini/help
and hopefully the experts there can help
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
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Hi.
My friend tried to install rom for Samsung Galaxy Mini. At the middle of installation the phone turned off and the phone doesn't want to run at all.
What is the problem?
My brother tried to flash his own and the phone doesn't restarts anymore.
It only does a small and quick screen flash, repeatly.
I can set it to download mode, and ODIN software connects OK, but reflahsing does not resolve the problem.
Help needed also.
PS: Sorry for my english.
I am going to check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107331 tons of information!
Maybe reflashing with other recoveries solve something.
Its a half-brick
pls go on download mod. and reinstall new firmware,
AndroidHouse Team said:
pls go on download mod. and reinstall new firmware,
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I can't go to Download Mode. The device doesn't run at all.
You have successfully bricked your device then!
(You should better take it to service)
Hello
I was flashing my Galaxy W but suddenly it stucked at AMSS....I just pulled of the cable and now when I turn on my phone, it says: Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.
How can I bring it back?!
TIA
You will need to put it in Download Mode, grab ODIN and flash one of these. Go back to stock, get it working, then start over
Good luck!
Firmware encountered an Issue...
Hi.
Im posting this here since this is the closest ive come to my own problem.
i was updating my samsung xcover when the update failed (due to bad cable) now i get the error message on my phone
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again"
only kies wont connect with the phone and the phone wont appear in the recovery tool. any help would be great!
The phone i have is a Galaxy Xcover with stock firmware
no mods nothing.
Any help would be great!
Thank you on beforehand
juzz86 said:
You will need to put it in Download Mode, grab ODIN and flash one of these.
Good luck!
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Ah yes, but which one?
I've looked through the thread, doesn't seem like anyone's laid out a guideline for it. However, if you happen to know, could you tell me which one I'd need for my phone?
PDA: I8150XXLA2
PHONE: I8150XXKL3
CSC: I8150OXXKL4
So I try to to use my tablet when this started. Now I read the fourm and alot of similar issue to mine, almost everyones note is recognized by odin. However mine is not even being recognized. It only makes the sound to charging noise that's it.
Only able to go into download mode.
Help anyone ?
Hi koc88158
Got a similar problem as yours around last week, had also tried searching the forum for answer, this was what i done from experience. But im just a noobie.
1. First time it happened, i reflash Stock recovery from Odin, and for some reason it got through, all files not deleted, root still there. Probably some bug happened.
2. 2nd time happened, i need to reflash stock recovery and Stock Firmware/ROm from Odin. Kinda hard to find a download link for a Stock ROM, i had try all link from threads here that had died. Try sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com . I got it from there here is for 8013
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-N8013
3.3rd time happening, well i got a busted mother board, i can still access the custom recovery and Odin. But all above steps had failed because the MoBo is gone. Take it to samsung for a replacement and while there i ask to change the battery as well just in case. And you can ask to flash a stock firmware, but dont go straight away to 4.4.2 KitKat in case you want to do it yourself or Flashing a Custom Rom
Hope it helps. Good luck
Download PROPER DRIVERS. Usually they are downloaded by kies but sometimes, they don't work. In case of that, you have to download samsung drivers by yourself. I think you can find it in here or simply google it.
Here is an another issue with laptops that I also encountered: When you plug in, despite you having drivers, pc doesn't recognize it or constantly the device connects and disconnects every 2 seconds. In that case, you need to update your bios version. However, this case is not likely.(If you are not bad luck brian like me) So focus on driver installation.
so, i was trying to root a verizon s4, there seem to be plenty of ways to do this.
i have odin 3.7 and 3.9 on my pc running windows 10(neither version fight with another)
anyway, i received a s4 that could not open the os. so i opted to try a root install. i opened odin 3.9 and dled a root rom for what i hoped was the right build... it failed.. ( yes i put the phone in to DL mode)
so, i DLed a different one, that failed to..
tried a third time, fail.
at this time after rebooting the phone, the screen tells me that "your device didnt update successfully. use the verizon repair assistant on a computer to repair your device and complete the update."
i DLed the windows version of verizons repair tool for samsung (i hope the right one, not sure as i had to search hard for it).
i ran the repair.. it spent an hr DLing, then started the repair. gets to 80% then fails.
i have tried this several times.. even restated my computer.
i cannot boot to recovery to reset to factory, which by the way was the first thing tried, but i can boot to DL mode.
i have read so many different things now, and tried different things that i am getting tunnel vision and cant focus anymore.. i need help please!
update
so i managed to get the phone working to boot the os by resetting the phone with a PIT file via odin.. i believe the build is of1? or something of that nature.. now just need to look int to rooting for that.
chewba17 said:
so i managed to get the phone working to boot the os by resetting the phone with a PIT file via odin.. i believe the build is of1? or something of that nature.. now just need to look int to rooting for that.
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Glad you fixed your issue, flashing a pit file normally fixes issues like yours. There are a few videos here which should help you with your root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2337590
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
Hello Everyone,
I have a bricked Galaxy Note 10.1 (Verizon) SCH-I925.
The only thing I am able to get to is ODIN mode.
I have downloaded from sammobile; KIES_HOME_I925VRAMK1_I925VZWAMK1_1481643_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
and have tried to load it using ODIN versions 1.85, 3.07, and 3.13. They all come back with a invalid hash error when I try to load it.
I have also tried to use:
BOOTLOADER_ALL_I925VRAMK1_I925VZWAMK1_1481643_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
CSC_ALL_I925VRAMK1_I925VZWAMK1_1481643_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
MODEM_ALL_I925VRAMK1_I925VZWAMK1_1481643_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
PDA_ALL_I925VRAMK1_I925VZWAMK1_1481643_REV00_user_low_ship.tar
These just fail when I try to load.
When I connect my device to my computer, it shows up in device manager as a USB device. Is this correct or should it show as an ADB.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Its a USB device .
Hash error bad download first check .Second check wrong firmware/ bricked phone SEE multiple bricked phone posts .
Try KIES recovery .
Will not connect
Tried KIES, both versions, does not connect.
The only thing I can get into is ODIN on the device.
I have read many threads on here but have not seen an answer to unbricking a Verizon SCH-i925 Not 10.1.
Help please.
Awesomeaj said:
Tried KIES, both versions, does not connect.
The only thing I can get into is ODIN on the device.
I have read many threads on here but have not seen an answer to unbricking a Verizon SCH-i925 Not 10.1.
Help please.
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Do you know anything about how it was bricked? Do you get the Samsung logo if you start it normally? You said only Odin is working, so I guess you also tried the recovery, does it just restart then or what happens in this case?
Don Carnage said:
Do you know anything about how it was bricked? Do you get the Samsung logo if you start it normally? You said only Odin is working, so I guess you also tried the recovery, does it just restart then or what happens in this case?
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If I start it normally, I get the Samsung screen and then it goes blank. Recovery says "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your device. Please turn off your device and go to nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
System bricked while trying to upgrade to Marshmallow. What I downloaded said it was for Verizon Model, but as soon as I tried to install the upgrade, that is when it bricked.
Awesomeaj said:
If I start it normally, I get the Samsung screen and then it goes blank. Recovery says "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your device. Please turn off your device and go to nearest Verizon Wireless store for help."
System bricked while trying to upgrade to Marshmallow. What I downloaded said it was for Verizon Model, but as soon as I tried to install the upgrade, that is when it bricked.
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Just a heads up, no root or custom rom has been created for this specific model. Trust me, I am currently in the same boat as you. I have yet to find a solution.