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[Q] Samsung Galaxy Mega GT-I9205 Problem(Recovery Booting)

HI,
I'm from Slovenia so I'm sorry if there are mistakes in writting.
My friend just bought Samsung Galaxy Mega LTE GT-I9205 and the phone doesn't start because the phone was rooted or I don't know what they have been doing with it and when they were trying to install new android on it there was a problem or they disconected the phone to fast.
When he got the phone and he started it there was written(Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode recovery mode in Kies & try again.).
My friend doesn't know about this problems and he doesn't know how to root the phone or install ROM with Odin so he gave the phone to me that I fix it. And I tried to conect the phone to Kies as it says on the phone and I tried to recover the phone and program asked me for the recovery code which I don't have because the phone wasn't conected to my computer when this happened. So I contacted the previous user and he said that the phone wasn't conected to his computer either and he doesn't have the recovery code.
So then I downloaded all four firmwares for Slovenia from SAMMOBILE site and tried to install it with Odin. When I installed firmwares which are android 4.2.2 version the phone started and showed the SAMSUNG GALAXY MEGA logo and on the top written recovery booting and immediately showed the error on which was written:
Image size too large!! W:1080, H:1920(with red)
display image fail(with yellow)
SECURE FAIL: KERNEL(with red)
When I installed the latest firmware with andorid 4.4.2 the phone turns on and shows SAMSUNG GALAXY MEGA logo and on the top is written RECOVERY BOOTING with blue and it stays there.
I CAN'T GO INTO RECOVERY MODE(Volume UP + Home + Power)
When I go into download(Volume Down + Home + Power) there is written:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9205
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
SO WHAT TO DO? IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE WAY TO FIX THIS PHONE? I know that there is no warranty anymore

Bricked Galaxy S6 (SM-G920I) | New Zealand

Dear XDA Community,
I think my phone is soft-bricked (again). When powering on the device I see the Galaxy S6 logo and then straight after it shuts off (not a boot loop).
Goal: Fix phone via Odin without tripping Samsung KNOX or voiding warranty in any way
[Before] My phone came with Lollipop 5.0.2. I rooted it with Ping-Pong-Root.
[Current] Stock Lollipop 5.1.1
Everything has been perfect until yesterday. A friend of mine enabled KNOX Security and pressed reboot when prompted. The phone was stuck in a boot loop which was fixed by a factory reset via android recovery mode.
Once I had done the factory reset and everything was working, I decided to update my device to the latest firmware Lollipop 5.1.1. I enabled debugging mode. Yesterday I was trying to figure out if I could somehow back up data with adb when it was soft-bricked but the device was not recognized with the abd tool only Odin.
Today I noticed the phone was rebooting randomly. I read a post that said to try "wipe cache partition" which in hindsight I should have just done. Yesterday the option to "apply update from ADB" kept saying "Update from ADB is disabled". Me being inquisitive, I tried the option "apply update from ADB" (with no usb attached) thinking that if it worked this time, I could just cancel it by powering off the device. I was WRONG! This is what led to my current issue.
I have tried wipe data/factory reset like I did yesterday to fix the boot loop to no avail.
Current Status:
ODIN MODE
Product name: SM-G920F
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Reactivation Lock: OFF
Secure Download: ENABLED
KNOX warranty void 0 (0x0000)
RP SWREV: B:2 K:2 S:2
In the android recovery menu it says at the bottom: " dm-verification failed... "
I have researched into flashing stock firmware. I have already tried Smart Switch with no luck. Once entering in the correct Model name and S / N number I get the error message: “Unable to find the serial number, model name, or IMEI on the server. Please check and try again.”
I have two other options:
Flashing stock firmware via Odin
Taking it back to my local store and sending it in for repairs
My main concern is hard-bricking the device and voiding the warranty.
I have read that flashing stock firmware through Odin will not void the warranty, can anyone please confirm this? I need to be 100% sure.
If I were to flash via Odin, the next obstacle I face is choosing the correct firmware.
I have some screenshots of my “About Device” page from when I was still on 5.0.2.
On the screenshot, it has Baseband version: G920IDVU1AOD1 .
There is a version with: G920IDVU2DOI2 . I assume I should get that one.
My current rom has the official Spark boot loader image, if I were to flash any of those roms, would I lose it?
Can Samsung see a firmware flash counter?
Medium case scenario:
Assuming that flashing via Odin does not trip KNOX, I flash one of the roms and it does not work. Will Samsung refuse to fix the phone if there was a firmware flash count of eg 2?
Worst case scenario:
The flash is successful but hard-bricks the device. KNOX also may be tripped.
Thank you in advance for your support!

Trystan34 said:
Dear XDA Community,
I think my phone is soft-bricked (again). When powering on the device I see the Galaxy S6 logo and then straight after it shuts off (not a boot loop).
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The Knox counter is not triggered when we flash a stock firmware through Odin, therefore the warranty will not be void.

Uzair40 said:
The Knox counter is not triggered when we flash a stock firmware through Odin, therefore the warranty will not be void.
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Thank you. I have successfully unbricked my Galaxy S6

how?

Im on the same boat right now.
But device is not being detected via Odin either..
Sorry btw if thread has been dead for a while.
How did you managed to unbrick it btw, would you mind sharing the steps you performed?

Trystan34 said:
Thank you. I have successfully unbricked my Galaxy S6
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Glad to hear that your problem is solved !

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 LTE SM-G7105 cannot update

Since Pokemon Go is so popular, I wanted to use the app on my Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 LTE SM-G7105. The problem is, the version is still on jelly bean 4.3. I have been trying to update my phone to at least KitKat. I know how to flash recovery on odin or update with roms, but it turns out...
1. I cannot update my phone because it requires signature verification.
2. I know I can fix this by flashing a stock recovery but when I try to flash cwm through odin and i did the power+vol up+home it could not get into recovery, instead it could not do a normal boot and was in odin mode
When I do power+vol up+home, it shows
Could not do normal boot.
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G7105
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: ENABLE (CSB)
Warranty Bit: 1
RP SWREV: S2, T2, R2, A2, P2
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
Then the Android figure with Downloading... and Do not turn off target!!
How do I get rid of signature verification and make this odin mode go away? Someone please help me. I really want to play the game on my phone and my parents do not want buy a new phone for me :crying:
Also, I used King Root for my Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 to upgrade it to lollipop 5.0.1. Do you think that using King Root can help me update my phone? I do not know how to root with supersu and I know it is the best rooting process but I cannot do that because it still has signature verification enabled
I am also kind of a noob with these things, please do tell me what I did wrong and provide websites that I can use :good::good::good:

Help over identifying no wipe stock roms with Heimdall

Hi All,
First I hope I am posting at the good place , otherwise please notice me and of course move it at the good place :angel:
It is about a week or so, that I have my GNote3 - SM-N900 stuck on the animated Samsung logo and heat a lot. Since a while the phone is randomly freezing and reboot .. I got used to it and restarted it each time..
It happened suddenly after it has, again, rebooted alone..
I have never tried to change the ROM or the bootloader and either rooting, It is a full stock from Orange.
Here is a short video when I try to reboot the phone.
What I already tried without any success :
- Take off the batteries and wait between 30 sec to all the night.
- Under recovery, I cleaned the cache partition.
- getting into safe-mode, but the phone does not accept the said sequences, ON button + Volume up (when Samsung Galaxy Note3 is on the screen... Instead it continuously keep rebooting as the ON button has to be keep hold.
I wish to not wipe my data as I need to migrate those into my new Note8 :silly: ..
I have been told in another forum that there are stock roms that allow that, but I have no clue about how to identify which ROM is not wiping and as I am under Linux 14.04, which files I need to load in Heimdall (I have v1.4.2).
So before getting live with the Note3, I wish to try on a S4 (GT-i9506) at least to make sure the process is not wiping..
Here is the details of the 2 phones - both are under Android 5.0.1:
GNote 3 :
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-N900
CURRENT BINARY : Samsung OFFICIAL
SYSTEM STATUS : OFFICIAL
REACTIVATION LOCK : OFF
Secure Download : Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0
AP SWREV : A4
Galaxy S4:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME : GT-I9506
CURRENT BINARY : Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS : Official
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0x0
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT : Enable
AP SWREV : S1, T1, R1, A1, P1
SECURE DOWNLOAD : Enable
UDC START
I hope my description is at least clear..
I wish to thanks all of you that will take time to read and help :good:
EDIT : Language is French.

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My S8+ (SM-G955F) Soft bricked (Help me please)!

Hello,
i got S8+ (SM-G955F), it had android 7. i tried to flash an android 9 firmware, i was unware and i flashed a random csc firmware (AP only). i dont know whats my phone csc , but in download mode i got (carrier_id=bri).
after flash ,the phone shows samsung logo and keeps restarting (+vibrate) in endless loop, the only thing i can access is download mode. ofc i panicked and tried to flash BL too, and i realized that i flashed binary 12 bootloader , which means i cant go back to android 7 even if i find original flash file for s8+ .
i tried different firmwares from different CsC , i tried : Xeu , PHE, BRI,MAT.
nothing works. i need help , i hope its not hardware .
GUYS ANYONE HAS THIS ISSUE AND SOLVED IT PLEASE HELP ME OUT ,ALL YOUR REPLIES ARE MUCH APPRECIATED.

Write what firmware is currently on the phone and provide a link to the odin version you used.

ze7zez said:
Write what firmware is currently on the phone and provide a link to the odin version you used.
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okay , if you mean the last firmware i flashed , this is it;
Download Galaxy S8+ SM-G955FD (BRI) G955FXXUCDVG4 in Samfw - Samsung firmware download
Galaxy S8+ SM-G955FD (BRI - Taiwan) G955FXXUCDVG4 Pie(Android 9) samsung firmware download all model, lastest, fast update, completely free and fast speed in Samfw.com ✅
samfw.com
and i don't know whats original flash for my phone cuz i didnt check before flash.
the version of odin i used is odin3_v3.14.4 , here is the link of it :
Odin3_v3.14.4.zip
drive.google.com
PS : i flashed other flashes before this using odin 3.13.1. do you think it can affect the process?

I didn't ask what you flashed, but what firmware is currently on the phone.
Show screen in download mode.
You can see from the firmware link that Odin 3.13.1 is recommended.

ODIN MODE
DOWNLOAD SPEED : FAST
PRODUCT NAME : SM-G955F
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
FRP LOCK: OFF
OEM LOCK: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
CCIC = S2MM005 hw: 6 boot: 7 main:41
Carrier_ID= BRI
Warranty Void: 1 (0x0030c)
RP SWREV: B:12 K:11 SS:11
DID:= 030C8ecc51c2
EVT 1.1
LOT_ID= NBUX2
CHIP_ID= 030c8ecc51c2
nASV_Table_Version:8
nASV_Group_CPUCL0: 5
nASV_Group_Cpucl1: 7
nASV_Group_G30: 3
nASV_Group_MIF: 8
nASV_Group_INT: 8
nASV_Group_CAM_DISP:8
nASV_Group_CP:8
nASV_Group_PMIC:0
nASV_Group_PMIC_CP:0
PMIC_ID= 2(e4)
LPDDR4 manufacturer= Samsung
LPDDR4 process ver= D18
LPDDR4 size : 4G Downloading... Do not turn off target Volume Down
Key+Power Key for more than 7 secs: Cancel(restart phone)
Thats what on my phone download mode.

No!It is not it!
Look at 1:11

ze7zez said:
No!It is not it!
Look at 1:11
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my phone's quality is bad i tried to take pic but its not clear , so i wrote down what i saw in download mode.
this is all the info typed.
ODIN MODE
DOWNLOAD SPEED : FAST
PRODUCT NAME : SM-G955F
CURRENT BINARY : SAMSUNG OFFICIAL
FRP LOCK: OFF
OEM LOCK: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
CCIC = S2MM005 hw: 6 boot: 7 main:41
Carrier_ID= BRI
Warranty Void: 1 (0x0030c)
RP SWREV: B:12 K:11 SS:11
DID:= 030C8ecc51c2
EVT 1.1
LOT_ID= NBUX2
CHIP_ID= 030c8ecc51c2
nASV_Table_Version:8
nASV_Group_CPUCL0: 5
nASV_Group_Cpucl1: 7
nASV_Group_G30: 3
nASV_Group_MIF: 8
nASV_Group_INT: 8
nASV_Group_CAM_DISP:8
nASV_Group_CP:8
nASV_Group_PMIC:0
nASV_Group_PMIC_CP:0
PMIC_ID= 2(e4)
LPDDR4 manufacturer= Samsung
LPDDR4 process ver= D18
LPDDR4 size : 4G Downloading... Do not turn off target Volume Down
Key+Power Key for more than 7 secs: Cancel(restart phone)

Sorry, this model displays firmware in recovery mode.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Y_eC64D9c

i cant get in recovery mode , so i guess im stuck for good.

I have soft bricked my phone, I wasn’t sure if my boot loader was unlocked and I used adb fast boot to go to twrp and flashed a custom rom, and twrp recovery, since then, no firmware info is displayed on the download screen, and everything I do to restart the phone, it just goes back to the download screen and stays there, please someone help me, I’ve been staying up nights to fix this but I keep flashing different csc firmware but none of them are getting flushed through Odin. I’ll be forever indebted to you, it’s my sister’s phone and I can’t help but feel guilty and the mental stress is too much. Please someone reach out to me