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stuck in odin mode

Hi,
When I tried turning on my Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 this morning, it didn't work, as if the battery was completely flat. That was unexpected as I though it was almost full. When I put the tablet on charge, it started in Odin mode writing "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!".
Now when I press the on/off button for something like five seconds, it reboots. If I press on/off + vol down + menu, then I enter a menu giving me two options: continuing or rebooting. In both cases the result is the same: going back to the Odin screen. Here is the exact output:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-P900
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1
RP SWREV: A1
The tablet was rooted one year ago and I haven't play with ROMs and firmwares since then. I have absolutely no idea why it started in Odin mode.
I am currently downloading a firmware to try upload it to the tablet using Odin. Is it a smart move? Any advice?

Make sure your volume button is not stuck. Test it when the tablet is off to see if it response normally up and down.

Beut said:
Make sure your volume button is not stuck. Test it when the tablet is off to see if it response normally up and down.
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It seems OK to me. Moreover, if I start pressing on/off + vol down + home to enter the Odin menu, I get two different behaviors pressing vol up or vol down: either reboot (and then Odin mode) or going to Odin mode. So I think these buttons work fine.

Are you able to get into recovery?
If it were me I'd try to run through the root process first, reflashing the modified recovery. If that doesn't fix it then yeah most certainly a full wipe would work since you're still able to get into download mode anyway.

muzzy996 said:
Are you able to get into recovery?
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You mean pressing on/off + vol up + home? No, it doesn't work.
If it were me I'd try to run through the root process first, reflashing the modified recovery.
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So basically, I try to root again my tablet as I did the first time? (Sorry for these questions, I'm not very fluent with all these things.)

I can't flash anything using Odin. It gets stuck at the "Initialzation.." step. I tried different versions of Odin and different USB ports (but not cables, I only have one). It might be related to the fact that I'm using Virtualbox. I will try to find a native Windows.
In the mean time, any idea?

Can't exit Download Mode AT ALL

Hi all,
the last flashing process was a while back. I must have been a little rusty... Anyway, I today tried to install the 6.0.1 compatible TWRP Recovery on my Galaxy S6 920F and made several mistakes in the process using Odin 3.10.7 on my Windows PC (flashed a wrong file in AP, it was an .img and not a tar.md5). Now I'm still in the Download Mode and can't exit it at all. I tried the Home Button + Vol Up + Vol Down like 1000 times, but it still won't work. It really seems to be stuck. Odin finds the device, but when I try to re-flash the recovery the right way (at least I hope it is), it tries to establish a connection before flashing and after that it's stuck, too.
On my device the last lines are: B:2 K:2 S:2
What can I do? Is there a way to bring this device back to life? Thanks in advance for any help! :highfive:

For some reason after more than an hour it finally worked. But I pressed POWER + Vol Up + Vol Down? Is that right? Doesn't matter, it worked.

It's all the buttons combo to exit download mode. You forgot home button.
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Gotcher said:
Hi all,
the last flashing process was a while back. I must have been a little rusty... Anyway, I today tried to install the 6.0.1 compatible TWRP Recovery on my Galaxy S6 920F and made several mistakes in the process using Odin 3.10.7 on my Windows PC (flashed a wrong file in AP, it was an .img and not a tar.md5). Now I'm still in the Download Mode and can't exit it at all. I tried the Home Button + Vol Up + Vol Down like 1000 times, but it still won't work. It really seems to be stuck. Odin finds the device, but when I try to re-flash the recovery the right way (at least I hope it is), it tries to establish a connection before flashing and after that it's stuck, too.
On my device the last lines are: B:2 K:2 S:2
What can I do? Is there a way to bring this device back to life? Thanks in advance for any help! :highfive:
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Ya i flipped **** the first time i went into dl mode on this device thought id ****ed it up and u cant pull the battery had to google how to get out lol

its just volume down and power if your phone ever freezes anywhere (recovery, download ect.) That's the way to get out

Galaxy S6 SM-G920F Update failed

hello, i have a problem
i try to update my root S6 SM-G920F with odin and after this, i cant start it.
so i used smart switch emergency recovery. after that reboot my galaxy s6 and get this report "Device does not have DRK, please install DRK first."
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download mode looks:
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G920F
CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARANTY VOID: 1 (0x0500)
AP SWREV: B:5 K:2 S:2

Originally Posted by sarahwest
I finally did it myself haha.
It turned out to be pretty simple; just in case someone is in my shoes in the future, here's what I did:
Flash a stock rom using Odin 10.7.
(IMPORTANT) Do not let it boot up til it says drk fail, hold down the vol down, power, and home button to get back into the Download mode.
Flash PhilZ recovery using Odin 10.7. arter97 . com /browse/exynos7420/recovery/twrp/g925fi/
Once it's done, hold vol up, power, and home button to get back into the Recovery mode immediately.
I'd personally do a wipe to make sure nothing goes wrong, then backup the EFS and other partitions while I'm at it.
Then choose Reboot to go back into the Download mode.
Now flash CF-Auto-Roots using the attached Odin. forum.xda-developers . com /galaxy-s6/orig-development/cf-auto-root-t3056630
Let it do the installation on the phone. It will reboot a few times I think, and hopefully when it says Pass, the LED indicator starts glowing. Then it should be all good.
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The last time you posted your problem same as this https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/help-device-drk-please-install-drk-t3321212
You forgot to read it and there is no reason to reopening same issue post!
The solution worked for many ppl that confirmed it working!

Dead Samsung S6?

Hi guys,
I just bought a S6 Edge (SM-G925i) via eBay. I now know why it was that cheap, it does not do a lot
What does work is getting into DOWNLOAD MODE.
In the download mode I get the following information:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G925I
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x0500)
AP SWAEV: 8 : 3 K : 2 S : 2
I downloaded the official G925IDVU3FQD1_G925IXSA3FQC3_G925IDVU3FQC5_HOME.tar.md5 from Sammobile and installed it with ODIN (selected AP and process run to 100%).
But after this my phone keeps rebooting with the "Samsung Galaxy S6 Powered By Android" logo.
I cannot get into RECOVERY MODE (VOLUME UP + HOME).
I tried to install TWRP. It seems to install but after that I am again stuck in the "Samsung Galaxy S6 Powered By Android" logo.
Is it dead or are there things I can try?

sanderh said:
Hi guys,
I just bought a S6 Edge (SM-G925i) via eBay. I now know why it was that cheap, it does not do a lot
What does work is getting into DOWNLOAD MODE.
In the download mode I get the following information:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G925I
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x0500)
AP SWAEV: 8 : 3 K : 2 S : 2
I downloaded the official G925IDVU3FQD1_G925IXSA3FQC3_G925IDVU3FQC5_HOME.tar.md5 from Sammobile and installed it with ODIN (selected AP and process run to 100%).
But after this my phone keeps rebooting with the "Samsung Galaxy S6 Powered By Android" logo.
I cannot get into RECOVERY MODE (VOLUME UP + HOME).
I tried to install TWRP. It seems to install but after that I am again stuck in the "Samsung Galaxy S6 Powered By Android" logo.
Is it dead or are there things I can try?
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Hi !
You should also try to restore the phone with Samsung official tool : Smart Switch
http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/smartswitch/
It's available for Mac OS and Windows

Darktitor said:
Hi !
You should also try to restore the phone with Samsung official tool : Smart Switch
http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/smartswitch/
It's available for Mac OS and Windows
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You cannot use Smart Switch when you only have DOWNLOAD MODE available.

Hi there,
This also happened to me today, I was just normally using the phone (internet and stuff) and suddenly went to reboot and got stuck to logo.
I tried flashing the stock rom, but no luck. Reboots and back to samsung logo. (or download mode, not even recovery is working).

Darktitor said:
Hi !
You should also try to restore the phone with Samsung official tool : Smart Switch
http://www.samsung.com/fr/support/smartswitch/
It's available for Mac OS and Windows
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aklecs said:
Hi there,
This also happened to me today, I was just normally using the phone (internet and stuff) and suddenly went to reboot and got stuck to logo.
I tried flashing the stock rom, but no luck. Reboots and back to samsung logo. (or download mode, not even recovery is working).
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keep me posted if something works out for you

Same Problem yesterday night... Reflash Stockrom no solution. Always Samsung S6 Logo, no recovery....

Hi there you could just boot into download mode and flash stock rom
If u stuck at samsung logo just hold Vol Down + Pwr button till dead and then hold down home+Vol dwn and pwr button
and flash the rom

Billabomb75 said:
Hi there you could just boot into download mode and flash stock rom
If u stuck at samsung logo just hold Vol Down + Pwr button till dead and then hold down home+Vol dwn and pwr button
and flash the rom
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We all tried this 10x. I think it is a hardware problem

ExiizZ said:
We all tried this 10x. I think it is a hardware problem
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Eish okay

I just gave up and took it to some service store to see what happened.
I'll ask him what happened and how he worked it out and let you know.

thanks alot waiting for your advice

same here

You said you tried to go to recovery by pressing vol up and home, you forgot the power button.
It's : power + up+ home. Try again.
And if not working, and only download mode available, use Odin and flash the software for your phone. Download the files from samobile (btw it will slow download , really slow)

We all tried flashing stock roms, as we said before. This is not the problem.
The problem is the DRK (device root key). It's all messed up.
This is beyond my phone skillz.
If you want you can try this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/how-to-repair-device-root-key-drk-sm-t3297383
I just took it to a phone repair store and he told me that the DRK is messed up and some other things.

How to check whether or not Knox has been triggered

What is a quick an easy way to check whether or not Knox Bit has been triggered when buying a used Samsung?

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What is a quick an easy way to check whether or not Knox Bit has been triggered when buying a used Samsung?
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Boot into system recovery, you can't rely on the various apps to show you as most of them just lie and say it's not tripped..
System recovery
1. Turn phone off
2. Hold volume up+home+power
Knox should read 0x0
Then just choose reboot.

Not sure there's any way you can do it in advance to buying the device
Since recovery can also be modified, I'd say download mode is the safest way to confirm. Same key combo but using vol down.