Hey, I bought a galaxy note 4 which as the seller said "doesnt turn on anymore or gets stuck on boot logo".
I can confirm this issue. first time it booted up and said something with "reactivation lock" I couldn't read all cz it just rebooted and is now either stuck on boot logo or shows "recovery booting" in a blue font in the upper left corner but nothing happens. Also I can not boot into recovery mode. The hardware buttons are ok as I can click volume up during booting into download mode. I searched the whole internet and found this unbrick thread: https://pastebin.com/7KQxRRNF which I followed exactly. not the first time I'm fixing such issues but this time I'm out of knowledge. this thread didn't work it ended up in boot loop. I used the correct firmware I guess?..
there are plenty of firmwares. my model: N910F (vodafone branded I think cz it was showing a vodafone screen before it got this issue).
I tried using Samsung Kies but it says my model is not supported. same in SmartSwitch (not supported model). then I downloaded an older version of Kies 2.7 and it says connecting but even after 20 minutes or so nothing happens. I reinstalled the drivers several times, I'm using the OG Cable plugged into the motherboard directly. no hubs or frontpanel things (laptop). the only thing I can do with this phone is go into download mode. I don't know if this has something to do with this stupid reactivation lock in Download Mode it says "on". but I find only tutorials how to bypass this when you can boot the phone "aka samsung account trick". so useless for me.
Can I flash stock firmware with reactivation lock=on at all? or is that impossible? If so how can I disable this stupid lock? I never had a phone which broke my mind as hard as the note 4.. and I had many phones from many different brands and actually thought china phones like xiaomi are hard to crack or set back to stock n stuff..
Please help. I can not power it on nothing happens. battery removed for 5 minutes while holding the power key. nothing. only download mode is possible. and only if it's plugged into my pc. what the heck is wrong with this phone? sending it to support center is no option.
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Let me start by addressing I know this isn't the sprint thread but there's a lot more development here which equals more help. Plus this issue seems to be able to happen to any variant.
Second, this isn't my device I'm trying to see if it can be fixed for a friend. I'm not that familiar with Samsung devices but I have been able to get them working in the past via Odin or kies but this time I need some help.
So this is what's going on, my friend recently rooted his S6(SM-920P) not sure which method he used (don't think it matters at this stage) and was on stock rom (LP5.0.2) with xposed framework installed. He hadn't changed the kernel AFAIK oh but I did install TWRP for him and everything was working. Long story short he woke up a couple days ago to his phone being unable to turn back on. I told him how to get to download mode and I asked him what did it say on the top left corner it said something like "system binary not SEandroid locked" underneath that it said fac lock
So I had him give me the phone thinking somehow it did a OTA update while he was asleep or something either way I was confident using Odin to flash the firmware would solve the issue. Had the firmware finished flashing I'm confident it would have but halfway through Odin simply froze on installing system. I figured its just gonna take a while 45 mins later it was still stuck at the same spot.
Not really thinking about it I figured I will just reboot the phone back into download mode restart the process it should be fine. Not a good idea. Now all I get is a green screen saying to access the smart switch emergency recovery system. But it gets better.
My computer isn't recognizing the device now. I installed smart switch software and it's not recognizing it. I even installed Kies and it's not recognizing either.
Is his phone toast or what? I tried emergency system recovery but I need the S/N of his phone to possibly get this thing working again, but it boot into anything anymore except the screen that says Samsung switch...
PLEASE HELP ME if it's bricked it's bricked I get that but if there's a way to figure out what to do I'm all ears. Thanks in advance
Hi There,
Firstly I do apologize if this has already been posted, but I have searched through the forums and have not been able to find any specific information about this particular problem.
I have a Galaxy S3 (purchased in 2012) and a few weeks ago, the phone started to automatically switch off (when I locked it) and I would have to hold the power button for about 15-30 seconds for it to switch back on.
I checked the power button(to see if it was broken and pressing down all the time) but it seemed to be fine as whenever I pulled the battery (and put it back in after 1 minute) the phone would NOT come on unless I held the power button.
Also tried replacing the battery, but that did not seem to work.
About 1 week ago when i tried to turn my phone on, with the power button, but it would get stuck on the samsung logo screen (it was frozen, not looping).
I was still able to enter both recovery and download mode. So I tried wiping the cache but it did nothing.
Then I tired flashing the ROM with ODIN and it passed but it also did nothing (tried flashing multiple times all with "PASS" as well as wiping the data cache in conjuction with the flashing but to no avail).
Tried flashing it again with BL and it also passed, but now whenever I try to enter Recovery Mode or Turn the phone ON it would display a White Scrambled Screen which probably means eMMC failure.
Now for the problem:
How do I retrieve the information on the phone ?
N.B;
- I do not care about fixing the phone, only want the information
-I cannot enter Recovery Mode, BUT I can enter download mode.
-When I connect S3 to PC it is detected (In Device Manager it states "Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device")
-I did have my phone password protected before this happened using the Pattern Password (you have a 3x3 Dot grid in which you can use to draw a line(s) which will function as a password)
-My phone is an S3 GT-I9300
-Never interfered with the ROM or software on the phone before this (was running the official android software from Samsung which I believe was Android Version 4.3).
-Have Tried EaseUs, but it does not detect the phone.
bossman111 said:
Hi There,
Firstly I do apologize if this has already been posted, but I have searched through the forums and have not been able to find any specific information about this particular problem.
I have a Galaxy S3 (purchased in 2012) and a few weeks ago, the phone started to automatically switch off (when I locked it) and I would have to hold the power button for about 15-30 seconds for it to switch back on.
I checked the power button(to see if it was broken and pressing down all the time) but it seemed to be fine as whenever I pulled the battery (and put it back in after 1 minute) the phone would NOT come on unless I held the power button.
Also tried replacing the battery, but that did not seem to work.
About 1 week ago when i tried to turn my phone on, with the power button, but it would get stuck on the samsung logo screen (it was frozen, not looping).
I was still able to enter both recovery and download mode. So I tried wiping the cache but it did nothing.
Then I tired flashing the ROM with ODIN and it passed but it also did nothing (tried flashing multiple times all with "PASS" as well as wiping the data cache in conjuction with the flashing but to no avail).
Tried flashing it again with BL and it also passed, but now whenever I try to enter Recovery Mode or Turn the phone ON it would display a White Scrambled Screen which probably means eMMC failure.
Now for the problem:
How do I retrieve the information on the phone ?
N.B;
- I do not care about fixing the phone, only want the information
-I cannot enter Recovery Mode, BUT I can enter download mode.
-When I connect S3 to PC it is detected (In Device Manager it states "Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device")
-I did have my phone password protected before this happened using the Pattern Password (you have a 3x3 Dot grid in which you can use to draw a line(s) which will function as a password)
-My phone is an S3 GT-I9300
-Never interfered with the ROM or software on the phone before this (was running the official android software from Samsung which I believe was Android Version 4.3).
-Have Tried EaseUs, but it does not detect the phone.
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Hello, the best solution will be to ask here Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting since that guys know more about mentioned device.
Thank you
Paget96 said:
Hello, the best solution will be to ask here Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting since that guys know more about mentioned device.
Thank you
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Hi There Krusevac,
Thanks for the reply.
I will check it out.
Kind Regards,
B
bossman111 said:
Hi There Krusevac,
Thanks for the reply.
I will check it out.
Kind Regards,
B
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No problem
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I had my phone just sitting on a wireless charger this morning and had been there for about 15-30 minutes. I noticed it was rebooting, odd I thought? I took it off and then realized it was going into a boot loop. I gave it a soft reset and then it would turn on and stay on for about 10 seconds before boot looping again. I again gave it a soft reset after a couple loops and now it seems to totally dead, as the title implies.
No button combination has worked and I've held them all down for well over 30 seconds each. I've tried plugging it into my PC and haven't gotten any response that way. The blue LED is on so I know it's not dead...I think? To make matters worse, I bought this phone off Craigslist about 5 months ago and it's the Exynos version so I definitely can't get any kind of warranty on it. I'm hoping someone has had this problem and can help or just has some advice. Thanks everyone.
EDIT: To keep this updated, I have been able to get into Odin Mode and have tried to flash stock firmware. Odin says everything went fine but the phone hangs up at the Samsung Galaxy S7 logo. I'm unable to boot into recovery mode and I've even tried to reinstall TWRP with Odin and that has not worked.
Seen the LED only problem before, waiting for the battery to drain and the phone to turn off seems to be the only known cure atm
Once it does, connect the charger for 15 mins, then boot directly into recovery and clear caches to try fix the bootloop, possible it may need factory resetting / clean flash of stock ROM
Using the MicroUSB > USB white adapter, you may be able to connect a power hungry USB peripheral to the phone to drain the battery faster, I use a USB desktop fan, but some people report it not working when it is stuck in this LED loop and have just had to wait it out
Thanks for that advice, I'll let it drain over night. However, I have been able to get it to boot into Odin Mode and Odin v.3 recognized it. I flashed the stock firmware but upon rebooting nothing happened and now it gets stuck at the Samsung logo screen. I can still get it back into Odin mode, which I believe will be the fastest way to kill the battery, but I find it odd that I can get into that but not recovery? I am rooted and have TWRP installed, if that matters at all.
If you can get into Download (ODIN) mode, then letting the battery drain probably won't help, that only seems to help when the phone is completely stuck with nothing but the LED working
Make sure you flash CSC (Not HOME_CSC) along with the other 3 sections of the ROM, using ODIN 3.12.3, that should factory reset the phone after the flash
If you successfully flashed stock with ODIN already, you are no longer rooted and do not have TWRP installed, flashing stock with ODIN replaces all that with stock
I updated Odin and once again tried to flash the 4 parts, making sure I used the right CSC file, but I'm still getting hung up at the Samsung Galaxy S7 logo. Do you have a suggestion as to which region's firmware I should use? I have been trying the Australia one from SamMobile's site.
EDIT: And to clarify, I have the G930FD(the duos one).
jonny727272 said:
I updated Odin and once again tried to flash the 4 parts, making sure I used the right CSC file, but I'm still getting hung up at the Samsung Galaxy S7 logo. Do you have a suggestion as to which region's firmware I should use? I have been trying the Australia one from SamMobile's site.
EDIT: And to clarify, I have the G930FD(the duos one).
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Any region would work, and the F firmware works for the FD too
I have been given an S7 SM-930FD [Dual Sim] that was supposed to be bricked. It wouldn't boot into anything but I have successfully got it into download mode and been able to successfully flash a stock ROM downloaded from Sammobile [several times] with no errors. Each time I have used the full set of AP,CP,CSC files and the previous owner is not sure what ROM it was on or what he tried to install. I have tried different versions of the firmware for this model for various android versions and regions simply to try and get it to boot, but without success. I have tried HOME CSC and CSC files too.
But each time it starts to install the update / reboot it hangs. Either when it installing the update on the blue screen with the robot and its "erasing" - small rotating symbol just stops and nothing happens OR it loads to the GALAXY S7 normal boot screen then hangs.
When it hangs it will only respond to one key combination Power + Vol Down. It then "switched off" and will not reboot in any mode. When I say "switched off" I mean the screen goes black. However if I then connect the charger, it won't show the charging symbol UNLESS I leave it for a few hours and the battery goes flat. It will then charge and I can boot into download / recovery mode but normal boot starts installing the update and it will hang all over again. On one occasion it hung with and black screen and blue flashing light but again no key combinations worked and I had to wait for the battery to drain.
Also tried Smart Switch Emergency Recovery. Even with the drivers freshly installed it does not recognise the phone, it does accept the model number during initialisation, but once the S/N is entered it comes back and says it can't find the model, S/N or IMEI in the database!
I have researched the web for hours and watched every relevant youtube video and tried their suggested key combinations etc and they just don't work.
So I'm hoping someone can help me resolve this frustrating situation, not least because of the delays between attempts!
Presumably as I can consistently get it into download mode there is a solution out there somewhere???????
What am I doing wrong? Should I be looking at a custom ROM or trying something else?
All help appreciated.
I bricked/bootlooped my phone.
I've been using Superman ROM v2.4.1 for a while, but recently my Snapchat stopped working and I couldn't pass the SafetyNet, so I tried to fix it.
I turned off my developer options, and downloaded this App: https://forum.xda-developers.com/sho....php?t=2524485
My phone warned me this App might be harmful but I ignored it, and then changed the setting to permissive and then enfordcing a couple times. Then I rebooted my device, now it is stuck in a loop. It doesnt go beyond the 'Samsung Galaxy S7" logo and just turns off after that.
I cannot boot into recovery either, only download mode.
When i try to boot up or into recovery, it says on the top of the screen in red text "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock".
Can anyone help me? I have a flight in the morning so I really need this fixed. Is this caused by the App I used to change the SELinux Mode? Or is it because Developer options and hence OEM Unlocking is turned off in the settings?
What can I do to fix this?
Cheers
Dear Sir just Flash with stock firmware be sure u are using latest one to revive phone back to life.
thanks
FRP locked and cannot load stock FW
I'm having the same issue as theDroidfanatic, but i cannot flash the stock FW.
I have a Samsung S7 edge, running Superman, i believe marshmallow (i don't recall the exact version).
I accidentally enabled the OEM lock in the phones settings.
On trying to boot normally, I see the superman startup screen, and the FRP message across the top of the screen in red. "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock"
I can only boot into download mode.
Odin (3.12.7 and 3.12.3) can detect the phone being plugged in (so i think this system has the correct drivers, and my cables/ports are good).
I downloaded the latest FW from sammobile.com for the MTA region (its a Canadian MTS phone).
I load all of the files into Oden and everything appears fine. When i try to start the transfer it hangs at SetupConnection. Ah hour later, its still hanging there.
I've tried 2 PCs, and about a dozen USB cables; same result every time.
Its been a while since i played with rom stuff, am i missing something somewhere?
## EDIT
## Above represents 8+ hours of frustration;
## below, 20 minutes on a hunch and some dumb luck;
## proving that sometimes it is better to be lucky than good.
For anyone else having similar issues:
After installing Kies (on Windows 10; which required a Microsoft Virtual C++ pack for Kies to install), Kies installed a different USB driver.
Odin did not show any difference regarding seeing the phone. After the new driver was installed, Odin is now able to flash stock FW.
Did you manage to repair your phone. My note 9 don’t show up on my laptop usb not recognised
I had similar issue when i was trying to install firmware while developer mod was was disabled (in my Note 5). FRP lock was ON, then it got bricked. I gave my phone to a local phone repair shop, they have some technology to bypass FRP lock by using FRP bypass box.