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[Q] Firmware Upgrade Encountered An Issue

Just got the D2VZW back from the repair shop, which put it back to factory specs/locking/unrooted.
Used Casual All-In-On to gain root. Used EZ Recovery to flash the latest TWRP, but forgot to unlock the bootloader first.
Tried to boot into recovery, but got a message about unauthorized software to to take it to Verizon. Phone wouldn't boot anymore. Booted into downloader mode and tried to Odin back to stock, but received a failed message.
Now I can only boot into Downloader / Odin mode. Any other mode gives me an error about "Firmware Upgrade Encountered An Issue...".
I read that you can use Kies to do an emergency firmware recovery, but when I do that it just stays at 0% when trying to flash to the phone.
Any idea how to resolve this?
EDIT: And the Search function on XDA is out of service at the moment, which makes things more of a challenge.

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markdapimp said:
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Thanks for the help!
I THINK I got it working in Odin by flashing the MB1 bootchain (even though device is updated to MF1).
The strange thing is now I am still unable to Odin back to LG1 (stock) and take all the OTAs to MF1. I get a failed message. Device boots now though, which is good.

MrBrady said:
Thanks for the help!
I THINK I got it working in Odin by flashing the MB1 bootchain (even though device is updated to MF1).
The strange thing is now I am still unable to Odin back to LG1 (stock) and take all the OTAs to MF1. I get a failed message. Device boots now though, which is good.
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So your phone was originally on MF1 not MB1 Correct?

markdapimp said:
So your phone was originally on MF1 not MB1 Correct?
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Correct. I took an OTA to MF1 and then tried rooting/unlocking/recovery and failed. But since I don't see an MF1 bootchain Odin file available, I flashed the MB1.

MrBrady said:
Correct. I took an OTA to MF1 and then tried rooting/unlocking/recovery and failed. But since I don't see an MF1 bootchain Odin file available, I flashed the MB1.
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I have a Full KIES Recovery image for MF1 for everything even modem etc
witch i am uploading right now
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This should work
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23125694133305576

markdapimp said:
I have a Full KIES Recovery image for MF1 for everything even modem etc
witch i am uploading right now
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This should work
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23125694133305576
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I downloaded that earlier, but the MD5s didn't match. I'll re-download and give that a shot. Thanks!

Boot to download mode then open odin
click PDA, Navigate to this folder and select the file you download (odin might freeze for a second just wait)
4. Press Start and let it finish till it says Reset OK or in the message box when it says Done
5. Your phone should be stuck @ the Verizon Screen to fix this pull battery and boot into stock recovery
Volume UP, Home, Power HELD until Message is displayed on top left corner "recovery booting" then you can release all 3 buttons
navigate to factory data reset using volume down then power to select then after done select Reboot to system and enjoy
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let me know if that works because im still uploading the full recovery image witch appears to be bigger
669MB vs 1.19GB
im assuming this recovery image is the all in one

markdapimp said:
Boot to download mode then open odin
click PDA, Navigate to this folder and select the file you download (odin might freeze for a second just wait)
4. Press Start and let it finish till it says Reset OK or in the message box when it says Done
5. Your phone should be stuck @ the Verizon Screen to fix this pull battery and boot into stock recovery
Volume UP, Home, Power HELD until Message is displayed on top left corner "recovery booting" then you can release all 3 buttons
navigate to factory data reset using volume down then power to select then after done select Reboot to system and enjoy
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let me know if that works because im still uploading the full recovery image witch appears to be bigger
669MB vs 1.19GB
im assuming this recovery image is the all in one
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Will do. I've got about 5 minutes left on the download. Then I'll check MD5 and flash.
EDIT: MD5s matched this time. Unzipped file is 1.24GB. Flashing now.
EDIT2: Still fails after trying to write aboot.mbn
EDIT3: When booting, I get the message again about there was an error with the firmware. But now since I flashed a kernel, I get the Software not authorized by Verizon message with the "Secure Fail: Kernel" in the corner.

MrBrady said:
Will do. I've got about 5 minutes left on the download. Then I'll check MD5 and flash.
EDIT: MD5s matched this time. Unzipped file is 1.24GB. Flashing now.
EDIT2: Still fails after trying to write aboot.mbn
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this recovery image im uploading should work because i forgot to flash the insecure aboot before and had the same problem
then i odin this image and wallah all good however the flash counter remains at 1 triangle away cant get rid of it
but it all works good i re rooted, flash insure aboot and flashed CWM and got CM11 Kitkang rom on

markdapimp said:
this recovery image im uploading should work because i forgot to flash the insecure aboot before and had the same problem
then i odin this image and wallah all good however the flash counter remains at 1 triangle away cant get rid of it
but it all works good i re rooted, flash insure aboot and flashed CWM and got CM11 Kitkang rom on
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Wanted to see if the upload completed successfully. Phone is working fine, but still can't Odin, which worries me.
Thanks!
VZW SGSIII

markdapimp said:
this recovery image im uploading should work because i forgot to flash the insecure aboot before and had the same problem
then i odin this image and wallah all good however the flash counter remains at 1 triangle away cant get rid of it
but it all works good i re rooted, flash insure aboot and flashed CWM and got CM11 Kitkang rom on
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Looks like I'm SOL again. I tried to follow Hero's method for de-bricking which involved flashing the route66 odin file, but telling it to clear data. I did that, but the flash failed, which erased part of my data. Now the phone hangs at the boot logo since the data was erased. When I try to boot into recovery it gives me the Unauthorized Software Error.

MrBrady said:
Looks like I'm SOL again. I tried to follow Hero's method for de-bricking which involved flashing the route66 odin file, but telling it to clear data. I did that, but the flash failed, which erased part of my data. Now the phone hangs at the boot logo since the data was erased. When I try to boot into recovery it gives me the Unauthorized Software Error.
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You can't boot into regular ODIN?

Some of what you're describing reminds me of the hell I went through with this phone last week.
I had similar issues with mine - I couldn't boot to anything but download mode - tried the root66 bit and no luck: ODIN kept coming back in FAIL!
In the end, there were a couple of things that got me back. Figuring I had nothing left to lose, I flashed the PIT for the phone in ODIN to re-partition. This allowed be to boot to stock recovery, but things were still messed up and the phone wouldn't boot to system. Recovery complained about missing /data, but that went away with a wipe/restore/factory reset in recovery. I forgot to bookmark the location of the PIT for this particular phone, otherwise I'd post it here. It shouldn't be too hard to find, though. Just be certain it's the I535 Verizon PIT, and be sure it's for the correct 16/32GB version.
I was also trying to run ODIN through a Virtual Machine, which always worked flawlessly for me in the past, but seemed to have been causing issues whenever I'd try flashing anything other than the PIT through ODIN. I booted to a native PC, re-installed the Samsung drivers and followed the soft-brick recovery procedure. This got the root66 images back on and the phone came back to life. I then ran Triangle Away to reset the counter and used ODIN to push the initial VZW image (VRALG1) to the phone and followed all OTA updates to the most recent 4.1.2 (MF1).
The phone's behaved itself since. I did root it and pushed TWRP, but other than that, it's back to stock and I'm a bit hesitant to go back to any other firmware after this mess. I'm waiting to flash the MF1 bootchain to re-lock the bootloader, but it's hard to come by and I'm still waiting on my PM to DarkMenace, who has a copy.
I'm not sure how similar your situation is to mine, but maybe some of this info is useful?

david_hume said:
You can't boot into regular ODIN?
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Yes.
I actually just figured out my problem. I was trying to use Odin through VMWare Fusion (emulator) on a Mac. This has worked in the past, but either it's something with the latest Mac OS update or VMWare update that breaks it now. I installed Windows nativly through Apple Bootcamp and Odin works as expected.
Thanks everyone for the advice.

[Q] GT P3110 soft brick, download mode but no recovery, bootloop

Hi All,
I have a GT P3110 that was rooted. I tried to install a custom ROM, but I didn't succeed, because since first reboot it arrives till "Updating Android", optimize all the apps, and straight after "opening applications" it reboots - as in the title - in infinite loop.
I can access download mode, and I tried very various solutions (all through Odin, in different versions), but none of firmwares i tried unlocks the situation, neither does any flashed recovery open. Just the download mode (that still let me hope for a solution).
I read a lot of threads about, but nowhere I found a solution; I tried even to Erase All Nand, but it failed.
I really dunno what else could I do, has anyone solved a similar problem, or has an idea of how could I unlock the situation??
SOLVED: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_p3110

But it currently boots and fails after optimizing still?
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thanks for quick reply!
More detailed what i see is
- "Galaxy Tab 7 2.0"
- blinking "Samsung"
- "Updating Android OS": inside of this, it first optimize all the apps ("optimizing app 1,2,3,...."); when it finished, says "Opening applications", and just restarts from blinking "Samsung".

OK. So it IS booting the os.
And you can't get into recovery?
You mentioned that you tried Odin, did you make sure to use the latest correct pit file when flashing?
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again thanks!
No I cannot access recovery in any way, I tried kinda all combination of buttons, but can only get into Download mode.
But.......actually I'm not using any PIT file! Hope THAT is the problem!
So maybe now i should try to flash again stock firmware, with correct pit file, selecting in odin only f.reset time and auto-reebot (also repartition? and/or nand erase all?) ?
about PIT, can it be http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552155 ?

marcomow said:
again thanks!
No I cannot access recovery in any way, I tried kinda all combination of buttons, but can only get into Download mode.
But.......actually I'm not using any PIT file! Hope THAT is the problem!
So maybe now i should try to flash again stock firmware, with correct pit file, selecting in odin only f.reset time and auto-reebot (also repartition? and/or nand erase all?) ?
about PIT, can it be http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552155 ?
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DO NOT REPARTITION!!!! YOU WILL BRICK HARD
Sent from my GT-P3110 using Tapatalk
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Yes, use the 311x file in the last post.
Go to the thread where you got recovery and be sure to use 311x or 3110 flashable recoveries.
Follow all instructions to a t. Do not select anything you are not specifically told to select
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tried to flash recovery with PIT realized only after that repartition was selected, but nothing changed.
tried to flash firmware with PIT, unselected repartition, and i supposed i bricked it. Still, on charge shows the battery, but no other response. damn.
[EDIT] The tablet is still alive, I found on another section that letting it charge and pressing volume button, can make it wake up and..."yes"! We are back at soft brick as before...same exact situation!

Well. At least its not bricked. Lol
If you repartition without the pit it could turn the whole thing into a single partition. The pit is a partition information table, it tells the tablet what partitions go where.
There must be a way to force recovery on, maybe through adb but I'm not sure.
If Odin is failing try updating the drivers and if you haven't, try a more recent Odin meant for the tab. Other than that I'm out of ideas. You might be able to boot recovery by holding volume up and power while plugging in. Once the Samsung logo flashes up unplug while continuing to hold volume up
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well actually odin isn't failing, because everything that was needed to be flashed, it was...
odin i am using in the last version
I also do not have any clue for this...
the only hint i have, is that maybe i should flash both recovery and firmware with PIT, and leaving on both the re-partition....
...even if the hard brick perspective scares me...
And cannot find anyone that had my same problem on the internet!!!!
If you have any other suggestion/ideas feel free to share...meanwhile thanks!

But if Odin worked right it would be flashing recovery without issue.
Maybe try booting as far as it will boot, plug into PC, open a command prompt and type
Adb
Sudo reboot recovery
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thanks but...I have only windows...is there any other way?

no recovery
marcomow said:
thanks but...I have only windows...is there any other way?
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same problem here. i have no recovery. pls help

same problem

termania11 said:
same problem here. i have no recovery. pls help
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have same problem also here... and i cant go to boot... is my tab is dead? pls help

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000M keeps rebooting

Here's my problem:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000M that keeps rebooting after trying to install a custom recovery so that I can root it.
What I did
I followed the steps (1 to 11), of Installing a custom recovery on Galaxy S mentioned in the following page:
wiki,cyanogenmod,org/w/Install_CM_for_galaxysmtd
After that, I simply unplugged the usb, there were no errors, and removed the battery and now what I get is the simply that my device reboots after the boot logo. IF I hold down volume + home + power I can boot in download mode. However, I cannot boot in recovery or in normal mode !
Here's a video of what it is doing youtube,com/watch?v=Wie9eZYyECw
What I have tried
Removing the battery and reboot the cellphone
I tried to redo step 7, heimdall flash --kernel zImage --no-reboot, but I still got the same error

etiennenoel said:
Here's my problem:
I have a Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000M that keeps rebooting after trying to install a custom recovery so that I can root it.
What I did
I followed the steps (1 to 11), of Installing a custom recovery on Galaxy S mentioned in the following page:
wiki,cyanogenmod,org/w/Install_CM_for_galaxysmtd
After that, I simply unplugged the usb, there were no errors, and removed the battery and now what I get is the simply that my device reboots after the boot logo. IF I hold down volume + home + power I can boot in download mode. However, I cannot boot in recovery or in normal mode !
Here's a video of what it is doing youtube,com/watch?v=Wie9eZYyECw
What I have tried
Removing the battery and reboot the cellphone
I tried to redo step 7, heimdall flash --kernel zImage --no-reboot, but I still got the same error
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try flash other recovery, older version, if that dont help, try to wipe everything from recovery (data,cache,dalvik). and ther reboot

Paget96 said:
try flash other recovery, older version, if that dont help, try to wipe everything from recovery (data,cache,dalvik).
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If that doesn't work, can I return to the default recovery (if that exist) and if yes, how can I do that ?

etiennenoel said:
If that doesn't work, can I return to the default recovery (if that exist) and if yes, how can I do that ?
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I dont find anything on internet :/ only what can you do is to flash stock ROM :/

Paget96 said:
I dont find anything on internet :/ only what can you do is to flash stock ROM :/
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Ok ok. I have two questions for that, first, do you know where I can find the stock rom. And secondly, can I do that via download mode since it is the only thing I can access ?

etiennenoel said:
Ok ok. I have two questions for that, first, do you know where I can find the stock rom. And secondly, can I do that via download mode since it is the only thing I can access ?
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sure
wait
I found android 2.3.5 stock official firmware
can this ??
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=4379
this is latest for it
Instructions
Extract (unzip) the firmware file
Download Odin v3.09
Extract Odin zip-file
Open Odin v3.09
Reboot phone in Download Mode (press and hold Home + Power + Volume Down buttons)
Connect phone and wait until you get a blue sign in Odin
Add the firmware file to AP / PDA
Make sure re-partition is NOT ticked
Click the start button, sit back and wait a few minutes

Thank you for that ! I have one question, I have plugged my phone in my computer, however, Odin does not detect it. My phone is recognized as Gadget Serial, do I have to do somehting so that my phone will be recognized ? I have tried to install the following drivers without success ! forum,xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961956

Forget this I had to remove the previous driver !

My moto G3 is stuck on the "warning, bootloader unlocked" page, please help !

My moto G3 is stuck on the "warning, bootloader unlocked" page, please help !
I recently rooted my Motorola Moto G3 and it worked.... ish, when I opened my phone from it being turned off I was greeted with the message telling me that it was super duper dangerous to root your phone and I could damage my phone, that normally goes as it is just a mandatory thing that they have to say, I waited for a while and it didn't go, I waited for a day and it didn't go. So I let it run out of charge and tried to boot it again, this didn't work, I was still seeing the same white screen with red and black writing. I then let it run out of charge and open it in fast boot mode by pressing the power button and volume down, this did work and from there I have managed to open the team win recovery project but whenever I do anything from then, it will go back to the error page and then will never load. I have even reset the phone to factory settings. If I hold the power button it will turn off the phone but very shortly after automatically turn itself back on to this same image.... please help!

How did you end up rooting it? Have you tried flashing a factory image?

If I were you, I would try to reflash stock firmware with factory reset

@Artyb52
hi, what did you do to Root ??
check these , if you have done evrything :
1) USB debugging enabled, allow OEM unlocking Enable ( developer options )
2) install ADB and fastboot. ( in PC)
3) Unlock bootloader in Fastboot mode .. (After unlocking did you PowerOn your phone, and check ? did it ON with out any problems? )
4) Installing a recovery , by following proper commands and choosing right version ..
5) flashing SuperSU with that Recovery.
If you have done everything Right, then Do onething.. Change CustomRecovery Version ( if on TWRP ) ,
else Goto Fastboot.. press POWER OFF, so that your phone gets SHUT DOWN, then On it normally ..
i have seen a problem where REBOOT function causes Bootloops..

i tried that and it didnt work :/
@nandakis4 shame it didn't work. Do you have any other tips, I would be really grateful

@Acetyloaceton how do you do that ? sorry for sounding like such a noob, i'm new to the game

l3ones said:
How did you end up rooting it? Have you tried flashing a factory image?
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@13ones I tried flashing the TWRP image, is that different to the factory image ?

The same thing happened me when I rooted my phone. To fix it I downloaded cm 13 then placed it on internal storage and flashed it (and gapps) from twrp and it worked fine.

Acetyloaceton said:
If I were you, I would try to reflash stock firmware with factory reset
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"Factory Reset" Doesn't reflash stock firmware, it just wipes /data /cache and internal storage.
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Artyb52 said:
@13ones I tried flashing the TWRP image, is that different to the factory image ?
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Yes, you'd need to download it from the stock firmware page and flash the whole thing through fastboot.

l3ones said:
"Factory Reset" Doesn't reflash stock firmware, it just wipes /data /cache and internal storage.
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Yes, you'd need to download it from the stock firmware page and flash the whole thing through fastboot.
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@l3ones i have tried this 2 times now, and i must be doing something wrong, i dont want to hassle you but could you walk me through the exact procedure needed to do this

Try this
Using adb sideload on twrp
1. Flash supersu 2.62, then
2. Flash supersu 2.65
Command : adb sideload supersu.xx.zip
In my case, it works.

Artyb52 said:
@l3ones i have tried this 2 times now, and i must be doing something wrong, i dont want to hassle you but could you walk me through the exact procedure needed to do this
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If I'm not too late, sure. What model do you have?

s7 bricked

i forgot to factory reset before i downgrade the os with odin. now the phone just stuck on the booting screen. i can get to download mode but not to recovery mode. anyone have some solution?

You could try flashing everything from the firmware you download from sammobile.com (BL + AP + CP + CSC (not HOME_CSC)) + check re-partition in Odin.
It will wipe everything. Be sure to download the correct firmware supposed by your hardware, else bad things may happen.

irvinnggg said:
i forgot to factory reset before i downgrade the os with odin. now the phone just stuck on the booting screen. i can get to download mode but not to recovery mode. anyone have some solution?
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You can download the firmware from Sammobile, and flash it via ODIN, this should hopefully get you back to Stock OS.
You could also try to flash twrp img via ODIN and try to access Recovery Mode again.
Goodluck

Revontheus said:
You can download the firmware from Sammobile, and flash it via ODIN, this should hopefully get you back to Stock OS.
You could also try to flash twrp img via ODIN and try to access Recovery Mode again.
Goodluck
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i flash the firmware from sammobile. but my phone just wont boot. i cant shut the phone down as it's internal battery

Have you flashed the Appropriate Bootloader and Modem?
At what screen is it stuck at? You could use the Volume Up Key plus home, plus Power Button to force boot it.
Here check This link out, it might help you.
Good luck

irvinnggg said:
i flash the firmware from sammobile. but my phone just wont boot. i cant shut the phone down as it's internal battery
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Well aslong as you can turn it on download mode you should be fine. If i was you i would download samsung kies 3 and put the phone in download mode and try to the firmware recovery from the top left section in the app. This will flash back the original firmware that came with the phone.,
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And if you flashed the CSC then you phone should be wiped when you boot it but maybe you flash the wrong file but like i said hard boot your device and set it to download mode and you should be fine