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HELP!!! Soft Bricked Samsung G3 I747M (Rogers Canada)

Hello,
Here's my issue, I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 i747M (Rogers Canada) and I decided to root my phone to connect a wireless controller for running emulators. I used ODIN 3 and rooted it with the proper ROM and it worked fine. I then noticed it had been running really slow and I wanted to update it to the latest Android platform but in order to do that I need to unroot the phone and return it to the stock ROM because I also figured out that I can hook up the controller with a USB so my phone doesn't need to be rooted anymore. I found the stock CF-Auto rom for my specific phone and carrier and reinstalled ODIN 3 on my computer. When I plug the phone into my computer with ODIN open it recognises it and the COM3 field turns yellow and in the txt box it says that its connected. I load the Stock ROM into PDA and run ODIN. It completes and I get the green "Complete" box and in the txt box it says Complete Disconnect Phone but when I restart my phone it loads the Samsung loading video and then just hangs at the Samsung logo with the blue LED blinking and the only way to shut down the phone is to remove the battery. I am still able to get to the download screen (Vol Down + Home + Power) and also when I loaded the stock ROM in ODIN it said to make sure that F. TIME RESET and AUTO REBOOT is selected but AUTO REBOOT is already checked and I cant turn on F. TIME RESET as the options terminal in ODIN is greyed out and I cant change the options, could this affect it? I know my phone can be saved as its only Soft Bricked its just a matter of how.....PLZ HELP!!!

think you have flashed the rom and theres no os to run other than blank try installing again or else install custom recovery and run a custom rom
Good Luck!

Ok I will try it again today, what is the custom recovery thing and custom rom you're talking about? Sorry im not very savvy when it comes to smart phones, links would help a bunch and someone mentioned to me today to DL a new CF-AUTO stock rom for my phone because it may be the wrong one even though it was labeled for my model. Know of any good sites to get Official Stock Roms for phones?
Thanks
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Ok so I found the newest version of ODIN3 and my actual Stock ROM, /fingerscrossed
If it works Ill post up where I found everything incase someone else comes across this problem with the same phone
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***RESOLVED***
Ok so, I downloaded ODIN3 by hitting up Google and downloading it from the first link which was from this site (My issue was an out of date ODIN3 program, hence the grayed out options)
I got the stock file for my Samsung Galaxy S3 i747M (Rogers Canada) from SAMMobile (<Google this should be the first link)
This site has everything you need for Samsung anything and its free you just make an account. Also don't make the mistake I did and assume the list of stock files that comes up is all that's there, you have to manually search for your phone model and a list of countries and carriers comes up for that phone. The file was even the most up to date version which was a plus.

[Completed] I've caused a huge problem. Soft Bricked.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 (SM-G7102). I tried to root it. Downloaded the root package from a website (odin and cf autoroot). Then turned USB Debugging On and Put Device on Download mode ( hold power,home,volume down to begin and then volume up to Activate Download Mode, Then I Selected CF Autoroot.rar in PDA and Flashed it... Moments Later.. It Showed "FAIL" on Odin and Everything Stopped. So i restarted the device and now it says "Issues ocured while upgrading device software,please run emergency recovery using kies" when i try that it asks for a code. But i didnt do that so im not supposed to have code. Help me with a Simple Solution Please. Quickly. Thank You.

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I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 (SM-G7102). I tried to root it. Downloaded the root package from a website (odin and cf autoroot). Then turned USB Debugging On and Put Device on Download mode ( hold power,home,volume down to begin and then volume up to Activate Download Mode, Then I Selected CF Autoroot.rar in PDA and Flashed it... Moments Later.. It Showed "FAIL" on Odin and Everything Stopped. So i restarted the device and now it says "Issues ocured while upgrading device software,please run emergency recovery using kies" when i try that it asks for a code. But i didnt do that so im not supposed to have code. Help me with a Simple Solution Please. Quickly. Thank You.
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Hmm ... are you sure about the "CF Autoroot.rar" file?
It has to be a "tar" (or "tar.md5") file.
As long as you can boot into download mode again, no worry, you can fix it.
Check this thread: [CF-ROOT][SM-G7102][4.3] Root Galaxy Grand 2.
If you have questions about flashing CF-Autoroot, please register on xda (it's free), and post in the corresponding Q&A thread.
Alternatively, you can follow this guide for another rooting method: [GUIDE][HOW-TO]Easily root Galaxy grand 2 SM-G7102, but flashing CF-AutoRoot is a little bit easier IMO.

No OS installed, don't know what region of firmware to download

So I tried to root my Samsung Galaxy S6 today using TWRP and it got stuck in a boot loop. I went to wipe to cache and accidentally wiped to system. So now there is no OS installed. I know I need to somehow put an OS on the device but I'm in Canada and when I go to samsung's site to download the firmware, there is no Canada option. I bought the phone off of amazon and it came with a European wall charger because it was imported, but how do I know what firmware to download?
Also, when I have found the right firmware, how do I flash it onto the device? I can no longer access TWRP, all I can get is the downloading screen thing. Can I use Odin/how do I use Odin?
Somebody help me I'm panicking because I broke my brand new phone!

You should check the Amazon listing to see which model number you have. It's probably SM-920F.
Once you have the correct firmware downloaded, Google a guide to flashing Galaxy S6 firmware with Odin. There are a lot of them out there.

krisztiana said:
So I tried to root my Samsung Galaxy S6 today using TWRP and it got stuck in a boot loop. I went to wipe to cache and accidentally wiped to system. So now there is no OS installed. I know I need to somehow put an OS on the device but I'm in Canada and when I go to samsung's site to download the firmware, there is no Canada option. I bought the phone off of amazon and it came with a European wall charger because it was imported, but how do I know what firmware to download?
Also, when I have found the right firmware, how do I flash it onto the device? I can no longer access TWRP, all I can get is the downloading screen thing. Can I use Odin/how do I use Odin?
Somebody help me I'm panicking because I broke my brand new phone!
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On the back of the phone it should say which model you have, for example G920F, G920W8, G920P etc.
Download the proper firmware from Sammobile, then follow the tutorial that the following thread has a link to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If the variant you have is the European model, G920F, I recomend you install the unbranded firmware.
IMPORTANT! MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE PROPER FIRMWARE! INSTALLING THE WRONG FIRMWARE CAN HARD BRICK YOUR DEVICE!
I really hope this advice helped!

Really important is only that you pick the right model to download. The region isn't that important. Go to sammobile and download your stock rom, but be sure to not pick a branded one, because they are full of junk.
Also, you must use ODIN in that Download-Mode. Open ODIN, plug your device into your pc and see, if ODIN shows up your device. If yes, select "PDA" or "AP" (depending on ODIN Version) and select your ROM that you have downloaded. Then click on start. Don't touch your phone, your cable or your computer for best results. Wait ODIN say "PASS" with a green background. If this occurs, your phone should restart and after 10 mins or so, it should boot Android.

I did the same this as the OP, now I am stuck on the main "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Powered by Android" screen. I can boot into TWPR and into download. I have tried flashing zip from external SD card with USB-OTG with no luck, I have tried flashing from Odin, multiple Odin versions tried, multiple usb cords tried, multiple computers tried.. all result with <ID:x/xxx> Can't open serial(COM) port."
No matter what I do, I can't seem to get anything to take, not stock firmware or otherwise. Any suggestions.. donations for anyone who can help me solve. lol $$

dwall87 said:
I did the same this as the OP, now I am stuck on the main "Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Powered by Android" screen. I can boot into TWPR and into download. I have tried flashing zip from external SD card with USB-OTG with no luck, I have tried flashing from Odin, multiple Odin versions tried, multiple usb cords tried, multiple computers tried.. all result with <ID:x/xxx> Can't open serial(COM) port."
No matter what I do, I can't seem to get anything to take, not stock firmware or otherwise. Any suggestions.. donations for anyone who can help me solve. lol $$
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i'm in the same situation , stuck in bootloop for the last 3 days ive tried everything on youtube and forums , with odin with smart swich with kies with twrp , nothing , same bootloop everytime. don'tknow what to do .....

get the model number of your phone and flash the latest firmware through Odin

Milian90 said:
i'm in the same situation , stuck in bootloop for the last 3 days ive tried everything on youtube and forums , with odin with smart swich with kies with twrp , nothing , same bootloop everytime. don'tknow what to do .....
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In odin under options untick Auto Reboot.
Flash Rom
Phone wont reboot once rom has flashed successfully so you will need to do manual reboot.
Go into recovery mode and wipe data.
Reboot phone
that should help let us know if it works

wifi wont turn on
hi, i managed to install the firmware but now the wifi and bluetooth wont turn on, wifi toggle and bluetooth wont go on, it looks like is trying toget on but after 20 seconds justgo back to off. idont know what to do .........

I can't even get any firmware to load as odin continually stops within seconds of starting to flash phone, no matter what firmware I choose it's the same result failed flash?

[Completed] sm-g9350 fully bricked except for bootloader

I have an s7 edge (Sm-g9350) with no odin mode (it has china menu instead) , so last week i did something , i erased the whole phone with fastboot cuz i wanted to flash a custom rom (Aurora) so when i erased , everything got deleted (recovery , boot , system...etc) only bootloader is left for now and thats my only hope , so i wanted to flash the rom with fastboot but it said file is too large so i tried one by one and still files were too large while the files (boot & recovery.img) are 22mb not more and fastboot says max download size is 134217728 bytes. some say i should update binary so i downloaded android sdk and it didnt do anything no changes all are same , i tried to go to recovery mode but it kept restarting cuz recovery mode is deleted , and i tried going to odin mode but it kept restarting cuz there isnt any odin mode and that china menu got erased too , so ya i tried looking for anything i could flash but no use im so stuck in here , and unlocking bootloader didnt help , so ya any ideas you got i would love to hear it and thank you.
PS: i dont wanna give up on this phone.

Hi there and welcome to Assist,
I'm afraid you are hard bricked that device, so too much isn't to do.
Here is some discussion about : Galaxy S7 Edge Hard Bricked
For more questions please use this dedicate dforum for S7 Edge: Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answers
Good luck

Please Help - soft bricked S7 on 3 (UK) SM-G930F

Hi guys,
I have managed to soft brick my S7 flat after trying to root it. using odin. I have also done a factory reset - so no more debugging over the PC, I have to now try recovery on SD card.
The stock rom I have is G930FXXU1DQB7
I can't seem to find a stock rom to put onto the SD card and reinstall the rom ... I think samobile and another site seem to be the only ones that has the stock ROM and there d/l are terrible and often get a corrupted file ( I have tried x4 times now )
If some one could tell me how to either - Put a custom ROM on a stock S7 ( No TWERP on the phone yet ) .. or how to recover my S7 back to manufacturers ... Id buy you a virtual beer ! Had my phone for about 2 weeks and already I cant use it !!

The following thread has the stock firmware uploaded to Mega, so should be easier and more reliable to download:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/how-to/official-stock-firmware-update-odin-t3369431
Don't forget to thank the author of the thread if you find it helpful.

thx, ill give it a go

thx, ill give it a go
I got 9 MB a sec. d/l ... thats a lot better !! Ill try this out and see if I can get it back. - and I will thx the user for all the hard work etc. they have put in to their project

no, didn't work .. it sayes the footer is wrong ../??
I don't know what that means ... anyone ..?

Formatt said:
no, didn't work .. it sayes the footer is wrong ../??
I don't know what that means ... anyone ..?
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You need ODIN 3.12.3 from here
https://mega.nz/#!uBwC3KqR!17OPP5A1g9d7-GxAqCbjXFpmYfO7CgAHNcaZxqEkOao
You need the latest G930F ROM from either here
http://updato.com/firmware-archive-select-model?q=G930F
Or from samfirm tool here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
Extract the ROM, add AP, CP, CSC and BL to the 4 sections in ODIN
Put the phone into download mode (Volume Down & Home & Power)
Connect phone to PC USB, make sure the port is connected on ODIN
Press Start on ODIN
Wait for it to reboot back into working Android

thx for your comments, but I cant use odin as I have hard reset the phone ! - so no ADB via usb
I will try the links though ..

The phone does go into d/l mode ... but as I have hard reset to factory I need to go back into the phone and go into dev. options and enable debugging. .. trouble is The phone just boots to the logo and then loops.

Formatt said:
thx for your comments, but I cant use odin as I have hard reset the phone ! - so no ADB via usb
I will try the links though ..
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What has ADB got to do with ODIN?
You just need download mode, nothing more
Every step I wrote is all you need to follow

hi guys,
Ive managed to fix it ! - I downloaded a good stock rom and uploaded like you guys said ... with Odin ... I had to mess abouit with Odin versions before I got one that worked.
Many thanks guys for all your help. I really had a panic on then for a bit !