Hello,
I have been trying to flash a combination file (so far unsuccessfully) for the SM-A515F. Odin stops on boot.img and the phone display shows ''Please get the approval to use factory binaries. (BOOTLOADER)''.
I remember on older devices the process could be done with no problems. Are combination files restricted to 'employee' use only? Or am I doing something wrong?
All help is greatly appreciated!
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A friend of mine asked me to flash his phone back a few patches. He supplied the file and I used Odin. Odin fails to install said rom, and now the phone only will show blue screen asking to use emergency recovery software. I downloaded Kies 3.0, and the device was unsupported. Of course i dont have any of the information from the phone, as it was softbricked when brought to me. The phone is a samsung J3 (SM-J320A). If anyone has any suggestions, links, files would be greatly appreciated. I tried a few different software versions with various errors. Most files errors occur during the initial aboot, and 1 of them failed at writing NAND. Tried 3 versions of odin. The phone was using March security patch on 6.0.1. Pretty new at this, so please use fairly noob terms and lingo. Thanks in advance
I have a Samsung GS6 Active ATT model. It was crashing on old version, so I have updated the software as mentioned here to the latest one. Still the phone was crashing the apps. It boots but the applications keep crashing. When I go to command interface with remove cash option etc screen, it says "no command" with android robot dying. When I shut it down then it will not boot again and always goes to "no command".
I have done factory reset and cash clear so many times, still the same issue.
The Odin load seems to be ok with no errors. It seems something else has been corrupted but not sure what.
Help is most appreciated.
Thank you.
FTA-FAN said:
I have a Samsung GS6 Active ATT model. It was crashing on old version, so I have updated the software as mentioned here to the latest one. Still the phone was crashing the apps. It boots but the applications keep crashing. When I go to command interface with remove cash option etc screen, it says "no command" with android robot dying. When I shut it down then it will not boot again and always goes to "no command".
I have done factory reset and cash clear so many times, still the same issue.
The Odin load seems to be ok with no errors. It seems something else has been corrupted but not sure what.
Help is most appreciated.
Thank you.
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Are you 100% sure that what you flashed in Odin is for your device model number?
Was the device rooted when it started having issues?
Did you disable or remove some system apps before the issue started?
If you disabled or removed apps, which apps did you disable or remove?
When the apps crash, which apps are they?
You may have corrupted the partitions. You might have to flash the PIT for your device in the PIT tab in Odin along with the firmware via Odin with the "re-partition" option checked so that it corrects your partitions. The might needs to match the size of your internal memory(16GBsdcard=16GB PIT, 32GBsdcard=32GB PIT, etc..). I would only flash the PIT as a last ditch effort after trying to troubleshoot everything else first.
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As far as I know it was not rooted, do not remember loading some special app, I have taken the odin files from this forum. I have tried various files but the problem remain.
I will try using the PIT file to fix partition. Where can I find those file? This is ATT version 32 GB ONE.
FTA-FAN said:
As far as I know it was not rooted, do not remember loading some special app, I have taken the odin files from this forum. I have tried various files but the problem remain.
I will try using the PIT file to fix partition. Where can I find those file? This is ATT version 32 GB ONE.
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You can do what I would do to find it for you. Do a Google search for:
PIT for (your model number)
I can't guarantee that will find it, you might have to get someone that has a rooted device like yours and get them to use ADB shell or Terminal Emulator to pull a copy of PIT from their device or you might be able to pull a copy from your device.
To find out how to pull a copy of PIT directly from a device, do a Google search for:
"How to extract PIT from Samsung devices"
That should give you a link for instructions.
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Nothing worked. I have used PIT files. still appas keep crashing. On recovery mode still on "no command". Can I go for original 5.0.2. Right now I have tried to upload the G890AUCS6DQF1.
If so, where can I find G890AUCU1AOE9 source? I am down loading the obj 5.1.1.
There is one more symptom, after flashing with Odin, the system says applying updates, but it stops at 32% or so and does not go all the way to 100%.
Is this some indication?
FTA-FAN said:
There is one more symptom, after flashing with Odin, the system says applying updates, but it stops at 32% or so and does not go all the way to 100%.
Is this some indication?
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Can you boot to stock recovery? If so, try factory resetting and wiping cache, then boot to download and try flashing stock firmware again.
Or
If your device does not have a locked bootloader and has an Odin flashable TWRP for your model number, flash it via Odin(make sure that the "autoreboot" option in Odin is UNCHECKED) then boot into that recovery after flashing, use TWRP'S built in file manager or its built in Terminal Emulator or adb to search through the system partition on the device. You attempted to root your device, it wasn't successful but it might have modified the system somewhere, look for the "su" binaries in /system/xbin and/or /system/bin folders, delete them.if they are there. Look in your /system/app and /system/priv-app folder, delete anything associated to the app that you used when you tried to root it. Delete anything out of the ordinary that isn't supposed to be there. Also, try factory resetting and wiping the caches in TWRP.
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First of all thank you for taking the time to read this. I've been struggling with this for a while and I hope we can resolve it somehow.
So here's what's been going on:
My Samsung S7 was an absolute mess for a few weeks, battery life was absolutely miserable (died 10 seconds after unplugging it from charger) but I just assumed it needed a battery replacement.
I've never attempted to root, flash or mess with my device in anyway, not after this issue has already occurred. One day I pull out my phone to check something and it's dead again, okay. nothing out of the usual.
I tried to turn it on and it would get stuck on the Samsung logo. I tried plugging it in and just leaving it and it would stay stuck on the Samsung logo forever. Please note at this point I have not tampered with my devices hardware or software yet.
I tried downloading odin and downloading stock ROMs from somewhere but that didn't work.
My phone is NOT rooted, USB debugging is NOT enabled.
The phone contains a lot of my stuff and I would prefer not to lose them. I was wondering if there was a way for me to retrieve my stuff before factory resetting it or throwing the thing away. The phone itself means nothing to me. I just want what's on it.
Any kind of help is appreciated, I really wanna get to the bottom of this. Thanks in advance to everyone.
How far into the Odin flash did you get? Because a stock flash still wipes data if you use all firmware files.
If you can get into recovery try the wipe cache partition option, this won't wipe any user data but might fight the boot issue.
If you can still get into download mode try flashing the BL and CP firmware files for your model/region/carrier/version and nothing else via Odin. Again flashing just these won't wipe, but may fix issues.
I'd recommend reading his guide before using Odin https://updato.com/how-to/how-to-install-an-official-samsung-stock-firmware-using-odin
When downloading firmware I'd recommend using a firmware resource like updato, sammobile or here on xda
Without USB debug and root you're limited in the tricks you can do to get the phone in a state to transfer files.
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How far into the Odin flash did you get? Because a stock flash still wipes data if you use all firmware files.
If you can get into recovery try the wipe cache partition option, this won't wipe any user data but might fight the boot issue.
If you can still get into download mode try flashing the BL and CP firmware files for your model/region/carrier/version and nothing else via Odin. Again flashing just these won't wipe, but may fix issues.
I'd recommend reading his guide before using Odin
When downloading firmware I'd recommend using a firmware resource like updato, sammobile or here on xda
Without USB debug and root you're limited in the tricks you can do to get the phone in a state to transfer files.
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I'm not entirely sure how far I got. I followed a tutorial that said to flash the BL files but I'm not entirely sure if it worked or not considering my phone wasn't rooted/didn't have USB debugging and didn't restart or fix the issue. I got the files from updato. I've tried wiping the cache partition but that didn't seem to fix it. I haven't tried flashing any CP on there as I didn't know what that was but I will try to do that today.
Should I flash new BL files and try again, and what are CP files/where do I obtain them? Thank you so much for your help.
If you get the firmware from updato, or sammobile it should come with 5 files: AP, CP, BL, CSC and Home CSC all in one zip.
I would say try flashing CP and BL from the zip, and for Odin flashing you don't need USB debugging or root etc. You just need to be in download mode.
So try putting the CP and BL files into Odin and flashing, the newer version the better, but anything thats the same as your android version i.e. if you're on Nougat than any Nougat BL should work
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If you get the firmware from updato, or sammobile it should come with 5 files: AP, CP, BL, CSC and Home CSC all in one zip.
I would say try flashing CP and BL from the zip, and for Odin flashing you don't need USB debugging or root etc. You just need to be in download mode.
So try putting the CP and BL files into Odin and flashing, the newer version the better, but anything thats the same as your android version i.e. if you're on Nougat than any Nougat BL should work
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So I got the firmware, the most recent I could find that matched my region/carrier etc. I ran it through Odin and it seemed to have worked. Odin said it passed and the phone restarted.
Then it showed that it was applying system updates or something. But then it stopped. It showed the android guy laying down and the words "No command" I tried figuring out how to resolve this but I couldn't find anything that could be done without having USB debugging already enabled. I can't think of anything else to try and I'm running out of options. If you have any more ideas I'd really appreciate it. It seems like such a waste to give up now when the phone is only soft-bricked and not completely useless.
Only extra steps I can think of will save the phone but lose the data
desperately trying to un brick my note 5. I've been trying for weeks now to recover my phone after a rooting mishap had caused loss of imei and baseband. in the process of attempting to repair that issue I have managed to completely soft brick the damn thing. I have been to the deepest corners of google in search of this specific 4 file repair download and can not find anything that is free. I've even signed up for accounts on gsm flash and the like only to be disappointed that signing up wasn't enough to get the files I need... if anyone has a link or the files themselves I would be very thankful for there help. to be clear I can not flash standard stock rom through Odin. the process completes and the phone boots but than erases at 32 percent and will only boot to recovery with dm verity error or download mode. I've tried a few different official stock roms. I've tried flashing the one file home.tar as well as un packing and flashing boot, system, modem, cache neither of which have worked. I can't find a hidden image file to remove before flashing so unless I'm missing something im out of ideas.. the repair. firmware seems to be my last hope... also to hell out anyone trying to assist. I flashed a. efs file when trying to restore imei and that in turn re enabled frp lock.. so I believe both frp lock and oem lock are enabled. so any combination file or modified at all is out of the question... I believe it's repair or nothing. there are a few free 4 file repair downloads out there but they aren't the same number im not sure if there are any compatible enough that I could flash one of them and they work? so if any one knows of other models compatible. with the SM-N920TUVU4EQJ3 let me know so I can try to get this mess sorted out. I apologize if this has been asked somewhere els or if I'm in the wrong forum. but this seemed the most suited for my case. thank you to anyone who may be able to help
anybody?
is anyone able to help me out?
thatspideyguy said:
desperately trying to un brick my note 5. I've been trying for weeks now to recover my phone after a rooting mishap had caused loss of imei and baseband. in the process of attempting to repair that issue I have managed to completely soft brick the damn thing. I have been to the deepest corners of google in search of this specific 4 file repair download and can not find anything that is free. I've even signed up for accounts on gsm flash and the like only to be disappointed that signing up wasn't enough to get the files I need... if anyone has a link or the files themselves I would be very thankful for there help. to be clear I can not flash standard stock rom through Odin. the process completes and the phone boots but than erases at 32 percent and will only boot to recovery with dm verity error or download mode. I've tried a few different official stock roms. I've tried flashing the one file home.tar as well as un packing and flashing boot, system, modem, cache neither of which have worked. I can't find a hidden image file to remove before flashing so unless I'm missing something im out of ideas.. the repair. firmware seems to be my last hope... also to hell out anyone trying to assist. I flashed a. efs file when trying to restore imei and that in turn re enabled frp lock.. so I believe both frp lock and oem lock are enabled. so any combination file or modified at all is out of the question... I believe it's repair or nothing. there are a few free 4 file repair downloads out there but they aren't the same number im not sure if there are any compatible enough that I could flash one of them and they work? so if any one knows of other models compatible. with the SM-N920TUVU4EQJ3 let me know so I can try to get this mess sorted out. I apologize if this has been asked somewhere els or if I'm in the wrong forum. but this seemed the most suited for my case. thank you to anyone who may be able to help
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is anyone able to help me out?
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Hi I had the same issue with my note 5 SM-N920T I managed to fix it by downloading a pre rooted with SU rom from xda I also had the twrp custom bootloader installed first for some reason my pc still picked up my phone and I was still able to upload the rom to the twrp location on the device. having done that I was the able to copy the zip file over to my device and flash it.
When I had the rom installed I was then able to download the original android rom (android 5 in my case) from sam mobile they also had the most up-to-date android 7 rom as well for the device then it was just a case of using android repair to un root the bootloader and install the original android bootloader this was also on sam mobile.
Then make sure the phone has a full battery as flash the stock firmware as you would normally with odin and have the latest Samsung drivers installed on yore system or it will fail.
After the flash has taken place the first boot will take some time my note 5 took around 45 min's and then when fully back up and running I had to spend a good 2 hours reinstalling and updating all my software and OTA updates.
So, I'm fairyl tech-savvy and also pretty new to flashing firmware and all that, so any help is much appreciated!
I've done the following:
-Using Odin v3.14.14 currently
-Connected SM-T377V Samsung Tablet, sees device.
-Tablet is sitting on teal screen sitting on "Downloading..."
-Attempted to download MANY different .md5, none of which provided me the BL + AP + CP +HOME_CSC files that Odin says I need.
My question is, where is a good place I can find this as multiple files that I need, rather than just the same .md5 file that seems to be in all of these?
Sorry for the noob-ness, appreciate the guidance!
TheZeak said:
So, I'm fairyl tech-savvy and also pretty new to flashing firmware and all that, so any help is much appreciated!
I've done the following:
-Using Odin v3.14.14 currently
-Connected SM-T377V Samsung Tablet, sees device.
-Tablet is sitting on teal screen sitting on "Downloading..."
-Attempted to download MANY different .md5, none of which provided me the BL + AP + CP +HOME_CSC files that Odin says I need.
My question is, where is a good place I can find this as multiple files that I need, rather than just the same .md5 file that seems to be in all of these?
Sorry for the noob-ness, appreciate the guidance!
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I don't have your device but when you download your firmware and unzip it, it will either have 5 files or 1 file. If it has only 1 file you will need to flash it in the AP section of odin.
spawnlives said:
I don't have your device but when you download your firmware and unzip it, it will either have 5 files or 1 file. If it has only 1 file you will need to flash it in the AP section of odin.
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Thanks for the response!
Ok got it. So when I do that, my tablet has a message that says "MDM Mode. Can't Download." and it fails in Odin.
Thoughts?
TheZeak said:
Thanks for the response!
Ok got it. So when I do that, my tablet has a message that says "MDM Mode. Can't Download." and it fails in Odin.
Thoughts?
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From the point of MDM i can't help much.
You can take it back to where you got it from and see if they can unlocked it for you. There many guides on how to get round MDM mode from using nand erase in odin to using pit files in odin to installing twrp plus various other methods to get around MDM.
All i can suggest is to do some google research. All i did was type something like - how to flash through MDM mode which will bring up a few methods.
eg:
Solution to "MDM does not allow factoryReset..." on android devices
Okay so here is a little back story. I work in an IT department and my company loves anything VMWare produces so they use Airwatch for work emails on mobile devices. Airwatch has it's on MDM and provides security for the device in case it ever...
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Please be aware if you do try some of these methods your doing so at your own risk.