Trying some experimentation, just tried flashing JJ3 Full from JK5 but it's stuck at about 95% (progress in Odin) on the hidden.rfs and the Tab progress is about 45%.
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EDIT: Disconnected and turned off got the Phone ---- ! ---- PC screen. Opened Odin and did a repartition with a PIT. Then rebooted into the now working Download Mode.
Downloaded "JJ7" Repartitioned with P1_add_hidden.pit then flashed the JJ7 (All 3 files PDA/MODEM/CSC), rebooted into recovery, let it finish and rebooted normal.
Works fine now but I'm confused, Why do my versions list as follows:
PDA: P1000XWJJ7
PHONE: P1000XXJK5
CSC: P1000XXJK2
Did "PHONE" not get downgraded?
P.S. I didn't go to JJ3 yet, will try it next.
Finaly got a change to try get back down to JJ3 from JJ7, well, I wish I hadn't.
I can't seem to find a pit file that will allow me to flash JJ3. Either gets stuck at hidden.rfs or it just fails. (depending on pit used)
If anyone knows which pit I can use and whether I should re-partition with pit then restart and flash or do it all in one go with repartition on, I'd be grateful, thanks.
why do u want to downgrade?
and i dont think tha JJ3 is a full flash! but u can try with P1000XXJHA and with 816.PIT and then flash JJ3
u can get JHA and 816.pit from samfirmware
Landroid said:
why do u want to downgrade?
and i dont think tha JJ3 is a full flash! but u can try with P1000XXJHA and with 816.PIT and then flash JJ3
u can get JHA and 816.pit from samfirmware
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Just experimenting mostly, but I'd like to be able to get the CPW CSC back which I can't seem to get, apparently JJ3 is recognised by Kies though so I can do a proper update to JJ7.
the JJ3 (full: 619MB) from samfirmware contains a file called JJ1?? What gives. I'll try JHA now then go to JJ3.
JJ3 package included a hidden.rfs file, since its size identical to the pda file, I wonder the exact purpose of this file. Maybe it's a "backup" area as symbianstuff??
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Ok, here's the deal.
I got the JJ3 from my other Tab and flashed it here, did a reboot and it booted, did a factory data reset and rebooted, then it wasnt recognised by Kies, rebooted into recovery and let it do the multi-csc update, that made no difference, still not recognised by Kies, rebooted again, cleared cache, did a driver reinstall in Kies and rebooted into the phone, Kies now recognises it and it's currently updating to JJ7.
EDIT: Kies has gotten stuck at the same place, it seems once the flashing of hidden.rfs starts it just gets stuck. Somewhere near the end of the hidden.rfs it seems. Has anyone had any experience with this? There is only one pit that supports the hidden.rfs so I can't work out what the problem could be. Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks.
Related
Hi all,
So I got the txt message from AT&T about upgrade available.
So I opened Keis and let it update. (I have a whole seperate issue with Kies; it will only read my Glide about 10% of the time).
Once I FINALLY got it to connect to my phone, I began the update process. FAIL
fail, fail, fail, 4 hours of fail.
i've tried every recommendation from every post i';ve come across, including uninstalling keis, running reg cleaner, rebooting, reinstalling.
i've trie 3 diff version of the samsung usb driver program, whatever u search for on this forum and google, i've tried it.
The best I have gotten is for Kies to actually recognize my phone and begin the update process, a few times, I saw no progress bar on the phone and the Kies window stayed on 0%.
The first time I actually sw a progress bar on my phone, it moved about 1/8th of an inch and stopped. I left if overnight, and when I got up this morning, it was the same.
So again today, on a different computer, I created a new user profile and tried some more; nada.
So I'm so desperate for ICS on this phone, I tried using that one click release of the leaked ICS, same thing. several times of not recognizing the phone, then finally
the progress bar on the phone moved a little bit, so I left it for over an hour and it didn't move.
At least this time, I could see that it was hung on the bootloader part.
I've tried this on two diff Win7 x64 machines and an XP pro machine; all the same results.
interesting part:
Once last night, I kept my temp folder open while Kies was doing it's thing, and I grabbed this file:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Sgf7j8WktibEJ4NXVva08zYmM
(i couldn't find any free file share sites that would let me upload a file this big.)
This is the actual ROM (or whatever you would call it)
Kies downloaded a file and named it whatever.tmp, as soon as I saw it, I copied it and extracted the contents with uniextract - that is where I got this .tar file from.
So what can I do with this file to install ICS on my phone?
I did try renaming it update.zip and copying it to my sdcard, I tried to "install update from sdcard", but I get an error about it not being signed.
For anyone who doesn't want to download a 600+MB file, this is what's inside it:
boot.img
cache.img
factoryfs.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
Not too sure if this belongs in development. It's a question, but the file is development purposes . Anyway you can use boot.img and a system dump of the official ICS to make a flashable zip, or theme some system apps, etc. The possibilites are endless
ericpeacock79 said:
Hi all,
So I got the txt message from AT&T about upgrade available.
So I opened Keis and let it update. (I have a whole seperate issue with Kies; it will only read my Glide about 10% of the time).
Once I FINALLY got it to connect to my phone, I began the update process. FAIL
fail, fail, fail, 4 hours of fail.
i've tried every recommendation from every post i';ve come across, including uninstalling keis, running reg cleaner, rebooting, reinstalling.
i've trie 3 diff version of the samsung usb driver program, whatever u search for on this forum and google, i've tried it.
The best I have gotten is for Kies to actually recognize my phone and begin the update process, a few times, I saw no progress bar on the phone and the Kies window stayed on 0%.
The first time I actually sw a progress bar on my phone, it moved about 1/8th of an inch and stopped. I left if overnight, and when I got up this morning, it was the same.
So again today, on a different computer, I created a new user profile and tried some more; nada.
So I'm so desperate for ICS on this phone, I tried using that one click release of the leaked ICS, same thing. several times of not recognizing the phone, then finally
the progress bar on the phone moved a little bit, so I left it for over an hour and it didn't move.
At least this time, I could see that it was hung on the bootloader part.
I've tried this on two diff Win7 x64 machines and an XP pro machine; all the same results.
interesting part:
Once last night, I kept my temp folder open while Kies was doing it's thing, and I grabbed this file:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B_Sgf7j8WktibEJ4NXVva08zYmM
(i couldn't find any free file share sites that would let me upload a file this big.)
This is the actual ROM (or whatever you would call it)
Kies downloaded a file and named it whatever.tmp, as soon as I saw it, I copied it and extracted the contents with uniextract - that is where I got this .tar file from.
So what can I do with this file to install ICS on my phone?
I did try renaming it update.zip and copying it to my sdcard, I tried to "install update from sdcard", but I get an error about it not being signed.
For anyone who doesn't want to download a 600+MB file, this is what's inside it:
boot.img
cache.img
factoryfs.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
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You should be able to flash that with ODIN
Fact, this is the same file I downloaded from http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170800037/7fd1f5e/I927UCLH2_I927ATTLH2_ATT.zip.html
Worked flashing with ODIN on a unlocked Rogers I927R
enewman17 said:
You should be able to flash that with ODIN
Fact, this is the same file I downloaded from http://www.hotfile.com/dl/170800037/7fd1f5e/I927UCLH2_I927ATTLH2_ATT.zip.html
Worked flashing with ODIN on a unlocked Rogers I927R
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groovy!!
so... what do i do in odin?
i've got it downloaded, but which option, etc do i need to select?
ericpeacock79 said:
groovy!!
so... what do i do in odin?
i've got it downloaded, but which option, etc do i need to select?
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Power Phone into DOWNLOAD MODE, Pressing POWER and VOLUME UP till it boots
Using ODIN 1.85
wait for phone to appear
Uncheck F. Reset Time (only AUTO REBOOT should be checked)
Check the box next to PDA
using the PDA button select the .tar file
Press start, sit back and drink a beer
Then apply CWM I prefer 5.0.27 "EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS YOU INSTALLED THE ROM WITH ODIN" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458153 (it's not touch, but it keeps backups in img form rather than the .blob like CWM6. just make's it easier to handle backups.
In CWM "If you want root", apply http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip
In CWM apply the LH2 Keyboard backlight fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848433
Its running pretty smooth so far, no major issues to report: but I had the camera giving me issues till I cleared data form the app. still gave a few stutters then the whole phone started running well after a few reboots and some settling time.
enewman17 said:
Power Phone into DOWNLOAD MODE, Pressing POWER and VOLUME UP till it boots
Using ODIN 1.85
wait for phone to appear
Uncheck F. Reset Time (only AUTO REBOOT should be checked)
Check the box next to PDA
using the PDA button select the .tar file
Press start, sit back and drink a beer
Then apply CWM I prefer 5.0.27 "EXACTLY THE SAME WAY AS YOU INSTALLED THE ROM WITH ODIN" http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9459955/recovery/testing/SGHI927R/v2/CWMR5x_i927_recovery.tar.md5 (it's not touch, but it keeps backups in img form rather than the .blob like CWM6. just make's it easier to handle backups.
In CWM "If you want root", apply http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip
In CWM apply the LH2 Keyboard backlight fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1848433
Its running pretty smooth so far, no major issues to report: but I had the camera giving me issues till I cleared data form the app. still gave a few stutters then the whole phone started running well after a few reboots and some settling time.
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Thanks for you replies. I appreciate it very much.
(here's something weird, when viewing post in thread, it stops after the word beer. I didn't see the other stuff until I clicked reply :-/ )
unfortunately, it's doing the same thing as before... ODIN is stuck on boot.img for about ten minutes now
any thoughts.... anyone?
I want ICS on this phone SO bad.
( would it be related to the fact that I substituted beer for southern comfort? )
A few posts up I posted a link to a download of the new update that is what I used It worked perfectly. Extract from the zip and you'll have a .tar.md5 file which just makes ODIN Check the md5 sum before flashing
Sent from my SGH-I927 ICS using xda premium
ericpeacock79 said:
Thanks for you replies. I appreciate it very much.
(here's something weird, when viewing post in thread, it stops after the word beer. I didn't see the other stuff until I clicked reply :-/ )
unfortunately, it's doing the same thing as before... ODIN is stuck on boot.img for about ten minutes now
any thoughts.... anyone?
I want ICS on this phone SO bad.
( would it be related to the fact that I substituted beer for southern comfort? )
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I checked your files md5 sum to the .tar file I used, and they are the same cbd0c11c1aa578f6bcdb06099b5d3102 so you should be good to go flashing the .tar file you captured during the keis install. Maybe try flashing CWM first boot into it and format everything then try installing the rom via ODIN. Try a new cable and/or make sure the phone is plugged into a usb plug in the rear of the computer.
enewman17 said:
A few posts up I posted a link to a download of the new update that is what I used It worked perfectly. Extract from the zip and you'll have a .tar.md5 file which just makes ODIN Check the md5 sum before flashing
Sent from my SGH-I927 ICS using xda premium
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same thing with that one... stuck on boot.img in Odin, progress bar on phone moved about 1/8th of an inch.
i left it overnight again, i just now got up and see it's not moved....
that makes me a sad panda....
i guess next, i'll try to do this on ubuntu, using heimdall....
arrrgh.
ericpeacock79 said:
same thing with that one... stuck on boot.img in Odin, progress bar on phone moved about 1/8th of an inch.
i left it overnight again, i just now got up and see it's not moved....
that makes me a sad panda....
i guess next, i'll try to do this on ubuntu, using heimdall....
arrrgh.
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That is a real bummer, I'm sorry it didn't work for you. It should only take a few minutes, I don't have any other ideas other than maybe try flashing the UCLG9 leak then re-trying to flash your tar file. The leak contains a new bootloader, I had flashed that a few weeks prior to the new update.
Also did you try flashing CWM with Odin just to see if it would flash seems like it's probably a computer problem rather then your phone.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium
Hello,
Sorry to 'thread-jack' but hopefully a minor annoyance.
Can someone post just the 'modem.bin' file from the I927UCLH2 update?
FYI, in hopes of enabling 3G/HSPA voice calling on Galaxy Tab 10.1..
Using European Tegra 2 based phone modem (from I9103), 2G voice calling works.
Trying to avoid downloading the entire .tar for one file =p
To clarify - European Tab 10.1 users are fine; AT&T and Rogers Tab 10.1 users can currently use 2G only.
T-Mobile - apparently 'their' phone counterpart uses a combo of 2 modem-related files?
But I digress... (don't think I can embed links yet) thread is in Tab 10.1 Dev forum.
Thank you!
enewman17 said:
That is a real bummer, I'm sorry it didn't work for you. It should only take a few minutes, I don't have any other ideas other than maybe try flashing the UCLG9 leak then re-trying to flash your tar file. The leak contains a new bootloader, I had flashed that a few weeks prior to the new update.
Also did you try flashing CWM with Odin just to see if it would flash seems like it's probably a computer problem rather then your phone.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium
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i did try flashing the CWM and it did the same thing stalling after about one second into it, same with UCLG9 leak one-click executable. (at least using that told me it was stuck on trying to flash the boot image)
I'm about to build a fresh win7 x86 VM with nothing but .net and VC++ runtime installed, to rule out both my living room and home office comps as the problem.
if it still don't work, the i'll build a fresh ubuntu VM and try it with heindall
Thank you, enewman17, for all your help. it is really appreciated. :good:
if it still don't work, i will call Samsung and demand a replacement phone.
spamam1:
modem.bin - 12,289KB
I used rom from 1st post and it's working flawless but is there any way to "super-duper" wipe this phone? after update I still have all my data, programs and even unlocked simlock. I will probably send it on warranty so I would like to have stock rom
edit: i think ICS is much slower than GB
timon12 said:
I used rom from 1st post and it's working flawless but is there any way to "super-duper" wipe this phone? after update I still have all my data, programs and even unlocked simlock. I will probably send it on warranty so I would like to have stock rom
edit: i think ICS is much slower than GB
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Settings --> Back up and reset ---> Factory data Reset.....As it states this erases all data on the phone.
I'm getting it to boot up after cwmr but it hangs on the installing applications screen. Left it for an hour and still the same
are you kidding me?!?!
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!
ok, so here's what finally worked:
using a different USB cable that i found laying around.
for all of samsung's rhetoric about "only use the oem data cable" "never use anything but the oem data cable" "blah blah oem usb cable blah blah"
after trying this on like 6 different computers all with same results, i just found a usb cable laying around at work and decided to try it, just for the heck of it - IT DIDNT TAKE 5 MINUTES TO FLASH!
I AM NOW ICE CREAM SANDWICH!
seriously, FOUR days of banging my head on the wall, and it was the freaking OEM data cable that was the problem.
:silly::silly::silly::silly:
ericpeacock79 said:
are you kidding me?!?!
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!
ok, so here's what finally worked:
using a different USB cable that i found laying around.
for all of samsung's rhetoric about "only use the oem data cable" "never use anything but the oem data cable" "blah blah oem usb cable blah blah"
after trying this on like 6 different computers all with same results, i just found a usb cable laying around at work and decided to try it, just for the heck of it - IT DIDNT TAKE 5 MINUTES TO FLASH!
I AM NOW ICE CREAM SANDWICH!
seriously, FOUR days of banging my head on the wall, and it was the freaking OEM data cable that was the problem.
:silly::silly::silly::silly:
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It's always something.... Haha
Glad it's working now.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium
ericpeacock79 said:
ok, so here's what finally worked:
using a different USB cable that i found laying around.
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Same flash problem here, same exact solution. Flimsy micro-USB cable was the culprit. ODIN would get partially through and almost always fail during SetupConnection or Initialzation or NAND Write Start. Wasted about 12 hours testing a dozen possible causes. Changed to the thicker OEM cord and BAM!
Thanks!!
Funnny what a cable could do lol
Hello,
I'm struggeling for a while now with a Galaxy Ace 2 (I8160). It started with "hanging" in the bootscreen (logo and type). Recovery mode was not accessable. Downlaod mode was accessable. Connection with the much beloved KIES was not possible. However connection with ODIN 3.07 no problem. So I downlaoded the appropriate Andriod (4.2) file with the XEN (Dutch) countrycode. After extracting it became a single tar.MD5 file of some 800 kB.
As said ODIN connected to the Ace and reported the file entered in PDA "valid" and said "Checking MD5 successfully".
After pressing start the following announcements came:
> Get PIT for mapping
> Firmware update start
> Kernel.bin.MD5
> NAND write start
And after waiting for a long time.
> Complete (write) operation failed.
After this the ACE became even more stuborn. Most of the times after (it doen not matter whether normal, or downlaod or restore mode) start up it reports that "Firmware upgrade encounterd an issue" and it requires me to go to KIES, which I cannot access.
Sometimes I'm Lucky and the ACE enters into the downloadmode. If so I tried to reflash again with a different version of ODIN but without any luck. It just does not work.
Does anyone have a suggestion what to do? Should I see any grafic inidication of progress in ODIN while the flashing progress is going on?
Kind regards,
Dave
We don't have androod 4.2 stock
Maybe you used The wrong file, dont use kies to update either
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Repartition and reflash with 3-part firmware (like MB4.zip -- PIT in PIT, CODE in PDA, CSC in CSC)
Also, the "use Kies to repair" screen is download mode (with a different logo)
Galaxy Ace 2 problem
Ryccardo said:
Repartition and reflash with 3-part firmware (like MB4.zip -- PIT in PIT, CODE in PDA, CSC in CSC)
Also, the "use Kies to repair" screen is download mode (with a different logo)
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Hello,
Thank you for your answers. I mis-typed the Android version. It was 4.1.2. I downloaded it as a Stock File named XEN-I8160XXMF1020130727121805.ZIP (540 kB). Extracted it produces only one single file (*.tar.MD5) of about 912 kB. This file was placed in de PDA category of Odin, with no luck.
Until now I cannot find a 3-part firmwarefile. I have been Googling for the MB4.zip, but can only find rubish and no clean version. I also heard the suggestion that there might be differences between firmware for the I8160P and I8160I version. However cannot find these different files. The file name as mentioned above (I8160XX) seems tot suggest it is suitable for multiple types. Hope somebody can help me out.
Regards,
Dave
dbotop said:
Hello,
Thank you for your answers. I mis-typed the Android version. It was 4.1.2. I downloaded it as a Stock File named XEN-I8160XXMF1020130727121805.ZIP (540 kB). Extracted it produces only one single file (*.tar.MD5) of about 912 kB. This file was placed in de PDA category of Odin, with no luck.
Until now I cannot find a 3-part firmwarefile. I have been Googling for the MB4.zip, but can only find rubish and no clean version. I also heard the suggestion that there might be differences between firmware for the I8160P and I8160I version. However cannot find these different files. The file name as mentioned above (I8160XX) seems tot suggest it is suitable for multiple types. Hope somebody can help me out.
Regards,
Dave
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Theres a leaked mb2 greece 3 part fw 4.1.2, you habent searched finished. Techfusions created a video in yt, go check it out
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Samsung Ace 2
teddytsen said:
Theres a leaked mb2 greece 3 part fw 4.1.2, you habent searched finished. Techfusions created a video in yt, go check it out
Sent from my GT-I8160 using Tapatalk
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I found the files a while ago. However the Ace 2 ran out of battery. I charged the battery manually. For some reason the Phone did not want to start at all anymore. So I finally decided to sent it to the Samsung service station as it was still within the quarantee time. I just received it back and the repair note said: Board replaced and software updated. So it might have been an harware issue after all!?
Nonetheless thank you all for your input.
Greetings,dave
They probably didn't want to bother repairing it on site
(JTAG is quite slow, I've heard, and they're not hobbyists who can afford the time of experimenting assuming they can get parts for free...)
Hello all *waves*
This is my very first post although I have used this site countless times. I'm just going to jump right to it because I seriously need some help!
I am trying to fix my SGH-M919 (Tmobile S4) that just suddenly stopped working one day. I have tried EVERYTHING! Kies, custom roms, Odin but my phone still will not load past the Samsung logo. It will boot into recovery (TWRP) and Download mode. I know that using Kies is the quick fix but (LUCKY ME...not) my phone is one of the few phones tmobile/Samsung sent out with no S/N on the sticker under the battery. Since I cant get into my phone I cant get the S/N and I do not have the box anymore.
I have tried using the many sgh-m919 Stock Rom files online, including this site, but nothing is working. When I spend hours downloading them and begin to use them in odin, Odin doesn't load the file for me to flash.
I know I am using Odin correctly because I have done it successfully countless times in the past. I have also tried EVERY download file out there, but I can't find a good one that I can flash in Odin. I have also tried all of the guides on this site several times so please don't redirect me to them, because I have seriously and correctly tried them all. If you have any suggestion please let me know. I can't afford the 161.00 Samsung is requiring or the 175 warranty fee tmobile is charging. PLEASE HELP.
And if some has a good copy of the Stock Rom for SGH-M919 that they would be willing to email me I would FOREVER be greatful!
also my sdcard and battery are not the issue.... tried that too
Thanks,
Nikki
Were there any symptoms or anything you may have done out of the ordinary that might or might not have caused the problem? By saying that odin will not load files, is there an error message or what exactly do you mean by that? And what version odin are you using?
serio22 said:
Were there any symptoms or anything you may have done out of the ordinary that might or might not have caused the problem? By saying that odin will not load files, is there an error message or what exactly do you mean by that? And what version odin are you using?
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I don't know if its something I have done wrong or not. I followed all of the instructions to the letter. I think (but am not sure) that I don't have a usable copy of the Stock Firmware.
I am using v3.10 but I have tried them all.
When I click on AP in Odin, then click on the file I am sent back to Odin, but the file (and filename) doesn't appear in the AP box like normal.
The stock firmware files take a while for odin to validate md5 check I think. Select your firmware file in Odin's selector, then wait a few mins for bit to process before giving up. This time lag surprised me first time I flashed stock firmware. Big file means longer wait!
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Frankenscript said:
The stock firmware files take a while for odin to validate md5 check I think. Select your firmware file in Odin's selector, then wait a few mins for bit to process before giving up. This time lag surprised me first time I flashed stock firmware. Big file means longer wait!
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The longest I have waited has been an hour, do you think that I should still wait longer?
Try different version of odin. Even if the file was bad, it would say something
Try a different pc.
Pp.
Hello everyone, I decided to root my phone today. First I enabled OEM unlock and then installed TWRP, no problems with that. Then I tried to install CF autoroot through recovery and everything seemed fine. When I tried to boot up my phone it said something like integrity check failed and I had to do a factory reset to be able to even start the phone. I did not do that but tried to install official samsung oreo firmware through odin but it won't install, just fails. Then i got other error message saying "an error occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software". The only thing I can do now is enter download mode and nothing else but odin does not let me flash anything. I'm desperate here so any suggestion would be great. Model is SM A-320FL btw. Sorry for my english and lengthy post
Jura_11 said:
Hello everyone, I decided to root my phone today. First I enabled OEM unlock and then installed TWRP, no problems with that. Then I tried to install CF autoroot through recovery and everything seemed fine. When I tried to boot up my phone it said something like integrity check failed and I had to do a factory reset to be able to even start the phone. I did not do that but tried to install official samsung oreo firmware through odin but it won't install, just fails. Then i got other error message saying "an error occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software". The only thing I can do now is enter download mode and nothing else but odin does not let me flash anything. I'm desperate here so any suggestion would be great. Model is SM A-320FL btw. Sorry for my english and lengthy post
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What kind of error do you get in Odin?
Is it the one that says something like "SW Rev. check fail"?
If so than for me it worked to flash the bootloader and modem of Oreo and the after that i reinstalled the OS without any problems.
First it was just a red fail for BL, CSC and those other things and later it just won't even start. When I try to install TWRP it goes to half and stays there. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Jura_11 said:
First it was just a red fail for BL, CSC and those other things and later it just won't even start. When I try to install TWRP it goes to half and stays there. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Was your device from a carrier, if so, try to flash the firmware that your device came with. If you can't solve this, PM me, so that we can try to resolve this on Telegram, Discord etc. :highfive:
MartinYTCZ said:
Was your device from a carrier, if so, try to flash the firmware that your device came with. If you can't solve this, PM me, so that we can try to resolve this on Telegram, Discord etc. :highfive:
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Thank you for the reply, I don't think it was from carrier, when I tried to flash firmware I downloaded latest firmware from my current carrier so I think that shouldn't be a problem. I'll contact you tomorrow because i'm just too tired now. And update, I can flash TWRP now if that is of any help.
It is solved now, thanks everyone for your help
Jura_11 said:
It is solved now, thanks everyone for your help
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Hi. Glad to see you got this sorted, but it may be useful for other users to see what you did to resolve this.
Yes, how did you solved that.
Looking at two A320F I found one difference:
One has AP SWREV B:2 K:0 S:0
the other one (that makes trouble): AP SWREV B:3 K:1 S:1
What exactly does it mean.
Flashing with Odin gave me erros (on device, Odin just say "failed") depending on flashing BL (SW Rev Check failed )Bootlader Device: 3, binary: 2 , while flashing AP gives Kernel Rev check fail.
So, how to go on? I was able to flash TWRP, but not Stock (neither an old 6.0 nor 8.0).
Ok, solved it. Flashing stock will probably only work to same or newer versions, not for downgrade (at least not without any special tricks that I don't know).
After downloading the latest stock FW , odin passed.
Now I still have the problem, that I can't transfer data partion from one A3 to another one.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78062070&postcount=71
My first error was that I downloaded wrong firmware for my phone and because of that odin gave me errors. Second error was that I tried to wipe data through advanced wipe, but I needed to format it by pressing format data button. After doing that I was able to flash official stock ROM, install TWRP and root my phone. User MartinYTCZ helped me greatly with this, big thanks to him again. :victory:
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Ok, solved it. Flashing stock will probably only work to same or newer versions, not for downgrade (at least not without any special tricks that I don't know).
After downloading the latest stock FW , odin passed.
Now I still have the problem, that I can't transfer data partion from one A3 to another one.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78062070&postcount=71
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Can't you backup your internal storage on PC or SD card, contacts, messages, phone calls, settings on samsung account and apps and data with titanium backup? When I flashed stock ROM I lost all data from my phone so be careful with that.
I'm so lost on how to use this forum, and I'm really stuck. I've got an sm-g986u on at&t, it's not got an update since June. I'm trying to update it via odin. I don't use a sim card in it as it's not my main phone so I can't get ota updates, and smart switch doesn't work either. I would just throw a sim in it but I guess I bought a blacklisted phone, I didn't realize until long after I couldn't return it. Anyway, if I use frija it detects a T-Mobile update for it, but it won't download. It goes for a bit and then drops to zero mb/s. I downloaded the update myself and when I enter the files into oidn, it freezes after I select the cp file and says not responding indefinitely. I just want to get this thing to one ui 2.5. I cannot find any guide for how to do this. I've managed to confirm odin 3.14.4 is the right version of odin to use, but I can't find what the correct update should be, or a good source for it, as sam mobile's free server has been down. Can anyone help? Thank you in advance.
EDIT I found a thread explaining the process pretty well but now I have a new problem. I downloaded the suggested 3.14.13b version of odin, which is fine, and I downloaded the latest u1 update from sammobile. I'm getting an error when unzipping the ap file. I've tried the stock windows unzipper, 7 zip and 9 zip, all three error out. I tried to add the file in odin to see if it would go through it not and it just freezes, as it did before. Any help?