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Soft Bricked? or Hard Bricked?

I flashed to a rooted stock rom and everything worked fine, although I was getting nothing but force closes. So I decided to flash back to stock non-rooted. Odin got suck during "system" so I unplugged the phone from the pc, closed odin, removed the battery and reinserted it, booted into download mode, and tried to flash again. now, odin just keeps getting stuck no matter what I try to flash it with. I also tried doing the "unbrick phone using international gsm boot image" but it's currently stuck on "getting pit for mapping"..
Note: Before I tried flashing to a rooted stock rom, I was on UCALH9, and the rooted stock rom was a UCALG1, and the non-rooted stock rom was UCALG1... I don't know if that will make a difference or not but I thought i'd just put that up there as a reference maybe
please help
thanks

try rebooting your computer then try odin agian

jerrycoffman45 said:
try rebooting your computer then try odin agian
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Rebooted my computer, tried reflashing to a non-rooted stock UCALG1 and odin gets stuck during "MODEM > NON-HLOS.BIN"
Anymore idea's?

try a deffernt usb port or another cable or computer if you got one

thanks alot jerry, I was able to do a successful flash. I found the issue was that I had kies running in the background. once I closed kies, it was able to flash successfully. thanks again.

your welcome

Plz put solved in ur OP
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[Q] Huge ,huge problem

Hi guys,
I have a big problem with my n7100.
I was running Paranoid android(last update 3.67) but my 3g not working and i decide to switch to illusion rom(which was the great) but this time wifi not working.
Anyway,i try to flash again Paranoid and everything seems to be just fine ,,installation complete,,reboot my phone but nothing change,,illusion rom its still here.Ok, i try couple times but still nothing,I try ,also to restore my older roms ,,nothing illusion is still here.
After that i try to flash fresh new stock rom via pc Odin (everything looks good,,phone reboot normaly) but got a bootloo....
I was stack on Samsung logo.I try again to flash the same rom(stock one) but this time installation was unsuccessful.
NOW ,i cant go to the recovery i cant to nothing,
Any helps ,ideas?
Tnx

My mistake ,i can go only to download mode but cant flash stock rom via Odin.

Anybody?

dzontra11 said:
Anybody?
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what the error u get while flashing from odin do u have samsung usb driver installed make sure u disable antivirus and try as admin

Uh... it works now because I flash another stock rom.
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[Q] HELP - No Connection/Baseband Errror

I need the help of some Pro's here:
My friend got a Galaxy S4, everything original, no custom rom or such things, today he got an update via OTA and broke the update (he doesnt know very much about phones) , and now he doesnt get a phone Signal, sim is not recognized, beseband, imei and imeicv is unknown... now ive tryed to flash stock rom, flashed beseband, flashed stock rom with pit file and repartition in odin... no changes, error still is the same... so what else can i try? Thx for help

might sound crazy but have you tried doing a factory reset ? And also do you have a custom recovery(CWM) (TWRP) that you can get into or is it stock ?

krazierokz said:
might sound crazy but have you tried doing a factory reset ? And also do you have a custom recovery(CWM) (TWRP) that you can get into or is it stock ?
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yes, i did factory reset and wipe cache but with stock recovery, didnt flash a custom recovery, still is stock, do u think this could help?

Antalor said:
yes, i did factory reset and wipe cache but with stock recovery, didnt flash a custom recovery, still is stock, do u think this could help?
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dont think the recovery will do any difference , you was not supposed to click on repartition .... have you tried the guide in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628&page=24 do you know if the phone is on 4.2.2 or you tried to update to 4.3 and what type of error message di you get .. and errors in odin? which odin version are you using ... is KIES running on your PC when using odin and did you notice the drivers install when you connected the phone into download mode ?

krazierokz said:
dont think the recovery will do any difference , you was not supposed to click on repartition .... have you tried the guide in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258628&page=24 do you know if the phone is on 4.2.2 or you tried to update to 4.3 and what type of error message di you get .. and errors in odin? which odin version are you using ... is KIES running on your PC when using odin and did you notice the drivers install when you connected the phone into download mode ?
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I dont know exactly what happend, he just gives me the phone and said that he has no connectivity, after he told me that there was an alian at the screen and he doesnt know so he aborted it, doesnt know he he has done it, think by long pressing power button.
No errors in odin, no errors by flshing, no kies installed, and yes, in download mode it installed the driver, but only one, the other one (samsung usb driver) i have installed manually, but, that doesnt couse to the damaged phone, tryed it before with my device and it was the same.
Odin 3.07 not portable or something... i have a pit file with the stock rom, and somewhere i read that i shuld try to flash with pit-file and rePartition, no errors, it worked, but no changes to the errors that have been before my tryings... still no connectivity, baseband and imei are unknown...

So if im correct you can still turn the phone on and use it right ?? Have you tried to flash a baseband? And you are unsure of what version he had installed 4.2.2?
try this...?http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-tutorials/how-to-unroot-galaxy-s4-and-remove-root-completely/

krazierokz said:
So if im correct you can still turn the phone on and use it right ?? Have you tried to flash a baseband? And you are unsure of what version he had installed 4.2.2?
try this...?http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-tutorials/how-to-unroot-galaxy-s4-and-remove-root-completely/
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Back again, sorry for long time beeing away...
of course, i did try to flash a baseband... and also i tryed to flash a stock rom, the official austrian XXUAME2 and too again only the Baseband... no changes to the phone.
Now the Phone is Android 4.2.2
Ok, now i`ve downloaded the XXUEMK8_ATO and ill try to flash it now...

OK, now ive flashed the XXUEMK8 and did a Factory reset and wipe cache in Stock Recovery, now i tryed to flash only the modem.bin (XXUEMK8) still the same problem... no baseband, no connection, no imei... what the hell has happen to that phone??? or am i flashing a wrong modem, do i have to use another one?? But the MK8 is the Austrian one...
Also tryed to flash another modem.bin (XXUEMK9)... same error....
Is there any other way to recover the phone, maybe with pit file and re-part selected, or what elase can i try?
edit:
To the occured error, i think it was updating from Android 4.2.2 to Android 4.3, and, like ive read with this update a new bootloader has been installed, maybe he canceld the update exactly when it was writing this section, should i try to flash the bootloader?

Ok, after a few hours of google and search i trink the efs folder has crashed... found some howto's to backup and restore the Partition, but does anyone know what to do if there is no backup to restore?
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My S4 is Bricked!! Need help!!

This is from another thread:
sj808 said:
I flashed this thing like 4x in odin and it says it gone through. But when I reboot my phone and go to the settings to check it still says I have the mk2 baseband. I give up.
I am on the KOT49H.S001.VirginROM x3.1.1 and it says my device is a GT-I9505G if that is the culprit.
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Skipjacks said:
Uncheck auto reboot in Odin.
Flash the tar twice in a row without rebooting.
Now I bet its there when you reboot
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
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sj808 said:
well. I tried to flash the 4.4.2 modem bin twice. First time went through. Second time I got a fail. (I had to reboot in between, odin wouldn't do anything if I didn't).
Now I can't start my phone. I get the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. PLease Select Recovery mode in Kies and try again".
So I'm assuming I have to flash the M919AVUAMDL from the odin thread?? I never went to knox (still on 4.2)
EDIT:
Just tried to "fix the softbrick" but I keep getting fail in Odin. I have no idea what to do anymore. SMH.
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^^^^^^ Anyone can help me out with this???
PS: Kies doesn't even recognize my device, Kies 3.0 and 2.6
EDIT:
I tried flashing SGH-M919-UVUAMDB.tar and M919UVUAMDL.tar and I'm getting a "FAIL" on both. I'm downloading the official 4.4.2 firmware from the Samsung website (which is taking forever) and going to try flash that in Odin. I will be getting a Knox counter (which I didn't have before) but at this point, I just need a working phone.
Update:
Waited 2 hours to download the firmware from the Samsung site and it failed at the last minute. I give up. SMH

sj808 said:
This is from another thread:
^^^^^^ Anyone can help me out with this???
PS: Kies doesn't even recognize my device, Kies 3.0 and 2.6
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Have you tried to get into Recovery mode and clear the cache AND Dalvic too?

bobolinko said:
Have you tried to get into Recovery mode and clear the cache AND Dalvic too?
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I can't get into recovery. Only download mode.

I'd try Odining back to stock mk2 or nb4.
Sammobile.com is slow but bearable with a laptop: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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Phones are not bricked if they still show power in some way. That is either called soft-bricked or sponged.
Also Questions and help issues belong in the Q&A and Help sections
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Thanks
FNSM

It would help if you posted what error you got in Odin.. Also try different USB ports, PC, reinstalling drivers.. This is not a hard brick
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sj808 said:
I can't get into recovery. Only download mode.
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If you get download mode, try getting a recovery installed, like a phillz touch or cwm. look for one that will compliment your os that you have installed and then try getting into recovery.
You might even do as someone else pointed out, return to complete stock, and take it from there.....

I got my phone back up.
I had to flash the 4.4.2 firmware in Odin. No other firmware wouldn't work. Every ttime I downloaded from SamsungMobile website the download failed the last minute.
So now I got a Knox boot loader but oh well, I just needed my phone back up.

[Q] Phone really seems to be bricked

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help, but I'm not too optimistic. I have a SGH-M919 (T-Mobile Galaxy S4) that had a tripped KNOX bootloader and I had been installing custom ROMs on it. I wanted to ODIN back to stock, but it has caused all kinds of problems.
I was using ODIN v3.09 to ODIN the NB4 complete .tar file from Sammobile under the "AP" section with only Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time checked. It got what looked like about 95% complete and then showed FAILED. It gets to a point where it will say:
"Complete(Write) operation failed"
Upon rebooting, the phone says "Firmware upgrade ecountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
The phone will go into Download mode still but it will not go into Recovery mode.
After the above combination failed, I've tried using ODIN v.3.07 and v1.85, different official and unofficial firmwares (NB4, MK2, Fenny's NB4), tried various USB ports on my computer, and even tried another computer. Each time ODIN fails, and sometimes much earlier in the process.
I also tried installing using Kies after all of the above failed, but Kies will not recognize the phone at all.
Is it dead, or does anyone know of something else I can try? Upon my searching, most recommendations to "brick" problems seems to just be to ODIN like I did above =/.
Thank you for any help!

Have you tried flashing recovery and then booting right away to it?

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Have you tried flashing recovery and then booting right away to it?
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I was able to flash a recovery, which is good news. The one I had on hand was Philz, which I could go straight into. Now I have a problem with /data not being able to mount, and no ROM I install from recovery seems to boot, even a full nandroid backup... Any ideas from there?
UPDATE: I flashed TWRP 2.5.0.2 and was able to format /Data, reinstalled a ROM, and it booted!! Thanks so much!!

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UPDATE: I flashed TWRP 2.5.0.2 and was able to format /Data, reinstalled a ROM, and it booted!! Thanks so much!!
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Good! That's what I was gonna suggest

Mralexander006 said:
I was able to flash a recovery, which is good news. The one I had on hand was Philz, which I could go straight into. Now I have a problem with /data not being able to mount, and no ROM I install from recovery seems to boot, even a full nandroid backup... Any ideas from there?
UPDATE: I flashed TWRP 2.5.0.2 and was able to format /Data, reinstalled a ROM, and it booted!! Thanks so much!!
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Hi. I'm having the same issue here. Can you please elaborate on what you did exactly? Thanks

hyperenigma said:
Hi. I'm having the same issue here. Can you please elaborate on what you did exactly? Thanks
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ive read forums and trying different things for 6+ hours and was having no luck.
i read that someone took it to a best buy where they have a samsung kiosk because they can reflash the firmware.
i took it there but they were unable to reflash it.
they had the same problems i was having.
i literally just tried odin again and it worked.
i think mayb them hooking it up to their computer did something to it which then allowed me to get it to work.
if that doesnt work you can also send it back to samsung to have it reflashed,
both are FREE of charge. ( most people dont know that.
best of luck to you.

Hey sorry, have been swamped with work. Did you ever get it working or still need help?

Using ODIN to flash a complete ROM would always fail, bit have you tried flashing just TWRP recovery? For me that worked, and from there I could reformat the /data folder, and flash a new ROM in recovery. Never was able to use Odin for a full ROM but that method was good enough.