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[Q] CM9 -- Encryption interrupted -- Bricked?

I've been using the CM9 6/18 nightly, and it was working perfectly, no problems or glitches, until this afternoon when I left the phone on my desk for an hour, not connected to any computer or charger.
The screen wouldn't turn on, even after repeated tries and long waits, so I held the power button until it restarted. When it did, it booted to a screen that said that the encryption of the phone's storage had been interrupted, plus an option to do a factory reset. I couldn't get to the launcher or any other part of the phone. I'm baffled by this, because I don't remember ever touching any setting having to do with encryption! I honestly don't know why it would be encrypting anything.
Knowing that doing a factory reset on one of the leaked ICS kernels could cause a brick, I just restarted the phone again to see what would happen. This time, the phone froze part way through the CM9 boot animation, so I said "screw it, I'll just Odin EL29 recovery," which worked. I then flashed the CM9 Alpha 5 build on top. I did not wipe because I was hoping I could just flash over like I'd been doing with all the other CM9 Alpha 5/Nightly builds to hopefully retain my data. In retrospect, this was probably really stupid. The rom seemed to flash successfully, but when I restarted the phone, it never got past the Samsung logo.
Then I remembered the Alpha 5 had no built-in recovery, so... I decided to Odin EL29 again. This time, however, Odin never got past:
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> StockCWM-EL29.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> zImage
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
I tried EL29 OneClick, but that also never gets past flashing the first thing, recovery.bin. When I try to boot the phone normally now, it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
So, any suggestions? Am I totally out of luck?

Any help or opinions
I hate to do this, but this post has been up a while and I'm getting desperate, I know I've done everything I can think of but the fact remains that everything I Odin stalls as soon it actually tries to write to the memory of the phone. ADB does not connect. My fear is that the phone's storage was in fact partially or wholly encrypted, and therefore inaccessible.
However, I know there are many people here who are much more knowledgeable than I am, all I would love is an educated opinion or suggestion about whether there is anything that I could possibly try. Otherwise I guess I'm going to have to order a USB jig and reset the counter, then try to get Credo Mobile to replace my phone under the limited warranty...

Search for the Odin el26 one click for recovery. It will get you back to complete stock. The file is like 300mb or something. It "should" fix your issues.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA

brooksyx said:
Search for the Odin el26 one click for recovery. It will get you back to complete stock. The file is like 300mb or something. It "should" fix your issues.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA
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I appreciate your help; unfortunately, I've tried the el26 one click, as well as a few other GB one clicks. It's always the same thing: Odin hangs at flashing recovery.bin.
On another note: out of my vast, desperate stupidity, I tried to flash a .pit file through Odin. It hung, just like everything else. I let it sit for 30 mins, but nothing happened, so, despite the warning NOT TO TURN OFF the phone, I pulled the battery and disconnected. Now, all I get is a constant blue light.
I guess my only hope is that the USB jig I just ordered will let me get back into download mode.

[Q] Toroplus Stuck at Google Screen

I could really use some help. Quick story, I was at a wedding today and I pulled my phone out of my pocket only to see the Google logo (I'm unlocked). I thought that was odd, but figured maybe it was a random reboot. Happens, right? But it never actually rebooted. I left it on that screen for maybe half an hour. Then I pulled the batter thinking my latest ROM was acting up so I would just flash back to my last nandroid. Only after pressing Vol+;Vol-;Power I got... nothing. Blank screen. Later, I could see that the LCD was actually powered up (I could see a faint light) on the Fastboot screen but nothing was actually showing. I could, however, use Vol-;Power and see the Odin Mode screen. But if I choose "Start" I go back to the Google logo and then it never boots. Crazy! I pulled the battery and just stuffed it back in my pocket until I could get home and try out ADB. :fingers-crossed:
So I got home, plugged it in and booted it up. No matter what mode I try it won't show up in ADB. I tried the Google screen, I tried the blank screen after the vol+-power and tried the Oden Mode that I could see. None of them will let me use Fastboot or any ADB commands.
I've been searching for over an hour now and haven't found a solution. So, I'm asking now. I'm not a super-user but I'm no n00b for sure. I just don't know what to do now. I can't flash a factory image because I can't get the device to show up in ADB and fastboot. What could I be missing?
Thanks for reading my story. I hope it gives you enough info for ideas on how to help. Some final info:
Model: Toroplus rooted and unlocked
ROM: Last CM Nightly (11/16/12)
Recovery: ClockworkMod 6.0.1.5
I'm seeing three screens. Google, What I think is supposed to be Fastboot and the Odin Mode. Not 100% sure on the terms there, sorry.

I took the battery out all night to let it deep reset. Still nothing. Just sits at the Google screen indefinitely.
What am I missing?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

Had the same thing happen to me. Thought it was the battery, so I tried a different one. No go. Luckily, being unlocked and running different roms, was able to get to recovery, and since I always keep a nandroid of my current rom, I was able to flash it and all is good now.
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But yours won't go to recovery? That's weird man, don't know what to tell ya.

That's the tough part. If I could just get to recovery I could fix this with no problems. But I can't seem to get it to load up. I'm wondering if there something that can be done from that Odin Mode screen where I can see it says "Download. Do not turn off target." ?
Update:
OK, I guess you can never search enough. I found shabby's guide and realized it might help. I'll try this and see if it will read the device. Wish me luck....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620036

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Well, Odin Mode is allowing a connection, and it seems to be writing to the phone (that seems like good news!) BUT it keeps stalling while flashing the radio-cdma image file. I've tried it about 6 times now on two different computers and two different USB cables (one of which is the stock cable) and it won't go past this point. I'm encrouaged that the Odin software (using Odin3 v.1.87) can see it and flash the first images. This is what I'm seeing:
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CODE_I9250XXSPH-L700FH05.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/004> recovery.img
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> system.img
<ID:0/004> userdata.img
<ID:0/004> boot.img
<ID:0/004> radio-cdma.img
I can't seem to find another TAR to try though. Shabbypenguin's is the only one I can find. Is it possible to flash the seperate IMGs from the stock FH05 via Google in Odin? I can't seem to find a how-to on that. They all say to flash it in Fastboot, which I can't access.
UPDATE:
Odin would't flash any TARs with the radio-cdma.img in them. I built a new one using MSkips Toolkit and left out the cdma radio, which Odin took and flashed. But no progress on the problem. I think my CDMA radio might be fried? Does this match anyone else's experience with this?

Last report: Took the device to Sprint repair store. Absolutely couldn't fix it so having it replaced. Consider this topic closed.

[Q] noob who thinks he has .PIT trouble

Hi All,
I've searched through the forums for answers to my particular problem but haven't found anything that's worked bla bla bla... you guys go through a lot of this every day, don't you? I honestly have been scouring the web, looking for answers to my problem (I'm a member on other, unrelated forums and I know how annoying lazy noobs can be) but I only found a single response in a single thread that might be helpful (but I'll get back to that at the end).
Here's a brief history of my failure, followed by my problem:
1. Tried rooting with motochopper, it installed Superuser but SU didn't work properly (kept going off about updating binary but would always shoot back errors when I tried to update) and Rootchecker said phone wasn't rooted.
2. Tried rooting via Odin, I don't remember exactly what happened (it's been hours since this happened) but I ended up with a failure notice halfway through the download, I read somewhere to pull the battery so I did. Waited a minute, plugged it back in, now the phone won't boot (I get a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again" error), and it gives me the same error message if I try to boot to recovery mode, but I can still boot to download mode.
3. At this point, I figured I'd screwed the pooch and should flash the original, stock Samsung ROM back on to the phone and start from scratch. (I don't have a backup file but I've only had the phone for two days, I don't care if I lose personal data).
4. Downloaded the 1.6 GB stock ROM zip file.
5. Deleted temporary files, restarted computer, booted phone into download mode, opened Odin, loaded the ROM .tar file into the PDA slot of Odin (left all the Odin settings as they were).
6. Connected phone to computer, blue light from Odin (this means it added the device if I understand correctly).
7. Started Odin, download failed. Here's the transcript from Odin:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> sbl2.mbn
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Added!!
I hit start again, another failure. Transcript:
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
So do I need to flash a new PIT partition? The one relevant thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320066&highlight=partition+file) says that the PIT information is imbedded in the tar file, why isn't Odin reading it correctly?
I'm very new to the realm of Android and Linux, I've been trying to learn the basics about rooting, kernels, ROMs, etc. over the last few days to better understand how to fix these problems on my own. But I haven't found anything that will fix this. Thanks to anyone and everyone who answers, I'll make you cookies.
I'm not joking, if you live in or around the San Francisco bay area and you help me fix this, I'll deliver cookies, donuts, brownies, etc.

Read my second post on that thread. PIT information is stored in the Odin file. Get the download from Sammobile.com
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk 2

re: pit file
WetbehindEars said:
Hi All,
I've searched through the forums for answers to my particular problem but haven't found anything that's worked bla bla bla... you guys go through a lot of this every day, don't you? I honestly have been scouring the web, looking for answers to my problem (I'm a member on other, unrelated forums and I know how annoying lazy noobs can be) but I only found a single response in a single thread that might be helpful (but I'll get back to that at the end).
Here's a brief history of my failure, followed by my problem:
1. Tried rooting with motochopper, it installed Superuser but SU didn't work properly (kept going off about updating binary but would always shoot back errors when I tried to update) and Rootchecker said phone wasn't rooted.
2. Tried rooting via Odin, I don't remember exactly what happened (it's been hours since this happened) but I ended up with a failure notice halfway through the download, I read somewhere to pull the battery so I did. Waited a minute, plugged it back in, now the phone won't boot (I get a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again" error), and it gives me the same error message if I try to boot to recovery mode, but I can still boot to download mode.
3. At this point, I figured I'd screwed the pooch and should flash the original, stock Samsung ROM back on to the phone and start from scratch. (I don't have a backup file but I've only had the phone for two days, I don't care if I lose personal data).
4. Downloaded the 1.6 GB stock ROM zip file.
5. Deleted temporary files, restarted computer, booted phone into download mode, opened Odin, loaded the ROM .tar file into the PDA slot of Odin (left all the Odin settings as they were).
6. Connected phone to computer, blue light from Odin (this means it added the device if I understand correctly).
7. Started Odin, download failed. Here's the transcript from Odin:
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/003> sbl2.mbn
<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/003> Added!!
I hit start again, another failure. Transcript:
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..
<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/003> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
So do I need to flash a new PIT partition? The one relevant thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320066&highlight=partition+file) says that the PIT information is imbedded in the tar file, why isn't Odin reading it correctly?
I'm very new to the realm of Android and Linux, I've been trying to learn the basics about rooting, kernels, ROMs, etc. over the last few days to better understand how to fix these problems on my own. But I haven't found anything that will fix this. Thanks to anyone and everyone who answers, I'll make you cookies.
I'm not joking, if you live in or around the San Francisco bay area and you help me fix this, I'll deliver cookies, donuts, brownies, etc.
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Never flash a .pit file, it contains the partition information for your phone.
It is also a sure way to end up with a shiny brick.
You wrote an lot of specifics but you forgot to say if your phone can get into cwm or twrp recovery?
Do you have a cwm/twrp flashable custom rom zip file on your sdcard in your phone?
An other question have you recently flashed any AOSP/AOKP/CM/MIUI roms?
If you don't, download the wicked v3 custom rom from this forum for your M919 Tmobile S4 phone.
What happens if you do a full wipe in cwm/twrp recovery and afterwards flash a cwm/twrp flashable zip file custom rom?
Be sure to do a full wipe which includes Factory Reset, Wipe System, Wipe Cache and Wipe Dalvik Cache before flashing.
If you do all these things there is a good chance your phone will work properly and then afterwards if you still want to
Odin flash the stock un-rooted firmware which you were trying to flash it most likely will be successful.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Never flash a .pit file, it contains the partition information for your phone.
It is also a sure way to end up with a shiny brick.
You wrote an lot of specifics but you forgot to say if your phone can get into cwm or twrp recovery?
Do you have a cwm/twrp flashable custom rom zip file on your sdcard in your phone?
An other question have you recently flashed any AOSP/AOKP/CM/MIUI roms?
If you don't, download the wicked v3 custom rom from this forum for your M919 Tmobile S4 phone.
What happens if you do a full wipe in cwm/twrp recovery and afterwards flash a cwm/twrp flashable zip file custom rom?
Be sure to do a full wipe which includes Factory Reset, Wipe System, Wipe Cache and Wipe Dalvik Cache before flashing.
If you do all these things there is a good chance your phone will work properly and then afterwards if you still want to
Odin flash the stock un-rooted firmware which you were trying to flash it most likely will be successful.
Good luck!
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Sorry, I should have mentioned all of that...
As far as I know, I cannot enter into any type of recovery... the only thing that's working right now is download mode, no other button combinations work (volume up+home+on gives me the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" story, same with volume up+volume down+power). So I have no way of doing a wipe, unless there's something else I can do. Is there a way I can wipe the phone remotely, from my computer?
A couple other specifics that I should have mentioned in OP:
This phone is only five days old and has not be rooted or modded at all up until yesterday.
I've never put an SD card into the phone (though I have one handy, if there's something I need to do that requires one).
elesbb said:
Read my second post on that thread. PIT information is stored in the Odin file. Get the download from Sammobile.com
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk 2
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Vielen Dank, elesbb... I went to sammobile.com and started the download, but when I clicked through to the download server, it was the exact same file (from the exact same server) that I had just downloaded... So I have the sammobile file, I think the issue is that I need to wipe the phone before I flash it but I have no way of wiping it (that I am aware of).
Thank you both for your time and energy!

Restart your phone and computer. Try a different USB cable or usb port and see if odin will work. I've seen so many times problems because of a usb cable. And no, I wouldn't use a PIT file. Just the PDA tar.
Then you can use CF-Auto-Root to root or follow these instructions to root the MDL build.

Atmazzz said:
Restart your phone and computer. Try a different USB cable or usb port and see if odin will work. I've seen so many times problems because of a usb cable. And no, I wouldn't use a PIT file. Just the PDA tar.
Then you can use CF-Auto-Root to root or follow these instructions to root the MDL build.
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Thanks, I haven't tried a different usb port... I'll try that when I get home. The USB cable I'm using is the brand new Samsung cable that came with the phone, I don't think it's the problem but I'll give it a try anyway.
Thanks!
Edit:
After some more digging, I think I might have NAND rw corruption issues (since I can boot into download mode but not into any kind of recovery/bootloader mode). I get this notion from reading http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458, which isn't for the GS4 but I figure it's probably a good diagnostic tool for both. In the thread, Phistachio says that reflashing the kernel (and if that fails, the bootloader) will fix the problem. Will this fix the problem for the GS4 as well?
At this point, I will try a different USB port and/or cable and if that fails, I'll try reflashing the kernel.
Does that sound good?

WetbehindEars said:
Vielen Dank, elesbb... I went to sammobile.com and started the download, but when I clicked through to the download server, it was the exact same file (from the exact same server) that I had just downloaded... So I have the sammobile file, I think the issue is that I need to wipe the phone before I flash it but I have no way of wiping it (that I am aware of).
Thank you both for your time and energy!
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You make sure it wasn't a bad download? Check md5. I've had failed Odin's before. Just had to keep trying. I also unchecked "f reset time" when I flash. Also, try "wipe nand" option. I'd Google that first though.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk 2

elesbb said:
You make sure it wasn't a bad download? Check md5. I've had failed Odin's before. Just had to keep trying. I also unchecked "f reset time" when I flash. Also, try "wipe nand" option. I'd Google that first though.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk 2
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This might be revealing my noobness a bit too much, but I'm not sure how to check md5 :/
I'll research the "wipe nand" option, might be worth a shot...
Is there anywhere I can download the stock SGH-M919 kernel?
Thanks again for all the help!

re: cable, usb port, drivers
WetbehindEars said:
This might be revealing my noobness a bit too much, but I'm not sure how to check md5 :/
I'll research the "wipe nand" option, might be worth a shot...
Is there anywhere I can download the stock SGH-M919 kernel?
Thanks again for all the help!
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Why would you want to download the kernel?
The kernel is in the TAR file which you were trying to odin flash.
Best bet, try different cable, different usb port and it might even be a good idea if you go to the
Samsung USA website and download the latest usb drivers too.
If you do download the drivers, be sure to uninstall ALL samsung drivers, kies or any other Samsung
utility you have installed before installing the new samsung usb drivers.
I can tell you this for sure, if you cannot flash the stock firmware using Odin with your phone
you will need to take it to a Tmobile store and get it exchanged.
You should have no problem exchanging it since it's only 5 days old and you have not even
rooted it or flashed any custom firmwares to it.
Good luck!

Misterjunky said:
Why would you want to download the kernel?
The kernel is in the TAR file which you were trying to odin flash.
Best bet, try different cable, different usb port and it might even be a good idea if you go to the
Samsung USA website and download the latest usb drivers too.
If you do download the drivers, be sure to uninstall ALL samsung drivers, kies or any other Samsung
utility you have installed before installing the new samsung usb drivers.
I can tell you this for sure, if you cannot flash the stock firmware using Odin with your phone
you will need to take it to a Tmobile store and get it exchanged.
You should have no problem exchanging it since it's only 5 days old and you have not even
rooted it or flashed any custom firmwares to it.
Good luck!
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Why would I want to download the kernel, you ask? I'll tell you why! Because I'm an Android infant and I have no idea what I'm doing!
It was because I was reading on an un-soft-brick how-to for a different phone and it mentioned flashing the kernel. But as you mentioned, it was completely unnecessary.
Last night, I made sure I was straight on the driver front (updated drivers, no Kies, etc.) and double checked the tar file I downloaded... the one thing I didn't do that I should have was plug my phone directly into my laptop; I only have one functioning USB port at the moment and it's occupied by a cooling fan. But the cooling fan has a USB port in it that I run my mouse through and it works fine, that's what I've had my phone plugged into during this whole process. Just plugged it directly into PC, ran Odin, worked flawlessly. I feel like an idiot for going through the fan, but the relief that came from seeing my S4 boot properly made up for it.
Thanks everyone for your help and attention, I know it's annoying getting inundated by greenhorns who need direction and I appreciate that you would be willing to help us get on our feet.
Thanks!

WetbehindEars said:
Why would I want to download the kernel, you ask? I'll tell you why! Because I'm an Android infant and I have no idea what I'm doing!
It was because I was reading on an un-soft-brick how-to for a different phone and it mentioned flashing the kernel. But as you mentioned, it was completely unnecessary.
Last night, I made sure I was straight on the driver front (updated drivers, no Kies, etc.) and double checked the tar file I downloaded... the one thing I didn't do that I should have was plug my phone directly into my laptop; I only have one functioning USB port at the moment and it's occupied by a cooling fan. But the cooling fan has a USB port in it that I run my mouse through and it works fine, that's what I've had my phone plugged into during this whole process. Just plugged it directly into PC, ran Odin, worked flawlessly. I feel like an idiot for going through the fan, but the relief that came from seeing my S4 boot properly made up for it.
Thanks everyone for your help and attention, I know it's annoying getting inundated by greenhorns who need direction and I appreciate that you would be willing to help us get on our feet.
Thanks!
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Glad everything is working great! It was probably just a bad flash through odin. They happen from time to time. I am also wondering now if the USB on the cooling fan didn't have enough juice to fully power the whole process?

elesbb said:
Glad everything is working great! It was probably just a bad flash through odin. They happen from time to time. I am also wondering now if the USB on the cooling fan didn't have enough juice to fully power the whole process?
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Yeah, the USB was probably already busy powering the fan and didn't want any of my Odin nonsense.
Thanks again for all the help!

[Q] Please help. simi-bricked galaxy s 2

Here is the background. I upgraded my s2 to a note2 and added an extra line for my son to keep the s2. they did not register the sim at the store. I had rooted and installed custom rom, so wanted to return to stock. I then odin'd a tar from here sampro.pl/firmware/android/samsung-sgh-t989/ which worked for a week(allowed me to log his apps acct etc). Today, the day of his birthday I called tmobile and activated the sim. I called my phone from the sg2 sucsessfully. I then turned it off and packaged it/ wrapped it. an hr later my son opened it and turned it on. it then boot looped on the tmobile splash with the blue loading bar. I reflashed with the latest. failed after a few files, mid flash. It now gives me a screen i have never seen before. It says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try agian." I have tried other firmwares from the site and 2 from the sticky threads here. it either fails after a few files or instantly giving the same error screen. I have odin recognising it. I cant get kies to connect but it does try. I have been using costom roms from the start and am well versed in the processes and this phone in perticular. Someone please save my boys birthday, and tell me I dont need to jtag it. I have been through the posts and cant find anything that works. The toolkit is having issues on my laptop so am limited to odin. I will have him all weekend so any help in the next 2 days would be most apreciated!!!!!
PS: I can hold vol down on power up to see my usual message of up to continue or down to reboot. up goes to the prediscribed error and down does not reboot. I got the toolkit to launch(forgot about admin) and it doesnt recognise any hardware. odin fails on all flashes. I am thinking it has to do with the recovery. i am going to try to flash a custom now.
Here is the flash record of odin <OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> T989UVMC6_T989TMB_T989UVMC6_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/008> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/008> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/008> amss.bin
<ID:0/008> boot.img
<ID:0/008> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/008> mdm.bin
<ID:0/008> __Xmit Write fail
<ID:0/008> XmitData Fail..
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Try to Odin TWRP 2.5.0.0 tar from here
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules

Icy0ne said:
Here is the background. I upgraded my s2 to a note2 and added an extra line for my son to keep the s2. they did not register the sim at the store. I had rooted and installed custom rom, so wanted to return to stock. I then odin'd a tar from here sampro.pl/firmware/android/samsung-sgh-t989/ which worked for a week(allowed me to log his apps acct etc). Today, the day of his birthday I called tmobile and activated the sim. I called my phone from the sg2 sucsessfully. I then turned it off and packaged it/ wrapped it. an hr later my son opened it and turned it on. it then boot looped on the tmobile splash with the blue loading bar. I reflashed with the latest. failed after a few files, mid flash. It now gives me a screen i have never seen before. It says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try agian." I have tried other firmwares from the site and 2 from the sticky threads here. it either fails after a few files or instantly giving the same error screen. I have odin recognising it. I cant get kies to connect but it does try. I have been using costom roms from the start and am well versed in the processes and this phone in perticular. Someone please save my boys birthday, and tell me I dont need to jtag it. I have been through the posts and cant find anything that works. The toolkit is having issues on my laptop so am limited to odin. I will have him all weekend so any help in the next 2 days would be most apreciated!!!!!
PS: I can hold vol down on power up to see my usual message of up to continue or down to reboot. up goes to the prediscribed error and down does not reboot. I got the toolkit to launch(forgot about admin) and it doesnt recognise any hardware. odin fails on all flashes. I am thinking it has to do with the recovery. i am going to try to flash a custom now.
Here is the flash record of odin <OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> T989UVMC6_T989TMB_T989UVMC6_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/008> Odin v.3 engine (ID:8)..
<ID:0/008> File analysis..
<ID:0/008> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/008> Initialzation..
<ID:0/008> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/008> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/008> aboot.mbn
<ID:0/008> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/008> amss.bin
<ID:0/008> boot.img
<ID:0/008> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/008> mdm.bin
<ID:0/008> __Xmit Write fail
<ID:0/008> XmitData Fail..
<ID:0/008> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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Readownload the file and try it again T989UVMC6_T989TMB_T989UVMC6_HOME.tar.md5
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esema1o said:
Readownload the file and try it again T989UVMC6_T989TMB_T989UVMC6_HOME.tar.md5
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This made me laugh a little as it sounds like what i tell my coworkers before my first cup of coffee. Followed by did you restart it? I am re downloading for the 3rd time to be sure. as i am waiting i tried to reflash the stock recovery that i had laying around. that brought me back the boot ani with the tmobile logo and blue loading bar. I reflashed an original os i had in my files from a long time ago and got the first error screen. i am now attempting to reflash the working recovery and then the latest dl of T989UVMC6_T989TMB_T989UVMC6_HOME.tar.md5. will update as soon as done. thank you very much for the response on a saterday and all. you rock for effort!!

uggg
So I have used old recovery and several stock roms to no avail. I have tried 5 different ones now. it all hangs for wayyy too long. I just did a fresh dl'd copy of latest from predefined site. Back to original message. I am now going to try canogen mod with custom rom. please add if you have any thoughts.
edit: Ps : I have been flashing phones for a while now so when i say way too long i mean atleast 45 to an hour, which is longer then any sucsesful flash I have done.
2nd edit: I sucsefully installed twrp. in mid dl of jedi mind trick rom to install.

Sucsess!!
Icy0ne said:
So I have used old recovery and several stock roms to no avail. I have tried 5 different ones now. it all hangs for wayyy too long. I just did a fresh dl'd copy of latest from predefined site. Back to original message. I am now going to try canogen mod with custom rom. please add if you have any thoughts.
edit: Ps : I have been flashing phones for a while now so when i say way too long i mean atleast 45 to an hour, which is longer then any sucsesful flash I have done.
2nd edit: I sucsefully installed twrp. in mid dl of jedi mind trick rom to install.
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I have flashed jedi mind trick sucsesfully!!!! I have twerp 2.5. I should be able to enable debugging and apps.reboot into twrp fix permissions, clear delvik cache and reboot into recovery then odin the latest stock from the previos posts.
Please reply as I dont want to send him back to moms with a hacked os, but dont want to make a move now that it is usable.
Thank you very much!!!!

Thank you!
meekrawb said:
Try to Odin TWRP 2.5.0.0 tar from here
Thank you for the link as I was having trouble finding on xda. the links have been shaky since the mega debaucle. Can you please link to your preferred stock as I dont have faith in the sanpro.pl links
Super Thanks!!!
At the least He now has a usable device. Even beter is the impact of seeing the effort to fix it. He now knows to use xda and the steps taken which is more valueable then the phone itself.
Thank you.
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Icy0ne said:
Thank you for the link as I was having trouble finding on xda. the links have been shaky since the mega debaucle. Can you please link to your preferred stock as I dont have faith in the sanpro.pl links
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I use
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Just type t989 in the search box.
Never had a problem with the files from there. You have to sign up for an account though.

Had the exact same thing happen to me, phone wouldn't boot or anything, no button combo worked and couldn't boot to recovery, what I did was to Odin twrp recovery tar. flash recovery and it fixed it, of course it roots the phone to but u can always odin back to stock after it boots up
Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I bricked my Sprint Samsung Note II SPH-L900 and this is how I fixed it.

I figured I would post this as a basic how to for people who brick their phones because they are in a similar situation.
Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II SPH L900
Used this root method because it was for Samsung Note II owners who already had Android 4.3.*,
http://honai-android.blogspot.com/2013/06/how-to-root-galaxy-note-2-sprint-sph.html
Installed TWRP but it didn't stick to Download mode. I could boot into TWRP when my phone was up even after rebooting but could not boot the device directly into TWRP to access my custom recovery image.
Installed Perseus and Macks Rom AllStar V5.0 after saving them to my SD Card and did this after booting into TWRP from within my stock ROM.
Like an idiot I didn't read all the comments on ChainFire 3D when I was searching root 3d because I'm on a big kick right now of making it all 3d like.
Instead of flashing ChainFire 3d from recovery I used my in rom option since I had all my root programs running nicely and thought why not its just a button click instead of rebooting into TWRP. There was my mistake.
Alright so now I am bricked out of my phone in a boot loop. Nothing is happening but ChainFire said when you install not to freak out if your phone hangs for awhile, pull the battery after two minutes. Well I did and still bricked in a boot loop.
Scour the forums and Internet because I know I still have access to my phone through Odin. I don't have debug mode turned on so I can't even create an ADB shell to my device. That was my first through, run ADB shell, launch TWRP and restore my custom recovery. Would have worked except I had no way of getting to TWRP. Tried installing the Samsung ToolKit. Couldn't recognize my device.
Opened Odin back up and thought why not try to flash TWRP and have it reboot, maybe TWRP will launch. Well I don't know if that would have worked or not because every time I tried to reflash TWRP Odin encountered an error.
Alright, abandoned that idea and did some more research. I knew I could still flash to my phone but I didn't have anything to reset the caches to install another ROM and I didn't want to install something else where things could go potentially worse. I needed my damn phone back. Boom! Found some very helpful articles on restoring to stock and found the stock recovery one click solutions.
I am making this so lengthy in case you are going through something similar where you are stuck in a boot loop, locked out of TWRP but can still flash to your phone with Odin.
These two threads were massive help and they take you to the file locations:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116490
http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=154
I restarted my phone in download mode which was a little tricky because when I put the battery in it would start booting. Had to make sure volume down, home and power were pressed while sliding the battery in. It's tricky but you can do it with one hand and use the other to insert the battery. Don't give up just because if you put the battery in your phone automatically boots!
I used this specific file. http://rwilco12.com/Files/Devices/S...Unrooted/SPH-L900_MA5_853599_Stock_Nodata.exe
I didn't know if my phone was MA5 or MA7. I was worried that something would be off if I downloaded the wrong one but I chose MA5 oneclick exe and it did the trick. I used the Rooted version that didn't delete my data so when the phone came back on all my changes were still there. Everything from the kernel was gone but my settings and etc were unaffected.
By the way I had to disconnect and reconnect my phone in download mode when running the Odin OneClick MA5 restore to get it to light up yellow and establish the connect. I tried to run it a couple times and it failed which made me pretty discouraged. I thought that it was because I downloaded MA5 restore and not MA7. It wasn't because of that, it was because even though the computer recognized the oneclick program didn't.
So anyways, there are some resources and an additional thread. I'm pretty tech savvy but when the damn thing bricked I wasn't for sure what to do. Hopefully this is semi helpful for someone.
*Cliff Notes:
If you brick yourself out of your Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (II) and you can't access recovery, go download one of these oneclick solutions from sextape or garwynn (big ups to you guys) and reflash it from download mode using their programs. If you rooted your phone using Odin you will feel right at home with their software and it is no big deal. Phone will be back up in no time.
Edit: So after I got back to my stock ROM and tried to reflash my previous roms they wouldn't stick. E Signature verification kept failing but I still had root. Used CWM Recovery straight out of the app store and rebooted in recovery. Wiped everything. Used the esignature toggle and disabled it. Bam was able to reinstall roms and I am back to tinkering

The title was misleading. I thought you meant a hard brick. What you encountered was a soft brick aka bootloop. Thanks for writing it up for the noobs though.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4

Yes title is misleading but great post for us thats need it
Thank u much for ur time to make this
SGN2

I bricked my sph l900 also..I had 4.3 rooted then went to jellybomb had a back up of my 4.3 rooted. Flashed back to it and it's now stuck in note 2 animation. Can't get into recovery or adb. Plz can anyone help ?
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Is there a fix ?
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odin oneclick failure
I followed your guide above using Odin OneClick MA5 restore and this is the results I get everytime in ODIN. My issue is not solved.
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004>
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

kevo7000 said:
I followed your guide above using Odin OneClick MA5 restore and this is the results I get everytime in ODIN. My issue is not solved.
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..
<ID:0/004> File analysis..
<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/004> Initialzation..
<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/004>
<ID:0/004>
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
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You need to use the original Samsung USB cable.:good:

new battery issue
gizmoscoop said:
You need to use the original Samsung USB cable.:good:
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I used every cable I owned oven the original cable for my Note 2. I ended up taking it to sprint and replaced it. With this new note I've had two batteries completely fry. 100 % but will not power on without charger.smh

What is it that you did when the onclick kept failing?!!?
By the way I had to disconnect and reconnect my phone in download mode when running the Odin OneClick MA5 restore to get it to light up yellow and establish the connect. I tried to run it a couple times and it failed which made me pretty discouraged. I thought that it was because I downloaded MA5 restore and not MA7. It wasn't because of that, it was because even though the computer recognized the oneclick program didn't.
I keep running the NA5 Stock NoData exe and it keeps failing