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Help Please: Phone not booting up

Strange thing happened to my phone yesterday night. I was watching netflix for a while and after some time the screen just went blank. I am not able to restart the phone. It got struck in the kernel bootup(Darkside kernel, TDJ's darkside rom) and it was restarting again and again till i remove the battery.
I am able to get into recovery mode but not able to restore any of my backup's. It just went blank during restoring system. I tried installing the same ROM(Darkside Digitsl warfare v2.5.1) from my internal SD card but it just went blank after some time. I tried the juggernaut-5 . It didnt throw up any error but when i restart it its again displaying the darkside kernel and boot looping.
Any one can you please help me to get out of this mess. I need to travel on Monday so desperately need my phone fixed before that. Please help. I have not installed anything new over the last 1 month and didnt have any problems till now. Thank you
System Details:
ROM: Darkside Digitsl warfare v2.5.1
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.7

Flash super wipe kernel cleaner then reflash the ROM then go back if you made a nandroid backup restore the data and system
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Help please
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
peppersu812 said:
Flash super wipe kernel cleaner then reflash the ROM then go back if you made a nandroid backup restore the data and system
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LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
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Which recovery version are you running?

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
I am not able to connect my phone in USB mode, Can i be able to do an ODIN?.
I am able to connect in download mode,recovery mode.Please help. Thank you
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Yes Odin back to stock..... flash recovery and then restore
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Danial723 said:
Yes Odin back to stock..... flash recovery and then restore
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What he said. Just remember to put the rom file into the PDA field in Odin
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Yeah Odin should fix all that but If your on Telus I wouldnt run any Tmobile roms although they work it can cause headaches like this IMO
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When i try to ODIN the stock room it failed in the middle now i am struck in the screen download mode. I cant go anwhere from here. Is that the end?.Please help.
Also can i send it to samsung for warranty exchange?.Any phone numbers for samsung pls help. THank you
Will they be able to make it i installed custom rom in it. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode : NO
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
When i try to ODIN the stock room it failed in the middle now i am struck in the screen download mode. I cant go anwhere from here. Is that the end?.Please help.
Also can i send it to samsung for warranty exchange?.Any phone numbers for samsung pls help. THank you
Will they be able to make it i installed custom rom in it. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode : NO
Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
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Try it again. The phone has to be in download mode before you plug it into the computer. And are you flashing it as PDA? People have reported it taking a couple tries.
Usually if you can get into download mode you can fix it. If you're stuck and your computer won't recognize your phone, try getting back into download mode. If you're sending it in for repair anyways, it's better to have a full brick so they can't see that you rooted.
Another option if you can't get into download mode, buy a USB Jig, they are usually less than $10 and they can sometimes get you back into download mode.
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It does take a few tries sometimes
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Thanks. I tried it multiple times but still the same screen. I tried with a USB jig, and still the same screen. I am not able to go past that?. Is that a full brick?.
I called T-Mobile and they are sending me a new phone on Tuesday. But need make sure its fully bricked. Thank you

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
Thanks. I tried it multiple times but still the same screen. I tried with a USB jig, and still the same screen. I am not able to go past that?. Is that a full brick?.
I called T-Mobile and they are sending me a new phone on Tuesday. But need make sure its fully bricked. Thank you
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What screen are you talking about? The download screen?
If you're seriously wanting to give up trying, and want to brick it, try flashing a stock rom from a different phone via Odin.
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Towle said:
What screen are you talking about? The download screen?
If you're seriously wanting to give up trying, and want to brick it, try flashing a stock rom from a different phone via Odin.
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Yes its struck in the download screen with the error.I was trying to ODIN to stock tmobile ROM and see if it brings back the phone but it failed inbetween and after that i am struck with the download screen with the below error message. I tried different modes, normal power on, recovery mode, download mode, USB jig - download mode but no sucess?. Is that the end. Please help. Ami i good for a exchange? Thanks a lot
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
Yes its struck in the download screen with the error.I was trying to ODIN to stock tmobile ROM and see if it brings back the phone but it failed inbetween and after that i am struck with the download screen with the below error message. I tried different modes, normal power on, recovery mode, download mode, USB jig - download mode but no sucess?. Is that the end. Please help. Ami i good for a exchange? Thanks a lot
"Firmware upgrade encountered an issue.Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
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Bricked...

alphadog32 said:
Bricked...
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So Am i good for an warranty exchange? or will samsung would be able to know i installed custom roms. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode as NO.
The strange thing is i didnt do anything on my phone for last 1 month. The only thing i could think off is, one of scheduled titanium backup ran at 3.00 AM when i was in netflix with the phone charging,and i got a msg that the backup failed. When i woke up it started boot looping. And during the ODIN i tried today, I was making sure i am doing right by following the guidelines(ODIN back to stock).
I have all my nandroid backups(different rom versions) & titanium backups, will i be able to use it in my new phone after rooting with the same recovery version?
Thank you. I really appreciat all your help.

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
So Am i good for an warranty exchange? or will samsung would be able to know i installed custom roms. In the ODIN mode it still shows custom binary mode as NO.
The strange thing is i didnt do anything on my phone for last 1 month. The only thing i could think off is, one of scheduled titanium backup ran at 3.00 AM when i was in netflix with the phone charging,and i got a msg that the backup failed. When i woke up it started boot looping. And during the ODIN i tried today, I was making sure i am doing right by following the guidelines(ODIN back to stock).
I have all my nandroid backups(different rom versions) & titanium backups, will i be able to use it in my new phone after rooting with the same recovery version?
Thank you. I really appreciat all your help.
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It's not bricked, dude. It's still in dl mode when it says that. It will just take some more tries to get a tar to flash.
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Make sure you use Samsung usb cable when Odin and if use Win 7 use run as Administrator mode
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Plug it in to computer, what recognized device does it say?

alphadog32 said:
Plug it in to computer, what recognized device does it say?
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my ODIN still recognoize my device but when i try to ODIN the stock rom or the kernel its faliling in the nadroid write - failed. Now i could see my binary counter as 1.
Am i doomed. Please hellpppppp. My computer doesn not recognize my device but the ODIN does. Please help

LORD_VOLDEMORTT said:
my ODIN still recognoize my device but when i try to ODIN the stock rom or the kernel its faliling in the nadroid write - failed. Now i could see my binary counter as 1.
Am i doomed. Please hellpppppp. My computer doesn not recognize my device but the ODIN does. Please help
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Are you running Odin as administrator?
Manually download the device drivers from the how to root thread and install them on your computer. right click on Odin and run as administrator. Open the stock rom file in the PDA field and run it.. There is no reason it shouldn't work if you can get into download mode.
Try downloading the stock rom again, maybe it's a bad download.
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Did I brick my phone?

Tried to install a ROM in which it didn't work. I then attempted to recover my backup I had saved so I did that. Once I finished doing that I restored my .efs file and rebooted. Now it's telling me "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again". So I went back to Odin, downloaded the stock .md5 file and it fails right when it goes to the recovery step. I'm running out of options and I bought this phone a month ago with no warranty. Is there any chance Samsung could replace the phone?
Model # : SPH-L900. I've also tried different USB slots, a different computer, re downloaded the stock firmware and still giving me a fail right when it goes to recovery
Thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809
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Thank you.I seemed to have gotten it to work with "SPH-L900_MA7_Stock_Restore.tar.md5".

Great then. Keep the other thread. It might come handy.
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help please!!!! :"(((

I flashed a rom (yes it was for the proper device) and I followed everything step by step. My phone went into a bootloop where it vibrates and the samsung logo pops up then it turns off and starts over again. I turned off the phone and tried to go into recovery mode but it just shows the TWRP screen and then go into the bootloop again. I also tried going into download mode to odin back to stock but my device isn't even recognized even after installing kies. what can i do???

What model device do you have?
What rom did you flash?
What rom did you start with?
Did you recently flash anything else?
What steps did you follow when you flashed?
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DocHoliday77 said:
What model device do you have?
What rom did you flash?
What rom did you start with?
Did you recently flash anything else?
What steps did you follow when you flashed?
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I have the T-mobile SGH-T999. I was flashing the latest version of universe s4 for the sgh-t999 and i was coming from stockorama_v2, i had not recently flashed anything either. I went into recovery (TWRP), did a factory reset and then flashed universe s4 and got stuck in a bootloop. I've flashed a bunch of times before but never had this happen =/ now my device isn't even recognized even after installing the drivers....

marcoxx626 said:
I flashed a rom (yes it was for the proper device) and I followed everything step by step. My phone went into a bootloop where it vibrates and the samsung logo pops up then it turns off and starts over again. I turned off the phone and tried to go into recovery mode but it just shows the TWRP screen and then go into the bootloop again. I also tried going into download mode to odin back to stock but my device isn't even recognized even after installing kies. what can i do???
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remove your battery and try to get into recovery, wipe everything, try to reflash, then wipe again. might help not sure. but if you can get into download mode for your device to be recognizable i think you have to uninstall the kies drivers

KingKostas said:
remove your battery and try to get into recovery, wipe everything, try to reflash, then wipe again. might help not sure. but if you can get into download mode for your device to be recognizable i think you have to uninstall the kies drivers
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I can't even get into recovery mode, when I try it just goes into a bootloop. I'm trying to use odin but when i flash clockwork mod it said failed :/

Try to flash back to stock
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Instead of trying to flash cwm, try flashing the root66 firmware.
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Also, uninstall kies and the drivers. Then try one of the driver versions in my sig.
If you have kies installed that may be causing odin problems.
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Ok guys so after removing and reinstalling the drivers on my laptop for about 4 hours straight I finally got the device to be "recognized" and I was able to flash back to stock with Odin.
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marcoxx626 said:
Ok guys so after removing and reinstalling the drivers on my laptop for about 4 hours straight I finally got the device to be "recognized" and I was able to flash back to stock with Odin.
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Reinstall the drivers for this device, a simple google can give you following information:
This is a Windows device driver error. As device drivers can be used anytime your computer is trying to use a hardware resource, it can be difficult to tell which process is causing the error. If you notice the error when trying to do a specific task, identifying the source of the problem may be easier. For detail, see error.info/windows/driver-18.html
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[Q] Samsung SII stuck on 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue'

Hi,
So after I tried to update my sII's firmware using odin, it got suck on "nan start write", then froze. Now my phone is stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered" and I can't get onto download mode any more for some reason. Every time I try to get back into download mode and push the "UP vol" button to continue, it just brings me back to "firmware upgrade encountered" screen. And most of the time, I can't even get to the warning screen of the download mode so I can't even connect back to odin. I also tried to get into recovery mode but that combination of buttons doesn't seem to work either.
Please help. I'm desperate to get it working again
Thanks!
I have a t-mobile Samsung s2 model: SGH-T989

Wrong forum. I've asked mods to move your thread here; wait until your thread has been moved/someone who actually has the same model phone answers you.

bensiagel said:
Hi,
So after I tried to update my sII's firmware using odin, it got suck on "nan start write", then froze. Now my phone is stuck on "firmware upgrade encountered" and I can't get onto download mode any more for some reason. Every time I try to get back into download mode and push the "UP vol" button to continue, it just brings me back to "firmware upgrade encountered" screen. And most of the time, I can't even get to the warning screen of the download mode so I can't even connect back to odin. I also tried to get into recovery mode but that combination of buttons doesn't seem to work either.
Please help. I'm desperate to get it working again
Thanks!
I have a t-mobile Samsung s2 model: SGH-T989
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Go to my profile and look at my posts, I wrote a guide on how to fix this problem, that screen "firmware encounters an issue" that is download mode, go to that screen, find team win recovery project tar.file and use Odin to flash the recovery, after that u should be ablt to boot to recovery, flash the ROM of ur choice so u have one to boot into, from there ur device will be fine, I can boot it up and use Odin to go back stock or keep it custom, if u need more help pm me and I'll walk u through it...
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soupysoup said:
Go to my profile and look at my posts, I wrote a guide on how to fix this problem, that screen "firmware encounters an issue" that is download mode, go to that screen, find team win recovery project tar.file and use Odin to flash the recovery, after that u should be ablt to boot to recovery, flash the ROM of ur choice so u have one to boot into, from there ur device will be fine, I can boot it up and use Odin to go back stock or keep it custom, if u need more help pm me and I'll walk u through it...
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Thank you so much! Everything worked out just fine

bensiagel said:
Thank you so much! Everything worked out just fine
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Glad it worked for u... Modify ur op to say solved so that ppl will know that u solved ur issue and what to do if they encounter the same issue
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Since it took me a bit to find, here's the link to Soupysoup's guide.

Great information. Thanks :good:

HELP please phone bricked cant install recovery

Hello members of xda.
My phone suddenly died and now when I turn it on, it stays on the SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 2 GT-N7100 screen.
I can acess the download page, but cant access recovery.
I know that If i can at least go to recovery, i can try to full wipe, or even flash another rom, but I cant flash CWM.
In ODIN, when I hit START to flash CWM it stays here "<ID:0/003> SetupConnection.." and then after 5 minutes it says FAILED.
I tried with many other recoveries, and also many other ODIN versions.
In version 1.84 instead of showing setupconnection, it immediately says NO PIT PARTITION.
Could someone please help me unbrick my phone?
Any other solution i could try?
Thanks.

Sounds like you need to flash stock and pit with odin. I'd check one of dr ketan guides first. I know if you flash pit and it fails your in a world of trouble
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It's SDS ( sudden death syndrome)
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