I've rooted my S3 before when it was android 4.0.3 but when the OTA for 4.1.1 came out, I updated and my root was gone. So now, I wanted to root my phone again, so through odin I tried to root with CF-Root. However instead of Odin saying root successful, it said FAILED. So now my phone is stuck in this screen saying Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
What do I do?
My phone is a telus 4.1.1 S3.
ic3blitz said:
I've rooted my S3 before when it was android 4.0.3 but when the OTA for 4.1.1 came out, I updated and my root was gone. So now, I wanted to root my phone again, so through odin I tried to root with CF-Root. However instead of Odin saying root successful, it said FAILED. So now my phone is stuck in this screen saying Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.
What do I do?
My phone is a telus 4.1.1 S3.
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I got that once on a failed Odin. Pull the battery, reboot into download and try again. Make sure you're flagging the right file.
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I had a similar issue a while back. The 1st thing I did was make sure that my phone could be detected via USB thru Odin. I deleted all drivers on my computer and reinstalled current up to date Sammy drivers for the device to my computer. I then downloaded a current version of Odin, along with a stock .tar file Of the previous version that it ran(I.e I.C.S) and downgraded back. Afterwards I was able to boot my phone up. Receive a software update available notification, and re-update the phone.. I then found a alternative root method.( I believe I used skips kit) and re-rooted with no problems. This happened to me before with a S3 and a epic 4g, this was my issue both times. I'm at work I wish I had more time to post links, I'm positive you can find what you need on XDA. I did I hope this helps
***mskips*** not skips.
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I was trying to flash my s3 back to 4.1.1. It failed when I was using odin. Now, I get the message Firmware encountered an issue..
I downloaded kies 3 but my phone will not connect to it.
Iv tried many different things and odin keeps failing after a couple lines.
What can I do?
b_rad_1983 said:
I was trying to flash my s3 back to 4.1.1. It failed when I was using odin. Now, I get the message Firmware encountered an issue..
I downloaded kies 3 but my phone will not connect to it.
Iv tried many different things and odin keeps failing after a couple lines.
What can I do?
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Does your phone still boot? or do you have a Brick?
If it still boots Leave it alone. you can flash any rom you want to as long as there is no bootloader in it.
If you already bricked it, is it a soft brick or hard brick?
theramsey3 said:
Does your phone still boot? or do you have a Brick?
If it still boots Leave it alone. you can flash any rom you want to as long as there is no bootloader in it.
If you already bricked it, is it a soft brick or hard brick?
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When I insert the battery and power on it has a message saying " firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"
above that in the top left it says
odin mode
product name :sgh-1747m
custom binary download: yes (1count)
current binary: samsung official
system status: official
qualcomm secure boot: enable
warranty bit: 0
bootloader rp swrev: 1
This is all it does. I can get into download mode. But everytime I try to flash it says failed.
This is 4.3 touchwiz? or 4.3 custom rom?
If custom, I encountered a similar issue where going back to Odin failed. Trying to turn on the phone and going into recovery mode let "Firmware encountered and issue". I had also encountered the problem of Kies not connecting. It would say "connecting" but nothing would happen.
Can your phone boot in download mode?
If yes, you should be able to recover the firmware with Kies.
You may need to use the previous version of Kies and not Kies 3, as I think Kies 3 is only for 4.3 android touchwiz versions. If you had touchwiz 4.3 from the OTA, you may be stuck as I think people have had problems trying to go back to 4.1.
In Kies go in Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation. You will need to know your phone's model and serial number. They can be found behind the battery.
Follow the steps and you should be able to go back to 4.1.1.
chemicalseb said:
This is 4.3 touchwiz? or 4.3 custom rom?
If custom, I encountered a similar issue where going back to Odin failed. Trying to turn on the phone and going into recovery mode let "Firmware encountered and issue". I had also encountered the problem of Kies not connecting. It would say "connecting" but nothing would happen.
Can your phone boot in download mode?
If yes, you should be able to recover the firmware with Kies.
You may need to use the previous version of Kies and not Kies 3, as I think Kies 3 is only for 4.3 android touchwiz versions. If you had touchwiz 4.3 from the OTA, you may be stuck as I think people have had problems trying to go back to 4.1.
In Kies go in Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation. You will need to know your phone's model and serial number. They can be found behind the battery.
Follow the steps and you should be able to go back to 4.1.1.
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Its 4.3 touchwiz ota last week.
I will try kies instead of kies 3. With kies 3 it just says connecting, wont connect. When I do the Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation. I type in my model and it just closes.
Im downloading kies right now...
Oh also, I had encountered the closing problem when in Windows.
I was able to not have the random closing problem when using Kies on a Mac.
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b_rad_1983 said:
Its 4.3 touchwiz ota last week.
I will try kies instead of kies 3. With kies 3 it just says connecting, wont connect. When I do the Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation. I type in my model and it just closes.
Im downloading kies right now...
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Kies has be installed and when I click on tools- Firmware Upgrade...
I type in the model and it says "Please check the model name and enter it". I click ok and it goes back to the main screen, nothing happens.
when i open kies and plug in the phone it says "connecting".... 5mins has passed..same thing..
Hm, yeah it's odd.
I had the same issue with the main screen saying connecting forever, which didn't matter for upgrading the firmware.
Do you have the att version?
I'm assuming you put SGH-I747 for model?
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I'm not an expert but I had the same problem due to the 4.3 release. You can't go back to an earlier release because the new boot loader is
locked. Nothing worked until I googled and located the exact .pit file and flashed it in Odin. I was rather desperate by then as I had a two day old
phone, lol. Kies doesn't have the newer release so I don't think you can use it. I used cwm mod recovery and flashed to a rooted stock 4.3 rom.
Hope this helps or someone can help more.
chemicalseb said:
Hm, yeah it's odd.
I had the same issue with the main screen saying connecting forever, which didn't matter for upgrading the firmware.
Do you have the att version?
I'm assuming you put SGH-I747 for model?
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Rogers
SGH-I747M
Im currently looking for the stock 4.3 rogers file
I cant find what I need as im not 100% sure what im looking for..
im currently downloading
SGH-I747M_RWC_I747MVLDMF1_I747MOYADMF1_Original.zip
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I cant find what I need as im not 100% sure what im looking for..
im currently downloading
SGH-I747M_RWC_I747MVLDMF1_I747MOYADMF1_Original.zip
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I reached the download limit..cant download it
Which Odin are you using? If you arent using it try Odin 3.09.
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Which Odin are you using? If you arent using it try Odin 3.09.
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3.07 is what i used.
b_rad_1983 said:
3.07 is what i used.
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I just thought about it you have to go back with the 4.3 because if you do succesfully flash anything older you will Hard brick your phone, right now you should be able to recover with the 4.3 odin file.
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I just thought about it you have to go back with the 4.3 because if you do succesfully flash anything older you will Hard brick your phone, right now you should be able to recover with the 4.3 odin file.
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Where can i get the 4.3 odin file?
Check sammobile.com
b_rad_1983 said:
Where can i get the 4.3 odin file?
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http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
You have to register for their site to be able to download. in the search bar about 1/3 page down on right type in SGH-I747M then find your carrier and download the appropriate file.
After that if you still dont like 4.3 you can flash whatever rom you want in CWM or TWRP or atleast thats whats been rumored. I have no clue I like 4.3 and havent had any issues with the rom I had a hard brick that I caused and recovered.
As you'll soon discover, I'm a noob. I stupidly took the OTA update on my Samsung Galaxy S3 T-Mobile T999 from 4.1.2 to 4.3. Since doing so mine and my wife's phone (did the same thing to her also) gets in a mess after being connected to the car stereo bluetooth and prevents outgoing calls unless the phone is rebooted.
So to try to solve this, I rooted the phone and installed CM 11, so now I'm on 4.4.2. This didn't help the issue either and instead is worse at connecting to the bluetooth.
I want to get my phone back to the stock 4.1.2 rom, which I got from sammobile (PDA T999UVDMD5) or at worst back to the 4.3 stock rom (PDA T999UVUEMJC).
This morning I tried to flash T999UVDMD5_T999TMBDMD5_T999UVDMD5_HOME.tar using ODIN 307 but it failed almost instantly with an Fail! Auth message.
I also tried to flash CM 10.1 zip on my SD card using ClockworkMod Recovery v 6.0.4.5 but again it failed almost instantly (sorry I didn't take note of the error).
So now I'm back to CM 11. So any suggestions for how to get back to either of the stock roms?
huz666 said:
As you'll soon discover, I'm a noob. I stupidly took the OTA update on my Samsung Galaxy S3 T-Mobile T999 from 4.1.2 to 4.3. Since doing so mine and my wife's phone (did the same thing to her also) gets in a mess after being connected to the car stereo bluetooth and prevents outgoing calls unless the phone is rebooted.
So to try to solve this, I rooted the phone and installed CM 11, so now I'm on 4.4.2. This didn't help the issue either and instead is worse at connecting to the bluetooth.
I want to get my phone back to the stock 4.1.2 rom, which I got from sammobile (PDA T999UVDMD5) or at worst back to the 4.3 stock rom (PDA T999UVUEMJC).
This morning I tried to flash T999UVDMD5_T999TMBDMD5_T999UVDMD5_HOME.tar using ODIN 307 but it failed almost instantly with an Fail! Auth message.
I also tried to flash CM 10.1 zip on my SD card using ClockworkMod Recovery v 6.0.4.5 but again it failed almost instantly (sorry I didn't take note of the error).
So now I'm back to CM 11. So any suggestions for how to get back to either of the stock roms?
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If you are getting errors in both odin and cwm, it sounds like it is a root issue. In other words, it sounds like the apps are being denied access to root and therefor cannot flash. Both odin and cwm are able to generate logs so you can tell the reason for the fail. Personally, I would recommend flasing twrp recovery instead of cwm since it seems to simplify alot and is a little better for our device. Without knowing exactly why the flash is failing, i would just recommend to try and re-root the phone again.
Did you put the phone in Downloading mode before connecting to the Odin ?
Do not try to flash 4.1.2 ever. It will brick your phone.
Perseus71 said:
Did you put the phone in Downloading mode before connecting to the Odin ?
Do not try to flash 4.1.2 ever. It will brick your phone.
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Yes the phone was in downloading mode. I couldn't find any posts that thought that I would brick my phone for sure by downgrading so I thought I would try. Could I go back to the 4.3 Stock ROM with some degree of confidence?
Yes you can go back to 4.3 Stock.
Perseus71 said:
Yes you can go back to 4.3 Stock.
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So I'm now back to Stock 4.3 by doing a flash via Odin. I did (stupidly) try to then go back to 4.1.2 again using Odin having put the phone in USB debugging mode first but I still got the same Auth Fail error.
Thanks for all the help.
huz666 said:
So I'm now back to Stock 4.3 by doing a flash via Odin. I did (stupidly) try to then go back to 4.1.2 again using Odin having put the phone in USB debugging mode first but I still got the same Auth Fail error.
Thanks for all the help.
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You cannot downgrade like that once you have updated to official 4.3 firmware, no offence but why would you try it even after Perseus said not to? Anyway if you want to go back to 4.1.2 so badly just download a 4.1.2 ROM and flash it in recovery
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serio22 said:
You cannot downgrade like that once you have updated to official 4.3 firmware, no offence but why would you try it even after Perseus said not to? Anyway if you want to go back to 4.1.2 so badly just download a 4.1.2 ROM and flash it in recovery
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Thanks for the advice. I think I'll just quit while I'm only slightly behind now and remain on 4.3 Stock. I appreciate everyone's help and suggestions.
Downgrade from CM11 4.4.2 to 4.3 on I747
I went from 4.3 stock to CM11 on my i747 but i didnt like the update. So i am trying to go back to 4.3 however whenever i try to install the 4.3 zip file thru twrp or CWM, it fails. As far as i know there is no odin file for going back. I tried to flash rogers 4.3 file through odin (thinking i would flash at&t modem later) but that also failed.
I would appreciate any help on how to install 4.3 once 4.4.2 has been installed on an i747
You seriously need to do some reading
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nitagro said:
I went from 4.3 stock to CM11 on my i747 but i didnt like the update. So i am trying to go back to 4.3 however whenever i try to install the 4.3 zip file thru twrp or CWM, it fails. As far as i know there is no odin file for going back. I tried to flash rogers 4.3 file through odin (thinking i would flash at&t modem later) but that also failed.
I would appreciate any help on how to install 4.3 once 4.4.2 has been installed on an i747
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For One, you are on the wrong forum. This is for T-Mobile's S3 not AT&T. Second, Like @passtheknowledge said, you really need to do significant research and reading here on XDA.
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For One, you are on the wrong forum. This is for T-Mobile's S3 not AT&T. Second, Like @passtheknowledge said, you really need to do significant research and reading here on XDA.
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I was up all night reading and trying all the suggestions that have been posted so far. Nothing worked. I would appreciate if someone can throw some light on what might be wrong.
nitagro said:
I was up all night reading and trying all the suggestions that have been posted so far. Nothing worked. I would appreciate if someone can throw some light on what might be wrong.
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Please Read through this Thread. For Future Reference, all Odin Files for S3 in general are looked up by unique Keyword Root66. That thread is the right place for you to post errors or issues. If there's no 4.3 image for your phone there, you can post a request as well.
For your immediate Problem, there is a an alternate ATT StockMod Rom by @saranhai Please see this thread. Pay particular attention to the mandatory requirement of flashing a particular modem beforehand.
Here is what happened, i downloaded the OTA from AT&T, unrooted my phone and installed the update. It went all the way through, rebooted and that's where it stops. As soon as the AT&T welcome screen comes up the phone just freezes. When i plug it to my PC the phone is not recognized. Kies says it can't connect to the device. I'm able to get into download mode and odin seems to find the phone. But in download mode there is no option to reboot or anything. It only says "custom" on all options.
Can anybody help?
Factory reset usually solves most boot hangups. It will wipe your internal sd if you have stock recovery though.
i can't find any option to do a factory reset. I flashed Philz touch with odin, it said it passed. Tried a factory reset but it still freezes at the AT&T homescreen.
Any other way to do a factory reset?
Why'd you re-root BEFORE installing the update? Is there a particular reason? From what I've read on here, towelroot will easily root it afterwards.
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Why'd you re-root BEFORE installing the update? Is there a particular reason? From what I've read on here, towelroot will easily root it afterwards.
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I took root off the phone since most of the time root stops OTA updates. Then i downloaded and installed the update. I had plans to root it again after the update.
Hello there. I also attempted the 4.4.2 OTA from stock 4.3, and now I'm having this exact same issue. The device had TWRP recovery installed, so I re-installed the stock recovery. It was also rooted and a few system files were edited (lock sounds, hosts file), I reverted all the changes, did a full unroot via SuperSU and proceeded with the OTA. It seemed successful until it tried to boot.. it now freezes on the AT&T logo, as the OP mentioned. I installed TWRP recovery again via Odin so I could back up all the data from the phone and do a factory reset. Unfortunately, this did not fix the freezing. I've attempted reverting back to the latest official Odin .tar (4.1.1), which I've now learned is not possible since the 4.3 update and its locked bootloader. It would seem that the only thing that would do the trick now would be an Odin-flashable 4.4.2 tar. For now, I've installed CyanogenMod as a temporary solution.
I dunno if it has been tested yet but this is a TWRP/CWM flashable zip which also preserves root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53539462&postcount=5
It didnt work. I am currently uploading two more attempts now and will post the links in that thread as soon as they are ready.
this worked for me
Hi All, Just wanted to share a solution that worked for me. I was in the same boat. OTA update locked phone on ATT screen. Used steps 2 and 6 from link below and now have 4.4.2 running on my phone. Happy flashing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53574211
I am trying to unroot and restore stock ROM so that I can sell my Note 2014 10.1.
I am using ODIN 3.09 and P600UEUCNK1_P600XARCNK1_HOME.tar.md5
ODIN keeps giving me a FAIL. Looks like "Cant Open Serial Port". I have attached a screen shot from ODIN.
Any ideas as to what I can do here?
Thanks
You need to extract the zip file, and edit .md5 off the end, leaving a .tar file to flash. Make sure you unroot via superuser, then factory reset, then download mode.....Will take 7-9 minutes. Wait for reboot, and removed to show in ODIN. Just did this myself, and device shows official, and recovery is stock, without even the Knox splash showing recovery bit! Easy breezy. I flashed on top of 4.4.4 bootloader the 4.4.2 .tar, and let it update OTA. T-Mobile P607-T Gluck!
Worked like a charm my friend...Thanks so much
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I followed these steps. Flashed same tar file, and successful install. Although i cant update software because says my version has been modified. Anyway to still get updates and be totally stock?
Flash updates from Kies instead OTA is never going to work again.
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Please could anyone had the steps ... the same issue is faced with Note 10.1 Gt-8000
I' m using N8000XXUDNF2_N8000OJVDNF3_N8000XXUDNF1_HOME.tar with ODIN 3.07 which is detecting the com 3 or com 6 with it, and failing always and the device is stopped at either ODIN MODE if I used the volume down plus power or at Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again... it would never enter to the recovery mode or Bootloader, please advise... thanks in advanced.
I had CM12 installed with root, But i took it off and installed a stock 4.1 ATT firmware so i could update it normally again, And i took root off through super su. But every time i try to update it, The 700mb file downloads and goes to install with stock recovery (i reinstalled that back on there because i though TWRP was messing with it) and when it gets to around 25-31% area, It fails and when my phone restarts, it says failed to update. Does anybody know how to fix this? Thanks in advance
What is your end goal here, completely stock? If so check this out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153
Tutorial: How to use KIES Emergency Firmware Recovery (EFR) ....
Or get your stock firmware from sammobile.com and odin it into your phone. Done properly ypur phone will be completely stock again. <--just did this the other day with my phone and worked flawlessly. I did back up all pics and such to pc first just in case. Stock everything was flashed.
Not sure about data loss or flash counter trips. I've been out of the game for awhile.
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