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Odin Stock ROM Flash - Infinite Boot

I downloaded a stock ROM from a post here and used ODIN to flash it. Everything seemed fine in ODIN, said it passed, etc, rebooted. But then it kept booting. I see the Samsung logo, then the T-Mo logo. I've tried to get back into download mode, but when I do it either shows the battery charging or the infinite boot.
Any ideas..?
I downloaded 4.1.1 from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380
Extracted, used the tar.md5 in PDA, had Auto Reboot and F.reset checked.

LaughingMoose said:
I downloaded a stock ROM from a post here and used ODIN to flash it. Everything seemed fine in ODIN, said it passed, etc, rebooted. But then it kept booting. I see the Samsung logo, then the T-Mo logo. I've tried to get back into download mode, but when I do it either shows the battery charging or the infinite boot.
Any ideas..?
I downloaded 4.1.1 from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102380
Extracted, used the tar.md5 in PDA, had Auto Reboot and F.reset checked.
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do it again download this one here. dont download the update download the SamFirmware. from there you do whatever you want. for some reason i like using odin v. 1.85. whatever works with you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33593344#post33593344

culua said:
do it again download this one here. dont download the update download the SamFirmware. from there you do whatever you want. for some reason i like using odin v. 1.85. whatever works with you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33593344#post33593344
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Thanks.
I got into Download mode, but when I try to flash ROMs, ODIN gets caught up on "SetupConnection"

I got it to install the ROM, but it's stuck at the glowing Samsung boot screen. It's moving, so it's not frozen. ODIN said PASS, succeed 1 / failed 0.

LaughingMoose said:
I got it to install the ROM, but it's stuck at the glowing Samsung boot screen. It's moving, so it's not frozen. ODIN said PASS, succeed 1 / failed 0.
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Maybe you have to wait a little longer? Is your phone tmoble t889? I thought flashing office rom will fix the issue.
By the way can you get into recovery? If you can try to factory reset it?
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[Q] Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please help!

Noob here, please be patient.
Samsung SGH-T989D was running CM 9. Did a factory reset as I was planing to sell the phone, but once I did that the phone was stuck in a loop at the boot logo.
Tried upgrading via recovery mode to the new CM 10, but was still stuck in boot loop.
Tried clearing cache, etc...but nothing would work.
So I downloaded the newest stock Telus ROM, put the phone into download mode and used Odin to flash - however Odin failed.
Now the phone won't start and I immediately get the following message: "Firmware upgrade encounted an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again".
I tried Kies recovery mode but it does not see my phone. Odin still sees it, but wont flash it.
I found this thread for the S2 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458.
But I have not been able to find one for the S2x.. Where would I find the bootloader and kernel to flash as it explains in the above guide...
Or maybe someone has other advice?
Thanks for your help!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2076939
Lots of stuff the t989 there. Just be sure you actually have the t989 or t989d.
Or look through our dev section for probably more up to date stuff.
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Forget the other thread you found. That's not our phone and anything there that you flash could brick your phone!!
Sent from my cell phone telephone

fruzmatik said:
Noob here, please be patient.
Samsung SGH-T989D was running CM 9. Did a factory reset as I was planing to sell the phone, but once I did that the phone was stuck in a loop at the boot logo.
Tried upgrading via recovery mode to the new CM 10, but was still stuck in boot loop.
Tried clearing cache, etc...but nothing would work.
So I downloaded the newest stock Telus ROM, put the phone into download mode and used Odin to flash - however Odin failed.
Now the phone won't start and I immediately get the following message: "Firmware upgrade encounted an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again".
I tried Kies recovery mode but it does not see my phone. Odin still sees it, but wont flash it.
I found this thread for the S2 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457458.
But I have not been able to find one for the S2x.. Where would I find the bootloader and kernel to flash as it explains in the above guide...
Or maybe someone has other advice?
Thanks for your help!!
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All u need to do is download Odin 1.85 to ur PC, then go to http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/hercules and download the twrp 2.6.6.0.tar.md5 to ur PC, power ur phone on in download mode, the same screen will come up "firmware...issue", kids will do nothing for this and u will need to make sure kids is NOT RUNNING. Odin will not see the device if kies is running at all, now open the Odin program and connect the phone to PC using OEM factory USB cable, on Odin it should say "added", now click the box PDA, find the twrp file u downloaded b4, click on that file and then hit start in Odin, DO NOT CHECK ANYTHING ELSE... Let Odin do its thing and u will be fine, Odin will reboot the phone and u will now have twrp recovery, boot to recovery to finish rooting process
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soupysoup said:
All u need to do is download Odin 1.85 to ur PC, then go to and download the twrp 2.6.6.0.tar.md5 to ur PC, power ur phone on in download mode, the same screen will come up "firmware...issue", kids will do nothing for this and u will need to make sure kids is NOT RUNNING. Odin will not see the device if kies is running at all, now open the Odin program and connect the phone to PC using OEM factory USB cable, on Odin it should say "added", now click the box PDA, find the twrp file u downloaded b4, click on that file and then hit start in Odin, DO NOT CHECK ANYTHING ELSE... Let Odin do its thing and u will be fine, Odin will reboot the phone and u will now have twrp recovery, boot to recovery to finish rooting process
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Went to the site you linked but there is no twrp 2.6.6.0.tar.md5
I downloaded openrecovcery-twrp-2.6.0.0-hercules.tar
However, in Odin it still wont flash the phone (I closed all Kies processes beforehand).
This is all that happens - just hangs here...
<ID:0/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..
<ID:0/003> File analysis..
<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

kj2112 said:
Forget the other thread you found. That's not our phone and anything there that you flash could brick your phone!!
Sent from my cell phone telephone
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I wasnt going to use the files from the other thread, I just assumed I could try this procedure once I got the correct files for the SGH-T989D:
Recovering a soft bricked phone
1) Grab the Recovery Package, and you'll see a bunch of .tar files. Take a look at the names. You'll see CODE, MODEM, CSC and .PIT. Put each one in its place.
2) Turn off your phone. Enter Download mode by presing Volume Down + Home + Power button.
3) Plug in your phone. It will show you, in a yellow box in ODIN, ID:COMx (x being the number displayed, sometimes displays 7, sometimes displays 9)
Now here, take a breath
First try flashing WITHOUT the .PIT and re-partition. And only if it DOESN'T WORK OR FIX then you flash with the .PIT and Re-Partition ticked.
4) Once ready and done all your prayers, press Start. Wait patiently. It usually takes 5 minutes to flash.
Have you done everything correctly until now? Then...
Congratulations on recovering your phone!
You deserve some cake afterwards, and some rest
Now, if your problem is the NAND rw coruption, and wasn't fixed by the above fix, then follow these steps :
5) Download the Kernel. Flash it in PDA. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
6) Successful? Nice, hope is still present.
7) Flash the recovery package, following steps 1-4 This should fix your issue. If it does not, then :
WARNING : FLASHING A BOOTLOADER IS DANGEROUS. FLASH WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
8) Download the Bootloader. Flash it as PDA or Bootloader in ODIN. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
9) Flash the Kernel, as in step 5
10) Flash the recovery package, like in steps 1-4 And that will fix any of your issues
11) After you have recovered your phone, I advise you to have your phone completely up to date by browsing and downloading the firmware for your version through SamMobile!

fruzmatik said:
I wasnt going to use the files from the other thread, I just assumed I could try this procedure once I got the correct files for the SGH-T989D:
Recovering a soft bricked phone
1) Grab the Recovery Package, and you'll see a bunch of .tar files. Take a look at the names. You'll see CODE, MODEM, CSC and .PIT. Put each one in its place.
2) Turn off your phone. Enter Download mode by presing Volume Down + Home + Power button.
3) Plug in your phone. It will show you, in a yellow box in ODIN, ID:COMx (x being the number displayed, sometimes displays 7, sometimes displays 9)
Now here, take a breath
First try flashing WITHOUT the .PIT and re-partition. And only if it DOESN'T WORK OR FIX then you flash with the .PIT and Re-Partition ticked.
4) Once ready and done all your prayers, press Start. Wait patiently. It usually takes 5 minutes to flash.
Have you done everything correctly until now? Then...
Congratulations on recovering your phone!
You deserve some cake afterwards, and some rest
Now, if your problem is the NAND rw coruption, and wasn't fixed by the above fix, then follow these steps :
5) Download the Kernel. Flash it in PDA. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
6) Successful? Nice, hope is still present.
7) Flash the recovery package, following steps 1-4 This should fix your issue. If it does not, then :
WARNING : FLASHING A BOOTLOADER IS DANGEROUS. FLASH WITH EXTREME CAUTION.
8) Download the Bootloader. Flash it as PDA or Bootloader in ODIN. Without ticking Re-Partitioning
9) Flash the Kernel, as in step 5
10) Flash the recovery package, like in steps 1-4 And that will fix any of your issues
11) After you have recovered your phone, I advise you to have your phone completely up to date by browsing and downloading the firmware for your version through SamMobile!
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Make sure u have the stock USB cord, and remove kies totally from ur PC, even if u think its not running it still may interfere with Odin, do not, do not touch anything on Odin besides PDA, and as long as u download the recovery tar file from the link I gave u, have the factory cable, and are in Odin it will work, try diff com ports on ur PC, mine likes com5 urs may be different, I had the exact same issue and freaked out like I assume u did and this was how I fixed it, u do not have a soft brick, u have a firmware malfunction, the guide for soft brick won't help u, try twrp 2.4, that's the one that fixed mine, if u need help pm me or hangouts an I'll walk u through it step by step...
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soupysoup said:
Make sure u have the stock USB cord, and remove kies totally from ur PC, even if u think its not running it still may interfere with Odin, do not, do not touch anything on Odin besides PDA, and as long as u download the recovery tar file from the link I gave u, have the factory cable, and are in Odin it will work, try diff com ports on ur PC, mine likes com5 urs may be different, I had the exact same issue and freaked out like I assume u did and this was how I fixed it, u do not have a soft brick, u have a firmware malfunction, the guide for soft brick won't help u, try twrp 2.4, that's the one that fixed mine, if u need help pm me or hangouts an I'll walk u through it step by step...
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Thanks! Switched to a different computer and had no issues flashing.

fruzmatik said:
Thanks! Switched to a different computer and had no issues flashing.
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Glad I could help, sometimes even if u think kies isn't affecting odin it just might be, happy I could be of assist, hit that thanks button if u like lol
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Soft Brick SGH-T999

hi all,
ive been searching all night for help with this issue but I don't know what to do.
this is an SGH-t999 currently the phone is soft bricked stuck on the kies screen after I tried to root the phone using a root method that was supposed to work..-_- anyway,
im currently trying to download the latest stock image but it will take about 5 hours to download. im hoping that maybe within that time someone can point me in the right direction.
when im on download mode the phone says custome binary 3 counts. any help would be gladly appreciated.

ibuddha said:
hi all,
ive been searching all night for help with this issue but I don't know what to do.
this is an SGH-t999 currently the phone is soft bricked stuck on the kies screen after I tried to root the phone using a root method that was supposed to work..-_- anyway,
im currently trying to download the latest stock image but it will take about 5 hours to download. im hoping that maybe within that time someone can point me in the right direction.
when im on download mode the phone says custome binary 3 counts. any help would be gladly appreciated.
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When you launch Odin, you still able to communicate with your phone? If are, then you can try to reflash back using the Stock 4.1.2 image. My phone is still having issues too so I'm just trying to go back to something that I know will work.

wesc16 said:
When you launch Odin, you still able to communicate with your phone? If are, then you can try to reflash back using the Stock 4.1.2 image. My phone is still having issues too so I'm just trying to go back to something that I know will work.
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I can communicate with Odin yes. I'm still able to place the phone into download mode and Odin recognizes it. do you have a link for the stock img? like I said im currently trying to download the very latest stock update image for 4.3 but it will be a few more hours. -_-

ibuddha said:
I can communicate with Odin yes. I'm still able to place the phone into download mode and Odin recognizes it. do you have a link for the stock img? like I said im currently trying to download the very latest stock update image for 4.3 but it will be a few more hours. -_-
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Here's the link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
I'm pretty sure you ran into the same problem as me. I've been working on this ALL DAY and it's my birthday. You have no idea how stressed out I've been since I woke up lol. Anyways, I think I figured out what happened.
When I was flashing the stock image of 4.3 via Odin, my phone never actually cleaned out the previous system image. I confirmed this by flashing TWRP via Odin and performed a factory reset/system wipe. Once I confirmed that this was actually executed, then I reflashed my phone using the Official 4.3 stock. I read in another thread that you're supposed to uncheck Auto-Reboot but I forgot to (I don't think this step matters very much). Anyways, once the image was downloaded, I left the USB cable plugged in and made sure that Odin changes the status from RESET to PASS. Once it reports this status, it shouldn't take more than 5 min for it to go pass the boot screen (Samsung Logo).
I'm speaking of this purely from my experience today. Believe me, I've been working on this for the last 6 hours researching and reflashing my phone. I tripped the warranty counter and my flash counter is at 9. Best of luck to you

@ibuddha, @wesc16, After you odin a stock md5 img or a root66 md5 img you need to factory reset or wipe data from the stock recovery. You can do this by pressing the volume up and the home button while powering up. Then you can reboot and boot up just fine.
If you odin to 4.3 dont try to odin to anything lower it could brick your device.

I have this issue. I was using CyanogenMod latest update. I tried using Odin to reinstall the stock tmobile rom (wanted wifi calling), now my phone wont boot past the Samsung logo. I can get into booting mode , but holding volume up, power, home screen phone will not go into recovery. I tried multiple roms (forgot them all) Odin will pass them all, still wont boot.

Try flashing cwm or twrp recovery, then reboot to recovery as instructed by sswb27 above.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Try flashing cwm or twrp recovery, then reboot to recovery as instructed by sswb27 above.
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I'm getting this in Odin
<ID:0/005> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid
<OSM> openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.0-d2tmo.tar.md5 is invalid.
<OSM> End...
I've downloaded 2 different TWRP .tar files

Its failing the md5 checksum indicating a corrupted download. I just uploaded some new ones last night. Try twrp 2 8.0.1 or 2.7.1.0.
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delete

???
So did you figure it out then??
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I know this is an older thread but I have similar issue with wife's SGH-T999L but it soft bricked itself after factory reset now stuck in boot loop on tmo logo animation . It has done this multiple times before. we've always had problems with this device I have to factory reset it every time she fills up with photos. The device never recognizes that the pics have been backed up and deleted will say it has insufficient memory please delete until it gets reset. First time it magically figured itself out, second time I just flashed stock firmware let the boot-loop kill the battery charged it up and it booted fine. tried again last night no go. I will try it again tonight with TWRP. It's time to finally root will probably root66 at the same time since i cant boot the phone up to use towelroot. Trying to find a efficient ROM for the T999L if anyone has any ideas.

[Q] flashed stock image using ODIN, stuck at boot at "Samsung". assistance requested

[Q] flashed stock image using ODIN, stuck at boot at "Samsung". assistance requested
My wife's phone T989 stopped working during the week previously running one of the custom ROMs for Jedi Mind Trick. Unable to put or enter custom recovery i have restarted the phone to put into download mode, run Odin 3.07 and flashed factory stock image for the phone. Odin recognizes the phone, and completes the flash successfully. phone reboots but always stuck at samsung screen (just the letters, not the animation). the previous ways to get phone into download mode (power + volume buttons do not work), however, i can get it into download mode but doing volume and usb connection on power up. Odin still sees the phone fine and allows me to reflash factory image.
Any hints of where to look at next? is locating proper PIT file my next setp?
Thank you for your help

if it helps, here is what I see in the download mode
What I see in the ODIN mode
ODIN MODE
PRODUC NAME :SGH-989
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY :Samsung Official

odin stock
EngChi said:
What I see in the ODIN mode
ODIN MODE
PRODUC NAME :SGH-989
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY :Samsung Official
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try this- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
or this- http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-t-mobile/628449-how-odin-any-stock-rom.html
make sure you use correct odin-follow close you should be good

no luck so far
Fasted12 said:
try this- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414341
or this- http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-t-mobile/628449-how-odin-any-stock-rom.html
make sure you use correct odin-follow close you should be good
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Thank you. no luck so far. I used ODIN 1.85 to flush stock image. everything worked without error, phone restart and is stuck at the same Samsung screen it was stuck before (waited for 1.5 hours to confirm).
The image i am trying to flush T989UVLE1_T989TMBLE1_T989UVLE1_HOME.tar.md5
My next attempt would be to flash T989UVMC6_T989TMB_T989UVMC6_HOME.tar.md5 images.
Any other thoughts?

Got it to work
If it would help anyone - used ODIN 3.07 and T989UVMC6_T989TMB_T989UVMC6_HOME.tar.md5 , flashed but did not wait for the phone to finish reboot. entered recovery, flashed system data to remove boot loop and got the phone to finish booting.
Thanks to all who helped!

[Q] ODIN Root issue

Please Note: I am not a complete Noob.
I was running the Root 666 Odin Flashed Stock Rom. I was already rooted and everything was fine, I wanted to update with a Tmobile OTA. The Phone said it was ready to upgrade, I went ahead and did the upgrade. when I was in recovery I pushed the back botton to go back to a previuos screen. However the phone rebooted, when the phone came on: It gave me a message that the upgrade was unseccesfuly.
Now the phone has lost Super User (app still there but no files to support it, so it closes automaticly), lost my custom recovery, and I am still on 4.1.1
when I tried to ODIN flash the new Root 666, the phone goes into a Manuel Stock Recovery. (there is no triangle anymore)
Odin recognizes the phone, but does not flash. The lines inside Odin, shows when the phone is connected. I clicked the PDA botton, and then Start. HOWEVER - Odin says it has compeleted, but takes less than 1 second; And the final line say ( completed 0 / Failed 0)
there is no change after I reboot, I don't know what else to try. I also tried to use Terminal Elmulator and the recovery file, but was also unseccesful with this method.
can someone please help, I need Root for various reasons. I don't want to lose it. PLEASE HELP!

Can you flash Custom Recovery and then flash SuperSU zip that way.
If you are planning on flashing Root66, flash the 4.1.1 Root66 alone. Don't flash the latest 4.3 Root66 unless you know what you are getting into. ( Read Knox, Efuse and Warranty Bit)

Where doni find the zip files, will u please send me a link. Or name the thread where i can go to. Very much appreciate the advise, btw.
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Check my Sig for links.

Hello Doc, I tried to flash the files from your signature. However I got an error message for both the cwm and su files. I picked the latest ones on ur page. While in stock recovery. The phone said failed to verify whole signature file.
Should I have picked an older file? And if so how do I know which one is the correct file for my phone. I have a Tmobile T999 running 4.1.1
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You flash CWM or TWRP with Odin or Mobile Odin. Once that's successful, THEN you flash the SuperSU zip file after booting into CWM or TWRP.
Neither can be flashed with Stock Recovery.

@Perseus71 - I am having a problem with ODIN, its not flashing my phone (with all due respect) I had stated that in the original question. Mobile Odin says i need Root to work. I lost both CWM and SU when I tried to upgrade. Im still running 4.1.1. the first time i rooted the phone all i did was pick the file with the PDA button the hit start.
I tried flashing root 666, i tried flashing the recovery file by its self. Odin says:
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> CWM_Touch_6.0.4.5.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
nothing happens after that. no change.

1. Make sure you have Odin version 3.07 or newer.
2. Make sure the Phone was in Download mode when you plugged in. If it was in download mode, check your drivers. Doc's signature has correct drivers.

Greetings from the land of 4.3 rooted . I want to thank u all for advise. I finally figured out what in was doing wrong. Thanks again!!
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Care to post what it was here? That way if someone comes across this thread with the same problem theyll know what to do. Thx!
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Well I was going into recovery, when I should have been going into download mode. I know its retarded (complete noob move)
Download mode is = volume DOWN + home + power
Recovery mode is = volume UP + home + power
it took me a while to notice, maybe because I flash a lot of roms. I would automatically went straight to Recovery, I read the post over and over Until I noticed there was a difference between the two. I already had root, you would of thought th second time around it would be easier. Just another example of why WE (noobs) all need to read and follow directions carefully.
thanks again.

Thanks for the explanation! Trust me you are not the first and wont be the last to make a similar mistake! So that post may end up helping others. Glad you figured it out!
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