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[Q] Bricked Note 2?

First and foremost, thank you for any help and advise at all.
Had 4.3 ota.... Flashed cwm thru odin. Restarted the phone, it will not boot past the "samsung galaxy note 2" screen. Flashed stock rom thru odin, still stuck at the samsung note 2 screen. I can get into download mode with no issues whatsoever. I cannot get into recovery mode, whether stock or cwm. Nothing. Can I flash another 4.3 or 4.4 rom thru odin? I just need my phone working again..... thanks gentlemen

Also, I have tried flashing back to stock with odin, I have tried flashing to and earlier version with odin. Nothing. As stated above, I can get into download mode. I cannot get into recovery of any kind. Also, I have no idea how to enter emergency recovery mode to try and restore with kies...... I am lost and have a paper weight as of now thanks again guys

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581321
This is the only known method so far and it is not working for everyone but at this point I'd say it is your best and only hope.
Did you thank your Developer today?

Thanks.... Tried that but nothing still samsung note 2 screen only...... Downloading newest odin and a 4.3 stock rom, we shall see......

solomon316 said:
Thanks.... Tried that but nothing still samsung note 2 screen only...... Downloading newest odin and a 4.3 stock rom, we shall see......
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Where I can get those 4.3 stock and odin?

https://mega.co.nz/#!bg4QVLqI!H-nB_jZlsStgzcF4POd432atbOVHwkzrOPIeHQPOQUQ

Ok, guys, finally made some if little progress..... got the phone into kies firmware recovery mode........ now, I'm still waiting for kies to recognize my note 2 been connecting for 5 minutes now...... If it would just see the phone I could do the emergency recover (HOPEFULLY) and waiting.......

And still waiting for kies to connect to my note 2.......

solomon316 said:
And still waiting for kies to connect to my note 2.......
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It wont connect!! Stop wasting your time.... I've been there.......................

Rooted 4.3 OTA?
solomon316 said:
First and foremost, thank you for any help and advise at all.
Had 4.3 ota.... Flashed cwm thru odin. Restarted the phone, it will not boot past the "samsung galaxy note 2" screen. Flashed stock rom thru odin, still stuck at the samsung note 2 screen. I can get into download mode with no issues whatsoever. I cannot get into recovery mode, whether stock or cwm. Nothing. Can I flash another 4.3 or 4.4 rom thru odin? I just need my phone working again..... thanks gentlemen
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Was your 4.3 OTA rooted before you flashed CWM?

I'm having similar issues. Stuck on the Note II screen, and no recovery. I have only ever had stock recovery. I can get into download mode, but ven after using Odin to get back to stock, I have the same issue. I assume this has something to do with the boot loader. Does anyone have a fix for this?

Use Kies to emergency recover back to stock 4.1.1.
Steps. (READ ALL BEFORE STARTING)
1.) Downloads Kies onto your pc
2.) Install drivers to pic
3.) Open Kies and go to TOOLS > instal/upgrade firmware.
4.) Kies will ask you for you device model. AT&T = SHE I317. And your serial number. Located behind the battery.
5.) Hit start in Kies it will down load the stock firmware to your PC. Follow the instructions.
6.) It will eventually ask you to put your phone in download mode and connect it to the pc. Do this.
7.) Don't touch it. It is going to take about 10-20 min depending on your Internet speed and your computer.
When it is complete your phone will be back to stock. The same it was the day you pulled it out of the box.
***I would also make sure you back up any data on your phone because it will delete the sd card. It is also wise to remove any external storage sd.
****when finished you can re root using cf auto root or take the OTA update to get you back to 4.3.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app

ShrekOpher said:
Use Kies to emergency recover back to stock 4.1.1.
Steps. (READ ALL BEFORE STARTING)
1.) Downloads Kies onto your pc
2.) Install drivers to pic
3.) Open Kies and go to TOOLS > instal/upgrade firmware.
4.) Kies will ask you for you device model. AT&T = SHE I317. And your serial number. Located behind the battery.
5.) Hit start in Kies it will down load the stock firmware to your PC. Follow the instructions.
6.) It will eventually ask you to put your phone in download mode and connect it to the pc. Do this.
7.) Don't touch it. It is going to take about 10-20 min depending on your Internet speed and your computer.
When it is complete your phone will be back to stock. The same it was the day you pulled it out of the box.
***I would also make sure you back up any data on your phone because it will delete the sd card. It is also wise to remove any external storage sd.
****when finished you can re root using cf auto root or take the OTA update to get you back to 4.3.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app
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Kies doesnt work. It does the whole process and then fails with an error message and put the phone in emergency recovery mode but does not give you a recovery code.

What is the error you get in Kies?
If you are using Kies correctly it should work. It is designed to completely restore your phone.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app

ShrekOpher said:
Use Kies to emergency recover back to stock 4.1.1.
Steps. (READ ALL BEFORE STARTING)
1.) Downloads Kies onto your pc
2.) Install drivers to pic
3.) Open Kies and go to TOOLS > instal/upgrade firmware.
4.) Kies will ask you for you device model. AT&T = SHE I317. And your serial number. Located behind the battery.
5.) Hit start in Kies it will down load the stock firmware to your PC. Follow the instructions.
6.) It will eventually ask you to put your phone in download mode and connect it to the pc. Do this.
7.) Don't touch it. It is going to take about 10-20 min depending on your Internet speed and your computer.
When it is complete your phone will be back to stock. The same it was the day you pulled it out of the box.
***I would also make sure you back up any data on your phone because it will delete the sd card. It is also wise to remove any external storage sd.
****when finished you can re root using cf auto root or take the OTA update to get you back to 4.3.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app
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It does not take my phone model number "sgh i317".
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ShrekOpher said:
Use Kies to emergency recover back to stock 4.1.1.
Steps. (READ ALL BEFORE STARTING)
1.) Downloads Kies onto your pc
2.) Install drivers to pic
3.) Open Kies and go to TOOLS > instal/upgrade firmware.
4.) Kies will ask you for you device model. AT&T = SHE I317. And your serial number. Located behind the battery.
5.) Hit start in Kies it will down load the stock firmware to your PC. Follow the instructions.
6.) It will eventually ask you to put your phone in download mode and connect it to the pc. Do this.
7.) Don't touch it. It is going to take about 10-20 min depending on your Internet speed and your computer.
When it is complete your phone will be back to stock. The same it was the day you pulled it out of the box.
***I would also make sure you back up any data on your phone because it will delete the sd card. It is also wise to remove any external storage sd.
****when finished you can re root using cf auto root or take the OTA update to get you back to 4.3.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda app-developers app
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It gives you an error! It does not say what kind of error, it said, just an error, and contact Samsung support.
Yet, on phone display I am getting : "Unsupported Version" in red message.
So, I am guessing - THIS is a good way to recover your Note2 IF, and only IF your phone is NOT bricked.
Damn, I am very close to smash that thing into the wall.................
Lets arrange the facts, BC there must be the way out................
One CAN get back from 4.3 (or even from 4.4) to 4.1.1. I know i did.
All was fine until receiving first OTA update to 4.1.2
And this is when one got stock in white letters Galaxy Note II screen............any ideas why?

fuzio1963 said:
It does not take my phone model number "sgh i317".
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It gives you an error! It does not say what kind of error, it said, just an error, and contact Samsung support.
Yet, on phone display I am getting : "Unsupported Version" in red message.
So, I am guessing - THIS is a good way to recover your Note2 IF, and only IF your phone is NOT bricked.
Damn, I am very close to smash that thing into the wall.................
Lets arrange the facts, BC there must be the way out................
One CAN get back from 4.3 (or even from 4.4) to 4.1.1. I know i did.
All was fine until receiving first OTA update to 4.1.2
And this is when one got stock in white letters Galaxy Note II screen............any ideas why?
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OKAY GUYS!!!! SOLUTION FOUND!!!!
Just un-zip, and install this http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291677024 in ODIN 3.07
Finally, it worked for me!!!!

fuzio1963 said:
OKAY GUYS!!!! SOLUTION FOUND!!!!
Just un-zip, and install this http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291677024 in ODIN 3.07
Finally, it worked for me!!!!
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I can confirm this worked. Phone is no longer bricked.

fuzio1963 said:
OKAY GUYS!!!! SOLUTION FOUND!!!!
Just un-zip, and install this http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291677024 in ODIN 3.07
Finally, it worked for me!!!!
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Not sure how you came to try this but great job. I did massive testing yesterday with Zen trying to get from stock LJ2 ODIN, all the way to the 4.3 update.
I never thought it was possible, but encountered the same problem of not being able to get to recovery. Regardless of what I tried.
Luckily I remembered you and found this.
That was crazy, I thought my phone was toast. Thanks again.

Had a similar experience recently moving to jedi master x2
After reboot I was left staring at the galaxy note 2 screen for an hour.
Nothing I would typically have done worked including a restore of my nandroid.
So i went back to basics.
Used Odin 2.85
Switched to CWM from TWRP(i prefer and am back on TWRP)
From CWM I was able to finally install the rom and get to swipe screen.
I was still anxious on boot and it took a while though.
good luck

You rocked. This worked absolutely fine. Where did you find this file.
dicksteele said:
Not sure how you came to try this but great job. I did massive testing yesterday with Zen trying to get from stock LJ2 ODIN, all the way to the 4.3 update.
I never thought it was possible, but encountered the same problem of not being able to get to recovery. Regardless of what I tried.
Luckily I remembered you and found this.
That was crazy, I thought my phone was toast. Thanks again.
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This worked absolutely fine. Even I was stuck on Samsung logo and dint know wat to do I just flashed this file via odin 3.07 and my phone started like a charm. Thanks a lot

[Q] Help! Note 2 bootloop, no recovery

Hey, so my note 2 (sgh-i317m variant) running 4.3 is stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot boot into recovery (it just stays at the samsung screen). What I believe caused this is the fact that I originally had it rooted, but flashed back to stock via odin to update to 4.3. Then I proceeded to re root it via odin and the cf auto root, however I forgot to factory reset before doing this. Now its stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot even get it into recovery mode. I can get it into download mode but whenever I try reflashing the stock rom (I have two different ones) neither of them work and Odin just displays "fail". I really dont know what else to do, hoping someone will know, thanks in advance.

Friend, try Google for KIES3. After installation under the Menu bar..look into something recoveries..
There you'll need to enter your model and serial no.
Boot your hp to DOWNLOAD MODE and plug to your usb. Then let KIES do its work.
Hope it helps

53N53L355 said:
Friend, try Google for KIES3. After installation under the Menu bar..look into something recoveries..
There you'll need to enter your model and serial no.
Boot your hp to DOWNLOAD MODE and plug to your usb. Then let KIES do its work.
Hope it helps
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That didnt work

Mbrar15 said:
Hey, so my note 2 (sgh-i317m variant) running 4.3 is stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot boot into recovery (it just stays at the samsung screen). What I believe caused this is the fact that I originally had it rooted, but flashed back to stock via odin to update to 4.3. Then I proceeded to re root it via odin and the cf auto root, however I forgot to factory reset before doing this. Now its stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot even get it into recovery mode. I can get it into download mode but whenever I try reflashing the stock rom (I have two different ones) neither of them work and Odin just displays "fail". I really dont know what else to do, hoping someone will know, thanks in advance.
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POST the complete ODIN log here.

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Mbrar15 said:
Hey, so my note 2 (sgh-i317m variant) running 4.3 is stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot boot into recovery (it just stays at the samsung screen). What I believe caused this is the fact that I originally had it rooted, but flashed back to stock via odin to update to 4.3. Then I proceeded to re root it via odin and the cf auto root, however I forgot to factory reset before doing this. Now its stuck on the samsung screen and I cannot even get it into recovery mode. I can get it into download mode but whenever I try reflashing the stock rom (I have two different ones) neither of them work and Odin just displays "fail". I really dont know what else to do, hoping someone will know, thanks in advance.
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Did you end up figuring it out?

[Q] Galaxy SIII SGH-I747 strange softbrick?

So This is my first time posting on any forum site for help, and i was refereed to XDA by my roommate. so what happened is a few months ago i asked my roommate to root my galaxy s3 SGH-I747, after he rooted it through odin and all seemed well, BUT we never could get the phone to recognize the root and was still unable to access any root functions. so after a few different attempts we gave up. i assumed that my roommate had removed the root (bad call) but never gave it any thought. a few days ago at&t started bugging me with a software update. i just hit ignore and it would pop up again in a few hours and the icon would never go away. so i gave in and started the update. i didnt pay the phone any attention while it "updated" but later that morning i went to turn it back on and it would get to the Samsung screen then the next screen but after that it goes black and vibrates. i showed it to my roommate and he informed me that it was never restored back to official frimware like i had previously assumed. and that it never should have received the update bc it was still on a custom frimware. we tried flashing the stock frimware back on the phone and every time it would fail the nand write. i believe it was updated to 4.4.2 before i received the update from AT&T and we tried many different ways too restore it i even tried the recovery in Kies 3 but all it says is "connecting" then connection failed. so far nothing has worked. i believe that the update contained android 5.0 and maybe that is the reason none of the other ways we tried worked. i have been researching for hours trying to find a similar case but nothing matches, and i cant find a single working solution that doesn't involve possible making it worse. i can access both the recovery and download modes. please any information or help would be greatly appreciated.

Flash a custom recovery such as Philz Touch via Odin, install cm10.2 via your custom recovery. This should get the phone booted so you can determine the bootloader version on your phone. The NAND error is due to the fact that you are trying to downgrade the bootloader in Odin. Don't flash anything with Odin until you determine the bootloader. Doing so could hard brick your phone.

audit13 said:
Flash a custom recovery such as Philz Touch via Odin, install cm10.2 via your custom recovery. This should get the phone booted so you can determine the bootloader version on your phone. The NAND error is due to the fact that you are trying to downgrade the bootloader in Odin. Don't flash anything with Odin until you determine the bootloader. Doing so could hard brick your phone.
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firstly, thanks for the fast help. i did as you advised and flashed philz touch 6.15.4 which is the latest version from what i understand. that worked flawlessly. the problem now, is with cm10.2 every time ive tried to install it i get an error in /storage/sdcard1/cm-10.2.0-d2att.zip.
im sure im doing everything correctly. any ideas?

Try flashing an older CM11 ROM for the d2lte.

audit13 said:
Try flashing an older CM11 ROM for the d2lte.
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thanks so much man youve been a big help that worked.

SG4 in 4.4.4 stock ROM is looping on grey battery icon.

So this happened about a month ago. The battery drained and when I left it charging I noticed that it was vibrating and showing the grey battery icon and this loops. I have the CMR Recovery v6.0.4.7 and can only access it when connected to the wall charger. I have left it a while on CMR while connected to the wall to see if it need charging but it just does the same thing when trying to boot. I have wiped cache, dalvik cache and selected the "Fix root" option before rebooting and nothing. I have not tried to flash a ROM in fear of bricking it. I made it as far as the "Upgrading Apps" window before fully booting but it turned off. I searched a bit and some people blame a faulty USB Port and/or power switch. I have no problem in buying and replacing the USB port and the power switch, though I don't have soldering tools for the power switch. But since I don't know what the issue is exactly I haven't rushed to buy the USB port replacement. So, the question is: is it a software or hardware problem and can it be fixed? I hope this is a software issue so it can be easier to solve.

I suggest putting the phone into download mode and see if Odin recognises the phone. If it does, I would flash the latest stock rom.

audit13 said:
I suggest putting the phone into download mode and see if Odin recognises the phone. If it does, I would flash the latest stock rom.
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Odin does recognize the phone on Download Mode. So, what you are saying is to flash the latest non-rooted ROM (OFW), correct? Like the tar files found in sites like SamMobile? That won't remove my root nor custom recovery, right? Kinda of a newb question even though I kinda know the answer, but I just want to make sure.

Flashing a stock ROM will always remove root and twrp.

audit13 said:
Flashing a stock ROM will always remove root and twrp.
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Hi. So, I flashed the latest stock ROM that is available on SamMobile and it fails in Odin. Now when I plug the phone without going to Download Mode its says something about recovery mode in Kies and and a firmware upgrade issue. What is happening? Thank for your responses, btw.
What I downloaded was a zip titled "SGH-M919-TMB-M919UVUAMDL-1366964131" and inside is and tar.md5 file called "M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_M919UVUAMDL_HOME.tar". There on the same folder as Odin.

What error message was displayed in the Odin log?
Post the entire Odin log if possible. This will help to determine the issue.
You confirmed that the phone is an sgh-m919 in download mode?
Even though you turn on the phone and see the message"...firmware upgrade encountered an error...", Odin can still be usedto flash a stock ROM as if the phone was in download mode.
The MDL firmware is too old. Try flashing the latest ROM.

Erase some apk with adb and stuck on reboot

Hi! I hope some one knows how to restore apk on a Galaxy S9 plus
I was trying to get rid of Bixby and erase some apks using adb app control, I have a backup of the apks in the computer, the problem right now it's that the phone has many photos and most of them are important , I would like to know if there is a way to avoid wipe data/ factory reset, via adb or Odin.
I'm stuck on loop after the operator logo.
It doesn't boot in safe mode.
I already have android 10 ROM but I'm afraid that if I flash it with Odin , it will wipe the user data, if there is way to Just update, or restore this files please let me know.
Thank you very much for you help.

dr.rokr said:
Hi! I hope some one knows how to restore apk on a Galaxy S9 plus
I was trying to get rid of Bixby and erase some apks using adb app control, I have a backup of the apks in the computer, the problem right now it's that the phone has many photos and most of them are important , I would like to know if there is a way to avoid wipe data/ factory reset, via adb or Odin.
I'm stuck on loop after the operator logo.
It doesn't boot in safe mode.
I already have android 10 ROM but I'm afraid that if I flash it with Odin , it will wipe the user data, if there is way to Just update, or restore this files please let me know.
Thank you
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put phone in recovery mode. flash official firmware using odin. use The BL,AP,CP files and for the CSC use the one marked HOME.

TormentedHeart said:
put phone in recovery mode. flash official firmware using odin. use The BL,AP,CP files and for the CSC use the one marked HOME.
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Hi! I have tried several times, and I get failure to start, the phone is detected but the flash doesn't initiate, sometimes I get this screen, sometimes it says fail .
I have installed Samsung USB drivers, from the
Samsung Android USB Driver | Samsung Developers
You need the driver only if you are developing on Windows and want to connect a Samsung Android device to your development environment over USB.
developer.samsung.com
And Odin from here
Patched Odin 3.13.1
For those looking for a modified, modded, or patched odin that is a newer build than all the fake and renamed prince comsy 3.12.3 versions floating around. I patch recent Odin versions to offer similar functionality to the princecomsy; in that...
forum.xda-developers.com
I used the original Samsung USB cable and tried the 3 USB ports in the laptop
What else can be happening?
Thank you very much!

dr.rokr said:
Hi! I have tried several times, and I get failure to start, the phone is detected but the flash doesn't initiate, sometimes I get this screen, sometimes it says fail .
I have installed Samsung USB drivers, from the
Samsung Android USB Driver | Samsung Developers
You need the driver only if you are developing on Windows and want to connect a Samsung Android device to your development environment over USB.
developer.samsung.com
And Odin from here
Patched Odin 3.13.1
For those looking for a modified, modded, or patched odin that is a newer build than all the fake and renamed prince comsy 3.12.3 versions floating around. I patch recent Odin versions to offer similar functionality to the princecomsy; in that...
forum.xda-developers.com
I used the original Samsung USB cable and tryed the 3 USB ports in the laptop
What else can be happening?
Thank you very much!
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did you try booting into the download mode twice?
Once and then again and then start the odin.
I had to do that.
I had to flash the official firmware myself because my phone keeps crashing on the homescreen.
Didnt solve it but I did flash it properly.

bruno2030 said:
did you try booting into the download mode twice?
Once and then again and then start the odin.
I had to do that.
I had to flash the official firmware myself because my phone keeps crashing on the homescreen.
Didnt solve it but I did flash it properly.
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Hi! Yes I have tried but the phone seems unresponsive in download mode, I have tried with all the Odin versions , and 2 USB cablesi
I don't know what else can I do

dr.rokr said:
Hi! Yes I have tried but the phone seems unresponsive in download mode, I have tried with all the Odin versions , and 2 USB cablesi
I don't know what else can I do
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go to the recovery.
connect to the PC.
open odin.
click on "reboot to bootloader"
It should go to to download mode.
what does your download mode screen say?
When I was doing this process I tried reflashing the latest rom but that didn't solve my boot loop issue.
So I flashed an older version of the rom.
Make sure the version you download is compatible with your phone.
You have G9650ZHU9FUG2 so only roms with 9 will work.
I flashed that old version and it didn't work, phone still stuck.
Then I flashed the latest one again and then my phone worked.
I used odin from the link you posted.
Odin3 v3.13.1

actually what i would suggest is downloading/re-downloading samsung usb drivers. otherwise most phones won't respond to odin even in download mode without it

dr.rokr said:
Hi! Yes I have tried but the phone seems unresponsive in download mode, I have tried with all the Odin versions , and 2 USB cablesi
I don't know what else can I do
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TormentedHeart said:
actually what i would suggest is downloading/re-downloading samsung usb drivers. otherwise most phones won't respond to odin even in download mode without it
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Hi! I have uninstalled everything and then install the drivers again without luck

TormentedHeart said:
put phone in recovery mode. flash official firmware using odin. use The BL,AP,CP files and for the CSC use the one marked HOME.
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Hi! Today I have successfully flashed the exact firmware that the phone had ( there is no newer) using a different laptop (it's true if the problem persist with Odin, use another laptop)
I got success message, at the very first time, and when the phone reboot, nothing , stuck as it was before, so I erased cache partition and no luck, still stuck on reboot, I have also tried repair apps , and reboot sistem now, what else should I do?
Thank you very much!

Hi! I want the community to know that using the APK adb app for Samsung it's a bad idea, after successfuly flashing the firmware and performing a factory reset several times the phone remain stucked, I downloaded about 10 different firmwares and flash them all times without an error, and the phone was bricked and stuck in boot. So I took it to the official service and nothing, still the same, then I found an external service that flash the device with a little box that they said they paid in advance for credits for using that box, it took them one full week to revive the phone, also they had to flash it several times. In conclusion, if you buy Samsung, stick with the garbage apps the throw, if you mess with the system in some way as the official technician said, the phone will be nearly unrecoverable for privacy benefits for the user. Thank you very much for the help to the community!