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USB Device Not Recognized

Was updating to FD26 phone died..... got back into odin mode with jig, plugged into comp now it says USB Device not recognized and cant odin any firmware and wont boot since it didnt finish the last firmware upgrade. Any suggestions?

Jaromewg said:
Was updating to FD26 phone died..... got back into odin mode with jig, plugged into comp now it says USB Device not recognized and cant odin any firmware and wont boot since it didnt finish the last firmware upgrade. Any suggestions?
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I hate to say it but it sounds like it might be a brick.
Are you getting the flashing blue light with a blank screen when you try to boot our are you getting a boot loop? Are you able to boot into Recovery?

no it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again. " i cant boot into recovery, i can into dl mode. ima try a different comp.

Jaromewg said:
no it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies & try again. " i cant boot into recovery, i can into dl mode. ima try a different comp.
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If you're getting that message I can tell you its not going to work. It sounds like you were trying to flash the international version kernel for the SGSII rather than the Epic 4G Touch. When you try to flash the international version it will fail and gives you the error you're getting. Another unfortunate side-effect is that it ruins your USB (due to differences in the way the USB works). I've heard that some JTAG services can fix it but I haven't done it myself.
At this point you unfortunately are stuck with a brick. :-(
Sorry!

I might have misunderstood the other posts but I thought flashing the international version completely disabled the USB port. Yet OP seems that device is being picked up in Windows but not successfully installed.
OP, can you please confirm? Check Device Manager and look for a device with a yellow exclamation point or triangle (if Win). If you can see it here you may just need to reinstall the Samsung drivers and get it installed that way. At the worst you're not any further along than you were before...
Alternatively you could try updating the driver manually, search C:\Program Files\SAMSUNG to see if it picks up.

If you haven't done so already, uninstall Kies and download the full Samsung driver suite from here:
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.c...342248/Sprint_d710_USB_Driver_v1_3_2360_0.exe
Install the driver and maybe we can help you from there. Or if it works, there ya go.

I just went through this...what happened on my end:
-computer froze up while i was doing stock odin repack
-went to boot up phone and that messaged flashed
what i did:
-flashed stock el26 kernel(if you can't get into odin but pull the battery and keep trying..thats what i did)
-flash a rom like you normally would
PROFIT!

[Q] Kies 3 Unsupported device alert

Does anyone else get an error with Kies 3? when I connect my Edge Kies gives me an error! I want to perform a device recovery via Kies that's my last hope. I tried to root my Edge and now I'm stuck with a bricked phone and yes I have tried Odin 3.10.6 and regular s6 Auto Root from Chainfire as well. nothing works for me, I've looked everywhere to find the G925t firmware but no luck again. I'm really screwed.:crying:

Same

I'm guessing kies wont recognize it til after 4/10 since technically nobody is supposed to have it yet. Just a guess though.

dcmtnbkr said:
I'm guessing kies wont recognize it til after 4/10 since technically nobody is supposed to have it yet. Just a guess though.
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same issue here. Had to use smart switch which is not as efficient from my old galaxy to the new one. Transfer stopped and had to restart 2nd time which did seem to complete.
Helium is much better for transferring data to new phone..

Same issue here. New Galaxy S6 and Kies 3 won't allow it: Unsupported device alert. WFT?

acana79 said:
Same issue here. New Galaxy S6 and Kies 3 won't allow it: Unsupported device alert. WFT?
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Do the following: open Kies, click on tools, Firmware upgrade and initialisation, enter your model number and serial number and let it download the firmware, after an hour or so depending on your connection speed the firmware will be downloaded and your phone will reboot into recovery to install the firmware. done

Use Samsung Smart Switch instead. It has replaced Kies for the newer phones.
Here is my video showing it being used to flash Stock Firmware to the Edge.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...p/flash-stock-firmware-using-samsung-t3079176

Supersport, I have a SM-G900A (Galaxy S5 ATT) and Kies 3 and Smart Switch says it is an unsupported device. I got to the part to enter the model and serial and it comes up unsupported again. I tried a different USB cable and also tried Smart Switch on a Mac. The white USB3 Samsung cable does not allow the phone to be recognized by the Mac so I used an old USB2 cable and it hangs on "connecting to your device".
I tried downgrading to Android 4.4.2 so I could root it and it is in the "firmware encountered an issue" screen with the yellow triangle. Ack!

Boysterload said:
Supersport, I have a SM-G900A (Galaxy S5 ATT) and Kies 3 and Smart Switch says it is an unsupported device. I got to the part to enter the model and serial and it comes up unsupported again. I tried a different USB cable and also tried Smart Switch on a Mac. The white USB3 Samsung cable does not allow the phone to be recognized by the Mac so I used an old USB2 cable and it hangs on "connecting to your device".
I tried downgrading to Android 4.4.2 so I could root it and it is in the "firmware encountered an issue" screen with the yellow triangle. Ack!
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It sounds like the MAC had issues with installing the driver. I'm not positive if your model is supported by Smart Switch yet, but I would suggest using Smart Switch as KIES has stopped official support for most of the newer models. If it's not supported yet, it should be soon. They keep adding devices. When I got my S6 Edge, it took about a week for it to be supported, but that's when Smart Switch had just come out too. Wish I was more help.
Anyone else have success getting this model to flash???

Bootloop
I initially used odin to flash OI1 update, after a rom I was using caused problems and I got bootloop. It changed bootloader value to b:3 and I'm unable to downgrade now so I used smart switch which didn't recognize device so used emergency recovery and still bootloop. I have factory reset and wipe cache multiple times along with adb side load and individual flashes of bootloader, modem, kernel, flashed custom kernel and twrp to access fix permissions and to mount partitions with advanced wipe etc and still wont boot past logo. Also during one fix attempt phone said can't mount system.. Idk I'm not understanding where the problem is .everything says successful but I'm still in bootloop. Please help. I've spent hours everyday for the past week searching & trying different things that seem might help so open to any suggestions.

I seem to be having the same issue. Tried to manually update my phone via Odin but nothing has worked so far.... Now I just get an error on my phone that says
"An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software."
What am I missing here?? It's a Samsung phone, and it's been around for over a year (S6 Edge T-Mobile)...

ieatcalcium said:
I seem to be having the same issue. Tried to manually update my phone via Odin but nothing has worked so far.... Now I just get an error on my phone that says
"An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software."
What am I missing here?? It's a Samsung phone, and it's been around for over a year (S6 Edge T-Mobile)...
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If nothing else is working, you can try this for the T-Mobile S6 Edge. ONLY the T-Mobile S6 Edge is supported, so PLEASE verify it's the correct one.
https://mega.nz/#!H0hz2AQJ!iDzw_SwCL7qpJnZ8Y_8EDSrSgvAHK_hT93igXHOlm3A
It's a known working version of Odin, the Samsung Driver Package, and Firmware. Place your phone into Download Mode before using.
If any issues, let me know and we'll work through them.

SuperSport said:
If nothing else is working, you can try this for the T-Mobile S6 Edge. ONLY the T-Mobile S6 Edge is supported, so PLEASE verify it's the correct one.
It's a known working version of Odin, the Samsung Driver Package, and Firmware. Place your phone into Download Mode before using.
If any issues, let me know and we'll work through them.
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No worries, I got it working! Thank you!
SOLUTION FOR ANYONE HAVING ISSUES STILL
1. Make sure you have Samsung Smart Switch Downloaded
2. Make sure Smart Switch is updated.
3. Click "more" across the top
4. Click "Emergency software recovery and initialization"
5. Click "Device initialization" across the top
6. In the model name box, type in exactly your model number. It is case sensitive. (for me, it was located on the back of my phone on the bottom named "SM-G925T)
7. It will then ask you for your serial number which can be found by holding POWER, HOME, and VOLUME DOWN
8. PROFIT$$$$$$$

Will this wipe the data like recorded audio and video files? This phone belongs to a friend with cancer and I'm trying to unload message he recorded for his family. I need to recover the data first and foremost and then getting the phone operation is secondary. I've got conflicting reports of what a firmware flash will do to recorded media files. I'm hoping the SDcard area will be unaffected but I need to know beyond a shadow of a doubt before I do anything.

Yes it will, it will behave like a factory reset. It will ask you to backup your storage content if it recognizes your phone you may be able to fix it.
Pp.

samanbabah said:
Do the following: open Kies, click on tools, Firmware upgrade and initialisation, enter your model number and serial number and let it download the firmware, after an hour or so depending on your connection speed the firmware will be downloaded and your phone will reboot into recovery to install the firmware. done
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Thank you so f much!! I avoided waiting 8+ hours to download just the firmware. This method took less than half an hour!
*I dont know if doing something against the rules for replying to this really old thread but I am just thankful for this easy, simple method; I miss using the spen

[Q] Odin bricked. Can get to DL but Kies won't identify my phone?

I am something of a long time XDA user, having been flashing since the time of the HTC Wizard. But I had never bothered rooting my S3 until I decided I need to install music on the SD card using doubletwist.​
I installed the toolkit and the drivers properly but SuperSU 2.48 doesn't download (yes, I paid a donation), -error messages such as 'couldn't resolve host skipsoft.net' or 'HTTP doesn't seem to support byte ranges'
Option 1 loads what seemed to be an old (2.42?) version of the Odin flash tool: if I follow the instructions, the S3 does to into Download mode (with a message 'do not turn off target) and after about five minutes Odin shows FAIL on the TWRP recovery operation it seems to be executing. It then tells me to be patient while (I assume) rebooting but after about 30 minutes of waiting, the phone doesn't come out of download mode.​
I then rebooted and tried to flash again and again, the flash failed completely, and the phone seems bricked, giving the error message 'firmware upgrade failed, use KIES recovery.
It does go into download mode but when connecting to (newly updated) KIES, the model isn't detected in the recovery procedure so it won't either recover itself or give me a code to do the KIES emergency recovery.
Currently showing in DL is:
ODIN MODE
custom binary downloads YES (1 counts)
curent binary: Custom
system status: Official
qualcomm secureboot:enable
warranty bit:0
bootloader AP SWREV:1​
What is a recovery procedure please? KIES? Some other flasher? Some newer version of Odin?

Oh, and when I plug the phone into the computer, it suddenly recognizes it as an MSM8960, whatever that is?? Before the computer recognised it as the more normal SGT999. Also (this is obvious), the device is no longer recognized in Explorer once the device is connected if you connect it in DL.
Is an MSM8960 the same as a SGT999 in DL mode?

Sorry no one posted any tips or tricks on this request! In default, I ploughed ahead with the normal instructions, remembering that often when flashing doesn't work for no apparent reason, trying again does get everything to work
Re-flashed stock with Odin from download mode, which worked fine and unbricked phone. Then tried TWRP again, which worked fine as well, always providing instructions are followed.
Eventually found myself back at what looked like stock, but with message that I haven't rooted but would i like to do so now using the SuperSU that the toolkit said it was using? If so, down load it from the Playstore, which I didn't understand at all. I thought the playstore was against things like rooting?
Anyway, everything ran to completion, though I am still working on how to use DoubleTwist to transfer albums to the SD card on the Galaxy. (error message, apparently from SGS3 Easy UMS: 'You Do Not Appear to Have Busybox Installed', followed by loop of preparing SD card for mounting, mounting Then nothing by way of D card shows up in DoubleTwist)

Don't use toolkits, they are not updated and have caused many issues. To root, use towelroot

serio22 said:
Don't use toolkits, they are not updated and have caused many issues. To root, use towelroot
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is there a list anywhere of devices which work with towelrroot please or is it only flavours of s3? i have a curious MK 6571 S6 which seems to defy identification because it isn't an iPhone knockoff and it is having the hardest of times addressing its hard drive. Whatever i try to install on it results in the error message that there isn't enough hard drive space to install. Towelroot also gives this error message which i believe to be entirely spurious, and it is a really tiny!! something appears to be preventing it installing any app on it which can read or influence any hardware on it?
(I also tried installing framarooot 193 but it gave me the same out of space error message)

licensedtoquill said:
is there a list anywhere of devices which work with towelrroot please or is it only flavours of s3? i have a curious MK 6571 S6 which seems to defy identification because it isn't an iPhone knockoff and it is having the hardest of times addressing its hard drive. Whatever i try to install on it results in the error message that there isn't enough hard drive space to install. Towelroot also gives this error message which i believe to be entirely spurious, and it is a really tiny!! something appears to be preventing it installing any app on it which can read or influence any hardware on it?
(I also tried installing framarooot 193 but it gave me the same out of space error message)
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So it is an S6 knockoff? I'm not sure if there is a list but the s6 definitely is not compatible
Sent from my SM-G920T using Tapatalk

s3 recovery my testimony
licensedtoquill said:
I am something of a long time XDA user, having been flashing since the time of the HTC Wizard. But I had never bothered rooting my S3 until I decided I need to install music on the SD card using doubletwist.​
I installed the toolkit and the drivers properly but SuperSU 2.48 doesn't download (yes, I paid a donation), -error messages such as 'couldn't resolve host skipsoft.net' or 'HTTP doesn't seem to support byte ranges'
Option 1 loads what seemed to be an old (2.42?) version of the Odin flash tool: if I follow the instructions, the S3 does to into Download mode (with a message 'do not turn off target) and after about five minutes Odin shows FAIL on the TWRP recovery operation it seems to be executing. It then tells me to be patient while (I assume) rebooting but after about 30 minutes of waiting, the phone doesn't come out of download mode.​
I then rebooted and tried to flash again and again, the flash failed completely, and the phone seems bricked, giving the error message 'firmware upgrade failed, use KIES recovery.
It does go into download mode but when connecting to (newly updated) KIES, the model isn't detected in the recovery procedure so it won't either recover itself or give me a code to do the KIES emergency recovery.
Currently showing in DL is:
ODIN MODE
custom binary downloads YES (1 counts)
curent binary: Custom
system status: Official
qualcomm secureboot:enable
warranty bit:0
bootloader AP SWREV:1​
What is a recovery procedure please? KIES? Some other flasher? Some newer version of Odin?
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hey friend, your woes sound alarmingly familiar to my own not so long ago. I will start this post by saying I am not going to come out and declare myself as anything but what I am, an average guy with an interest and at one time identical dilemma as yourself.
that being said what exactly are you trying to achieve an are you willing to start from scratch? are you backed up? these are my questions. in answering or perhaps confirming what you may know is that once rooted and subsequently bricked kies ceases to be a friend to your device and it is with odin that your phones future if is to have one lies. I personally have enjoyed much success with the program but at this point ive only done a handful of operations with it.
If what ive written has given you any encouragement please feel free to respond and I'll gladly explain what i did to restore my s3 because i wouldnt want to advise outside of something I have tried myself and know to be safe and conclude with a desirable result for you

Tab SM-210 won't boot anymore, even after installing stock firmwares

Hi,
I recently got a SM-T210 from a friend to repair. The description given was that their kids factory reset the unit and won't boot anymore. First the tablet had the death sleep issue which is a easy fix. But after that the tablet simply continues to show the "Samsung GALAXY TAB3" boot screen and never finishes booting.
As I'm known with Odin I simply downloaded the original firmware from sammobile for this tablet and took the firmware version for the Netherlands as that's where I live. There are 2 4.4.2 versions available and downloaded them both. When using Odin 3.09 and higher I simply cannot install the firmware, but on Odin 3.07 it can. Although it installs the tablet still fails to boot properly and hangs at the tab logo as described earlier.
With Odin 3.09 or higher I'm not even able to install the firmware as it says that there is no PIT file and NAND flash write fails. I've found 2 PIT files for this tablet on the forums and even with the use of these PIT files it still errors with the same issue and installation seems impossible with these versions of Odin.
I've also tried installing TWRP recovery but that won't boot either. When booting the tablet with volume key up it shows the Andriod icon with the spinnng "intestines" and alot of red error messages show not able to find /system and /data. My guess is that this is pretty bad, but that is what I want to fix with the stock firmwares and/or the PIT files (LT02.pit and T210(R).pit).
I'm currently out of ideas to revive this tablet and almost start thinking that it's completely dead, but before throwing it in the garbage bin I'm wondering if anybody here is able to help me further with this issue.
If you think you miss critical information, let me know so I can supply it!
Any help is greatly appreciated and thanked for!

langerak said:
Hi,
I recently got a SM-T210 from a friend to repair. The description given was that their kids factory reset the unit and won't boot anymore. First the tablet had the death sleep issue which is a easy fix. But after that the tablet simply continues to show the "Samsung GALAXY TAB3" boot screen and never finishes booting.
As I'm known with Odin I simply downloaded the original firmware from sammobile for this tablet and took the firmware version for the Netherlands as that's where I live. There are 2 4.4.2 versions available and downloaded them both. When using Odin 3.09 and higher I simply cannot install the firmware, but on Odin 3.07 it can. Although it installs the tablet still fails to boot properly and hangs at the tab logo as described earlier.
With Odin 3.09 or higher I'm not even able to install the firmware as it says that there is no PIT file and NAND flash write fails. I've found 2 PIT files for this tablet on the forums and even with the use of these PIT files it still errors with the same issue and installation seems impossible with these versions of Odin.
I've also tried installing TWRP recovery but that won't boot either. When booting the tablet with volume key up it shows the Andriod icon with the spinnng "intestines" and alot of red error messages show not able to find /system and /data. My guess is that this is pretty bad, but that is what I want to fix with the stock firmwares and/or the PIT files (LT02.pit and T210(R).pit).
I'm currently out of ideas to revive this tablet and almost start thinking that it's completely dead, but before throwing it in the garbage bin I'm wondering if anybody here is able to help me further with this issue.
If you think you miss critical information, let me know so I can supply it!
Any help is greatly appreciated and thanked for!
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Nothing to loose so i should give it one more try with Kies. I remember that years ago i had a problem with a samsung phone and even Odin wasn't helping me. I did it with Kies then which fixed it. No garantuees though.

Droidphilev said:
Nothing to loose so i should give it one more try with Kies. I remember that years ago i had a problem with a samsung phone and even Odin wasn't helping me. I did it with Kies then which fixed it. No garantuees though.
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Thanks, I've tried it with Kies but it won't even recognize the tablet. When I put it in Download mode and connect it to my computer the Kies welcome screen keeps switching every 2 seconds to the connecting screen, back to the welcome screen and keeps on going like that.
Any ideas left?

langerak said:
Thanks, I've tried it with Kies but it won't even recognize the tablet. When I put it in Download mode and connect it to my computer the Kies welcome screen keeps switching every 2 seconds to the connecting screen, back to the welcome screen and keeps on going like that.
Any ideas left?
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Except for correct drivers etc etc not really, no.

I am facing same problem.
My Tab 3 (Sm-T210) has gone too.
Now I can't restore it.
I have downloaded Stock ROM from sammobile.org,
but I can't extract this properly.
It always says that "files are corrupted".
I am also going to be hopeless as like as you.

[Samsung] Galaxy Tab 3 SM-T210 / "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue"

Hello!
Few days ago i found my Samsung Tab 3, and decided to charge it and biit it up.
It got stuck on Samsung logo when i booted it.
So i did a factory reset using the recovery mode.
After i did that the device booted up. with lots of errors.
I was on the setup screen for my device and these errors appeard and said like core has stopped working and every like preinstalled app on my samsung device aswell (NAME has stopped working). So i was not able to fullfill the setup of my device.
I read about it online and a firmware upgrade could fix the problem ( Like the easiest way i read )
So i did some googling and downloaded Odin and a firmware. Followed a guide and did everything right. BUT the process faild like 8min into the flash.
And now my device is stuck on "download mode" but with the error "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I cant get the phone to turn off, nor get into recovery mode or anything else. I tried flash again but no luck.
I also tried another firmware i found. still same problem.
How do i fix this and how can i use my samsung tab 3 again.
WHen i bought it years ago i never really used it. So it's in "new shape" and has never really been used. And now i wanna give it to my little sister for some kids games to play at Xmas.
I hope we can solve this problem.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Timmie

Hyldran0 said:
Hello!
Few days ago i found my Samsung Tab 3, and decided to charge it and biit it up.
It got stuck on Samsung logo when i booted it.
So i did a factory reset using the recovery mode.
After i did that the device booted up. with lots of errors.
I was on the setup screen for my device and these errors appeard and said like core has stopped working and every like preinstalled app on my samsung device aswell (NAME has stopped working). So i was not able to fullfill the setup of my device.
I read about it online and a firmware upgrade could fix the problem ( Like the easiest way i read )
So i did some googling and downloaded Odin and a firmware. Followed a guide and did everything right. BUT the process faild like 8min into the flash.
And now my device is stuck on "download mode" but with the error "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I cant get the phone to turn off, nor get into recovery mode or anything else. I tried flash again but no luck.
I also tried another firmware i found. still same problem.
How do i fix this and how can i use my samsung tab 3 again.
WHen i bought it years ago i never really used it. So it's in "new shape" and has never really been used. And now i wanna give it to my little sister for some kids games to play at Xmas.
I hope we can solve this problem.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Timmie
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That depends on various things, such as the Android version, kernel and change ID. Than also the Odin version you've used and/or the settings during the attempt of flashing. I found that using the wrong Odin version on a particular Android version, that may prevent the flash of being successfull. B.t.w, did you format both user and cache partition while trying to reset to factory default?

xdausernl said:
That depends on various things, such as the Android version, kernel and change ID. Than also the Odin version you've used and/or the settings during the attempt of flashing. I found that using the wrong Odin version on a particular Android version, that may prevent the flash of being successfull. B.t.w, did you format both user and cache partition while trying to reset to factory default?
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Yeah, I've found out what Odin version to use that worked for others. I've downloaded lots of different firmwares and such and tried. ALL fails.
When i did a factory reset i also cleared cash and user.
Now i cant even turn off the damn thing. If i charge it up and start, it just goes directly to the screen where it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" and if i try to turn it off, it just reboots and goes back. And i cant even return to factory reset page.
I think that my Micro-USB cable might not work for this, or is that a thing? Do i need a good cable from PC to Phone for this? Or does any cable work?
I just want this tab to work. been trying for weeks.
Thanks for your reply. I hope we can sort this out.

Hyldran0 said:
Yeah, I've found out what Odin version to use that worked for others. I've downloaded lots of different firmwares and such and tried. ALL fails.
When i did a factory reset i also cleared cash and user.
Now i cant even turn off the damn thing. If i charge it up and start, it just goes directly to the screen where it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" and if i try to turn it off, it just reboots and goes back. And i cant even return to factory reset page.
I think that my Micro-USB cable might not work for this, or is that a thing? Do i need a good cable from PC to Phone for this? Or does any cable work?
I just want this tab to work. been trying for weeks.
Thanks for your reply. I hope we can sort this out.
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It is quite easy to turn the device off, for that to happen you have to press and hold the on/off button. You'll see that the device will shutdown and try to reboot and then finally shuts down again and stay off, then release the on/off button.
Are you sure trying to flash the correct firmware with correct changes, etc??
Please share with us the device and Android version, as well as the stock ROM version with changes you're trying to flash.
Put (copy and paste) the output of Odin below.
Another way to get the firmware flashed is by using Heimdall, but for that to happen you first need to rename the extension of the stock ROM (remove .md5 and leave .tar) and than extract all seperate pieces that are contained within the stock ROM.
All those extracted pieces from the stock ROM you have to upload seperately onto Heimdall and try to flash them to your tablet, one by one.
Heimdall you'll find 'here' or use FWUL instead which has Heimdall pre installed, download is to be found 'here' and install it on a USB medium a stick, to put FWUL onto USB, use Balena-Etcher and the download is to be found 'here'.
Micro USB cable does work, but if you're unsure, try another one and make sure using the correct drivers too.
Using Odin, make sure the tablet is recognised and 'connected' in Odin, also make sure 'repartitioning' is unchecked.
If you've used the wrong Odin version, flashing will fail!

You have Discord by any chance?
If so, please add me @Hyldran0#8832
Thank you for you time man!

Hyldran0 said:
You have Discord by any chance?
If so, please add me @Hyldran0#8832
Thank you for you time man!
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You're welcome.

Hi, complete novice here, does anyone know where I can get a working Firmware for my Tab 3 v7 (SM-210)?
I have searched through various forum articles here, and tried to install with several builds but none will install. The only one that gets anywhere near is the JASBR build by gr8nole. It appears to install, but on restart, the TAB just sits on the "Samsung Tab3" start screen.
I read that I may need to flash the firmware 4.4.4 (Kit Kat), but can't find it!
The unit is not totally bricked (yet), as I can run TWRP 2.8, with which I created a backup of the original build, but when I try to restore the backup, it fails at just over 31%.
Can anyone help please?