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[Q] Galaxy Note 2 i317 Won’t Boot After Update

Issue
1. Phone won’t boot beyond the Samsung Logo.
2. It won’t boot into recovery (download mode works).
3. Can flash rom using Odin but phone still won't boot.
Type of Phone
Type: AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Model: i317
Ownership: Bought in Nov 2012 brand new. Warranty is up but it is insured through AT&T.
History: Rooted and then un-rooted and returned to stock in January 2014.
Actions leading up to Issue
Updated to Samsung’s newest firmware Android 4.3 but didn’t like it. I rooted my phone and tried a custom rom but wasn’t happy. Un-rooted by flashing original stock rom via Odin 3.07. Worked great and I was back in business. But then the phone went through an update and never booted back up.
Detail
I’ve rooted all my other phones but never felt the need to root this one until I updated to Samsung’s new Android 4.3. I wasn’t happy with the decreased battery life and poor performance. So I used the method at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650 to root my phone using “root66_ATT_I317UCALJ2.tar.md5” with Odin 3.07 and it worked. I then tried a custom Cyanogen Mod rom but it still left something to be desired.
After more research I flashed the original stock rom “KIES_HOME_I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_215287_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5” via Odin 3.07 and my phone worked beautifully, at least for a day. Then I started getting the AT&T update window for Android 4.3 and the only way to get rid of it was to pull my battery. It was happening so much that I couldn’t even make a phone call. Out of pure frustration I decided to accept the update.
After the update installed it rebooted and never made it past the Samsung logo. So I figured I would just go into recovery and perform a factory reset as well as wipe the cache. The problem here is that it won’t boot into recovery. Only download mode works. I’m also seeing a red LED which I’ve read is a sign of SDS.
I’ve tried re-flashing the original stock rom again. Every time I do I get the green “Pass” display but my phone still won’t boot. The binary count is now at 21 since I’ve tried flashing so many times. I’ve been working on this and researching for 3 weeks. I’ve never had an issue that I couldn’t resolve when it comes to any of my past phones but this is beyond my skill or understanding. I also tried Samsung keys but it says my device is not supported.
Short of digging a hole in my back yard and burying it, is there anything I can do to fix this?
(Note) My wife has the same phone and also didn’t like the update so I flashed the same original stock rom to her phone via Odin and it has been working just fine. Only difference is I never rooted hers. I should have gone that route with mine.

Have you tried flashing, via Odin, just a custom recovery?
If that works, you may be able to follow this guide, starting at post #2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
If that doesn't work, it is possible you have an emmc issue.... Your symptoms are similar to what others have reported here recently. You might be able to get a repair covered if you can get them to look past the custom counter ... You are running stock firmware... Maybe kies tripped the counter... Stranger things have happened...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Zen Arcade said:
Have you tried flashing, via Odin, just a custom recovery?
If that works, you may be able to follow this guide, starting at post #2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
If that doesn't work, it is possible you have an emmc issue.... Your symptoms are similar to what others have reported here recently. You might be able to get a repair covered if you can get them to look past the custom counter ... You are running stock firmware... Maybe kies tripped the counter... Stranger things have happened...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Thanks I'll give it a try. I had thought about it but was afraid to mess things up even more. Is there one that you would recommend?

josh3josh3 said:
Thanks I'll give it a try. I had thought about it but was afraid to mess things up even more. Is there one that you would recommend?
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Here's the link to TWRP (you want the Odin link toward the bottom):
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/124
Here's the direct link to the latest philz cwm (you want the md5 file):
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/t0lteatt
I prefer philz, but you will likely need TWRP to follow the dicksteele guide. You should also track down a CWM flashable recovery package for MH3 recovery to flash back should you need to return the phone for repairs. You can get this by following the i317 link in my sig.
If flashing this in Odin doesn't work that would tend to support the emmc fail scenario. (i.e. you flash it, Odin behaves as if it flashed ok, you power off, attempt to boot recovery with home-VolUp-power and it still doesn't boot). If it does boot recovery, you can try the guide as I mentioned before. Good luck!

Zen Arcade said:
Have you tried flashing, via Odin, just a custom recovery?
If that works, you may be able to follow this guide, starting at post #2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
If that doesn't work, it is possible you have an emmc issue.... Your symptoms are similar to what others have reported here recently. You might be able to get a repair covered if you can get them to look past the custom counter ... You are running stock firmware... Maybe kies tripped the counter... Stranger things have happened...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I tried each of those just now and they both flashed fine however there is no change. I guess before I break out the shovel I'll try to see if AT&T will fix it since I do pay for the insurance. Thanks for the help that was good stuff. I wish it could have worked.

josh3josh3 said:
I tried each of those just now and they both flashed fine however there is no change. I guess before I break out the shovel I'll try to see if AT&T will fix it since I do pay for the insurance. Thanks for the help that was good stuff. I wish it could have worked.
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if you have nothing else to lose, can you try flashing the boot loader on this link
http://d-h.st/Krs from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
then try one of the official odin package or this:http://d-h.st/DGZ

So, there appear to be many people who see this update as a bad joke. Like me.
I had a thread a couple days ago about how to kill the notification from att
Without root. Nothing can be done as far as ive heard/seen. Im a bit confused
About needing a battery pull to remove pp note, I have been just reboot and it
Goes away until next data use/net access. When my 8 hrs is up I turn data on
(Data off as 8hrs expires) and immediately get note and then I hit home- get
another 8 hrs. Im sorry to hear they wore you down with the note- im going to
fight and resist for the duration. And keep stock. Its a game now!
R, john

qkster said:
if you have nothing else to lose, can you try flashing the boot loader on this link
http://d-h.st/Krs from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
then try one of the official odin package or this:http://d-h.st/DGZ
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Tried it and it failed to flash. Now I have the yellow triangle. At least its something different. Still no good though. Reflashed stock rom and I'm back to the Samsung logo. Was worth a shot. Thanks.

Try param and tz package mentioned in post #3 here.... Might be something
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596256
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

josh3josh3 said:
Tried it and it failed to flash. Now I have the yellow triangle. At least its something different. Still no good though. Reflashed stock rom and I'm back to the Samsung logo. Was worth a shot. Thanks.
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You flashed LJ2 Stock ROM from ODIN?
And you are back to the Samsung Logo that flashing/pulsing blue???
If so .....
Pull the battery and let the phone sit for a few seconds, pop the battery in and boot into stock recovery (HOLD VOL UP+HOME+POWER) and do a FACTORY RESET then reboot.
I had to do the same thing an hour ago....

dicksteele said:
You flashed LJ2 Stock ROM from ODIN?
And you are back to the Samsung Logo that flashing/pulsing blue???
If so .....
Pull the battery and let the phone sit for a few seconds, pop the battery in and boot into stock recovery (HOLD VOL UP+HOME+POWER) and do a FACTORY RESET then reboot.
I had to do the same thing an hour ago....
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Have tried that many times with no luck. Wish it were that simple.

josh3josh3 said:
Have tried that many times with no luck. Wish it were that simple.
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Have you tried this yet ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49826416&postcount=9

Zen Arcade said:
Try param and tz package mentioned in post #3 here.... Might be something
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2596256
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I can't believed it worked. Flashed this and suddenly I have recovery. Then I re-flashed the original stock rom, did a reset and wiped the cache and I'm back up and running. Brilliant I say. Genius! Thank you for the great post and thanks everyone for your help. Seems like there should be a like button or something so that you get credit but I don't see one. This was my first time ever posting on any forum so I'm a little ignorant.

josh3josh3 said:
I can't believed it worked. Flashed this and suddenly I have recovery. Then I re-flashed the original stock rom, did a reset and wiped the cache and I'm back up and running. Brilliant I say. Genius! Thank you for the great post and thanks everyone for your help. Seems like there should be a like button or something so that you get credit but I don't see one. This was my first time ever posting on any forum so I'm a little ignorant.
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That would be the Thanks button by the Quote...
OUTSTANDING !!!
Glad you're back among the living.
This will get you back to 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49616718&postcount=2
EDIT:
I just did this and it worked perfectly .....
I'm actually doing that step right now also. I flashed back to stock testing the ATT update server.
EDIT #2:
At this step when the phone reboots the script will run. When it completes you want to boot to system. The next prompt will be do you want to install ROOT. If you do the swipe it will install ROOT, there is a DO NOT INSTALL button on the middle of the screen. Just a heads up, don't know if you are turning your phone back in or not now.
- Second step is:
You will need to download TWRP 2.6.3.1 and flash it in ODIN.
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lt...lteatt.img.tar
This is necessary for an openrecovery script to run that is stored in the /cache directory from the update.
- Put your Note 2 in Download Mode.
- Open ODIN, put openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-t0lteatt.img.tar in PDA slot. Click Start and let the phone reset.
- Your phone will reboot in TWRP. If not, pull battery and enter recovery mode boot into TWRP recovery (HOLD VOL UP+HOME+POWER). The script will run by itself.

sgh-i317 EFS seems like its gone
could anybody help me out with my note 2. ive tried just about everything i can think of. im getting pretty desperate. i can get everything to work fine (recovery,download mode,) but something is keeping it from booting up to the main screen, it will just hand at the boot animation, or the att logo. in twrp it tells me failed to mount efs. ive looked around in the file folders and its like it got wiped out? im not sure how though. could that be why its not booting up?
any ideas??

[Q] SGH-I317 Rooting and Unrooting please help!

Hello all. I am new to this, so please bare with me and understand I am just looking for help and not a hard time. I have an ATT Note 2, which I had rooted with Cyanogenmod (I believe 10.2). It was very easy with the helpful installer that is supplied, so easy even I could do it. However, shorty after running that mod, I realized why I had the Note 2 to begin with, the S Pen! Long story short, I did what I could to get the original Touchwiz/stock rom back.
I did NOT create a back up, which was where my problem starts. Now to remedy my problem, I had to find a stock rom through this site and other means. I don't remember what rom I actually used because it was on a previous PC I was using. But, I was able to go from Cyanogenmod back to Touchwiz. Thank god! Problem gets worse. I was on vacation, and all of a sudden I recieved an OTA update. Like I said, I was on vacation, not paying attention, the update started and was in progress when I started thinking, oh ****, I wonder if there is going to be a problem. Yep, there was a problem...
After the update installed, on reboot, the phone was stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen. I tried recover mode, no go. I tried recovery mode multiple times, no go. DAMN! No phone on a road trip is horrific! So when it wasn't my turn to drive, I attempted to flash stock roms back onto my phone as I originally did, via Odin, and same deal. I CAN find roms that will "succeed" in Odin, and on reboot, gets stuck on the same screen.
Out of frustration, I have tired other roms, some succeed, some fail. When they succeed, all have the same result, back to the same screen I previously described. However, when they fail, they bring me the the "firmware update" screen(sorry if I can't describe that screen better, but its the screen that suggests using Kies to fix the problem and update firmware. I have searched about as much as I can handle online and in forums about how to fix this. I have tried every approach. Different roms, I have tried the Kies method (which has attempted to work), however when its completed updating on Kies the phone says "unsupported version", which leads me to believe I am stuck half way in Root and half way stock.... or something, remember, I am no pro at this.
My phone isn't damaged, although I am not sure if the happenings have stressed the internals enough to fry anything. All I know is that its frustrating and would greatly appreciate any help that could be offered. I halfway thought about that $40 service that remotes your PC and will root your phone for you, but had a moment of clarity and decided a bunk phone and virus infected laptop wouldn't make anything better.
So in ending, be gentle, but please, give me any way I can fix my phone, whether it be back to stock or rooted, either way. Thanks

Boot into recovery and factory reset.

your device is modified so no update available
Hi
I am new in this forum. I have note 2 i317m locked to rogers. I rooted it using odin and now current version is 4.1.1 and then I unlocked it.
I am trying to update software to 4.3 but it is showing a msg.... your device is modified so update is not available. Can anyone tell me how can I update it and will that updating keeps my phone unlocked or not.....
thanks

again
rangercaptain said:
Boot into recovery and factory reset.
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again.... I can't put the phone into recovery mode... I am able to get into download mode, or the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen, that is it. That is why I am requesting help from the pros out there.

update locked?
meharkhera said:
Hi
I am new in this forum. I have note 2 i317m locked to rogers. I rooted it using odin and now current version is 4.1.1 and then I unlocked it.
I am trying to update software to 4.3 but it is showing a msg.... your device is modified so update is not available. Can anyone tell me how can I update it and will that updating keeps my phone unlocked or not.....
thanks
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Thanks for replying to this post. But I can not help you with your question. I am trying to tackle the issue with my phone... Is there a way I can root ANYTHING on my phone? or back to 4.1.1 or anything?

titostats said:
Thanks for replying to this post. But I can not help you with your question. I am trying to tackle the issue with my phone... Is there a way I can root ANYTHING on my phone? or back to 4.1.1 or anything?
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Go to galaxynote2root.com and find the 4.1.1 firmware and instructions. ....that works for me......
gud luck
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You can try this link to see the solution to ur problem or the site to find suitable answer
true-android.blogspot.ca/2013/11/install-vlucmk5-android-43-jb-firmware.html?m=1
Gud luck

First off stay away from 4.3 lol. Anyways to get back to take ota you need to get chainfire autoroot and run in Odin, run triangle away, full unroot in super user. Reboot.
Check status if still says modified go into recovery pwr+vol up+home button and do reset.
You should be good to go. Good luck.

[Q] Making the leap, rooting my Galaxy Tab S

I have a Galaxy Tab S 10.5. I've done a little research on the web and am thinking of rooting my Tab S using the Odin/CF Autoroot method. My primary reasons for wanting to root are:
1. Samsung keeps reinstalling stuff that I remove. Namely New York Times and something else that I can't remember (blame alcohol).
2. For some strange reason I cannot drag and drop files (my comics and books for example) to my external SD card. I'm still trying to figure out what that 64 GB can possibly be good for if I can't install apps or drop my music/files onto it.
Even with the bit of research that I've done I have some lingering questions that hopefully some kind soul can maybe answer. These are:
1. As towelroot doesn't seem to work on my device, is there any other method for rooting that won't trip knox (Kango seemed a little untrustworthy to me)?
2. After rooting will I be able to get firmware/software upgrades through Samsung or will I need to find these elsewhere?
3. I pretty consistently see that "Samsung drivers" are suggested to have before rooting. I'm a little confused by this reference what does it mean?
4. Samsung pushes it's screen clarity/resolution as something called "adobe rgb". Is this something I'll need to replace or will I lose picture clarity?
Thanks for all the great work you guys do and thanks in advance for any help!

1. As of now no way to root without tripping Knox
2. You will need to unroot to get ota's. Stock recovery is also a must for ota
3. I just installed kies then made sure it's not running while doing rooting process
4. You will not lose picture quality.
The only con I can see to rooting is tripping Knox. That external SD issue is the very thing that made me pull the trigger on rooting. the super Samsung rom has some great added features and fixes the SD card issue if you want to flash a rom I would recommend that one it's great. Good luck

NerdFurgison said:
1. As of now no way to root without tripping Knox
2. You will need to unroot to get ota's. Stock recovery is also a must for ota
3. I just installed kies then made sure it's not running while doing rooting process
4. You will not lose picture quality.
The only con I can see to rooting is tripping Knox. That external SD issue is the very thing that made me pull the trigger on rooting. the super Samsung rom has some great added features and fixes the SD card issue if you want to flash a rom I would recommend that one it's great. Good luck
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Thanks for the fast reply. Just a few more quick questions:
1. I couldn't find what OTA stood for (well I saw about 30 things). Where would I find a stock recovery or will one be created during the rooting process.
2. So before I start this madness I should install KIES and then kill the process before I begin?
Once again I really appreciate the quick response.

I can copy files from the internal memory to SD card with my unrooted device. You don't have to use third party app to copy.

mau1960 said:
I can copy files from the internal memory to SD card with my unrooted device. You don't have to use third party app to copy.
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Right but try getting a third party app to write to the SD card like es file explorer or whatever. Only option is my files app
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occam_oc said:
Thanks for the fast reply. Just a few more quick questions:
1. I couldn't find what OTA stood for (well I saw about 30 things). Where would I find a stock recovery or will one be created during the rooting process.
2. So before I start this madness I should install KIES and then kill the process before I begin?
Once again I really appreciate the quick response.
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Ota is over the air update. If you are just planning on rooting and staying on the stock rom you don't need to mess with the recovery but if you plan on flashing roms or kernels or anything you will need a custom recovery.

Okay so I downloaded Odin 3.07, Kies, CF Autoroot, and CWM. I've seen several people mention "drivers" for the Samsung but the only driver I can seem to find is a USB driver which I installed from the Samsung website. To start the process I fire up Odin, click on PDA and select the CF Autoroot file. At this point the device is NOT plugged in. I turn the power completely off, then back on while holding down PWR + VOLUME DOWN + HOME BUTTON. I let go of these button once I see the Samsung Galaxy Tab S (powered by android) logo. It flashes something a little too quick to see with the green Android guy standing up, then I get a screen where he's laying down with an exclamation mark coming from the hatch in his stomach. At the top left of the screen it says:
Android system recovery <3e>
KOT49H. T800XXU1ANFB
Volume up/down to move hightlight;
power button to select.
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
etc...etc...etc...
Bottom left it says:
#MANUAL MODE#
At this point I plug the Galaxy back into the PC but neither the PC nor Odin see it.
At some point I'm supposed to press VOLUME UP but no matter when I seem to press it after holding down PWR +VOLUME DOWN + HOME BUTTON I always get to the above screen. Any ideas?

OK that is recovery you need to be in download mode. When the tab is off hold volume down, home, and power til you see a screen warning you of using a custom os . It will say press volume up to continue or down to cancel. Press volume down thenYou should see a picture of a green android and underneath it, it should say downloading now do not turn off target after hitting that screen open Odin then plug it in you should see a yellow Com port pop up on Odin.

NerdFurgison said:
OK that is recovery you need to be in download mode. You should see a picture of a green android and underneath it, it should say downloading now
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Turns out you have to be smarter than a third grader, which I apparently am not. In portrait mode holding volume to the LEFT is volume down, while RIGHT is volume up. Finished and rooted. Thanks for the great help!

If you want to go further and install a custom recovery the easiest way is to install twrp manager and follow the instructions and it flashes it for you

NerdFurgison said:
If you want to go further and install a custom recovery the easiest way is to install twrp manager and follow the instructions and it flashes it for you
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Mind if i ask you a question while your here.. on my note 3 i didn't use any program to root. I used odin to install twrp and than used twrp to flash supersu than installed the supersu program. .. can rooting be done via this method on the tab s 10.5?

occam_oc said:
Turns out you have to be smarter than a third grader, which I apparently am not. In portrait mode holding volume to the LEFT is volume down, while RIGHT is volume up. Finished and rooted. Thanks for the great help!
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Don't feel bad, I've done it and I'm sure many other have as well

cherylbaker said:
Mind if i ask you a question while your here.. on my note 3 i didn't use any program to root. I used odin to install twrp and than used twrp to flash supersu than installed the supersu program. .. can rooting be done via this method on the tab s 10.5?
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To be honest I'm not real sure, this is the first Samsung I have owned since the captivate, so it's been awhile lol, I have been using lg devices for awhile...n4, g2, g3, and my tab was an hp TouchPad running android til I finally upgraded to this.

Anyone have a boot loop issue?

Earlier this evening, after texting a friend, my phone rebooted itself.
It appears to be in a boot loop. It will only reboot into rebooting. Never loads Android. I pulled the battery, let it sit for a few minutes, and tried again with no results.
I've not done modding to the phone (mainly because its locked), and will be returning it to my local AT&T store tomorrow. Thankfully I have insurance on my phone, so I shouldn't have an issue getting a new one.
Anybody else had this issue, however? It's really strange.

Majin Kaioh said:
Earlier this evening, after texting a friend, my phone rebooted itself.
It appears to be in a boot loop. It will only reboot into rebooting. Never loads Android. I pulled the battery, let it sit for a few minutes, and tried again with no results.
I've done modding to the phone (mainly because its locked), and will be returning it to my local AT&T store tomorrow. Thankfully I have insurance on my phone, so I shouldn't have an issue getting a new one.
Anybody else had this issue, however? It's really strange.
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Read a guide on flashing back to stock. Use ODiN and flash the stock file of your choice in the ATT note 4 forum from Download mode. Google how to boot into download mode. Hold those buttons until phone powers off then keep holding until you see download mode. You will need to install samsung drivers and for ODiN on Windows go to Devices coms and ports and change port to 3 in advanced tab.

sudoBacon said:
Read a guide on flashing back to stock. Use ODiN and flash the stock file of your choice in the ATT note 4 forum from Download mode. Google how to boot into download mode. Hold those buttons until phone powers off then keep holding until you see download mode. You will need to install samsung drivers and for ODiN on Windows go to Devices coms and ports and change port to 3 in advanced tab.
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I updated my post to add in a missing word. I havn't done any modding. I do not intend to do any flashing to the device.
I'll be returning it to AT&T tomorrow and getting a new one. My question was if anyone has had this issue before. Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, does not address my question.

sudoBacon said:
Read a guide on flashing back to stock. Use ODiN and flash the stock file of your choice in the ATT note 4 forum from Download mode. Google how to boot into download mode. Hold those buttons until phone powers off then keep holding until you see download mode. You will need to install samsung drivers and for ODiN on Windows go to Devices coms and ports and change port to 3 in advanced tab.
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I have had my share of boot looping experiences, never from not doing any type of experiments with my devices. nonetheless myself and I'm sure many other people just do what was mentioned in the quote to alleviate that problem.
i know you (OP) mentioned you don't plan on doing any flashing, but i would do that before using insurance personally, even if there was no deductible

Majin Kaioh said:
I updated my post to add in a missing word. I havn't done any modding. I do not intend to do any flashing to the device.
I'll be returning it to AT&T tomorrow and getting a new one. My question was if anyone has had this issue before. Thanks for your response. Unfortunately, does not address my question.
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This process is not dangerous if your phone is in a bootloop. Hell AT&T or whatever carrier probably does this themselves if a phone is in this kind of situation. If not rooted or any mods you will still have OTA updates. If you are worried about carrier recognizing if you modded it or something and they wont take it back dont worry just flash it using ODiN. I've rooted many devices hacked compiled roms flashed them and kernels s-offed etc. You can always get back to stock remove flags and your carrier will take it back no matter what just dont return a device with the actual mods on it.

Why not just try to reset the device from the recovery menu? If it's a stock phone it should fix the bootloop.
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jack man said:
Why not just try to reset the device from the recovery menu? If it's a stock phone it should fix the bootloop.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using XDA Free mobile app
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It won't fix what sounds like a missing or corrupted boot file, had to deal with it on a LG g3.. restoring a full back up or a plain reset had no effect.. it was either doing a full flash or flashing the boot files
for that phone it would randomly happen when the OTA tried to upgrade the device while it was rooted, took me 3 times of dealing with it before I realized OTA was still live

Small update. My local AT&T store has a replacement being sent to me. I'm unhappy, however, since its apparently a refurbished device. I pay for insurance that covers a new device if something, anything, happens. They're refusing to send me a new one for some reason that they won't explicitly state to me.
My loyalty with AT&T has wavered, and I will probably be on another network in coming months. I'm thinking Sprint so that I can least have an unlocked Note 4.
Regardless, since this device is being sent back, I decided to try and Odin flash it anyways. It did not work. Still boot loops at the Note 4/Android screen. Doesn't even load the AT&T logo. I'm fairly certain something is fundamentally broken with the device. Probably a factory error. It's never been dropped, and has been inside a hard case since day one.
Being that it is a manufacturing error, I'm not to angry about that. These things do happen. AT&T's treatment of me, however, is just unacceptable. I've been a customer for about eight years, and have been on Android since the Motorola Backflip. I upgraded to a Samsung Captivate and never looked at another manufacturor.

Are you able boot to the recovery menu?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using XDA Free mobile app

i have the bootloop issue before to put *#9090#
the loop is every aprox 3 mins
some sugestion?¡

sudoBacon said:
This process is not dangerous if your phone is in a bootloop. Hell AT&T or whatever carrier probably does this themselves if a phone is in this kind of situation. If not rooted or any mods you will still have OTA updates. If you are worried about carrier recognizing if you modded it or something and they wont take it back dont worry just flash it using ODiN. I've rooted many devices hacked compiled roms flashed them and kernels s-offed etc. You can always get back to stock remove flags and your carrier will take it back no matter what just dont return a device with the actual mods on it.
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Good evening,
my n910A is stocked in Bootlop ,
I did try also to flash via odin the 4 zipped md5 files from this forum but nothing changed : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/to-stock-files-latestcoc4-build-t3107391
when I press volume up+power+home it show LRX22C.N910AUCU1COC4 but the version on the label of my box is N910AUCU1ANIE ,
I don't know if I should go back to the previous version and how to do it ?????
or something else??????
please help because I am lost
thanks

thepinkpanter said:
Good evening,
my n910A is stocked in Bootlop ,
I did try also to flash via odin the 4 zipped md5 files from this forum but nothing changed : http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/to-stock-files-latestcoc4-build-t3107391
when I press volume up+power+home it show LRX22C.N910AUCU1COC4 but the version on the label of my box is N910AUCU1ANIE ,
I don't know if I should go back to the previous version and how to do it ?????
or something else??????
please help because I am lost
thanks
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Try downloading one of sunderwares stock firmwares in a newer 3.10 odin after extracting the zip with contained files. I recommend latest OC4 just re flash it a different one or try again

sudoBacon said:
Try downloading one of sunderwares stock firmwares in a newer 3.10 odin after extracting the zip with contained files. I recommend latest OC4 just re flash it a different one or try again
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I already did it but by using Odin 3.09 pls. see http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-att/general/to-stock-files-latestcoc4-build-t3107391/page5
maybe I did something wrong
or from where can I get / download a different N910AUCU1COC4 ?
thanks again for your kind help

Question about tmobile G95TUVU3DOI1

Hi, I'm kinda new to rooting android phone.I just got a galaxy s6 edge from tmobile and I would lIke to root the phone. Searching around the forum but still doesn't ubderstand how's it work. So I got a galaxy s6 edge, baseband version G95TUVU3DOI1, come with 5.1.1 SMG 925T. Question is if I'm root the phone will i able to restore back to stock firmware, will tmobile able to find out if I rooted or not? Because I'm in Jump! Program and plan to switch new phone next year. And its there any easy step by step guide to root the phone. I don't really care about Samsung pay, would like to have fingerprint sensor if possible. Thank you

Before you do anything, understand that you WILL TRIP KNOX AND BREAK SAMSUNG PAY. Also, it is your choice to modify your device and this process seems to work differently for differnt people, so if anything happens, it's on you. However, there are several threads here that can help you if anything goes wrong
Okay, make a backup of all your stuff on SmartSwitch
You're going to want to download ODIN 3.10.7 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451
Then you're going to want to download UniKernel v8 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...d-development/kernel-stockmod-kernel-t3100395
Open ODIN on your computer and don't touch anything yet
Then you're going to put your phone into download mode by turning it off, then holding POWER+VOL DOWN+HOME until a blue screen appears.
Press VOL UP to enter download mode and connect your phone to your computer with the cable that came with your phone
Wait for the little box at the top left to turn blue
On ODIN, click the AP button and locate the UniKernel v8 file that you downloaded before
Once you've found it, double click it to fill in the AP field with the file
Click START and do not touch anything until it's done.
Your phone will restart and once it comes back up, you'll be rooted. It can take several minutes for it to fully boot, so give it time.
Now, this is optional, but if you want a custom recovery to flash custom ROMS, download TWRP onto your computer from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...recovery-twrp2-8-6-0-g925t-5-1-1-of6-t3143002
Flash that file through ODIN using the same process as you used to flash UniKernel.
This recovery will let flash custom ROMs. I recommend XstreStoLite as it is very good on battery life, but you will not be able to use WiFi calling or VOLTE. You can download it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...xtrestolite-deodexed-mod-edition-1-3-t3119968
Let me know how it goes.

Can I unroot in the future if I want to go back to stock?

Osui818 said:
Can I unroot in the future if I want to go back to stock?
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Yes. You'll just have to download the latest firmware from here or Sammobile.com and flash it using ODIN

Thank you. One last question, any chance using Odin will brick the device?

Osui818 said:
Thank you. One last question, any chance using OdinYes there will brick the device?
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Yes. There is a small chance, but the method I described is the exact same method I used on my device and I've had no issues. Even if you do, there is almost a 0% chance of a hard brick unless you touch something you're not supposed to touch, and if you do soft brick, there are a few threads here that should be able to help. More than likely flashing stock firmware will fix any problems you have.

thanks akw for the run through, I've been away from android for 4 months and ran back to it. just got this phone and wanna quickly root it.

eruscool said:
thanks akw for the run through, I've been away from android for 4 months and ran back to it. just got this phone and wanna quickly root it.
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No problem, buddy. Hope it goes well for you.

Akw6190 said:
No problem, buddy. Hope it goes well for you.
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i need help too. i am trying to use smart switch as my last resort but its not working(ish). after installing the factory firmware it says the device will restart, unplug and plug it again. on the phone it reset itself and then with the green android logo saying installing system then 1/3 of the loading bar it just says erasing then blacked out then back on bootloop. i can still boot to recovery mode and download mode.

godefroy28 said:
i need help too. i am trying to use smart switch as my last resort but its not working(ish). after installing the factory firmware it says the device will restart, unplug and plug it again. on the phone it reset itself and then with the green android logo saying installing system then 1/3 of the loading bar it just says erasing then blacked out then back on bootloop. i can still boot to recovery mode and download mode.
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Where are you getting the firmware from? What version of ODIN are you using? What port are you using in ODIN to flash the firmware?
There is a Mega download of the DOI1 firmware somewhere around here. I recommend downloading that and flashing using the AP port in ODIN 3.10.7, using the cable that came with your phone. This is the exact method I used to return to stock with no issues.