I realy need to go back to stock rom because the battery on my 8 months old tab 3 appears to be damaged. Over the last 3 weeks while on the tablet you get a black screen and it would not turn on until it's plugged in. Yesterday it wouldn't turn on until I plugged on the wall socket then I noticed it had a red X on the battery icon. I've contacted Samsung and they will arrange collection next week but I need to return to stock. Problem is tablet will turn off immediately it's unplugged from power source so i'm unsure it will be able to odin back to stock. Saying that I managed to factory reset and then restore a twrp backup yesterday while it's plugged in. Any suggestions whether i should risk going back to stock.
assetttt said:
I realy need to go back to stock rom because the battery on my 8 months old tab 3 appears to be damaged. Over the last 3 weeks while on the tablet you get a black screen and it would not turn on until it's plugged in. Yesterday it wouldn't turn on until I plugged on the wall socket then I noticed it had a red X on the battery icon. I've contacted Samsung and they will arrange collection next week but I need to return to stock. Problem is tablet will turn off immediately it's unplugged from power source so i'm unsure it will be able to odin back to stock. Saying that I managed to factory reset and then restore a twrp backup yesterday while it's plugged in. Any suggestions whether i should risk going back to stock.
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firstly, this belongs in general, not development. Please post in the correct section
that being said,
What you can do is download the stock firmware in flashable zip for it. You have TWRP correct? On a computer, download one of @moonbutt74's flashable recovery zips, and swap out the recovery image inside for stock one. So flash stock rom via twrp, then flash stock recovery. When you reboot, should be back stock fully.
Restl3ss said:
firstly, this belongs in general, not development. Please post in the correct section
that being said,
What you can do is download the stock firmware in flashable zip for it. You have TWRP correct? On a computer, download one of @moonbutt74's flashable recovery zips, and swap out the recovery image inside for stock one. So flash stock rom via twrp, then flash stock recovery. When you reboot, should be back stock fully.
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Thanks Restless, will be mindful of the appropriate section next time. Anyway I've odined back to stock using original p5210 firmware. What a slow bloated tablet on stock, cannot wait for Samsung to take it off my hands
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My phone's USB port stopped working recently so I needed to unroot in order to file a warrenty claim. I flashed a rooted stock rom and performed an update to get back to completely stock (this deleted my custom recovery as well). Last night it asked me to update from 3.26 to 3.29 something and I did it. I think that it installed correctly and rebooted normally, but I'm not totally sure (it was pretty late). Now this morning I saw it was off and when I turn it on it goes straight to fastboot. There doesn't seem to be an option from here to boot into the full phone. Now I'm unrooted, no custom recovery, and can't use the USB port. (The way I was charging it, btw was through a hacked USB cord pressed right between the contacts on the battery and phone). What can I do?
Would there be anyway to flash a file called PC36DIA.img or whatever the file it looks for when you load the HBOOT that would fix this problem? Does anyone know how to make/get one that would fix it?
blakerboy777 said:
My phone's USB port stopped working recently so I needed to unroot in order to file a warrenty claim. I flashed a rooted stock rom and performed an update to get back to completely stock (this deleted my custom recovery as well). Last night it asked me to update from 3.26 to 3.29 something and I did it. I think that it installed correctly and rebooted normally, but I'm not totally sure (it was pretty late). Now this morning I saw it was off and when I turn it on it goes straight to fastboot. There doesn't seem to be an option from here to boot into the full phone. Now I'm unrooted, no custom recovery, and can't use the USB port. (The way I was charging it, btw was through a hacked USB cord pressed right between the contacts on the battery and phone). What can I do?
Would there be anyway to flash a file called PC36DIA.img or whatever the file it looks for when you load the HBOOT that would fix this problem? Does anyone know how to make/get one that would fix it?
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I think this is what you're looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791019
And here's the thread for getting the stock 3.29 back after your phone can boot into a rom (so you can get your warranty)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800582
I put the file on my memory card, and a blue bar goes up on the side. I'm pretty sure that I'm supposed to OK something at some point and then more bars in different colors go up in the same place, but none of that happened. After it goes up, it says something like loading file, then just goes back to the boot loader. I think the update did this more than anything else.
My question is this: I still don't have a custom recovery (this thing was supposed to flash clockworkmod recovery), can I assume that this didn't change anything on my device? I'd feel a lot more comfortable saying that an update bricked it than knowing that I might have just tainted it by rooting the phone after it got bricked.
Hi guys,
I used techfanatic9's DIY for going to Jellybean on my VZW galaxy nexus and it worked but I had no mobile network.
After a few attempts they referred me to their going back to stock which used ODIN.
Anyway, reflashing back to stock failed in Odin and after I took the battery out and out it back in (with the cable connected) i could no longer get to download mode or recovery (I was using clockwork mod recovery).
Now everytime I turn the phone on it has a phone a yellow exclamation point and a monitor and I can't get to recovery or download mode.
Can anyone help me at least get to recovery mode again? Odin still recognizes my phone (drivers good) but it always fails to flash back to stock. I just got this phone not too long ago and I'm kind of devastated =(
corning84 said:
Hi guys,
I used techfanatic9's DIY for going to Jellybean on my VZW galaxy nexus and it worked but I had no mobile network.
After a few attempts they referred me to their going back to stock which used ODIN.
Anyway, reflashing back to stock failed in Odin and after I took the battery out and out it back in (with the cable connected) i could no longer get to download mode or recovery (I was using clockwork mod recovery).
Now everytime I turn the phone on it has a phone a yellow exclamation point and a monitor and I can't get to recovery or download mode.
Can anyone help me at least get to recovery mode again? Odin still recognizes my phone (drivers good) but it always fails to flash back to stock. I just got this phone not too long ago and I'm kind of devastated =(
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Follow up.. Did a lot of self educating over 3 days.
I lost recovery. I made a jig using some resistors from radio shack and cutting up an unused usb cable.
Got download mode back and used Odin (which is a very bad tool from my research but also can be good) + a 4.0.2 image and a phone file and restored my soft brick back to stock.
Experienced Galaxy rooter here. I used Odin Mode on the Sg3 as well as my gf Pro tab 8.4 and my 10.1 as well. Ive never had problems until now. So here's what happened today:
This morning
I decided to install Twrp using Flashify. Having been rooted for months, it worked. I then installed Cm 11 using TWRP. I wiped cache and installed gapps from goo manager. Everything went smooth. I played around with it for about an hour. No problem.
Then I installed Team freezes ROM. I used flashify. Everything seemed normal, then I realized I couldn't get past Samsung title screen. So i plugged up to Odin and installed stock Recovery. Nothing. Reinstalled TWRP... can't get into Twrp. Used Odin again to install Phillz.. Nothing.
Once again I installed original stock through Odin. Here I am again stock at the Samsung boot screen. I can only do three things 1. Turn off 2. Reset 3.odin mode
What do i do?
I just want to get this thing to boot so i can see what happened or at lest into some sort of recovery where i can load from sd
If you're in Download (Odin) Mode....
Make sure you have S/N on hand.
Enter Download Mode and run KIES3, choose Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
Enter model number and S/N
Returning to bone stock may take an hour, so make sure the battery is fully charged. Moreover, YOUR TAB WILL BE TOTALLY WIPED AND GO BACK TO BONE STOCK!
mingkee said:
If you're in Download (Odin) Mode....
Make sure you have S/N on hand.
Enter Download Mode and run KIES3, choose Firmware Upgrade and Initialization
Enter model number and S/N
Returning to bone stock may take an hour, so make sure the battery is fully charged. Moreover, YOUR TAB WILL BE TOTALLY WIPED AND GO BACK TO BONE STOCK!
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Thanks for this. I lost my system due to System Cleaner 2 fudgin' it up on reboot. I was about to hassle Best Buy into an exchange but gave this a try. I thought I had it made by doing a factory reset but even that didn't work. Luckily Kies came to the rescue after I figured out they wanted a generic model SM-T320, not the rest of it. Again thanks to you mate!
OK so normally I'd just use odin to get completely back to stock for warranty issues. However my usb port is toast except when turned off even then it doesn't charge properly. Van someone point me to a stock recovery zip and nonrooted stock firmware zips that are recovery flashable. If those even exist. Thanks in advance.
I don't believe I've ever seen either of those. Particularly a flashable stock recovery....How bad is the USB port? Your best bet might be to solder a new one on....
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So.... your USB is borked? Not a problem. From what I understand, your intention is to return the device back to the "boxed" status (software, firmware, etc.).
Here is what I would try:
Assuming you are on a rooted ROM, using team win recovery or something of that sort.
Download this:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001617187
Flash it in recovery, and simply reboot. The stock ROM will re-flash the stock recovery during the boot phase.
If it doesn't, for whatever reason, come back here for another solution.
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.
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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.
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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.