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[Q] My Galaxy Note II soft bricked, please help!!

Hello Good people of xda forum
please i have a very big problem at my hand involving my newly acquired galaxy note II, the international version and i was hoping that some of you could help me out here because this is driving me nuts.
My galaxy note II is 2 weeks old and i rooted it 5 days after i got it with Odin and everything seems to work smooth ever since.
My problem now started yesterday when i stupidly went to install the chainfire 3d plugin because i wanted to try my older games that worked better on my qualcomm desire HD that wouldn't work well on my note II and what happened next has left me with sorrows since yesterday evening.
My lovely Note won't boot up anymore. It always gets stuck on the samsung galaxy note II logo. I am on the stock samsung rom.
I have tried everything i could read online to get it working including entering clockworkmod recovery, wiping data, cache, daivik, factory reset, formating sd and external sd card and nothing seems to work.
I have even tried entering odin download mode and downloading a custom firmware to flash but it keeps saying ''downloading'' but never finishes.
I am helpless now and do not want the 619 EURO i paid for this phone to be a waste. I can't return it since it is already rooted and i cannot unroot it in it's current state.
Is there any way for me to copy over the stock rom zip file to the external sd and flash it from there? If yes, can anyone provide me with a stock rom zip file to flash as i cant seem to find it anywhere?
My galaxy note II is the international version, bought at Saturn electronics shop, germany.
I will also admit that i am not so good with the technical stuff so a little explanation could help.
Thanks all.

There are stock roms in the note 2 forum here on XDA. You can boot into CWM recovery and mount your SD card to be able to use on your laptop/PC. If that fails, you can get the Android SDK specifically adb and push it to your internal SD.
I've done the same on my old Galaxy S2, so don't worry it's recoverable! I suggest getting a stock rom and flash via Odin, failing that use the method I mentioned above.
I apologise if I'm unclear, I'm exhausted tonight!
Sent from my Galaxy Note 2 through the Space Time Continuum

Best thing to try in ur case is make a full wipe and factory reset from recovery then to flash stock rom using odin then to make a wipe again if any problems,this should solve ur problem. Good luck.
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent From Rego Galaxy Note!! ↖(^▽^)↗

Thank you both a lot. I am trying your solutions now. I will post back if it worked.

You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.

Any luck with your Note II ?
You can also download a custom rom , then put it in an external card
Slot it in the phone , do full wipe and flash .
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freeway82 said:
You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.
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Glad to hear the phone is alive.

freeway82 said:
You both are life savers. My phone is back up and running.
Can't thank you all enough.
Thanks.
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Happy to hear that man, and welcome
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent From Rego Galaxy Note!! ↖(^▽^)↗

same problem after chainfire install
i have exactly the same problem as you. i rooted my phone and after installing chainfire from android market the phone does not get past the logo screen.hard reset,recovery nothing works. can you please tell me the method you used to recover the phone and maybe a link to the factory rom or files that i need to download. people say one has to flash the rom, but how exactly does one do that. big help please. my phone is from india.

rocky4 said:
i have exactly the same problem as you. i rooted my phone and after installing chainfire from android market the phone does not get past the logo screen.hard reset,recovery nothing works. can you please tell me the method you used to recover the phone and maybe a link to the factory rom or files that i need to download. people say one has to flash the rom, but how exactly does one do that. big help please. my phone is from india.
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Hello, sorry for late reply. Here is the link you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
Search for your country's version of the stock rom and download it.
Download also the odin files included in that first post.
Once you have the stock rom for your country and odin files downloaded, unrar them if they are zipped and place their folders on the desktop or somewhere else you can
easily find them.
Now open odin from the folder you unrared and turn off your phone (your phone shouldn't be connected to the computer at this point).
Once your phone is off. Press and hold simultaneously the volume down button, home key button and the power button. Keep holding them until you
see the samsung logo. Then let go of the buttons and your phone would enter downloading mode.
Now plug in your phone via usb to your computer and a blue light would show on odin with COM written in it.
Now check the box next to PDA and point odin to the tar file contained in the downloaded rom folder you placed on your desktop and hit start on odin.
A progress bar would now show on your phone indicating that odin is flashing your phone with the stock rom.
Once it's finished successfully, it will show on odin "passed" in a green light and your phone should reboot and voila, your phone is now clean as new.
From there, I believe you continue on your own. Now disconnect your pbone and enjoy.
There are also pictures on the link I posted that would explain the process better.
If you any further questions, just ask.
Good luck.

Thats why i love XDA community, if u care to share your knowledge to help others, they will for sure help another and the knowledge circle grows
↖(^▽^)↗ Sent From Rego Galaxy Note!! ↖(^▽^)↗

UNREAL. I did the exact same thing. Rooted...no prob. Chainfire3d plugin. Bricked.
I have the Sprint US version. Which ROM do I need?

Same issue
I have the Verizon I605 version, now I am stuck between the downloading, do not turn off target and the System software not authorized screens........Please help, also Im on a Macbook please include proper instructions for my idiotic turn of events.

freeway82 said:
Hello, sorry for late reply. Here is the link you need
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896696
Search for your country's version of the stock rom and download it.
Download also the odin files included in that first post.
Once you have the stock rom for your country and odin files downloaded, unrar them if they are zipped and place their folders on the desktop or somewhere else you can
easily find them.
Now open odin from the folder you unrared and turn off your phone (your phone shouldn't be connected to the computer at this point).
Once your phone is off. Press and hold simultaneously the volume down button, home key button and the power button. Keep holding them until you
see the samsung logo. Then let go of the buttons and your phone would enter downloading mode.
Now plug in your phone via usb to your computer and a blue light would show on odin with COM written in it.
Now check the box next to PDA and point odin to the tar file contained in the downloaded rom folder you placed on your desktop and hit start on odin.
A progress bar would now show on your phone indicating that odin is flashing your phone with the stock rom.
Once it's finished successfully, it will show on odin "passed" in a green light and your phone should reboot and voila, your phone is now clean as new.
From there, I believe you continue on your own. Now disconnect your pbone and enjoy.
There are also pictures on the link I posted that would explain the process better.
If you any further questions, just ask.
Good luck.
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What do you do if you can't get your computer to recognize your phone plugged in the USB? I tried to delete the Samsung Drivers and reinstall but it didn't work. I can get my phone to Odin mode but can not get it to flash.
PLEASE HELP.

Make sure you've installed Samsung usb drivers.
Edit: should have read your entire post *sorry* Make sure there are no other usb related proggies running; they might interfere with your sammie usb drivers..
Sent from my GT-N7100 using xda app-developers app

kustom1955 said:
What do you do if you can't get your computer to recognize your phone plugged in the USB? I tried to delete the Samsung Drivers and reinstall but it didn't work. I can get my phone to Odin mode but can not get it to flash.
PLEASE HELP.
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-Don't use any extension cable to connect device, if any.
-Try other USB port (2.0)
-Close Firewall
-Close antivirus
-Kies shouldn't working in background
-Still no way then use different machine.

Help please!!!!
I have manged to soft brick my galaxy note 2 without any luck of reviving it through all the methods prescribed in this thread as well as the other countless threads !!
Can anybody please guide me where i am going wrong..
I can put the phone in download mode and using odin 1.85 or 3.04 manage to flash these stock roms but they all FAIL after modem.bin..
typically as soon as the Radio starts flashing it fails... I have downloaded these two files and i a tryng my luck with them...
I cannot enter into recovery mode to do a factory reset :crying:
The files i am using are as below :
1) N7100XXUFND3_N7100ODDFND2_N7100DDUFND1_HOME.tar.md5
2) N7100XXALIE_N7100ODDALI9_N7100DDALI9_HOME.tar.md5
Friends plese helpme out.. dont wanna turn this phone into a paper weight... '
Its the international GT N7100.. and think its a sudden death situation...

[Q] Severly Messed Up Phone Need Immediate Help

Hello everyone, I have a very big problem. Yesterday as I was trying to install a ROM on my phone something terribly wrong happened. I must have hit a button when not looking or something because currently I am stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy Note 2" screen and it just keeps on coming up. I can get into ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.2.5. When looking into my sdcard, everything is gone. No files what so ever. One of my ideas was to buy a SD Card adapter for my computer and install the ROM that way. Problem is that an error comes up saying "Can't Mount /external_sd/ My flight leaves tomorrow and I really need to get this phone working. I have tried so much but nothing is working! Thank You in advance!

Did u try the sd card adapter?

twanskys204 said:
Did u try the sd card adapter?
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Not yet, just the problem is since I keep on getting that Mounting error do you think my phone will recognize it if I put a ROM on there?

Go buy it.. its cheap anyway

twanskys204 said:
Go buy it.. its cheap anyway
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Will do then will post update after. Thank You.

Try downloading odin on comp then download drivers for phone and flash a stock rooted .tar or md5 rom it works it happened to me already u can find at galaxynote2root.com
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda premium

push a rom via adb on your storage.

yea if you cant get anything to mount on the SD card you might have to ODIN back to stock.
If you can get any ROM on the SD CARD you just have to factory wipe and reset and flash the zip and you should be out of your bootloop.

Ok I have downloaded the drivers and Odin. My computer recognizes that the device is a Samsung Android and it also shows that the drivers are isntalled. Only problem is Odin will not recognize the phone. Is there something wrong with Odin or something else?

Are you putting the phone into download mode before hooking up? Volume Down/Home/Power button..Odin you have to have phone in download mode.

lss2tb said:
Are you putting the phone into download mode before hooking up? Volume Down/Home/Power button..Odin you have to have phone in download mode.
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I am booting it into ClockWork Mod Recovery 6.0.2.5, am I doing something wrong.

In download mode as we speak, everything going smooth.

[Q] Tmobile Samsung galaxy S3 sgh-t999 is hard bricked, need help

Hi I have a samsung galaxt s3 sgh-t999, I rooted my phone with no problems and wanted to be able to move apps to sd card so I went to rom manager and clicked on partition sd card and it said it was going to reboot it shut off and now it wont turn back on, wont go into recovery mode, if i plug it into the computer, the computer dont pick it up, when i plug in the charger it does nothing... I really need help, is there away to fix it or do I have a $500 door stop or paper weight??? all help appreciated

I too Have a T999L that is hard bricked. No issues rooting. used swapper 2 and link2sd and got hard bricked. I am running du_d2tmo-2013-10-14 rom 4.3 JB. I attempted the debrick method using both nix and winblows.. no results whatsoever . not a single error. in fact, i cannot get my T999L to do anything at all. i plug it into the pc and IF the battery is out, the red light comes on. with the battery in, it does nothing at all. ANY help would be greatly appreciated

shawzaw said:
Hi I have a samsung galaxt s3 sgh-t999, I rooted my phone with no problems and wanted to be able to move apps to sd card so I went to rom manager and clicked on partition sd card and it said it was going to reboot it shut off and now it wont turn back on, wont go into recovery mode, if i plug it into the computer, the computer dont pick it up, when i plug in the charger it does nothing... I really need help, is there away to fix it or do I have a $500 door stop or paper weight??? all help appreciated
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Can you get into download mode? Does it show up on Odin? If it does then flash a root66 img root66_TMO_T999UVUEMJC for my Tmobile T999 This is what I used when I thought my phone was bricked. I used Odin to flash TWRP recovery and then format, and flash a custom rom. Good luck

shawzaw said:
Hi I have a samsung galaxt s3 sgh-t999, I rooted my phone with no problems and wanted to be able to move apps to sd card so I went to rom manager and clicked on partition sd card and it said it was going to reboot it shut off and now it wont turn back on, wont go into recovery mode, if i plug it into the computer, the computer dont pick it up, when i plug in the charger it does nothing... I really need help, is there away to fix it or do I have a $500 door stop or paper weight??? all help appreciated
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Rom Manager most likely partitioned your INTERNAL SD Card instead. You'd have to Flash Root66 for Android 4.2 via Odin.
BlazeUser said:
I too Have a T999L that is hard bricked. No issues rooting. used swapper 2 and link2sd and got hard bricked. I am running du_d2tmo-2013-10-14 rom 4.3 JB. I attempted the debrick method using both nix and winblows.. no results whatsoever . not a single error. in fact, i cannot get my T999L to do anything at all. i plug it into the pc and IF the battery is out, the red light comes on. with the battery in, it does nothing at all. ANY help would be greatly appreciated
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Did you try the De-Bricking Thread in Development sub forum ?

Perseus71 said:
Rom Manager most likely partitioned your INTERNAL SD Card instead. You'd have to Flash Root66 for Android 4.2 via Odin.
Did you try the De-Bricking Thread in Development sub forum ?
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yes i tried this method on both windows and ubuntu 12.04 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367

BlazeUser said:
yes i tried this method on both windows and ubuntu 12.04 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367
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What image did you use ?

Perseus71 said:
What image did you use ?
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i used the T999L image

Hey can someone help me where to find a tutorial to root my T999v, I only see tutorials for T999 and T999L can i use those same tutorial to root my phone on version 4.1.2 please i just don't wanna brick my phone so someone help me

BlazeUser said:
i used the T999L image
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Please use 4.3 image for T999
dorian2kx said:
Hey can someone help me where to find a tutorial to root my T999v, I only see tutorials for T999 and T999L can i use those same tutorial to root my phone on version 4.1.2 please i just don't wanna brick my phone so someone help me
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Yes.

acedik said:
Can you get into download mode? Does it show up on Odin? If it does then flash a root66 img root66_TMO_T999UVUEMJC for my Tmobile T999 This is what I used when I thought my phone was bricked. I used Odin to flash TWRP recovery and then format, and flash a custom rom. Good luck
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no i cant get into download mode or recovery mode, it loads nothing up, wont vibrate or anything, its hard bricked, i dont know what version of odin i need for my phone, it from tmobile samsung galaxy s3 sgh-t999

shawzaw said:
no i cant get into download mode or recovery mode, it loads nothing up, wont vibrate or anything, its hard bricked, i dont know what version of odin i need for my phone, it from tmobile samsung galaxy s3 sgh-t999
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Wow, so its still bricked from December? Did you recently try the debrick method in dev section?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk

bricked
ive got a similar problem. tried this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but it still will not do anything, no power, no reaction, just black screen. its tmobile sgh-t99l. really really need help if anyone can

syben7 said:
ive got a similar problem. tried this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but it still will not do anything, no power, no reaction, just black screen. its tmobile sgh-t99l. really really need help if anyone can
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You may need a debrick.img created from a device with the NC1 firmware. Do you know what build you were on before it bricked?
We dont have that NC1 image yet, that im aware of, but ill see if I cant find someone to make one.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk

syben7 said:
ive got a similar problem. tried this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439367 but it still will not do anything, no power, no reaction, just black screen. its tmobile sgh-t99l. really really need help if anyone can
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Sent you a pm with a new debrick.img to try. Please reply via pm to let me know how it goes. Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk

DocHoliday77 said:
You may need a debrick.img created from a device with the NC1 firmware. Do you know what build you were on before it bricked?
We dont have that NC1 image yet, that im aware of, but ill see if I cant find someone to make one.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using Tapatalk
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I was on the pac 4.4 nightly, had flashed new nightly updates regularly for nearly a month with no problems, but then decided to switch to cm11, when I tried to flash that it gave me the bootloader error, so I went to the method that was a supposed fix for that and flashed it and thats when it went dead.

Same Problem
Hey guys I have the same exact problem heres how it started, which I think accurately describes everyone else with the same problem:
1) I downloaded the correct TWRP for my phone and unlocked it previously with ODIN.
2) So far everything is fine, now I find a nice new ROM which is stable and try to flash it. The rom was: FlashingDroid_S5_v2.2
3)First I deleted cache and dalvic cache as well, basically the default wipe.
4) I flashed the ROM and it said it was succesful, I click reboot, and nothing
Symptoms
1)No vibration
2)No screen image whatsoever
3)No signs of booting up with computer
4) Does not boot up using JIG method
5)Computer does not see phone
Notes
1) I tried checking the pulse of the phone W/out battery and gave me very little wattage, and eventually it drained out
2) Then I tried plugging it into my computer and the front red light went on but no power in phone and PC cannot see it
3) Sometimes when I put the battery in, it gives me a quick flash, from the flashlight on the back, OR it gives a millisecond of a vibration
4)Before I flashed I had android 4.3 Jellybean stock with root-again I tried to flash FlashingDroid_S5_v2.2 w/TWRP
Trials to resolve in which did NOT work
1) I tried putting it into download mode, with JIG but no battery and had someone put the battery in WHILE i was pressing HOME+POWER+VOLUME DOWN with the JIG
Results: It sometimes gave me a small vibration, but no results
2) Tried to install correct ODIN and KIES software
Result: Gave me negative sound on laptop meaning it does not recognize device-it does not show up in My Computer either

Having the same issue.
I used the FlashingDroid_S5_v2.2 rom. Wiped the phone before flashing, the prompt said successful and rebooted.
Then nothing.
No response from charging, power, download mode... nothing.

HELP Note II stuck on splash screen

Dear all. I have a note II that has gone wild. The phone was working fine but then I received a note 4 and put the note 2 aside. Then I was trying to install root and was able to do so by installing TWRP V2.8.3 and everything went smooth and the phone was rooted. I then used the phone for a while but switched to the note 4 after. Now, 5 months after, I wanted to check something on my olde note II. I charged the phone and switched it on but it was stuck on the Galaxy note II screen I rebooted then rebooted but still the same. I went in the TWRP recovery to try to do something but I was not able to because it says that it cant mount storage, cant mount efs, cant mount data, cant mount cache and cant mount system.
Then I have decided to install the firmware image from zipped file but that did not work as it sees that the internal and external storags are 0 and cant mount them.
Then I opted to try and install the firmware PDA through Odin but that also did not work as Odin was not able to detect the phone. Now I'm clueless and not sure what to do the only thing I'm able to do is boot in TWRP recovery and that is all. Can any one help.
My phone had the latest official rom from samsung the 4.4.2
Please help

classic, just search. there is a thread with tutorial how to get your n2 back to life. you could also have sds, but try different odin and flash with pit

Ok now I'm in a worse situation. I have managed to get to the download mode and connected it to ODIN and tried to flash with the stock rom but at the end of the writing process it failed and started to get a message on the phone to connect my device to kies and try again. I tried that but did not do anything. Then I tried Odin again but this time I unticked the auto reboot. then clicked start. The same thing happened as before and writing failed now though my phone is blank it does not show anything and it does not want to turn on and no LED that is turning on nor the charging icon. I searched the net and someone suggested that the battery is damaged. I replaced the battery but still no go. Please I really need to get that phone back alive. I think I bricked it. any ideas or directions to help me with this annoying case. I cant even boot to recovery nor download please help

No one can help

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No one can help
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Odin dont detect Phone in Download mode, right?
So test another USB hub or an other or Official Samsung USB connector.. When nothing work try another PC and Flash the Firmware in PDA.

Christopher11 said:
Odin dont detect Phone in Download mode, right?
So test another USB hub or an other or Official Samsung USB connector.. When nothing work try another PC and Flash the Firmware in PDA.
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Finally someone gave me an advise. Thank you Chris. The problem is the phone is blank and cant go to download mode. It looks like that I have bricked it and not sure how to get back

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Finally someone gave me an advise. Thank you Chris. The problem is the phone is blank and cant go to download mode. It looks like that I have bricked it and not sure how to get back
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Can you make a Video what exactly happens when you :Remove battery and Restart phone, Restart phone into Download Mode and/or Recovery? Thx :good:

Christopher11 said:
Odin dont detect Phone in Download mode, right?
So test another USB hub or an other or Official Samsung USB connector.. When nothing work try another PC and Flash the Firmware in PDA.
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Can you make a Video what exactly happens when you :Remove battery and Restart phone, Restart phone into Download Mode and/or Recovery? Thx :good:
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As I said when I remove the battery and insert it back the phone remains blank no response to any button pressed.
What I did is that my phone was stuck on opening screen samsung screen. Then someone suggested to flash it with the stock rom. So I went to Sammobile site and downloaded the latest firmware. I tried to install it to my phone using ODIN and just before the end. ODIN failed. I tried it the second time and the same happened. then the third time I read that I have to untick auto reboot. I did and tried ODIN for the 3rd time and on the third trial I got the same fail message and then I wanted to boot into download mode for the forth time but this time the phone went dead and not responding to any button press. I hope that this explains the situation

Hmmm.. That Sounds really tricky.. Never saw a Device before thats so bricked.. When really nothing worked from this Forum may you let an expert give a look on your Phone, i know some official Samsung shops, maybe they can help.. Sry that i cant hell you like you want it and sry for my Bad English.. Good Luck with your Note 2

Christopher11 said:
Hmmm.. That Sounds really tricky.. Never saw a Device before thats so bricked.. When really nothing worked from this Forum may you let an expert give a look on your Phone, i know some official Samsung shops, maybe they can help.. Sry that i cant hell you like you want it and sry for my Bad English.. Good Luck with your Note 2
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No worries bro. At least you are trying. I have never seen this before either and I'm stumped and where I'm I dont think I can find any samsung pro shop. All what they are going to say is the motherboard is dead and you need to change it. I do have another phone but I hate it when a devise does this to me

Rooted sprint s6 stuck in boot loop mode ( usb can't be recognized by windows 8.1)

please help me!! clearly i am more of a noob than I thought I was!
I rooted my phone using Odin a few months ago. Then it just crapped out on me. Now it is stuck in a boot loop mode. I can get it to recovery mood and download mode. I have tried wiping the cache partition and done the factory rest. That isn't the issue. The issue is that when I have Odin open the phone isn't being recognized. it keeps saying "USB device not recognized. the last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it". I have tried reinstalling the drivers for my Sprint S6. I have also updated the media package for my windows 8.1. But it still isn't recognizing the phone. I also tried un instaling and reinstalling. I have smart switch but still nothing. I am not entirely sure how to fix this. Please Help!! Also, in the top left hand corner where it says "kernal is not seandriod enforcing. custom binary blocked by frp lock"
I've exhausted everything best to my knowledge. I appreciate all the help I can get from you experts. Thank all in advance from this tech noob!

Gladi80rPrincess09 said:
please help me!! clearly i am more of a noob than I thought I was!
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I've exhausted everything best to my knowledge. I appreciate all the help I can get from you experts. Thank all in advance from this tech noob!
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Geez... that sucks, and disappointing no one has replied yet.
I hate to reply with a few of the obvious tricks- but it has happened multiple times to me that my phone won't be recognized by ODIN (or anything other than as "charging"). Usually this is solved by switching to other USB ports, and plugging-unplugging a few times, but when that fails (which it does not infrequently)- I have gotten lucky by not just restarting my computer, but actually turning it off, waiting a moment and turning it back on.
Magically sometimes that does it.
Hope that works for you, and that others more senior weigh in on this :good:

I second what spammy said.
I just spent 6 hours fixing my Sprint s6. I got it domestic unlocked and somehow near-bricked it, and then got the dreaded usb not recognized message. Shutting my laptop all the way down and letting it sit a few minutes did the trick and I was able to use Odin afterwards.

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so, i got it to connect by just lifting the tongue a little. It connected to Odin. I tried to flash it using the TAR file but it keeps saying failed. Can anyone tell me why it says "custom binary blocked by frp lock" and how to fix that ? I know I have to connect it to samsung online or something but the phone is stuck in boot loop mode so I cant really do much. Like I said before I tried to flash with the 5.0.2 TAR file and ended up with the following message at the top left and corner in red and black highlight "SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 2. BINARY: 1" what does this mean? is there a fix? and how do I fix it? my phone is already factory rest and I lost everything so I am not concerned about that as long as I can get it to turn back on. Please help me.

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chatovishious said:
I second what spammy said.
I just spent 6 hours fixing my Sprint s6. I got it domestic unlocked and somehow near-bricked it, and then got the dreaded usb not recognized message. Shutting my laptop all the way down and letting it sit a few minutes did the trick and I was able to use Odin afterwards.
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Geez... that sucks, and disappointing no one has replied yet.
I hate to reply with a few of the obvious tricks- but it has happened multiple times to me that my phone won't be recognized by ODIN (or anything other than as "charging"). Usually this is solved by switching to other USB ports, and plugging-unplugging a few times, but when that fails (which it does not infrequently)- I have gotten lucky by not just restarting my computer, but actually turning it off, waiting a moment and turning it back on.
Magically sometimes that does it.
Hope that works for you, and that others more senior weigh in on this :good:
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so, i got it to connect by just lifting the tongue a little. It connected to Odin. I tried to flash it using the TAR file but it keeps saying failed. Can anyone tell me why it says "custom binary blocked by frp lock" and how to fix that ? I know I have to connect it to samsung online or something but the phone is stuck in boot loop mode so I cant really do much. Like I said before I tried to flash with the 5.0.2 TAR file and ended up with the following message at the top left and corner in red and black highlight "SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 2. BINARY: 1" what does this mean? is there a fix? and how do I fix it? my phone is already factory rest and I lost everything so I am not concerned about that as long as I can get it to turn back on. Please help me.

Gladi80rPrincess09 said:
so, i got it to connect by just lifting the tongue a little. It connected to Odin. I tried to flash it using the TAR file but it keeps saying failed. Can anyone tell me why it says "custom binary blocked by frp lock" and how to fix that ? I know I have to connect it to samsung online or something but the phone is stuck in boot loop mode so I cant really do much. Like I said before I tried to flash with the 5.0.2 TAR file and ended up with the following message at the top left and corner in red and black highlight "SW REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 2. BINARY: 1" what does this mean? is there a fix? and how do I fix it? my phone is already factory rest and I lost everything so I am not concerned about that as long as I can get it to turn back on. Please help me.
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Where you previously on 5.1.1? If so I hear downgrading causes problems. Download a more recent tar.
Mine is 5.1.1 OL1 modem.
I'm betting that is your problem.

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chatovishious said:
Where you previously on 5.1.1? If so I hear downgrading causes problems. Download a more recent tar.
Mine is 5.1.1 OL1 modem.
I'm betting that is your problem.
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i can't remember if my phone is upgraded or not. i did it with 5.0.2 and ive been on the search for the 5.1.1 file. where can I find it?

Gladi80rPrincess09 said:
i can't remember if my phone is upgraded or not. i did it with 5.0.2 and ive been on the search for the 5.1.1 file. where can I find it?
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Sounds like your USB is a bit out of wack. You need to make sure that the PC you are using is finding the device properly, loading the drivers, and allowing you to access the internal storage. Just go to "My Computer" on your PC and your device should show up and allow you to access it. Otherwise trying to use Odin will be a waste of your time.
Once you have that Odin should find it no problem. However, if your microUSB on the device is acting intermittent and you start flashing in Odin and it disconnects for a sec there will be issues. You don't want an interrupt during the flash.
If you can do all this go to this link and download Odin 3.10.6 and the OJ7 tar file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/how-to-to-100-stock-root-t3075448
Don't use previous version of Odin as they are confirmed to have issues flashing some tar files on the S6. If it doesn't work try doing another factory reset through stock recovery and try again.
Report back your findings to continue troubleshooting if needed.

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CCallahan said:
Sounds like your USB is a bit out of wack. You need to make sure that the PC you are using is finding the device properly, loading the drivers, and allowing you to access the internal storage. Just go to "My Computer" on your PC and your device should show up and allow you to access it. Otherwise trying to use Odin will be a waste of your time.
Once you have that Odin should find it no problem. However, if your microUSB on the device is acting intermittent and you start flashing in Odin and it disconnects for a sec there will be issues. You don't want an interrupt during the flash.
If you can do all this go to this link and download Odin 3.10.6 and the OJ7 tar file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/how-to-to-100-stock-root-t3075448
Don't use previous version of Odin as they are confirmed to have issues flashing some tar files on the S6. If it doesn't work try doing another factory reset through stock recovery and try again.
Report back your findings to continue troubleshooting if needed.
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so, i downloaded the 5.1.1 Tar file progress is that I am going to flash it. I have been using the most updated version of Odin (3.10.7) could that be causing the issue? the phone stays connected while its flashing in Odin. Once it is connected I dont mess with it? Also, please answer me if I am able to fix this issue and will i be able to get my phone booted?

Gladi80rPrincess09 said:
so, i downloaded the 5.1.1 Tar file progress is that I am going to flash it. I have been using the most updated version of Odin (3.10.7) could that be causing the issue? the phone stays connected while its flashing in Odin. Once it is connected I dont mess with it? Also, please answer me if I am able to fix this issue and will i be able to get my phone booted?
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I have not used the 3.10.7 version yet but should not be a problem.
Download the tar file, connect the device and make sure Odin shows the device as connected/ready, hit the AP button and select your tar file, then flash and let finish. Then it will reboot automatically and boot up normally.
Try this and post your findings.

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CCallahan said:
Sounds like your USB is a bit out of wack. You need to make sure that the PC you are using is finding the device properly, loading the drivers, and allowing you to access the internal storage. Just go to "My Computer" on your PC and your device should show up and allow you to access it. Otherwise trying to use Odin will be a waste of your time.
Once you have that Odin should find it no problem. However, if your microUSB on the device is acting intermittent and you start flashing in Odin and it disconnects for a sec there will be issues. You don't want an interrupt during the flash.
If you can do all this go to this link and download Odin 3.10.6 and the OJ7 tar file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sprint-galaxy-s6/general/how-to-to-100-stock-root-t3075448
Don't use previous version of Odin as they are confirmed to have issues flashing some tar files on the S6. If it doesn't work try doing another factory reset through stock recovery and try again.
Report back your findings to continue troubleshooting if needed.
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CCallahan said:
I have not used the 3.10.7 version yet but should not be a problem.
Download the tar file, connect the device and make sure Odin shows the device as connected/ready, hit the AP button and select your tar file, then flash and let finish. Then it will reboot automatically and boot up normally.
Try this and post your findings.
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i knocked the phone off the computer desk and it disconnected from Odin while it was in progress and it said failed. The phone was in download mode and now it is stuck on a blue screen that has white triangle with exclamation point. it reads "an error has occurred while updating the device software. use the emrgency recovery function in the smart swtch pc software" what did I do?

Gladi80rPrincess09 said:
i knocked the phone off the computer desk and it disconnected from Odin while it was in progress and it said failed. The phone was in download mode and now it is stuck on a blue screen that has white triangle with exclamation point. it reads "an error has occurred while updating the device software. use the emrgency recovery function in the smart swtch pc software" what did I do?
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Can you get the device back in download mode?

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Can you get the device back in download mode?
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Can you get the device back in download mode?
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yes, i got it back to download mode. i tried to reflash it with Odin and now it says failed. i can't turn it on or off. if i try to boot it off then it goes to that blue screen again i tried to do the smart switch thing but it doesnt recognize my device

Gladi80rPrincess09 said:
yes, i got it back to download mode. i tried to reflash it with Odin and now it says failed. i can't turn it on or off. if i try to boot it off then it goes to that blue screen again i tried to do the smart switch thing but it doesnt recognize my device
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Dont worry about that. That's what happened to me, but that screen functions the same as Download mode. you can still flash tar files from there.
Here was the link to the tar files I used.
http://www.droidviews.com/install-latest-ol1-stock-firmware-on-sprint-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge/

thank you for the help!!
chatovishious said:
Dont worry about that. That's what happened to me, but that screen functions the same as Download mode. you can still flash tar files from there.
Here was the link to the tar files I used.
http://www.droidviews.com/install-latest-ol1-stock-firmware-on-sprint-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge/
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i got it to work!!!

Gladi80rPrincess09 said:
please help me!! clearly i am more of a noob than I thought I was!
I rooted my phone using Odin a few months ago. Then it just crapped out on me. Now it is stuck in a boot loop mode. I can get it to recovery mood and download mode. I have tried wiping the cache partition and done the factory rest. That isn't the issue. The issue is that when I have Odin open the phone isn't being recognized. it keeps saying "USB device not recognized. the last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it". I have tried reinstalling the drivers for my Sprint S6. I have also updated the media package for my windows 8.1. But it still isn't recognizing the phone. I also tried un instaling and reinstalling. I have smart switch but still nothing. I am not entirely sure how to fix this. Please Help!! Also, in the top left hand corner where it says "kernal is not seandriod enforcing. custom binary blocked by frp lock"
I've exhausted everything best to my knowledge. I appreciate all the help I can get from you experts. Thank all in advance from this tech noob!
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Hey! Still stuck?

Poebat said:
Hey! Still stuck?
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No according to the post above yours.

koop1955 said:
No according to the post above yours.
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K. Sometimes something appears to work and then fails :/ happens sometimes

Thank you all for the kelp! i finally got it to work. Never again will I root my phone. Now, the only sad thing about it is that I lost all my treasured memories ( pictures and videos)

Gladi80rPrincess09 said:
Thank you all for the kelp! i finally got it to work. Never again will I root my phone. Now, the only sad thing about it is that I lost all my treasured memories ( pictures and videos)
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nothing wrong with rooting if you know what you're doing. ?
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