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How to Flash your eXpo/IQ

WARNING: DO NOT USE WINDOWS VISTA TO FLASH YOUR PHONE. THERE IS A COMMUNICATION ISSUE WITH VISTA AND THE FLASHER. LG DECIDED NOT TO FIX THIS ISSUE. ONLY FLASH YOUR PHONE USING WINDOWS XP AND WINDOWS 7.
Windows XP​
1. Get the eXpo or IQ flasher (depending on which phone you have). Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647900
2. Run the flasher installer.
3. Set the install directory to "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data" if it isn't set to that already.
4. Click install
5. Plug the usb cable into your computer.
6. Power off your eXpo/IQ. Once it is powered off slide open the keyboard and hold the space bar while plugging the usb cable into your phone's micro usb port. Emergency download mode should appear on the screen.
7. Wait a couple of seconds to allow your phone and computer to communicate with each other and then press start update on the flasher program.
Note: If you get the message "Cannot detect smartphone. Please check connection." click ok and click install usb drivers. Once the drivers are installed click start update again. You may have to restart the computer for the drivers to take effect.
8. You will then see a screen that says the rom version and "Do you want to update." Click ok. The program will start to update your phone.
Windows 7​
1. Get the eXpo or IQ flasher (depending on which phone you have). Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=647900
2. Right click the flasher installer and click properties. Now navigate to the Compatibility tab, check Run this program in compatibility mode for, and choose Windows XP (Service Pack 3). Also check run this program as an administrator in the privilege level setting in the compatibility mode tab. Click ok to save. Now run the flasher installer.
3. Set the install directory to "C:\Users\All Users" if it isn't set to that already.
4. Click install
5. Plug the usb cable into your computer.
6. Power off your eXpo/IQ. Once it is powered off slide open the keyboard and hold the space bar while plugging the usb cable into your phone's micro usb port. Emergency download mode should appear on the screen.
7. Wait a couple of seconds to allow your phone and computer to communicate with each other and then press start update on the flasher program.
Note: If you get the message "Cannot detect smartphone. Please check connection." click ok and click install usb drivers. Once the drivers are installed click start update again. You may have to restart the computer for the drivers to take effect.
8. You will then see a screen that says the rom version and "Do you want to update." Click ok. The program will start to update your phone.

Latest version?
Thank you for cooking the LG Expo base rom for flashing. Included MS Office is not 2010 and no threaded email. Included Windows is 6.5. 5.2.2174. Looking forward to an update with Windows 6.5.3 and Office 2010. I am a fan and contributor from your LG Incite ROMs. Thanks! Rick

rparanson said:
Thank you for cooking the LG Expo base rom for flashing. Included MS Office is not 2010 and no threaded email. Included Windows is 6.5. 5.2.2174. Looking forward to an update with Windows 6.5.3 and Office 2010. I am a fan and contributor from your LG Incite ROMs. Thanks! Rick
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You are very welcome. I've had some 6.5.3 roms out. Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666982

I tried to flash with the eXpo ROM, I followed the intructions, but it didn't work and I can't download the IQ flasher because of the death of download link.
Can you please reupload it?
Thanks

ilyasovich said:
I tried to flash with the eXpo ROM, I followed the intructions, but it didn't work and I can't download the IQ flasher because of the death of download link.
Can you please reupload it?
Thanks
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As I saw in oneof your other posts you are using a GM750. This isn't even the same phone as the eXpo or IQ. You're not going to be able to flash one of these roms to your phone. There are hardware differences and software differences that prevent this.

Dark9781 said:
As I saw in oneof your other posts you are using a GM750. This isn't even the same phone as the eXpo or IQ. You're not going to be able to flash one of these roms to your phone. There are hardware differences and software differences that prevent this.
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That means that It's impossible to flash the GM750?

ilyasovich said:
That means that It's impossible to flash the GM750?
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It's not impossible to flash the GM750. You need a rom that was made for that phone.

Dark9781 said:
It's not impossible to flash the GM750. You need a rom that was made for that phone.
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Yesterday I used the Layla rom found here
(www) handy-faq.de/forum/lg_gm750_layla_forum/97996-lg_gm750_layla_firmware_download.html
But i had a very big problem , when upgrading process was in 45% i had a BSoD (Blue Screen of death) and my computer restarted, and the phone is now OUT OF SERVICE, i can't run it in emergency download mode
I think that this phone was dead

ilyasovich said:
Yesterday I used the Layla rom found here
(www) handy-faq.de/forum/lg_gm750_layla_forum/97996-lg_gm750_layla_firmware_download.html
But i had a very big problem , when upgrading process was in 45% i had a BSoD (Blue Screen of death) and my computer restarted, and the phone is now OUT OF SERVICE, i can't run it in emergency download mode
I think that this phone was dead
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When that happens it should still go into emergency download mode even though the screen might not say it. Try it again and run the update.

Dark9781 said:
When that happens it should still go into emergency download mode even though the screen might not say it. Try it again and run the update.
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Thanks a lot for your answer, I Tried it, but in vain there is no emergency download mode, i can't also charge the battery

help with flashing
I cannot complete the flasing process im using windows 7 an cannot get pass step 7 as windows is unable to install the drivers properly. Is there a way to manual install the drivers ? The phone will go to the emergency download screen and the comp just says "driver instalation was unsuccessful ". Looking in the device manager i can see the LG USB MODEM with the ! of a failed instal. Any help would be much appreciated.
reagards
Dean

Cpt Carrot said:
I cannot complete the flasing process im using windows 7 an cannot get pass step 7 as windows is unable to install the drivers properly. Is there a way to manual install the drivers ? The phone will go to the emergency download screen and the comp just says "driver instalation was unsuccessful ". Looking in the device manager i can see the LG USB MODEM with the ! of a failed instal. Any help would be much appreciated.
reagards
Dean
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The drivers do have their own installer, you should be able to find it in one of the sub folders of c:\users\all users\lgmobileax

thx xdapants i did find the drivers but this did not fix the issue. It seems to be a connection problem with phone and comp (a common problem it would seem) do i`ve orderd and am still waiting for a new cable and hope this is the simple fix im looking for. However, if like i suspect this still does not work can i flash from memory card ? i think this was possible with the htc kaiser (best phone ever) or if not can i flash over a bluetooth connection ?

Cpt Carrot said:
thx xdapants i did find the drivers but this did not fix the issue. It seems to be a connection problem with phone and comp (a common problem it would seem) do i`ve orderd and am still waiting for a new cable and hope this is the simple fix im looking for. However, if like i suspect this still does not work can i flash from memory card ? i think this was possible with the htc kaiser (best phone ever) or if not can i flash over a bluetooth connection ?
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I don't believe it's possible to flash an lg phone from the memory card, at least not at this point. And as the phone needs to be in download mode, flashing over BT wouldn't be possible.
Consider trying a different USB port; ideally on the opposite side of the computer if you haven't already.
Hopefully the replacement cable will work for you. It seems to be the phone doesn't like being used as a storage device, but that shouldn't really have any bearing the download mode connection.

Im trying to flash my IQ to the latest Dragonstorm ROM and got a error with a load of Chinese characters and something about a server error. Did i miss anything? I got it to see my device and it was put into emergency download no probs. I just a bit reluctant to not wanting to brick my phone

did you extract to the correct location?

[S5360] Phone fell down when loading firmware

I have a problem I wanted to write it soft to the phone and fell down while uploading cyg7 shows the system and swap partitions May -1 odin sees him undergo a mode other than download someone odin in donwload mode does not see the phone sees it as the phone hangs on logo samsungcould I help

follow instructions on how to use odin and download firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853
questions go in Q & A Section NOT General section!!

Too bad english
Please write in a better way for us to understand what you mean. I hope you understand.

Oh and i had this problem it is easy fixable.This is caused when you dont install the Android Version good and it gets stuck on it.
Just use the older Odin method or swap android versions.

has anyone pit file ?
and I still have the question odin does not see my phone in download mode only when the phone hangs on samsung logo. and now the question is if we can somehow write it this soft?

ccrash said:
has anyone pit file ?
and I still have the question odin does not see my phone in download mode only when the phone hangs on samsung logo. and now the question is if we can somehow write it this soft?
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you dont need the pit file unless you have used a wrong pit file in the past
like I said - follow the instructions on my firmware thread
make sure you have samsung usb drivers installed
use rear usb ports if on pc
use the firmware thats on my thread and use a wipe pack (says wipe in filename)

screen when i start recovery and instalation cyng
and stupid forum i cant post screen nice

ccrash said:
screen when i start recovery and instalation cyng
and stupid forum i cant post screen nice
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if you dont use a wipe pack from my thread you need to wipe data/reset after flashing a firmware in stock recovery
also without a full explanation in understandable english I cant give you anymore support other than fully read the instructions on my firmware thread at the top of the dev section for 5360 and download and use a firmware with the word wipe in the filename

So yes odin does not see the phone in download mode but my windos in the Device Manager shows the device is samsung mobile usb cdc composite device what I am doing wrong?

I think drivers is not instal correctly
ccrash said:
So yes odin does not see the phone in download mode but my windos in the Device Manager shows the device is samsung mobile usb cdc composite device what I am doing wrong?
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1,Please make sure that drivers install correctly on your operating system (uninstall and reinstall)
2,Try to change Usb Cable
3, check shocket "charger pin" working or not

[Q] Samsung Galaxy W Download Mode USB Problem

Hi guys !
I rooted my phone and then tried to setup some roms. But when I try to go in the download mode, it says "Downloading... Do not turn off the target" but on my computer, it cannot recognize the usb. I setup the usb drivers, tried another ports and there is no problem about my usb cable. It works normally, but whenever I go in the download mode, this thing happens and I cant continue to Odin. Does anyone know anything about that ?

burhannde said:
Hi guys !
I rooted my phone and then tried to setup some roms. But when I try to go in the download mode, it says "Downloading... Do not turn off the target" but on my computer, it cannot recognize the usb. I setup the usb drivers, tried another ports and there is no problem about my usb cable. It works normally, but whenever I go in the download mode, this thing happens and I cant continue to Odin. Does anyone know anything about that ?
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When you install custom ROMs, you need to go to recovery mode ( Volulme Up + Power + Home ), not to download mode

MayB4ck said:
When you install custom ROMs, you need to go to recovery mode ( Volulme Up + Power + Home ), not to download mode
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I am trying to setup ClockWorkMode Recovery. That's why I go in to download mode

burhannde said:
I am trying to setup ClockWorkMode Recovery. That's why I go in to download mode
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You can install it easily if your phone is rooted just
-put the downloaded recovery.img in /mnt/sdcard
-download & install "Terminal Emulator" in play store
-open it then type "su" and click enter
-allow root access..
-then type "dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13" then click enter
-then some text will show in bottom
-exit terminal..
check the recovery by turning off the device then turn on with volume up botton, home button, and power button pressed together..
until "Galaxy W" screen shows up, release the power button only.. then you will enter CWM

MayB4ck said:
You can install it easily if your phone is rooted just
have the same problem + a bootloop...
what should i do?!
the phone is rooted
windows cant detect it when in download mode (wich i need to connect with odin)
now i cant even get the stock rom back on my phone
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zekare said:
MayB4ck said:
You can install it easily if your phone is rooted just
have the same problem + a bootloop...
what should i do?!
the phone is rooted
windows cant detect it when in download mode (wich i need to connect with odin)
now i cant even get the stock rom back on my phone
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What version of windows are you running, it couldn't work on windows 8 and 8.1 so i installed 7 and all the drivers for the phone and it works, i dont have the phone now but i do beleive that will, anyway... if you have bootloop that means you are still able to pass the bootloader screen right?? then try to go to recovery and flash roms from there, having an sd card would help transfering roms from pc directly to phone....
Reply again if you need some assistance.. I'm not online very often
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MayB4ck said:
zekare said:
What version of windows are you running, it couldn't work on windows 8 and 8.1 so i installed 7 and all the drivers for the phone and it works, i dont have the phone now but i do beleive that will, anyway... if you have bootloop that means you are still able to pass the bootloader screen right?? then try to go to recovery and flash roms from there, having an sd card would help transfering roms from pc directly to phone....
Reply again if you need some assistance.. I'm not online very often
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i have windows 10 pro.
yes, first the samsung logo apears then the galaxy W logo.
it stays 1 or 2 minutes on this galaxy W logo screen then it reboots.
is it even possible to flash it with the original bootloader from a sd card?
and would the original bootloader detect this type of image (.tar.md5) ?
Thank you for reply
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zekare said:
MayB4ck said:
i have windows 10 pro.
yes, first the samsung logo apears then the galaxy W logo.
it stays 1 or 2 minutes on this galaxy W logo screen then it reboots.
is it even possible to flash it with the original bootloader from a sd card?
and would the original bootloader detect this type of image (.tar.md5) ?
Thank you for reply
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You can try putting any custom rom and flash from a custom recovery if you can access it, if not download the stock rom and get a windows 7 pc. make sure you install all the samsung drivers ( kies should do the job ) and try flashing it from odin
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MayB4ck said:
zekare said:
You can try putting any custom rom and flash from a custom recovery if you can access it, if not download the stock rom and get a windows 7 pc. make sure you install all the samsung drivers ( kies should do the job ) and try flashing it from odin
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so is win10 the problem ?
i tried 100 things to connect pc with the phone in downloadmode. nothing workd.
if i can find a win 7 pc i will try it. but is there any other way?
i also tried adb on windows it also not works.
then i did a ubuntu usb drive and tried to do it with heimdall but im not a coder. it was very confusing.
at least i was able to detect the device but thats it.
well, anyway thanks alot for your help.
i will try it on a win7 pc
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Download mode Windows 8.1 10
To connect your phone in download mode on Windows 8.1 and 10 you need to apply this registry file (in my attached zip file).
Mirror Link
It happens for most old phones.
More Info: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/us...ows-8-0-but-fail-on-windows-8-1-with-code-43/
Also note Odin3 (the one which is used for newer phones) doesn't work for Galaxy W! (Use Odin Multi Downloader.)
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Update: It seems that this registry key isn't needed. Make sure to connect the USB cable after downloading... screen appears. If it wasn't recognized try disconnect and reconnecting the USB cable or try other USB ports on PC till it gets recognized.

mat1371 said:
To connect your phone in download mode on Windows 8.1 and 10 you need to apply this registry file (in my attached zip file).
Mirror Link
It happens for most old phones.
More Info: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/us...ows-8-0-but-fail-on-windows-8-1-with-code-43/
Also note Odin3 (the one which is used for newer phones) doesn't work for Galaxy W! (Use Odin Multi Downloader.)
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still doesn't work for me, can you please post the drivers you are using ?

If you see the USB device is not recognized error it's not a driver issue.
Windows automatically downloads the drivers through Windows Update. BTW here are the drivers:
SAMSUNG.zip - 13.5 MB

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mat1371 said:
Download mode Windows 8.1 10
To connect your phone in download mode on Windows 8.1 and 10 you need to apply this registry file (in my attached zip file).
Mirror Link
It happens for most old phones.
More Info: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/us...ows-8-0-but-fail-on-windows-8-1-with-code-43/
Also note Odin3 (the one which is used for newer phones) doesn't work for Galaxy W! (Use Odin Multi Downloader.)
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Update: It seems that this registry key isn't needed. Make sure to connect the USB cable after downloading... screen appears. If it wasn't recognized try disconnect and reconnecting the USB cable or try other USB ports on PC till it gets recognized.
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it works. thank u so much...

[Q] Galaxy Ace II cannot be detected by PC (XP/W7/W8)

Hello, I'm the new guy, kind of (I'm new to this forum but somewhat a technological handyman, so to speak).
I had recently obtained a Samsung Galaxy Ace II, everything was going good on the phone, hell, it's what? Two years old now? Anyway, I noticed the immense trouble I've been having trying to get several Windows PCs/laptops to detect anything from the phone, no driver updates, installations, not even from the trustworthy SAMSUNG Kies application. It is becoming a real problem as I really want to keep this phone, root it, installing several ROMs as I go along, but no, the computers won't even allow me to access the contents of my SD card through USB.
(Note: I have manually downloaded and installed SAMSUNG USB drivers and pooft, still nothing!)
I have tried quite a few methods to allow the PCs to establish a connection with the phone e.g. Dialing "*#7284#*, accessing "PhoneUtil", choosing "PDA" as the good mode, even switching to "MODEM" then back to "PDA"; Uninstalling/Reinstalling drivers; Attempting Kies.
I guess I am on the look out for a new-ish phone to replace this, which saddens me as I love being able to root, install various ROMs, Kernels etc, personally I like this phone too, more than my Spica running ICS (couldn't be too hard though, it wasn't stable whatsoever).
If anyone on this board could find a solution to this problem for me, I would be ever so grateful, I don't doubt it though, I love the work of XDA. Thank you.

Turn off the phone with no cable attached, press volume down, home and power at the same time and then volume up to put it in ODIN mode and connect it to the PC (use windows vista or newer so it auto installs the driver) It should install something like Samsung USB serial device. Tell if it works

Do I have to load it into ODIN mode whilst Odin is running on my PC?

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RyanCM said:
Do I have to load it into ODIN mode whilst Odin is running on my PC?
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For this test you dont need ODIN on the PC. Its only to see if the PC recognizes the phone

Porobu said:
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For this test you dont need ODIN on the PC. Its only to see if the PC recognizes the phone
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I just tested this and it appears not to be working, whatsoever. Is it necessary to have all SAMSUNG USB drivers installed on the PC?
Thank you for the idea, though. I just really want to root/mod my phone, ugh.

RyanCM said:
I just tested this and it appears not to be working, whatsoever. Is it necessary to have all SAMSUNG USB drivers installed on the PC?
Thank you for the idea, though. I just really want to root/mod my phone, ugh.
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Windows should auto install the drivers. Connect the phone to the PC and see in device manager if there is something like an unknoen device or Samsung USB device

Porobu said:
Windows should auto install the drivers. Connect the phone to the PC and see in device manager if there is something like an unknoen device or Samsung USB device
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Thank you for the help, although my problem is not dealt with still. I have completed the steps that you had suggested, thoroughly and repeatedly, yet there is no hope for a permanent, or even temporary fix for my mobile.
Windows isn't displaying any correlation between my PC and phone, no driver software auto-installs and no sign of the device being located in the Device Manager, not even under an "Unknown device".
Is this a problem for most Ace II devices? Or am I missing something that is too obvious to consider so seriously?

Porobu once told me something like:
1. Uninstall kies and sammy usb drivers
2. Install kies again, it should promt to install USB drivers.
3. Plug in phone to pc in DL mode.
I'm not sure what you mean in your 1st post so im assuming you have yet to try this. Works for me

When do I plug the USB into the phone and boot my phone into download mode? As soon as the drivers are installed via Kies?

RyanCM said:
When do I plug the USB into the phone and boot my phone into download mode? As soon as the drivers are installed via Kies?
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After kies installation complete(dont have to open), boot phone to download mode, connect to cable and plug to pc

It sounds like a broken microusb port but try something first.
Download ubuntu or any other live cd linux distro
Boot it on your pc. You dont need to install anything.
Open a terminal
*Plug the phone while it is turned on to the PC
Write in the terminal 'lsusb' without the quotes and press enter
Something like Samsung android device or MTP device should appear.
If it doesnt appear power off the phone and go to odin mode and repeat from the * the steps

Tab 3 SM-T210(wi-fi) flash / odin issue

Hi all,
I got given this Tab3 because the smd power socket connection guts were physically broken inside socket.
Fitted new power socket (I'm an electronics repair engineer by trade) and checked all pcb (printed circuit board) tracks leading from new fitted socket to ensure there were no hidden breaks ...... new socket refit was 100% successful .....with no solder shorts / bridges and no broken tracks leading to mainboard.
I left Tab3 on charge overnight and next day switched Tab3 on only to be greeted with dreaded .PBL and .PIT failed issue.
After extensive (days!) research I gathered together all necessary firmware and tools and decided that its an easy firmware fix if flashed to an original Samsung SM-T210 UK firmware.
(Please note I dont know past history of this Tab3 .... I dont know if it was rooted / upgraded firmware etc ..... I doubt it though as it belonged to a 7 year old)
Big issue ..... Odin flash tool won't show coms port connection on PC via USB (have tried 3 different laptops one with XP, one with Win7 32bit and another with Win7 64 bit. I've installed / uninstalled / reinstalled multiple Samsung usb drivers that were verified to work with my Tab3 SM-T210 model on each PC .... no joy. Even installed / uninstalled / reinstalled Kies from Samsung .... still wont connect when Tab3 is in download mode. Have kept PC device manager open and nothing appears in device manager. Also have tried 6 different makes of Usb A to micro Usb cables. Have disabled all antivirus, UAC, firewall and Win defender etc ... still no go!
When I go into download mode (power + Vol- +Home buttons) a warning screen does appear BUT it only shows right hand side of graphic warning ..... left hand side is totally grey from top to bottom. (LCD screen is not faulty as it displays full screen info on failed .pbl / .pit flash memory checks) When I then select Vol+ this vertical half graphic info and half grey screen disappears just leaving the backlight on .... which I assume means Tab3 is in proper download mode?
I can go to all recovery modes which allows me to factory reset and delete user cache etc .... it seems to go through the proper routines of reset but upon restart .pbl and .pit failed error in red memory check list is still there.
I can also try and flash firmware file from external sd micro card .... Tab 3 recognises firmware OK and shows Install ..../SD, but then after approx 5 minutes it restarts to failed .pbl /.pit error list again.
Apologies for long post, but from reading above issues can anyone please confirm ....
1) Is half graphic normal when going into download mode? .... or does this point to a previous incorrect or unfinished flash issue?
2) I have downloaded proper .pit flash (LT02) file and original firmware flash for my Tab3 ..... can I flash this any other way other than using Odin ....eg is there any bdm flash method (direct hard wired) flash method to motherboard from external programmer ....like they use for car ecu flash recovery?
3) As I dont know exactly whether Tab3 was rooted / flashed with wrong firmware / incomplete flash upgrade, is there a software tool that can attempt to list what firmware is on my Tab3 at present?
4) I can get into ADB recovery within recovery mode but havent a clue how to use this method .... is this a possible recovery method to use, as I can see SMT210 ADB device in PC device manager when going into recovery mode?
many thanks in advance for help, :good:
Tab3SMD
OK all, here's more info .......AND another additional issue!
I got stuck back in again tonight because not knowing anything about Tab3 ADB recovery mode was bugging me, so here's what extra I've done so far
While "poking my nose" into tonnes more Xda forum troubleshooting guides I discovered I might need PitMagic tool to try and sort my .Pit partition error via ADB recovery mode.
I tried to find Pitmagic but discovered this is now part of EFS Professional, so downloaded EFS Pro and found this got me nowhere as I needed to also install Android SDK .... which also requires Java Development kit, so I downloaded the full Android Studio and Java JDK 8u91 and installed all (about 1.2Gb and requires ~ 4.2Gb hard drive space!)
Anyway, I now ran Android Studio and then ran EFS Professional, opened my Tab3 into ADB recovery mode and connected Tab3 and PC via usb .....
All looking good EFS reported
Initialising ADB server ..... Okay.
ADB server is running!
Searching for device..... OK
Connecting to device .....OK
Checking device status .....
THEN BAMMMM ....popup from EFS
Connected device is currently UNKNOWN
Please ensure ADB server has been authorised by the connected device by confirming your PC's RSA fingerprint, then press OK to continue
like, wtf! .... one step forward and 6 back!
Can anyone please tell me what this means or better still how to proceed from here?

Anyone?
Anyone??? .....Tab3 is still soft-bricked
I did figure out how to use ADB flash recovery mode using PC.
Unfortunately this also did not allow me to flash any firmware (original or custom) due to admin permissions
(I think this is due to USB debugging not activated within Developer options).
I'm sorta banging my head off the wall with this one .... a bit like what came first? egg or chicken?, because since Odin isn't being recognised by the PC, I cannot flash rom and even though the PC fully communicates with Tab 3 in ADB mode, it won't allow me permission to sideload any flash files because I reckon I need root based permissions, and since the darn thing isn't booting fully, I cannot manually change anything!
I then started thinking about trying to sneak around this permissions issue by flashing CWM or TWRP, but again flash fails due to no permission.
All in all, for me this has been a great learning experience tackling the multiple Android recovery modes, and since I feel so close to cracking this non boot issue, I hate to give up and bin it.
Perhaps someone with much more experience can please help me here?
Is there any way of forcing superuser status on this Tab 3 SM-T210, so as to allow me to flash stock rom via ADB recovery mode?
many thanks in advance for your help,
Tab3SMD