Hello fellow community!
On first place i want to excuse myself for my bad English!!
I have soft bricked T-Mobile (USA) Samsung Galaxy S4 and everything i found in the web DIDN'T help me to recover my phone...
Here is my history for what i did to bring this condition of my phone.
I was on Original T-Mobile 4.4.2 Stock ROM working normal without any issues. But 2 or 3 months ago i was curious about installing on my phone CUSTOM " CYANOGENmod" rom 5.x.x NIGHTY edition. At all installing on that custom ROM was without problems and phone for this 2~3 months works flawlessly "normal"... all this time i updates every day this custom theme and I'm understand this is NIGHTY but at the end i was kind tired from this NOT exactly real and fully functioned replica of custom ROM and get decision to restore my ORIGINAL status of the phone and put latest (4.4.4) Stock ROM. 1st i download 4.4.4 ROM "M919UVUFNK2_M919TMBFNK2_M919UVUFNK2_HOME.tar.md5" for my T-Mobile phone. I put in in DOWNLOAD mode. Connect phone to my computer.. and Start ODIN3 v3.10.6 ( didn't install Samsung drivers because i already have installed them !! ). In AP i put latest ROM... checked was ONLY options Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time ... NO Re-Partition was checked or pit file wasn't given !! Jus i hit the SATRT and receive that !...
everything was fine till the end !!! Flashing stops on try to flash hidden.img.ext4 with error and FAIL all process !!!
I CANT understand where is my problem and what i can do to flash my phone normally?
Please community help me to solve this problem..
1 year ago i have almost the same problem but with the same error "firmware upgrade encountered an issue" and remember here on XDA DEVELOPERS i read the guide how to recovery phone after that but TBH i cant find this guide now with all my searching attempts..
Please for HELP!
and Thank you in Advance for your support!!..
Cheers!
Not 100% sure but you needed to do a factory reset before flashing stock firmware.
You can't flash kitkat over lollipop before doing factory reset because they are two different firmwares.
Try doing a factory reset and flashing again, if it fails pull battery, replace battery and go straight into download mode, connect to pc and flash again with odin.
Sometimes the double flash can be successful.
Good luck.
Pp.
thank you for replay!! but I [SOLVED] my problems!!!
iceBringer said:
thank you for replay!! but I [SOLVED] my problems!!!
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Would be nice if you could share your solution for others that may have the same problem
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Hi everybody, I have tried to root my device by installing this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962100 and now when i turn it on it is stuck on the boot logo and I cant go to recovery, I can only go to download mode but that doesn't help me because I have tried flashing many different roms via odin and the device still wouldn't boot.
It's important to say that i'm a pretty experienced android user but that had never happened to me.
I think that maybe a stock rom with 3 parts (code, modem, csc) would fix the problem but I can't find one so please if you know how to fix my problem or how to find this type of rom I will really be thankful.
Thanks to everybody who helps.
Try to download GB ROM from Sammobile firmwares and reflash.
mikidriki said:
Hi everybody, I have tried to root my device by installing this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962100 and now when i turn it on it is stuck on the boot logo and I cant go to recovery, I can only go to download mode but that doesn't help me because I have tried flashing many different roms via odin and the device still wouldn't boot.
It's important to say that i'm a pretty experienced android user but that had never happened to me.
I think that maybe a stock rom with 3 parts (code, modem, csc) would fix the problem but I can't find one so please if you know how to fix my problem or how to find this type of rom I will really be thankful.
Thanks to everybody who helps.
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Try this to restore the phone:
Remove the battery, wait for 10 sec, put battery in the phone, flash the russian GB 2.3.6 XXLK6 - http://d-h.st/AZN ( in ODIN - PIT, PDA, CSC ) , and then flash yours.
that will work.
hi all,i used odin to flash my p600 device because it was on rom not on my region,i download a pda file from sammobile,when started the flashing the odin said starting connection and it took a little while and i didnt be patient and close the odin(because i have note2 which flash directly without saying start connection),then the device seem to be bricked,and said use kies...)))and i used kies and try to repair it from emergency firmware recover and kies not able to discover the device...please please please help me,:crying::crying::crying: iam very sad now>>>sorry 4 my bad english
samsung lo said:
hi all,i used odin to flash my p600 device because it was on rom not on my region,i download a pda file from sammobile,when started the flashing the odin said starting connection and it took a little while and i didnt be patient and close the odin(because i have note2 which flash directly without saying start connection),then the device seem to be bricked,and said use kies...)))and i used kies and try to repair it from emergency firmware recover and kies not able to discover the device...please please please help me,:crying::crying::crying: iam very sad now>>>sorry 4 my bad english
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If you can still get into download mode, then the only option you have to recover back is flashing the same stock firmware that came with the device through odin.
So much for that... links are dead on that firmware page.
Dear XDA
I am facing a very serious problem with my Note 2 (Samsung) since noon today . Literary, I tried to reinstall (Jellybean 4.1.2) Firmware and unfortunately, during the process I had my PC off, which resulted in the following message;
"Firmware encountered an upgrade issue. Please Select Recovery mode in Kies and try again."
I tried Kies later, but It was not connecting , then reading few help blogs, I tried to install in mobile (cwm6-root-note2- with recovery zip inside) with the help of Odin, which has stopped the Firmware encountered message and replaced it with "Samsung Note II" logo and further its says updating package and restarts continually.
I also tried to install again official 4.1.2 Firmware through Odin after (Vol Down+Centre+Power - and Up) but Failed.
I dont know what to do , please help me out from this issue . it is killing me.
Thank you
suppose trongwi
You didnt saw this thread ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154890
check it out.
note2nooby said:
You didnt saw this thread ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2154890
check it out.
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Please it is a request , I need a precise method to overcome this problem ... some files in your suggested link doesnot work especially Hotfile.com
Thank you for reading
where can I download "Recovery Package/ROM"? Hotfile.com is not available anymore
Thank you
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simple google search gave me this , try to download!
Edit : i took the link off , because it could harm your phone if you are coming from 4.3 android
Ajmal khan
I faced the same problem few days back...
Start kies on ur laptop ( dont connect ur phone yet )
Choose initialisation option
Enter model number
Enter serial number
Now connect ur phone with pc in download mode
Pls make sure u have high speed net for 2-3 hrs...
Bcuz kies download the full rom as per ur serial number
Yes do as MAX says , because i suspect you installed 4.3 and now you want to come back to 4.1.2 ,
and i think it will not be so easy as it shows in the post i showed you.
note2nooby said:
Yes do as MAX says , because i suspect you installed 4.3 and now you want to come back to 4.1.2 ,
and i think it will not be so easy as it shows in the post i showed you.
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No No and Honestly I didnt try that ... I just wanted to freshen my mobile by reinstalling official Firmware 4.1.2 .... oh anyways good news is that I recovered my mobile by following the bellow steps ..
1. Downloaded Official Firmware "N7100XXDMB5_N7100OJVDMB1_N7100XXDLK7_HOME.tar"
2. Opened Odin
3. and upload the "N7100XXDMB5_N7100OJVDMB1_N7100XXDLK7_HOME.tar" in PHONE section under PDA (Not PDA) & pressed Start
4. The installation went well but with problems in upgrading applications and continual restarting.
5. again opened Odin and this time I uploaded the official Firmware in PDA and installation went well
6. Booting and registeration also went well.
7. Mobile is back on life
But But
Now my colleague has messed with Note 3 and it also gives the same msg as i had in the beginning "firmware upgrade encountered an issue".
Thank you max621 for your kind help, I will try those for Note3 instead.
Thanks for reading.
ajmalkhan360 said:
Dear XDA
I am facing a very serious problem with my Note 2 (Samsung) since noon today . Literary, I tried to reinstall (Jellybean 4.1.2) Firmware and unfortunately, during the process I had my PC off, which resulted in the following message;
"Firmware encountered an upgrade issue. Please Select Recovery mode in Kies and try again."
I tried Kies later, but It was not connecting , then reading few help blogs, I tried to install in mobile (cwm6-root-note2- with recovery zip inside) with the help of Odin, which has stopped the Firmware encountered message and replaced it with "Samsung Note II" logo and further its says updating package and restarts continually.
I also tried to install again official 4.1.2 Firmware through Odin after (Vol Down+Centre+Power - and Up) but Failed.
I dont know what to do , please help me out from this issue . it is killing me.
Thank you
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Try to Remove the battery and try to access the RECOVERY
the FIRMWARE was damaged.
I wish that you have nandroid backups there.
I already experienced that and just rebooted to recovery and restoring by nandroid.
Glad to see your phone is back up and running ...
next time you want refresh your phone , just do simple factory reset!
Glad to hear that u recovrr ur phone.. but for note3 u must install kies3 first....
Hello there,
In February, I flashed DN3 into my note 2 [GT-N7100] and didn't change since then. Yesterday I decided to go back to stock as the DN3 started to be slow for me. So i downloaded a stock from sammobile and flashed it through odin. Now heres the problem, the odin failed flashing, and my note restarted to a message saying [Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.] and in download mode it says Knox Void=1 (keep in mind i can access download mode).
I would really love some help as I did my research and couldn't find someone with a similar problem.
OverDub said:
Hello there,
In February, I flashed DN3 into my note 2 [GT-N7100] and didn't change since then. Yesterday I decided to go back to stock as the DN3 started to be slow for me. So i downloaded a stock from sammobile and flashed it through odin. Now heres the problem, the odin failed flashing, and my note restarted to a message saying [Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.] and in download mode it says Knox Void=1 (keep in mind i can access download mode).
I would really love some help as I did my research and couldn't find someone with a similar problem.
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What version of stock are you trying to install?
If you are coming from a KIt Kat version of DN3 then as far as i know you cant go below a certain version of android 4.2.2 i think (dont quote me on that) due to the fact the (knox)boot loader isnt compatible. i have read that you cant go back to 4.1.2 but you should be able to install the OFW Kit Kat release via Samobile.
I normally find a way around some android issues but sort of lost this time so iI need some help please!
Tablet is (was?) rooted and running cm12 plus twarp before the issue. It was running fine other than using a lot of battery.
So after replacing a battery my Note 8 N5110 started a boot loop and sometimes TWARP starts but does not work and it gets back to the boot loop!
I tried first re-load TWARP via odin and it passed but it was still in the bootloop so I tried load the stock firmware via Odin and I am getting failed with a
I have attached a picture of Twarp right before it fails, a picture of Odin with a failed attempt to load the stock firmware and the message I get on the Note 8 custom firmware screen.
Thanks in advance!!!
For the record I found a way out, the only thing that worked on my case was initialize the Tab using Samsung KIES.
Awesome software thanks Samsung, it saved my day and now....back to root and CM13 again
Hello glad you got it working. is it hard to replace the battery in these?