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[Q] Rebooting at "Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos GT-I9082"

Hi,
I am new here. the problem similar to which I mentioned has been discussed here already.
the history of the problem is as below:
I had disabled some android built in apps even including google play(by mistake), including some other system app- because I was trying to speed up my phone. I got this remedy (disabling the system apps) from some website. It gave me some problems such as I wasn't able to update or install any apps anymore.
due to this, I used kies to update my phone. This operation failed. Then I tried the emergency recovery. but now kies will not accept the model/serial combination.
having this, I used ODIN to flash a stock ROM. This operations failed at BcmCP.img. I tried several environments for flashing. (tried from 4 different PCs, windows 7 and windows 8, having fresh installation of windows etc. none of them succeed.
I was able to flash Philz recovery and able to enter the recovery mode, but it couldnt solve my issue.(even after wiping cache/dalvin with Philz.)
I tried different version of stock with different versions of ODIN.
finally, I extracted the stock rom in to individual images and converted them to tar.md5 and flashed them immediately. I flashed all images except bcmCP.img. still it didnt solve my issue, but after this even I couldnt enter the Recovery mode.
Later I tried flashing with Philz again. It flashes successfully, but didnt allow me to boot in to recovery. Now I am completely stuck as my phone keeps restarting at the model name.
Please help me to restore my phone.
sorry for the long post, but hope it will explain my problem.

starpluss said:
Hi,
I am new here. the problem similar to which I mentioned has been discussed here already.
the history of the problem is as below:
I had disabled some android built in apps even including google play(by mistake), including some other system app- because I was trying to speed up my phone. I got this remedy (disabling the system apps) from some website. It gave me some problems such as I wasn't able to update or install any apps anymore.
due to this, I used kies to update my phone. This operation failed. Then I tried the emergency recovery. but now kies will not accept the model/serial combination.
having this, I used ODIN to flash a stock ROM. This operations failed at BcmCP.img. I tried several environments for flashing. (tried from 4 different PCs, windows 7 and windows 8, having fresh installation of windows etc. none of them succeed.
I was able to flash Philz recovery and able to enter the recovery mode, but it couldnt solve my issue.(even after wiping cache/dalvin with Philz.)
I tried different version of stock with different versions of ODIN.
finally, I extracted the stock rom in to individual images and converted them to tar.md5 and flashed them immediately. I flashed all images except bcmCP.img. still it didnt solve my issue, but after this even I couldnt enter the Recovery mode.
Later I tried flashing with Philz again. It flashes successfully, but didnt allow me to boot in to recovery. Now I am completely stuck as my phone keeps restarting at the model name.
Please help me to restore my phone.
sorry for the long post, but hope it will explain my problem.
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if u disable some system apps u must enable it..the best solution for that is go to a technician and let them see ur phone

Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
I approached the technical service of samsung. they advised me that the phone has been roote and thus the motherboard needs replacement and it will cost almost one third of the cost of the phone.
I dont think I have done any harm to the hardware.
could you please advise me if there is any other option than replacing the motherboard?
Many thanks..

starpluss said:
Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
I approached the technical service of samsung. they advised me that the phone has been roote and thus the motherboard needs replacement and it will cost almost one third of the cost of the phone.
I dont think I have done any harm to the hardware.
could you please advise me if there is any other option than replacing the motherboard?
Many thanks..
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ahm try to wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache and dalvik cache.if bootloop happen again then its better to buy a new one because if u buy a motherboard for 1/3 of its price its not a good one in new ur sure that it will boot up

Rommel Espinosa said:
ahm try to wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache and dalvik cache.if bootloop happen again then its better to buy a new one because if u buy a motherboard for 1/3 of its price its not a good one in new ur sure that it will boot up
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I cant enter the recovery mode. it restarts even before that stage.
If I remove and put the battery, it will be in the off state. When I plug the charger, it will automatically start and restart even before I can goto recovery mode.
last day I was able to boot to recovery using Philz. but now I cant. pressing and holding the volumeup+home buttons has no effect.

starpluss said:
I cant enter the recovery mode. it restarts even before that stage.
If I remove and put the battery, it will be in the off state. When I plug the charger, it will automatically start and restart even before I can goto recovery mode.
last day I was able to boot to recovery using Philz. but now I cant. pressing and holding the volumeup+home buttons has no effect.
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Hi,
I found a solution to flash the stock ROM. I checked the model name on the motherboard and it is GT-9082i, while kies detects my phone as GT-9082 only. dont know why. When checked for the stock ROM for GT-I9082i, I found that it is a chinese model and all the stock ROM listed was CHU. the phone is locked to some chinese operator I think.
I need to change this stock ROM anyway or need to unlock the phone.
Could you please help me for that?

starpluss said:
I cant enter the recovery mode. it restarts even before that stage.
If I remove and put the battery, it will be in the off state. When I plug the charger, it will automatically start and restart even before I can goto recovery mode.
last day I was able to boot to recovery using Philz. but now I cant. pressing and holding the volumeup+home buttons has no effect.
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hold power,vol up and home simultaniously

Rommel Espinosa said:
hold power,vol up and home simultaniously
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Thank you. That will take me to recovery mode.
there is correction in my previous reply. the operator is not locked. I can use my operator SIM. since the version is Chines, most of the apps use chinese language.
I know that only due to the difference in "modem" it didnt accept any other stock ROMs. when I purchase the phone, the region of the phone was set to United Arab Emirates. (I have written down the OS details from the "About" menu )
can somebody help me to restore a ROM for my region itself?
I am sure that the phone will not accept the ROm for my region as it fails always at BcmCP.img (the modem).
Many Thanks.

starpluss said:
Thank you. That will take me to recovery mode.
there is correction in my previous reply. the operator is not locked. I can use my operator SIM. since the version is Chines, most of the apps use chinese language.
I know that only due to the difference in "modem" it didnt accept any other stock ROMs. when I purchase the phone, the region of the phone was set to United Arab Emirates. (I have written down the OS details from the "About" menu )
can somebody help me to restore a ROM for my region itself?
I am sure that the phone will not accept the ROm for my region as it fails always at BcmCP.img (the modem).
Many Thanks.
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u may download the stock rom in for ur region mate

Rommel Espinosa said:
u may download the stock rom in for ur region mate
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OK, Thank you. I will try it later. Now anyhow it is working and I changed the language to English. Hope my post is helpful for those who fail while they flash stock ROM.

Soft brick that wont go away - stock firmware uneffective

So my issue is pretty similar, see what you guys think. i been trying everything i can think of.
i updated from xtrestolite 2.1 to 2.2 with out wiping. everything worked fine except when i would make calls, the other people could not hear me. so i updated the bootloader and modem again (i had done it before) and the problem persisted. i flashed back to stock and was getting stuck at the s6 edge screen. the only way to get around this was and get my phone to boot was to flash aou kernel. i was still having a similar issue with calling so I download a modem from a diffrent server and all of a sudden, it was working again on stock firmware... AWESOME!
now that i had all that done and my phone working as it should, i reset my phone for the first time and i got the FRP lock, wont boot phone because custom kernel. GREAT
I then flashed stock of6 again, the tar ball, and the 4 piece version. no dice
i then found of8, tried to flash that still no dice.
id love to flash twrp and load a rom on, but FRP is a alsjdflajs.
the phone will flash successfully, but upon reboot, it will go into recovery, run its course, reboot, and get stuck that the galaxy s6 edge screen.
i use the vol and power click during recovery to see what its doing and everything seems to go fine. it will then say failed to mount /data. im hoping flashing this with the pit file will work, but i cannot download the pit file from my work computer (hahah its blocks on 4shard and mega).
anyone have any other advice? i will update if i figure it out.
Regards team,
-Mad
p.s. none of this is xtrestolite's fault, that rom has been nothing but good to me.. my phone has been picky though. after 5.1.1 i had to flash a custom kernel in order for the digitizer to function properly.... any help is appriciated guys.

SO UPDATE!
nothing good, i tried the pit with of6 and of8, no dice. still stuck.
anyone got a s6 edge w a broken screen? you can claim it lost for all i care.

no one?
i guess if anything past flash stock firmware people dont know? was hoping for alittle more insight.
im sure if i could flash a kernel i could get it to turn on, but FRP has be at bay...

no help for you bro...Samsung just needs to release there software fixing for this comunity...I'm looking a for a dev to answer my question in this section about just flashing zip files in twrp instead of using odin or whatever other methods that can avoid all these problems that are all similar...hopefully in next few months it will be addressed

Hey mate, try this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61531848
Sent from my SM-G925T using Tapatalk 2

holy... fu34%# /S45it.... IT BOOT?!
after flashing every firmware 100000 times...
THANK YOU!

I initially used odin to flash OI1 update, after a rom I was using caused problems and I got bootloop. It changed bootloader value to b:3 and I'm unable to downgrade now so I used smart switch which didn't recognize device so used emergency recovery and still bootloop. I have factory reset and wipe cache multiple times along with adb side load and individual flashes of bootloader, modem, kernel, flashed custom kernel and twrp to access fix permissions and to mount partitions with advanced wipe etc and still wont boot past logo. Also during one fix attempt phone said can't mount system.. Idk I'm not understanding where the problem is .everything says successful but I'm still in bootloop. Please help. I've spent hours everyday for the past week searching & trying different things that seem might help so open to any suggestions.

Please help me find Kernel for S3 T999

I`ve finally managed to mess up my kernel after flashing numerous roms on my galaxy s3 T999. The problem is that my device has bootlooped and I can`t enter recovery mode (due to messed up kernel) and I don`t know where to find a Kernel which can be flashed with Odin.
Can someone please share a link to any kernel for s3 T-999 (it must be in .Tar form please) so that I can fix my phone. Thanks in advance.

I suggest flashing the latest stock ROM via Odin to solve the bootloop issue.

audit13 said:
I suggest flashing the latest stock ROM via Odin to solve the bootloop issue.
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Thanks for trying to help. The problem is that I can`t find any other S3 rom (in Tar form so that it can be flashed with Odin) other than T999UVUEOH1 (Jelly Bean 4.3). It bootloops over & over no matter how many times I flash it (I think it`s because I cannot wipe cache due to no recovery).

You used ROMs from sammobile.com or updato.com?

audit13 said:
You used ROMs from sammobile.com or updato.com?
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I tried one ROM from sammobile and another from androidfilehost (uploaded by a developer). Neither of them work because Odin gets stuck at Setup connection. I saw a video in which a guy fixed it by cleaning cache & delvik cache. This is the main issue because my kernel is messed up and I can`t clean cache because the phone just won`t go into recovery mode (neither custom recovery nor stock recovery).

Ashaz93 said:
Thanks for trying to help. The problem is that I can`t find any other S3 rom (in Tar form so that it can be flashed with Odin) other than T999UVUEOH1 (Jelly Bean 4.3). It bootloops over & over no matter how many times I flash it (I think it`s because I cannot wipe cache due to no recovery).
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Ashaz93 said:
I tried one ROM from sammobile and another from androidfilehost (uploaded by a developer). Neither of them work because Odin gets stuck at Setup connection. I saw a video in which a guy fixed it by cleaning cache & delvik cache. This is the main issue because my kernel is messed up and I can`t clean cache because the phone just won`t go into recovery mode (neither custom recovery nor stock recovery).
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Flashing the stock 4.3 rom was or wasn't successful?

audit13 said:
Flashing the stock 4.3 rom was or wasn't successful?
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It was successful every time i`ve done it in the past but it was a mistake to flash it via odin after knowing the recovery is messed up and disappears a few minutes after flashing (doesn`t matter which one I flash, I`ve tried multiple recoveries but they all behave the same due to problems with kernel). I believe that is what caused it to bootloop. I then went on to flash stock 4.3 several times but it bootloops on the samsung logo every time. Now finally i`ve encountered a new error which doesn`t lets odin to flash ROMs or Recovery. It remains stuck at SetupConnection the entire time.
BTW This phone is a 5 year old device and is not my primary device (Ever since I got the LG g5) but still it`s very dear to me so I started this thread. I don`t use it as much as I used to before but I still want to keep it alive (as long as it doesn`t dies on it`s own).
I need to find a way to clean cache from PC. I don`t think there`s any other way to save a phone in this kind of situation.

Try this: open Odin, uncheck everything except F reset time, flash. When you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove the USB cable from the phone, remove the battery, replace the battery, use key combination to get into stock recovery, factory wipe, reboot.
If this still doesn't work, the phone's internal memory chip may be defective.

audit13 said:
Try this: open Odin, uncheck everything except F reset time, flash. When you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove the USB cable from the phone, remove the battery, replace the battery, use key combination to get into stock recovery, factory wipe, reboot.
If this still doesn't work, the phone's internal memory chip may be defective.
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IT WORKED!!! :victory:
Unchecking everything except F reset time did the trick. How did you come with that ? You saved the day with that man. Thank you so much for showing up and taking the time trying to help me. I would not have been able to fix it without your help.
You should make an instructional thread for people facing this issue with Odin on any phone. I`m pretty sure it will help a lot of people who are stuck at SetupConnection when trying to flash ROMs. Thanks a lot for helping me out. I`d give you 500 if I had more accounts
Take care of yourself and keep up the good work audit13. :good:

Glad you got it working. We're here to help and learn from each other.
I learned the "uncheck" trick years ago when I started flashing the galaxy s2.

SM-G925F Stuck at factory reset, unable to enter the recovery mode and flash firmware

Hello and sorry if this is the wrong category...
It's my first time making a thread on xda.
I've been looking for an answer for the past 2 hours, but I still have a bricked phone... As the title says, I can't enter the recovery mode anymore. I tried to do a factory reset (when I could enter the recovery mode) and the phone got stuck at erasing. Now I can't enter the recovery mode anymore. I downloaded a new firmware from sammobile for the SM-G925F. The firmware works since I used it on an other phone and everything worked just fine. The problem is, when I open Odin and add the .tar file to AP, it gets stuck at nand write and sometimes on boot.img. The phone isn't showing that it's downloading anything (it has no progress bar). At this point I have no idea what to do...
Some extra info that could be helpful:
The phone was bootlooping when I got to fix it;
I work in a kind of phone repair store where customers bring their phones for hardware and software repair. I do the software;
I've installed new firmwares on multiple phones and I never had something like this... Normally some time with google and xda could help me to find a working way to fix the problem, but as I said... I've been looking for 2 hours and the problem is still here;
I'm not a pro with Android and phones. I just like to learn new things and I'm still learning.
Could it be a hardware problem?

Can you show me your phone's download mode image to see where could be the problem?
Also, make sure you are flashing latest firmware, if you are downgrading it - than you will get such boot errors.

*Update*
I found out what was wrong. The eMMC chip was broken.

[Samsung] Galaxy Tab 3 SM-T210 / "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue"

Hello!
Few days ago i found my Samsung Tab 3, and decided to charge it and biit it up.
It got stuck on Samsung logo when i booted it.
So i did a factory reset using the recovery mode.
After i did that the device booted up. with lots of errors.
I was on the setup screen for my device and these errors appeard and said like core has stopped working and every like preinstalled app on my samsung device aswell (NAME has stopped working). So i was not able to fullfill the setup of my device.
I read about it online and a firmware upgrade could fix the problem ( Like the easiest way i read )
So i did some googling and downloaded Odin and a firmware. Followed a guide and did everything right. BUT the process faild like 8min into the flash.
And now my device is stuck on "download mode" but with the error "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I cant get the phone to turn off, nor get into recovery mode or anything else. I tried flash again but no luck.
I also tried another firmware i found. still same problem.
How do i fix this and how can i use my samsung tab 3 again.
WHen i bought it years ago i never really used it. So it's in "new shape" and has never really been used. And now i wanna give it to my little sister for some kids games to play at Xmas.
I hope we can solve this problem.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Timmie

Hyldran0 said:
Hello!
Few days ago i found my Samsung Tab 3, and decided to charge it and biit it up.
It got stuck on Samsung logo when i booted it.
So i did a factory reset using the recovery mode.
After i did that the device booted up. with lots of errors.
I was on the setup screen for my device and these errors appeard and said like core has stopped working and every like preinstalled app on my samsung device aswell (NAME has stopped working). So i was not able to fullfill the setup of my device.
I read about it online and a firmware upgrade could fix the problem ( Like the easiest way i read )
So i did some googling and downloaded Odin and a firmware. Followed a guide and did everything right. BUT the process faild like 8min into the flash.
And now my device is stuck on "download mode" but with the error "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I cant get the phone to turn off, nor get into recovery mode or anything else. I tried flash again but no luck.
I also tried another firmware i found. still same problem.
How do i fix this and how can i use my samsung tab 3 again.
WHen i bought it years ago i never really used it. So it's in "new shape" and has never really been used. And now i wanna give it to my little sister for some kids games to play at Xmas.
I hope we can solve this problem.
Thanks in advance
Regards
Timmie
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That depends on various things, such as the Android version, kernel and change ID. Than also the Odin version you've used and/or the settings during the attempt of flashing. I found that using the wrong Odin version on a particular Android version, that may prevent the flash of being successfull. B.t.w, did you format both user and cache partition while trying to reset to factory default?

xdausernl said:
That depends on various things, such as the Android version, kernel and change ID. Than also the Odin version you've used and/or the settings during the attempt of flashing. I found that using the wrong Odin version on a particular Android version, that may prevent the flash of being successfull. B.t.w, did you format both user and cache partition while trying to reset to factory default?
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Yeah, I've found out what Odin version to use that worked for others. I've downloaded lots of different firmwares and such and tried. ALL fails.
When i did a factory reset i also cleared cash and user.
Now i cant even turn off the damn thing. If i charge it up and start, it just goes directly to the screen where it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" and if i try to turn it off, it just reboots and goes back. And i cant even return to factory reset page.
I think that my Micro-USB cable might not work for this, or is that a thing? Do i need a good cable from PC to Phone for this? Or does any cable work?
I just want this tab to work. been trying for weeks.
Thanks for your reply. I hope we can sort this out.

Hyldran0 said:
Yeah, I've found out what Odin version to use that worked for others. I've downloaded lots of different firmwares and such and tried. ALL fails.
When i did a factory reset i also cleared cash and user.
Now i cant even turn off the damn thing. If i charge it up and start, it just goes directly to the screen where it says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue" and if i try to turn it off, it just reboots and goes back. And i cant even return to factory reset page.
I think that my Micro-USB cable might not work for this, or is that a thing? Do i need a good cable from PC to Phone for this? Or does any cable work?
I just want this tab to work. been trying for weeks.
Thanks for your reply. I hope we can sort this out.
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It is quite easy to turn the device off, for that to happen you have to press and hold the on/off button. You'll see that the device will shutdown and try to reboot and then finally shuts down again and stay off, then release the on/off button.
Are you sure trying to flash the correct firmware with correct changes, etc??
Please share with us the device and Android version, as well as the stock ROM version with changes you're trying to flash.
Put (copy and paste) the output of Odin below.
Another way to get the firmware flashed is by using Heimdall, but for that to happen you first need to rename the extension of the stock ROM (remove .md5 and leave .tar) and than extract all seperate pieces that are contained within the stock ROM.
All those extracted pieces from the stock ROM you have to upload seperately onto Heimdall and try to flash them to your tablet, one by one.
Heimdall you'll find 'here' or use FWUL instead which has Heimdall pre installed, download is to be found 'here' and install it on a USB medium a stick, to put FWUL onto USB, use Balena-Etcher and the download is to be found 'here'.
Micro USB cable does work, but if you're unsure, try another one and make sure using the correct drivers too.
Using Odin, make sure the tablet is recognised and 'connected' in Odin, also make sure 'repartitioning' is unchecked.
If you've used the wrong Odin version, flashing will fail!

You have Discord by any chance?
If so, please add me @Hyldran0#8832
Thank you for you time man!

Hyldran0 said:
You have Discord by any chance?
If so, please add me @Hyldran0#8832
Thank you for you time man!
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You're welcome.

Hi, complete novice here, does anyone know where I can get a working Firmware for my Tab 3 v7 (SM-210)?
I have searched through various forum articles here, and tried to install with several builds but none will install. The only one that gets anywhere near is the JASBR build by gr8nole. It appears to install, but on restart, the TAB just sits on the "Samsung Tab3" start screen.
I read that I may need to flash the firmware 4.4.4 (Kit Kat), but can't find it!
The unit is not totally bricked (yet), as I can run TWRP 2.8, with which I created a backup of the original build, but when I try to restore the backup, it fails at just over 31%.
Can anyone help please?