Ok so I tried to downgrade my note 10.1 from 4.4.2 to 4.3 with odin and I have two problems that happened when trying to use Odin to flash 4.3:
1) This is the main problem I want to fix right now. I attached a picture of what my screen looks like right now, but basically it is unusable.
I attached a picture of what it looks like right now.
As I explain in #2, Odin is not working, and I have no idea how to make it work again. The reason this happened was because I tried to downgrade from 4.4.2 to 4.3 with Odin, and with one of my multiple tries, it seemed to work but instead rebooted and went to the screen on the picture.
2) I put the md5 file of the firmware into Odin, but Odin either gets the "(Not responding)" at the top, or gets the big red "Fail!" box if it continues.
I am downloading firmware from sammmobile.com, and Odin from android central. Any ideas?
Thanks for any help, I am desperate.
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AT&T Galaxy SIII Bricked While Trying to Flash Back to Stock... Desperate For Help
Had my AT&T Galaxy S III rooted, stock ROM. Was having some issues after rooting so I decided to go back to bone stock, completely unroot so I flashed the I747UCALEM build from these forums on Odin 3.07. Needless to say the phone was held up mid flash, and I got a "FAIL" in Odin. When I tried to reboot the phone, I got a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again" When I reboot the phone this comes up and it's almost like a permanent download mode. I tried to reflash in Odin to unbrick the phone and it fails every single time.
Am I completely screwed? If I send it back to Samsung like this they'll see the that I rooted (didnt trip the flash counter) and void my warranty. Not sure what to do here. Thanks for any advice guys.
statusnone said:
Had my AT&T Galaxy S III rooted, stock ROM. Was having some issues after rooting so I decided to go back to bone stock, completely unroot so I flashed the I747UCALEM build from these forums on Odin 3.07. Needless to say the phone was held up mid flash, and I got a "FAIL" in Odin. When I tried to reboot the phone, I got a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again" When I reboot the phone this comes up and it's almost like a permanent download mode. I tried to reflash in Odin to unbrick the phone and it fails every single time.
Am I completely screwed? If I send it back to Samsung like this they'll see the that I rooted (didnt trip the flash counter) and void my warranty. Not sure what to do here. Thanks for any advice guys.
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Sounds like you got a bad file re-download the AT&T software again from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737848 make sure you have Kies disabled i do think if its running in the background odin won't flash right don't hold me to it.and as long as you can get in download mode you should be able to fix it.also check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
statusnone said:
Had my AT&T Galaxy S III rooted, stock ROM. Was having some issues after rooting so I decided to go back to bone stock, completely unroot so I flashed the I747UCALEM build from these forums on Odin 3.07. Needless to say the phone was held up mid flash, and I got a "FAIL" in Odin. When I tried to reboot the phone, I got a "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again" When I reboot the phone this comes up and it's almost like a permanent download mode. I tried to reflash in Odin to unbrick the phone and it fails every single time.
Am I completely screwed? If I send it back to Samsung like this they'll see the that I rooted (didnt trip the flash counter) and void my warranty. Not sure what to do here. Thanks for any advice guys.
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Hmm this actually happened to me first time I tried to root (stupid computer fell asleep mid flash) however I was just able to reenter download mode and flash again, curious though , what did the screen say and where In the flash process did the Odin fail, for Me luckily it was 2/3 of the way through flashing system so I didn't have much to worry about. Though I imagine if it was writing something important like the sbl or somethimg and it failed you might be in trouble . All in all I would say try flashing again a few times maybe the file you downloaded is bad.
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Sounds like you got a bad file re-download the AT&T software again from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737848 make sure you have Kies disabled i do think if its running in the background odin won't flash right don't hold me to it.and as long as you can get in download mode you should be able to fix it.also check here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
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Downloading the UCALEM build from that link now on my laptop (my PC is notorious for connection issues with this phone, I should of known) and I'll pray for the best. Thank you very much for the help, I'll post back once I'm on my way.
I can't even download either firmwares. The direct downloads stop for some random reason at around 33 MB and there's 0 seeders for the torrent versions. Any other way to get these firmwares? Samsung updates isn't being nice tonight.
statusnone said:
I can't even download either firmwares. The direct downloads stop for some random reason at around 33 MB and there's 0 seeders for the torrent versions. Any other way to get these firmwares? Samsung updates isn't being nice tonight.
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The update is in Kies as well.
Finally got the update to download, used a different browser. Flashed the new build through Odin and it worked, unbricked the phone. Apparently it is the connection through my regular PC. Thanks for everyones help!
Been trying all weekend to help my brother-in-law get a working phone again after a failed stock OTA update to 4.3.
Sprint told him it couldn't be fixed, so I wanted to give this a try before shelling out money. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125&highlight=odin+mode+only
It took a while but I got Odin to install the stock 4.3 update. It ran fine and Odin said passed. I'm not sure what happened, but it never did boot up on the reboot. Now I'm stuck with no recovery or bootmode (both give vibration like the phone is starting, but just black screen forever.) I can get to download mode on the phone, without the memory card work around. But Odin (doesn't seem to matter what version, or USB ports/cords) gets stuck at either Setting up Connection or Initialization.
I've tried updating the PIT file, recovery (stock or CWM/TWRP), and both the 4.3 & 4.1.2 stock firmware updates and none of them have worked. I also tried a stock 4.1.2 one-click with data wiping, which failed at "Get PIT for Mapping".
I'm completely baffled and would appreciate any suggestions!
ihedberg said:
Been trying all weekend to help my brother-in-law get a working phone again after a failed stock OTA update to 4.3.
Sprint told him it couldn't be fixed, so I wanted to give this a try before shelling out money. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125&highlight=odin+mode+only
It took a while but I got Odin to install the stock 4.3 update. It ran fine and Odin said passed. I'm not sure what happened, but it never did boot up on the reboot. Now I'm stuck with no recovery or bootmode (both give vibration like the phone is starting, but just black screen forever.) I can get to download mode on the phone, without the memory card work around. But Odin (doesn't seem to matter what version, or USB ports/cords) gets stuck at either Setting up Connection or Initialization.
I've tried updating the PIT file, recovery (stock or CWM/TWRP), and both the 4.3 & 4.1.2 stock firmware updates and none of them have worked. I also tried a stock 4.1.2 one-click with data wiping, which failed at "Get PIT for Mapping".
I'm completely baffled and would appreciate any suggestions!
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have u seen this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575794
jdelano said:
have u seen this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575794
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Seems like I tried that one, but I tried so many things, that I'll make sure I try it today. Thanks!
jdelano said:
have u seen this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575794
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That got stuck at initialization too. Thanks for the suggestion. He's just going to replace it.
So I am pretty sure I messed up bad. Like really bad. So I tried rooting my sprint GS6 with the files meant for the t-mobile GS6. Now I am exhausted trying to figure out how to reverse this mess. The screen on my phone now is unresponsive. I tried factory resetting it and the screen still wont react to any of my touches. I tried to flash it with the firmware but every time I try to load the GS6's firmware in to odin3 it crashes. If you can give any help or suggestions I will be extremely grateful. Thank you.
Maybe this can help:
I still use Odin 3.10.6 - http://www.samsungodindownload.com/download/odin-download.zip
And the latest firmware build: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995306913
Odin can be finicky, you might need to try different cables and USB ports until you find a combo that works. Once your phone is detected in Download mode, that TAR file should get you back up and running.
Saafir said:
Odin crashes or the phone crashes? What version of Odin are you using? Have you verified you have a valid download via md5 hash?
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Odin3 crashes, but I have found that if I leave it alone for 5 minutes Odin3 doesnt respond but eventually comes back with the .tar file loaded. I am using 10.7 version of Odin3. I tried to flash my GS6 with the stock firmware for lollipop and now it just loads to the sprint screen when turning on and it stays there or it loads to the first screen that says Samsung Galaxy s6 and stays there until I force turn it off. Thank you for responding.
Hi,
I recently got a SM-T210 from a friend to repair. The description given was that their kids factory reset the unit and won't boot anymore. First the tablet had the death sleep issue which is a easy fix. But after that the tablet simply continues to show the "Samsung GALAXY TAB3" boot screen and never finishes booting.
As I'm known with Odin I simply downloaded the original firmware from sammobile for this tablet and took the firmware version for the Netherlands as that's where I live. There are 2 4.4.2 versions available and downloaded them both. When using Odin 3.09 and higher I simply cannot install the firmware, but on Odin 3.07 it can. Although it installs the tablet still fails to boot properly and hangs at the tab logo as described earlier.
With Odin 3.09 or higher I'm not even able to install the firmware as it says that there is no PIT file and NAND flash write fails. I've found 2 PIT files for this tablet on the forums and even with the use of these PIT files it still errors with the same issue and installation seems impossible with these versions of Odin.
I've also tried installing TWRP recovery but that won't boot either. When booting the tablet with volume key up it shows the Andriod icon with the spinnng "intestines" and alot of red error messages show not able to find /system and /data. My guess is that this is pretty bad, but that is what I want to fix with the stock firmwares and/or the PIT files (LT02.pit and T210(R).pit).
I'm currently out of ideas to revive this tablet and almost start thinking that it's completely dead, but before throwing it in the garbage bin I'm wondering if anybody here is able to help me further with this issue.
If you think you miss critical information, let me know so I can supply it!
Any help is greatly appreciated and thanked for!
langerak said:
Hi,
I recently got a SM-T210 from a friend to repair. The description given was that their kids factory reset the unit and won't boot anymore. First the tablet had the death sleep issue which is a easy fix. But after that the tablet simply continues to show the "Samsung GALAXY TAB3" boot screen and never finishes booting.
As I'm known with Odin I simply downloaded the original firmware from sammobile for this tablet and took the firmware version for the Netherlands as that's where I live. There are 2 4.4.2 versions available and downloaded them both. When using Odin 3.09 and higher I simply cannot install the firmware, but on Odin 3.07 it can. Although it installs the tablet still fails to boot properly and hangs at the tab logo as described earlier.
With Odin 3.09 or higher I'm not even able to install the firmware as it says that there is no PIT file and NAND flash write fails. I've found 2 PIT files for this tablet on the forums and even with the use of these PIT files it still errors with the same issue and installation seems impossible with these versions of Odin.
I've also tried installing TWRP recovery but that won't boot either. When booting the tablet with volume key up it shows the Andriod icon with the spinnng "intestines" and alot of red error messages show not able to find /system and /data. My guess is that this is pretty bad, but that is what I want to fix with the stock firmwares and/or the PIT files (LT02.pit and T210(R).pit).
I'm currently out of ideas to revive this tablet and almost start thinking that it's completely dead, but before throwing it in the garbage bin I'm wondering if anybody here is able to help me further with this issue.
If you think you miss critical information, let me know so I can supply it!
Any help is greatly appreciated and thanked for!
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Nothing to loose so i should give it one more try with Kies. I remember that years ago i had a problem with a samsung phone and even Odin wasn't helping me. I did it with Kies then which fixed it. No garantuees though.
Droidphilev said:
Nothing to loose so i should give it one more try with Kies. I remember that years ago i had a problem with a samsung phone and even Odin wasn't helping me. I did it with Kies then which fixed it. No garantuees though.
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Thanks, I've tried it with Kies but it won't even recognize the tablet. When I put it in Download mode and connect it to my computer the Kies welcome screen keeps switching every 2 seconds to the connecting screen, back to the welcome screen and keeps on going like that.
Any ideas left?
langerak said:
Thanks, I've tried it with Kies but it won't even recognize the tablet. When I put it in Download mode and connect it to my computer the Kies welcome screen keeps switching every 2 seconds to the connecting screen, back to the welcome screen and keeps on going like that.
Any ideas left?
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Except for correct drivers etc etc not really, no.
I am facing same problem.
My Tab 3 (Sm-T210) has gone too.
Now I can't restore it.
I have downloaded Stock ROM from sammobile.org,
but I can't extract this properly.
It always says that "files are corrupted".
I am also going to be hopeless as like as you.
I've got a SGS3 i747M. It was on the Bell network in Canada. It hasn't been used for awhile, so I thought I would get some use from it. I had the phone unlocked a few days ago. It was running Android 4.0.1. For most of it's use it ran custom roms. Never factory updated. I wiped it and installed via odin 3.12, the factory Android 4.0.1. It was running fine. So I thought I should root it. I got CF-Auto Root d2can-d2vl-sghi747m and unzipped it. This where I think I screwed up. In Odin 3.12 I put the .tar MD5 file the first box labelled BL. I think it was supposed to go into AP the second box. So now the phone won't boot, won't go into download mode and won't go into recovery mode. What happens when I press the 3 buttons to go into download mode is the phone will vibrate, I let go of the buttons and I see the Samsung logo and in the upper left hand corner of the screen some blue text. So is there anyway to save this phone??
Thanks,
Chevy
No download mode no fix.
You could try a USB jig but I don't think it will help.
You could also try the debrick method: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
The Canadian s3 forum is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-att
The only remedy may be to have it flashed using a hardware box like an Octopus.
I got it working again. I realized after I posted that it was in the wrong forum.