Hello fellas,
This morning I've tried to flash CSA1 from CLR1 with my A720F (2017) using the HOME_CSC in Odin 3.13.x and it failed. The first time, it wouldn't even pass from system.img, but after a reattempt it passed the file without issues.
However, it always fails after writing to HIDDEN partition. It has happened twice, so I kind of desisted for the moment and reflashed CLR1.
Do you think this could be related with the HOME_CSC? I have always been using it, if I recollect correctly, last full CSC flash was using region XXV (Vietnam). The CSA1 update failing comes from PCT (Puerto Rico).
Any help will be appreciated.
Nevermind, yesterday I've flashed latest firmware from region ZTO (Brazil unbranded) and it went like a charm.
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Hi All,
I have a problem, its on my wife's phone which makes it a huge problem, shes not very happy with me at the moment.
Her ACE 2 GT-I8160 was running very slow.
I used KIES to update it from 2.3.6 >> 4.1.2
After flashing the firmware with KIES the phone was running very slow, seemed like it wasn't able to handle the new software.
So I tried to flash the firmware back to 2.3.6 using odin.
My wifes phone was bought "off carrier" as a factory unlocked phone.
I downloaded the UK firmware cause I could not see any for the Irish region (we're in Ireland )
"Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 H3G I8160NELG2 Android 2.3.6 06.07.2012 1164437 Unlock Download File"
From what I understand this is the correct stock firmware?
Anyway, I flashed it using odin and now the phone will not get past the samsung logo.
I can boot into download mode but not recovery.
Any help would be very much appreciated and will definitely make my life at home a lot easier.
Cheers.
scolariIRE said:
So I tried to flash the firmware back to 2.3.6 using odin.
My wifes phone was bought "off carrier" as a factory unlocked phone.
I downloaded the UK firmware cause I could not see any for the Irish region (we're in Ireland )
"Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 H3G I8160NELG2 Android 2.3.6 06.07.2012 1164437 Unlock Download File"
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You have to flash the Russian 2.3.6-firmware first (I8160XXLK6) that consists of three seperated files for ODIN (pit, pda and csc). You can choose it on sammobile, look for the firmware checker to search their firmware archive by model and country (as a new member I am not yet allowed to post the link here).
After flashing your phone should be able to boot again. On this linked page you can also choose the correct Irish provider branded 4.1.2-firmware (METEOR, O2 or Three) that you can flash afterwards if you still want to.
Do not forget to do a factory reset after each flashing procedure!
Borgkubus said:
You have to flash the Russian 2.3.6-firmware first (I8160XXLK6) that consists of three seperated files for ODIN (pit, pda and csc). You can choose it on sammobile, look for the firmware checker to search their firmware archive by model and country (as a new member I am not yet allowed to post the link here).
After flashing your phone should be able to boot again. On this linked page you can also choose the correct Irish provider branded 4.1.2-firmware (METEOR, O2 or Three) that you can flash afterwards if you still want to.
Do not forget to do a factory reset after each flashing procedure!
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Thanks for the reply Borgkubus.
Before I saw your post last night I had in fact flashed her phone back to Jelly Bean and was able to open the phone correctly. So flashing back to 4.1.2 got me past the boot logo freeze.
But now I am back to the original problem, the phone with the latest software lags and is so slow to do anything, its very frustrating to use it, so I need to investigate how to fix this.
You talk about installing the Russian ROM, whats the thinking behind this? Would I be able to install this russian rom and then flash to an Irish 2.3.6?
I am a bit apprehensive about using a PIT file, the last time I used one I messed up my S3. Is it safe to use the Russia rom and them falsh to an Irish 2.3.6? This might speed up the phone.
Also, one last thing, doing a factory reset after the flash, what does this do? My understanding is that it removes all user info, will it speed up the OS also?
Thanks again Borgkubus.
First of all, nobody can guarantee the safety of a flashing process. However, by following the common rules when flashing with ODIN you can minimize the risk of a brick. Just do it as soon as you know what you are doing.
The thinking behind using the Russian ROM (XXLK6) is the following: It's the only firmware on sammobile that consists of 3 parts, including the Gingerbread pit file for repartitioning. Doing so I never had any problems when downgrading to 2.3.6. And of course you can flash an Irish firmware afterwards, the Russian one is just an intermediate step.
The factory reset is needed to get a clean install. I recommend you to do this every time after flashing another firmware. This might also solve many problems such as boot loops, lags and so on.
Happy flashing,
Borgkubus
Hi All,
I recently bought a second hand s6 model G920P (as it said in the settings)... after a few hours of using it i started to realise it randomly restarts itself (network and sim card was working perfectly)!
So i figured i would re-install/flash the latest ROM as i figured it is maybe a software problem.
So i downloaded the latest G920P firmware from region: SPR (this is the only one i can find?): G920PVPU3BOL1_G920PSPT3BOL1_G920PVPU3BOL1_HOME.tar and installed this. However this is quite an annoying software as it keeps asking me to activate even though network and data are working fine!
To further complicate things, i the back of my phone says that model is SM-G920F! But when i try to flash F firmware (such as BTU or H3G) then the flash fails.
Unfortunately i havent gotten very far:
1) My phone still keeps randomly rebooting
2) What firmware should i be trying to install onto it?
Can you help with above problems ?
thanks in advance :highfive:
Where did you get the firmware from? Sammobile? here's a mirror for the latest .tar for the Sprint variant SM-G920P https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24343351889231947
Flash that and you should be good to go if it is in fact a 920P.
I'll keep this quick. I was playing a game on my a520f and it froze. I rebooted and got the message that only original firmware can be flashed.
Tried to reinstall the latest original stock rom, but instead of the one that came with lots of bloatware from the provider, i flashed the ZTO variance.
Long story short, now everytime i boot, it starts to use more and more ram until it crashes, and my IMEI has gone to ****.
PLEASE HELP
Ive tried the sidesync emergency restore, but the phone dont show on the list.
Edit1: I cant flash the stock bootloader because of the U3 BL from the january security patch. AND KNOX WAS TRIPPED.
Edit2: MANAGED TO SOLVE. To anyone that have the same Problem: Re-flash the exact same Stock Rom that your phone came with. The bootloader needs to be U3 if you have the January 2018 Security Patch
hi! I have this problem but my bootloader is U4
DaniPS2002 said:
hi! I have this problem but my bootloader is U4
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Try reinstaling the Stock rom that came with your phone, specifically the same Bootloader.
For me, it was trying at least 4 roms until i flashed the very one that came with the phone, and i mean the provider version.
Hope it helps
Can someone give me an backup of the efs partiton with twrp of a520f please?
I was trying to root my samsung galaxy a5 2017 with TWRP and I accidentally deleted system data. Then, I tried rebooting the phone and it got stuck in a bootloop. To fix this problem I tried flashing stock 8.0 firmware from sammobile via odin and I got this error:
Sw rev. Check fail. Device: 6, binary 5. I think that this means I have to flash the latest stock firmware but there isn't a newer one.
After that, I tried to use my phone by flashing a custom rom (Lineage 15.1) and I discovered that I have no imei,no baseband and no ip adress. I have installed many custom roms but the issue is still there. I am trying to get my phone to work with stock firmware and fix the IMEI issue but odin wont let me flash because of that error. I would appreciate if anyone could help. Thanks.
Flash a firmware version that contains S6 or U6 in the middle, it won't work with U5/S5! Not the Samsung phone S5 or S6, but rather, the firmware version.
For cellular, change the modem firmware, or backup and wipe /data/. /data/data/?.
Unless the efs was wiped (probably not if the baseband version isn't there, load a backup then, only if the efs was wiped don't restore it otherwise, and it must not be a backup created with an older twrp, view the recovery log in the backup folder)
julianmunozvaras said:
I was trying to root my samsung galaxy a5 2017 with TWRP and I accidentally deleted system data. Then, I tried rebooting the phone and it got stuck in a bootloop. To fix this problem I tried flashing stock 8.0 firmware from sammobile via odin and I got this error:
Sw rev. Check fail. Device: 6, binary 5. I think that this means I have to flash the latest stock firmware but there isn't a newer one.
After that, I tried to use my phone by flashing a custom rom (Lineage 15.1) and I discovered that I have no imei,no baseband and no ip adress. I have installed many custom roms but the issue is still there. I am trying to get my phone to work with stock firmware and fix the IMEI issue but odin wont let me flash because of that error. I would appreciate if anyone could help. Thanks.
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You aren't flashing the current version of software.
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iloveoreos said:
You aren't flashing the current version of software.
Sent from my Samsung SM-A520W using XDA Labs
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I tried installing the latest version available and I had the same error.
julianmunozvaras said:
I tried installing the latest version available and I had the same error.
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Well, I don't know what else could be wrong.
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julianmunozvaras said:
I tried installing the latest version available and I had the same error.
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Listen to me, it happened to me 2 days ago, and I came to the conclusion that I was not flash the latest firmware. You need to flash the same firmware with the same bootloader or more recent, the error you receive is because you are flashing an older version of bootloader. Do one thing, type the code *#1234# on the phone keypad
mark the code that gives you on 'AP and look it on Sammobile at https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-a5/SM-A520F/ITV/ select your language and look for the firmware with your own code . You will see that odin flash it.
Samsung A520F Custom Binary Error
Hello please I have been trying to reload my Samsung A520F firmware for a couple of weeks
It all started with the phone trying to update (over WIFI) and somewhere along the line files must have gotten corrupted
This led to the phone constantly restart and shutting down applications
I decided to just download the firmware and use Odin to reload. This, unfortunately, didn't go so well as now the phone isn't starting up anymore but can still get to download mode.
PDA firmware is A520FXXUACSE6
Region is EUR
Network is OPEN
every time I use this firmware I get the error
" Custom binary (BOOT) Blocked by FRP Lock
Please note currently at the moment phone refuses to boot up I read about removing OEM lock and don't know if this is the problem.
Please could you help out
koolblowkid said:
Hello please I have been trying to reload my Samsung A520F firmware for a couple of weeks
It all started with the phone trying to update (over WIFI) and somewhere along the line files must have gotten corrupted
This led to the phone constantly restart and shutting down applications
I decided to just download the firmware and use Odin to reload. This, unfortunately, didn't go so well as now the phone isn't starting up anymore but can still get to download mode.
PDA firmware is A520FXXUACSE6
Region is EUR
Network is OPEN
every time I use this firmware I get the error
" Custom binary (BOOT) Blocked by FRP Lock
Please note currently at the moment phone refuses to boot up I read about removing OEM lock and don't know if this is the problem.
Please could you help out
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Obviously you are frp locked. But I didn't think that blocked from flashing official.
I was flashing with ODIN a new firmware (a newer one of what i had) with the correspondent files (BL, CP, AP, CSC) and this happened:
<ID:0/005> Receive Response from boot-loader
<ID:0/005> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> odm.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
The whole process failed and it didn't finish the instalation.
After that the phone would say that there was an error during the instalation of the software and stay on that screen.
I decided to flash ONLY the AP file and it was successfull, but the phone is now stuck on a bootloop and won´t get pass the "powered by android" screen.
I flashed the BL again and it is successfull but it wont change a thing.
However if i flash the CSC or the HOME_CSC, it gives me the same error as before:
<ID:0/005> Receive Response from boot-loader
<ID:0/005> cache.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> odm.img.ext4
<ID:0/005> FAIL!
I've tried wiping the data partition, factory reset, and nothing.
Please help me. I've been trying to fix this for hours without a possible solution at sight.:crying::crying::crying:
Looking forward for any advice.
Regards!!
What model S9, and what firmware are you trying to flash?
*Detection* said:
What model S9, and what firmware are you trying to flash?
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I have a G9600. If i recall correctly, It came with G9600ZHU3ARI4 (september 28 2018, hong kong TGY) and i tried to install G9600ZHU3ARJ2 (november 2018, argentina ARO).
Kyrios90 said:
I have a G9600. If i recall correctly, It came with G9600ZHU3ARI4 (september 28 2018, hong kong TGY) and i tried to install G9600ZHU3ARJ2 (november 2018, argentina ARO).
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Are you using ODIN 3.13.1 ? Older versions won't work
There may be something I don't know about that model as I don't own it, so hopefully someone who does can chime in, but I would suggest trying another PC too
*Detection* said:
Are you using ODIN 3.13.1 ? Older versions won't work
There may be something I don't know about that model as I don't own it, so hopefully someone who does can chime in, but I would suggest trying another PC too
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Yes. I've used Odin v3.13.1 and the patched version located here in the forums.
Just to be clear, i have the Duos version of the g9600, but i've read that it doesn't change anything when installing a new firmware.
I've downloaded the original firmware it came with and i'll try flashing that one to see if it comes back to life at least :/
Kyrios90 said:
Yes. I've used Odin v3.13.1 and the patched version located here in the forums.
Just to be clear, i have the Duos version of the g9600, but i've read that it doesn't change anything when installing a new firmware.
I've downloaded the original firmware it came with and i'll try flashing that one to see if it comes back to life at least :/
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Oh you haven't tried flashing back to original yet? lol ok yea try that first
If that even fails try another machine
*Detection* said:
Oh you haven't tried flashing back to original yet? lol ok yea try that first
If that even fails try another machine
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I've successfully flashed the original firmware and the phone works now.
I don´t know if it was Odin, my computer, drivers, or whatever, but now it works.
The question is, this means that i should keep this firmware forever? I don't quite like a couple of things within it, such as the keyboard layout which is chinese one.
how can i get rid of that?
Thanks for the support, guys!!
Kyrios90 said:
I've successfully flashed the original firmware and the phone works now.
I don´t know if it was Odin, my computer, drivers, or whatever, but now it works.
The question is, this means that i should keep this firmware forever? I don't quite like a couple of things within it, such as the keyboard layout which is chinese one.
how can i get rid of that?
Thanks for the support, guys!!
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If that is the latest firmware for that CSC (region) then you'll have to wait for a newer OTA to arrive if you can't use ODIN
Keyboard layout should be changeable from settings, or install a better keyboard as a lot of us do, "SwiftKey" keyboard and you can customise that how you like
g9600 user here to explain the teeny tiny problem you had, first, ARO csc is a part of the OWO code, and as far I can read in the TGY FW is SM-G9600/TGY/G9600ZHU3ARK1/G9600TGY3ARK1/G9600ZCU3ARK1/G9600ZHU3ARK1 while the ARO FW is SM-G9600/ARO/G9600ZHU3ARJ2/G9600OWO3ARJ1/G9600ZCU3ARJ2/G9600ZHU3ARJ2 the difference is the OWO part that doesn`t match and a I assume that's where the error is.
Long story short, stay with the TGY. Hope I helped you in some way