As seen on my older posts, i have been troubleshooting my moms Galaxy A505W and i have since tried many other methods to fix it until this warning popped up reading, "An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC Software." what do i do from here? i cannot get into odin or download mode but nothing has worked. anything helps.
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HELP -SM-T805 (807A for AT&T) failed ODIN CF-AutoRoot now won't boot, can't recovery
Hello Team,
I have 2 Devices, SM-T807A (AT&T USA) running Marshmallow.
I have downloaded the newest CF-AutoRoot and Odin V3.10.6 as instructed.
I attempted to flash the devices using CF-Autoroot.tar by clicking the "AP", I made Sure I only selected "Auto-Reboot" and "F Reset Time".
It loaded the image, started the process and gave me an error, "NAND Write Fail".
I tried the second device now, different cable, different CF auto-root download, same options, same result.
The device rebooted and now I am stuck at the screen asking me to connected to Kies to recover the device.
I connected to Kies and Smart Switch to do an "Emergency Recovery", and both devices cannot be seen to be restored. I used 4 different cables, all ports on a Mac and Windows device.
What I have attempted:
- To refresh a stock firmware, Tried the germany vodafone version and the swisscom, both failed
- Attempted to reflash CF auto root several times with many different ODIN versions, same result
- Attempted to flash TWRP to use a different recovery method, fails as well
What happens now?
- Device won't boot normally
- Recovery mode brings me to the Samsung error screen (Power+Home+Up)
- Download is still working but that's just about it
- Knox has not been tripped
- Device info shows that Official Samsung boot loader and image are both installed
This is not my first rooting, but I am completely out of ideas on what to do to fix this? Any thoughts?
Molokinhu said:
Hello Team,
I have 2 Devices, SM-T807A (AT&T USA) running Marshmallow.
I have downloaded the newest CF-AutoRoot and Odin V3.10.6 as instructed.
I attempted to flash the devices using CF-Autoroot.tar by clicking the "AP", I made Sure I only selected "Auto-Reboot" and "F Reset Time".
It loaded the image, started the process and gave me an error, "NAND Write Fail".
I tried the second device now, different cable, different CF auto-root download, same options, same result.
The device rebooted and now I am stuck at the screen asking me to connected to Kies to recover the device.
I connected to Kies and Smart Switch to do an "Emergency Recovery", and both devices cannot be seen to be restored. I used 4 different cables, all ports on a Mac and Windows device.
What I have attempted:
- To refresh a stock firmware, Tried the germany vodafone version and the swisscom, both failed
- Attempted to reflash CF auto root several times with many different ODIN versions, same result
- Attempted to flash TWRP to use a different recovery method, fails as well
What happens now?
- Device won't boot normally
- Recovery mode brings me to the Samsung error screen (Power+Home+Up)
- Download is still working but that's just about it
- Knox has not been tripped
- Device info shows that Official Samsung boot loader and image are both installed
This is not my first rooting, but I am completely out of ideas on what to do to fix this? Any thoughts?
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Unfortunately the bootloader is locked on that device, so it can't be rooted with traditional tools.
It's simple enough to recover from this error.
The firmware is available on the forum.
I'll try to be as detail as possible so that anyone with experience can help me. BTW this is my first thread.
The phone is originally a Samsung Galaxy J2 Ace with J2 Prime firmware installed by me
Note 1: I flashed this firmware about 2-3 years ago without problems.
On a random day, I decided to restart my phone, and suddenly, a bootloop!!
Later I realised a soft brick had occured.
So I did a factory reset and wiped cache thru recovery mode.
But no use.
Also I remember seeing errors like "ddi read failed" "ddi write failed"
No idea what it means.
Then I tried flashing stock firmware through Odin using Download Mode.
It failed and gave an error "Write operation failed"
That is similar to the error I saw in the phone like "ddi write failed"
So, now here comes my big mistake.
I tried flashing TWRP using Odin.
It gave a pass, but I think I messed up.
So now I cant use Stock Recovery Mode also. It keeps showing "Installing System Update" for eternity.
So now Im blank and left out.
I found a few similar posts like mine but they werent clear and Im not sure as they seemed dangerous like playing with PIT file, doing NAND erase and something.
So, I dont want to go to the service center and pay a high price. Does anyone know what I can do to fix it myself. Thanks.
Note : I downloaded firmware from samfrew.com. I checked and the firmware year is 2018. Is that a problem. Should i try to find the latest firmware possible? (Sammobile doesnt have my firmware and they cap download speeds too much anyway)
Okay, some more info
When trying to boot like normal, it will sometimes show an error saying "Custom binary blocked by SECURE BOOT" before it starts its bootloop .
Also checked in Download mode, i have frp lock enabled and secure boot enabled.
...and is locked. Call your mobile operator for additional support.
I have a Tab S4 (SM-T830) and a while back I tried to root it unsuccessfully. It still worked, but I could not get it to update. Today I tried to update through Smart Switch, and that didn't work as it required I get into recovery mode, but I couldn't since I had TWRP installed. So I went into developer options, and turned off OEM Unlock, the tablet informed me that it would do a factory reset. Now, I get the above message whenever I try to turn it on.
What's worse is I can still get to the download screen on the tablet, but whenever I try to flash the stock ROM with Odin (I've successfully used Odin many times in the past), it sits at the message 'Setup connection" for several minutes, then fails with the error "Can't open the serial (COM) port. I'm really at a loss what to do with this tablet, it seems to be bricked. I loved my Tab S, but this thing has been nothing but trouble.
If there's anyone that has any suggestions, I'd be very grateful.
Thanks!
Mark
I have a Galaxy Tab3 7.0 SM-T210 that we've owned for a long time, but I now want to use it for more things and find it a little clunky and slow compared to our more up to date smart phones. So i wanted to flash with a newer version of Android, but the tablet now appears to be bricked showing the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again" screen and it won't do anything else. It won't enter download mode or recovery mode.
I came across these instructions to take me from a stock tab, and upgrade to Android 9.0 theupgradeguide.com/2019/09/17/install-android-9-0-pie-on-samsung-galaxy-tab-3-7-0-lineageos-16-how-to-guide
I loaded TWRP successfully using Odin and was able to set up a Nandroid backup. I then moved on to part 5 to perform a factory reset of the device, which was successful. This is where it started to go wrong though! I chose the reboot option after the wipe, rather than as per the instructions going back to the TWRP main menu. The tab rebooted and would't get past the Samsung logo. It went back in to download mode when I tried, and then tried to flash with a stock version of KitKat Android. Odin recognised the tab connected, it accepted the .tar flash file, and the tab showed the progress bar showing the download happening. Then Odin failed after a few minutes, and then the firmware upgrade failure error message appeared.
After lots of internet searching I've tried the following:
1. Putting it in download mode, doesn't work!
2. Putting it in recovery mode, doesn't work!
3. Connecting it to Kies, device not recognised and latest version of Kies doesn't have the option to manually select your device to reload the firmware!
4. Tried using ADB, device isn't recognised!
So i'm at a loss what to do to fix it, can anyone help?!
I was just trying to do the same yesterday. It all went fine with backing up and wiping, but TWRP didnt accept the image I downloaded.
It is so sad to have a capable hardware limited due lack of manufacturer care (not even saying updates, because they updated the android version at the time, but lack of optimization and how my tablet became sluggish, gave me disgust of any samsung branded device).
Can't you get to TWRP screen anymore?
If you can get to Odin download mode, trying reflashing Odin (perhaps a different version).
So phone was soft bricked.I couldn't get to the home.It was rebooting to odin mode(download mode) or bootlooping but i could not reboot phone to normal.So I decided to flash a custom rom in Odin.First I was getting fail beacuse of frp.And I also tried twrp recovery and it also failed.After trying download mode said "an error has occurred while updating device software" and i tried to fix this with SmartSwitch but that failed(when I was connecting my phone it said unsupported phone and i couldn't do anything).So I found unofficial variation which is FRP Hijacker.And it worked well.I could get back the normal downlad mode and also recovery mode.After this i tried again to flash rom.It was successfuly flashed.I thought it's done, but no.Phone was bootlooping again.I didn't know what to do.So I found on internet combination file for this phone and flashed it in odin.It failed after this i rebooted my phone and it showed again the "An error has occurred while updating device software".So I opened again FRP Hijacker and clicked to "SoftBrick fix" and after this my phone died.And now I can't turn on the phone,cant get to recovery or download Nothing!It also is not charging.
Could someone help me pls?I will be so thankful!!