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Solution: Recovering from soft brick

I faced a unique problem today...
1. Got a notification to update Super Su
2. After updating, went to the app and it asked for updating binary...clicked Ok
3. Asked which method to use- Normal or CWM/TWRP...clicked CWM/TWRP
And all hell broke loose...the phone rebooted and kept stuck at Samsung GT-N7000 screen
Tried booting into recovery using the Vol Up+Menu+Power Button but failed to boot into recovery and always booted in the same GT N7000 screen
In short my custom recovery was messed up...
The above may not be a huge problem for people frequenting these forums and having basic google search finesse, but still it took me more than 3 hours to un-brick my phone after trying several combinations and permutations, so to the benefit of other members here's my simple solution:
1. Check if you can get into download mode by using Volume Down+Menu+Power Button
2. If not, your problem might be more serious and you should keep searching for a solution...best of luck!
3. If you can get into download mode, fine ...lets continue...
4. Prepare your PC for flashing a custom recovery via PC Odin:
a. Download PC Odin: I used Odin 3 V 1.85
b. Download a custom recovery: I used Philz 5.03
c. Uninstall Kies and Samsung Drivers from your PC (do it, it worked for me!)
d. Install latest Samsung Drivers afresh
e. Eject and physically remove all USB connected devices from your PC
f. Disable any antivirus software
5. Now get to download mode on your handset- after Volume Down+Menu+Power Button- on the next screen press Vol Up key to enable download mode. Do not connect phone to PC yet.
6. Run Odin as administrator. Let the app window come up on your screen.
7. Connect the original Samsung USB cable to the USB port at the back of your PC- this is to ensure it gets connected to the motherboard USB slot directly- please do this- critically important- at least in my case. For a laptop, I guess any port will do.
8. Connect your phone to the PC using USB cable
9. The ID:COM indicator on the PC ODIN window should turn yellow in a few minutes
10. Do not click on any buttons on ODIN Window- Auto-Reboot and F.Reset Timer should be checked and everything else should be left unchecked.
11. Click on PDA tab on ODIN and browse to the custom recovery tar file, select it- it should now appear under PDA tab.
12. Click on start and let ODIN do its thing...
13. Disconnect the phone after successful reboot.
The above steps helped me recover my soft-bricked phone.
I understand you should follow the steps verbatim to use this method...believe me I have tried several iterations- using front USB port, trying without disconnecting all other devices from USB port, without uninstalling Kies, et al...and failed everytime.
I hope this helps you.
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Help me Pls.

Sorry for this thread.
MY ENGLISH NOT GOOD. :crying:
I Follow " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392865 ".
1. Flash 10.1.1.A.1.310 with all Wipes using flashtools (All data will be erased.)
2. Obtain Root using the toolkit.
3. Flash this Recovery to your device.
4. Download the System only Rom and put it on the sd-card.
5. Go into Recovery (when the press "Volume up" when the blue LED lights up)
6. Search for the previously downloaded System only Rom file and flash it in CWM recovery .
7. Boot into flash mode (when booting from USB-connected cable to press "Volume down")
8. Flash 10.3.1.A.0.244 through FlashTool without system (tick the box Exclude) / / After loading you will have the new firmware./ /
9. Flash Recovery again.
10. Download the latest version SuperSU (at the bottom of the link to the zip file), add this file to the sd-card.
11. Go into Recovery, flash the archive SuperSU / / After loading you will have the new firmware with the normal working Root privileges./ /
I have proplem with step 7 and 8.
In step 6. I setup Rom from SD Card and reboot and Unplug the device.
When My phone Reboot. I open Flashtool -> Selec Firmware Russ 10.3.1.A.0.244 -> UnTick DATA, CACHE, APPSLOCK and tick all the box Exclude -> Click Flash -> Press Volume down my phone + Plug USB cable with Laptop -> When Flash Finish, Unplug device and press PoWer .... My phone die on LOGO sony.
Help me PLS.
IF Thread not post here, i sorry admin. => New member.

Anyone help me..?
Help me pls..!!!!1 :crying:

SonyZR said:
Help me pls..!!!!1 :crying:
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I also tried to follow the instructions above and now phone is dead!
Does not start up , not even sony logo.
Please help.:crying:

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jackman17 said:
I also tried to follow the instructions above and now phone is dead!
Does not start up , not even sony logo.
Please help.:crying:
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Step 1 : Open your Flashtool and selec any FW 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 Click Flash. When your computer repair FW, One table warring open.
2 : Now, You Hold Volume Down and conection cable with ur computer. ( If your computer search driver for your phone, Flashtool will be error, but your computer has driver your phone )
3: Close table flashtool and unplug cable.
4: Open again Flashtool and selec any FW 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 Click Flash. When your computer repair FW, One table warring open.
5: One moretime Hold Volume Down and conection cable with ur computer. Your computer will be flash FW on your phone =>
6 : When finish , unplug cable and hold power. => Done
Sorry. my english not good.

SonyZR said:
Step 1 : Open your Flashtool and selec any FW 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 Click Flash. When your computer repair FW, One table warring open.
2 : Now, You Hold Volume Down and conection cable with ur computer. ( If your computer search driver for your phone, Flashtool will be error, but your computer has driver your phone )
3: Close table flashtool and unplug cable.
4: Open again Flashtool and selec any FW 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 Click Flash. When your computer repair FW, One table warring open.
5: One moretime Hold Volume Down and conection cable with ur computer. Your computer will be flash FW on your phone =>
6 : When finish , unplug cable and hold power. => Done
Sorry. my english not good.
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My phone does not not boot up, it is not recognised by FlashTool anymore.
When I push power button , only red led at the bottom of phone blink a couple of times en then nothing.
Is there any other way.?

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jackman17 said:
My phone does not not boot up, it is not recognised by FlashTool anymore.
When I push power button , only red led at the bottom of phone blink a couple of times en then nothing.
Is there any other way.?
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Do you have try my tutorial.?
If my tutorial not success
And you can not login logo sony
I think your phone has brick. You need go to warranty center.

tried your tutorol, but fkashtool does not see phone when connect.
I think I have to buy new one.:crying:

jackman17 said:
tried your tutorol, but fkashtool does not see phone when connect.
I think I have to buy new one.:crying:
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Pull your battery out. Run the flashtool, click the lightning button and flash in fastboot (the first option) and then select the ftf file for 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 (there's a thread in the development section with the FTF files).
Flash (and leave the boxes as they are ) --> Once it prepares the phone for flashing, it will ask you to to connect the phone in fastboot mode.
DONT TOUCH THE POWER BUTTON
Hold the volume down button while plugging in the cable. It should flash.
Let me know if it worked.

djpeesh said:
Pull your battery out. Run the flashtool, click the lightning button and flash in fastboot (the first option) and then select the ftf file for 4.1.2 or 4.2.2 (there's a thread in the development section with the FTF files).
Flash (and leave the boxes as they are ) --> Once it prepares the phone for flashing, it will ask you to to connect the phone in fastboot mode.
DONT TOUCH THE POWER BUTTON
Hold the volume down button while plugging in the cable. It should flash.
Let me know if it worked.
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fastboot is the second option in my flashtool menu, which should i choose?
ps and should I leave battery out?

THANK YOU DJpeesh,
you saved my day:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
followed your instructions ( 1e option flashmode with battery still removed ) an successfuly flashed phone.
I think it went wrong when I flashed boot.img file from cmw recovery with fastboot from cl when phone was also still connected throw Flashtool.
I use all linux tools (flashtool, adb, fastboot , doomlord-rooting kit)
ps By your opinion, is it still save to follow intructions on the link in my first post to get my xperia zR on latest firmware and have root access?

Jackman17. Try updating through Sony update service and then use vroot (can send you thread link later).
I'm running 4.2.2 and I'm rooted.
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Hard Bootloop after install CWM

Lately my phone cant go into boot, it just show sony logo, then the logo blured, and it back to sony logo.
I had just done install cwm with this method
How To Install Custom Recovery In Sony Xperia SP
If You Want To Root Your Device Click Here
1. Before You Begin:
Working for Sony Xperia SP with Unlocked Bootloader
Windows-based computer or laptop
Download Sony Xperia SP USB driver for Windows and install in your computer.
Skip this step if you have installed the Sony Companion.
Enable USB Debugging on your device.
Make sure your phone is charged to 60% 80% to avoid battery blackout and interruption during this tutorial.
We recommend you make a backup on your data and media files before the tutorial.
2. Download Required Files:
Kernel For Sony Xperia SP
Fastboot+ADB(20926)
3. Install Custom Recovery In Sony Xperia SP:
Unlock Bootloader of your device first.
Download & Extract the Fastboot folder from the Fastboot+ADB zip file at your desktop.
Download the Kernel_en.elf and copy it to the Fastboot>Win32 folder.
Rename the copied Kernel_en.elf to Kernel.elf
Turn Off your device completely.
Enter into fastboot mode by connecting your device to PC with USB cable while pressing Volume Up button.
Now open the Folder Fastboot>Win32 and Press & Hold Shift key and press right click of mouse and select open command window here.
A CMD window will appear on the desktop.
Type fastboot flash boot kernel.elf to flash the kernel in your device.
After the process complete turn off your device (Press & Hold Power Button)
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And now i cant even see my home screen nor the flash mode
So what should i do now? FYI the phone is still can be connected to charger and pc, but if i trying to turn on, it go hard bootloop

Did you try flashing stock firmware using flashtool?

The only way
Quaxbond said:
Lately my phone cant go into boot, it just show sony logo, then the logo blured, and it back to sony logo.
I had just done install cwm with this method
And now i cant even see my home screen nor the flash mode
So what should i do now? FYI the phone is still can be connected to charger and pc, but if i trying to turn on, it go hard bootloop
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It happened to me too, the only way is to flash a stock based rom through flashtool, then flash cm11 and then cm12. I suggest you to flash CrystalPA though and wait for a more stable cm12 release. CrystalPA is just the smoothest 4.4.4 rom out there, especially if you love mobile gaming, it has the best ram management!

Having problems installing ROM.

Okay so i did something dumb and I'm wondering if there is a way out. I just got my second Note 5 because I dropped my first one and the screen went black. It was gonna be cheaper and easier to just buy a new device than actually repairing all the damage.
I installed TWRP through Odin. Stupidly, I did a complete wipe, including internal storage, and now I can't get the device to see the USB/OTG. I have a new cable on the way that's going to get here tomorrow. I can't think of what else it could be? Any ideas would be much appreciated. It doesn't have an OS so I'm thinking I may have wasted 250$.
It's not turbo charging either so could It be the charging port that's causing it to not be picking up the OTG?

Does Odin recognize it at least in download mode?

Have you tried mount on as usb in twrp?
press install>select storage then there will be two option
Internal storage and USB storage. Click on USB and the value will change from 0 to the amount of gb your otg have,then you can flash via otg

CoontDunker23 said:
Okay so i did something dumb and I'm wondering if there is a way out. I just got my second Note 5 because I dropped my first one and the screen went black. It was gonna be cheaper and easier to just buy a new device than actually repairing all the damage.
I installed TWRP through Odin. Stupidly, I did a complete wipe, including internal storage, and now I can't get the device to see the USB/OTG. I have a new cable on the way that's going to get here tomorrow. I can't think of what else it could be? Any ideas would be much appreciated. It doesn't have an OS so I'm thinking I may have wasted 250$.
It's not turbo charging either so could It be the charging port that's causing it to not be picking up the OTG?
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You need to flash latest stock 6.0.1 firmware on your device using Follow the steps
1)Go to link provided to download latest 6.0.1 firmware for your device model no and country( You can find device model no and country printed on authorised box or below on the back panel of your device like SM-N920C/G/I, Country code you can find on box like INS,SL,UK)
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
2) Download latest odin from google and latest Samsung usb drivers from your device( Copy them on your pc and extract to specific folders, install Samsung usb drivers on pc)
3)Power off your device, now press volume down+home+power button simultaneously, you will now boot into download mode. Press volume up button to continue)
4) Run previously extracted odin.exe on your pc as administrator
5) Connect your phone using original Samsung usb cable, now let pc to install usb drivers for your device..After drivers being successfully installed, you can see your device is added to odin as COM PORT
6)In odin options tab, make sure only auto reset and reboot options selected..Dont select reset partitions from odin..
7)Now add previously extracted firmware in AP tab of odin( In extracted firmware folder, file is named as tar.md5)
8)Give it some time to b ready and now press start button,now flashing is started..Wait untill flashing process being completed..
9) After flashing complete your phone will be reboot automatically..if you stuck at Samsung logo for long time, press volume down+power button..Your phone will be switched off, now immediately press volume up+power+home button simultaneously untill you see Samsung galaxy note 5 logo
10) Now you will boot into stock recovery, from there select wipe data/ factory reset option..After reset reboot your device..Your problem will be solved..
REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD LATEST STOCK 6.0.1 FOR YOUR DEVICE

Great, I'll try to do that later today. Thanks a lot!

DroidHackeR said:
You need to flash latest stock 6.0.1 firmware on your device using Follow the steps
1)Go to link provided to download latest 6.0.1 firmware for your device model no and country( You can find device model no and country printed on authorised box or below on the back panel of your device like SM-N920C/G/I, Country code you can find on box like INS,SL,UK)
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
2) Download latest odin from google and latest Samsung usb drivers from your device( Copy them on your pc and extract to specific folders, install Samsung usb drivers on pc)
3)Power off your device, now press volume down+home+power button simultaneously, you will now boot into download mode. Press volume up button to continue)
4) Run previously extracted odin.exe on your pc as administrator
5) Connect your phone using original Samsung usb cable, now let pc to install usb drivers for your device..After drivers being successfully installed, you can see your device is added to odin as COM PORT
6)In odin options tab, make sure only auto reset and reboot options selected..Dont select reset partitions from odin..
7)Now add previously extracted firmware in AP tab of odin( In extracted firmware folder, file is named as tar.md5)
8)Give it some time to b ready and now press start button,now flashing is started..Wait untill flashing process being completed..
9) After flashing complete your phone will be reboot automatically..if you stuck at Samsung logo for long time, press volume down+power button..Your phone will be switched off, now immediately press volume up+power+home button simultaneously untill you see Samsung galaxy note 5 logo
10) Now you will boot into stock recovery, from there select wipe data/ factory reset option..After reset reboot your device..Your problem will be solved..
REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD LATEST STOCK 6.0.1 FOR YOUR DEVICE
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AndiValon said:
Have you tried mount on as usb in twrp?
press install>select storage then there will be two option
Internal storage and USB storage. Click on USB and the value will change from 0 to the amount of gb your otg have,then you can flash via otg
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I tried to mount it in TWRP but the box is uncheckable. That is my problem. I go to install and under the select storage I cant select USB OTG and it says (0MB). I'm kinda perplexed. Thanks for the advice though!

DroidHackeR said:
You need to flash latest stock 6.0.1 firmware on your device using Follow the steps
1)Go to link provided to download latest 6.0.1 firmware for your device model no and country( You can find device model no and country printed on authorised box or below on the back panel of your device like SM-N920C/G/I, Country code you can find on box like INS,SL,UK)
2) Download latest odin from google and latest Samsung usb drivers from your device( Copy them on your pc and extract to specific folders, install Samsung usb drivers on pc)
3)Power off your device, now press volume down+home+power button simultaneously, you will now boot into download mode. Press volume up button to continue)
4) Run previously extracted odin.exe on your pc as administrator
5) Connect your phone using original Samsung usb cable, now let pc to install usb drivers for your device..After drivers being successfully installed, you can see your device is added to odin as COM PORT
6)In odin options tab, make sure only auto reset and reboot options selected..Dont select reset partitions from odin..
7)Now add previously extracted firmware in AP tab of odin( In extracted firmware folder, file is named as tar.md5)
8)Give it some time to b ready and now press start button,now flashing is started..Wait untill flashing process being completed..
9) After flashing complete your phone will be reboot automatically..if you stuck at Samsung logo for long time, press volume down+power button..Your phone will be switched off, now immediately press volume up+power+home button simultaneously untill you see Samsung galaxy note 5 logo
10) Now you will boot into stock recovery, from there select wipe data/ factory reset option..After reset reboot your device..Your problem will be solved..
REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD LATEST STOCK 6.0.1 FOR YOUR DEVICE
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I'll just do that and start over. Thanks for the advice!

Jdkrosen said:
Does Odin recognize it at least in download mode?
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I'm not sure. How can I tell?

CoontDunker23 said:
I'm not sure. How can I tell?
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Step 3 from the other guy's post above you. That's what I was gonna help you with because you wiped the internal storage. Odin will still recognize it but in Download mode and she won't work again unless you flash the stock firmware specifically for your phone from the link above.

Fixed
I reOdined and same problem so I went back and looked at the instructions. I saw that you had to have MM flashed onto the device so I tried that and it worked. I just figured updating the phone would give me enough but it didn't. Thanks for all the help guys!

Root Samsung Galaxy A8 AU SCV32

1. Download and install samsung usb driver.
http://developer.samsung.com/common/download/check.do?actId=698
2. Download latest version of odin.
https://odindownload.com/download/Odin3_v3.12.3.zip
3. Download rootable kernel for scv32 from https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zdjGzQFwk_EdtcrUYuTM2CJjyiNAkpCg
4. Now boot your scv32 to download mode by pressing volume down+home+power button.
5. Then open odin and connect your phone via usb cable.
6. Select AP on odin then select the downloaded kernel.
7. Now click on Start. after finished your phone will reboot.
Now enjoy root access on SCV32

galaxy a8 2018 root 7.1.1 support? have nice a day? (sry my englisth poor)

This killed my phone, please dont flash these files

nahid2624 said:
1. Download and install samsung usb driver.
http://developer.samsung.com/common/download/check.do?actId=698
2. Download latest version of odin.
https://odindownload.com/download/Odin3_v3.12.3.zip
3. Download rootable kernel for scv32 from https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zdjGzQFwk_EdtcrUYuTM2CJjyiNAkpCg
4. Now boot your scv32 to download mode by pressing volume down+home+power button.
5. Then open odin and connect your phone via usb cable.
6. Select AP on odin then select the downloaded kernel.
7. Now click on Start. after finished your phone will reboot.
Now enjoy root access on SCV32
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hi brother thank to share
i whant to know how to root scv32 android 7.0?
thank