SGH-I467 - Bricked after attempt to restore in Kies

chrisxrussell

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I have a Galaxy Note 8.0 LTE Tablet from AT&T. This device had been updated via OTA to version 4.4.2.

A relative of mine had been borrowing this tablet on a vacation to FL, and when I got it back, they had loaded it with a ton of stuff.
As I've done in the past, instead of going through the tablet, and getting rid of everything, I plugged it into my PC, and fired up Kies.
Like I said, I've done this before... I selected "Upgrade and Initialization". I typed in the Model: SGH-I467, and the Serial Number.
Like before it said it was going to revert the tablet back to 4.1.2. I hit upgrade, and the process started.

It got to 100% completed, and then errored out. The tablet said "Invalid Magic Number", and Kies was telling me I needed to do an "Emergency Recovery". However it did not have a Recovery Code, nor did it list my tablet in the box.
I rebooted the tablet, and tried again with the same error results.

Of course I cannot find a stock firmware file for 4.4.2, nor can I flash 4.1.2 with Odin because the tablet has Knox installed.
I'm at a complete lose at what happened, or what to do. I've read that some people were able to have a tech at Best Buy re-flash the tablet, but the nearest Best Buy store to me is 4 hours away.

Can anyone give me any advice or point me in the right direction?
I downloaded the Open Source KitKat file from the Samsung Site, but I've never compiled from source before, and have no idea where to start.
Has anyone else compiled the OpenSource KitKat files from the Samsung Site for the SGH-I467? If so I would be very very happy if someone could share that with me.

- Thanks in advance for your help!
 

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Once you update to kit kat 4.4.x , you cant go back. The kk bootloader is locked.

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I was able to get Samsung to repair my i467 which was bricked in the same fashion. It took 3 times shipping it to their repair center and back before I finally got an upper level manager to override the "Warranty Void" status and do a flash to fix it. Pain in the butt but worth it. They do a lot of insisting it was your fault, and they won't fix, etc. etc. - In my case it was actually a failed OTA that caused the brick.
 
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I was able to get Samsung to repair my i467 which was bricked in the same fashion. It took 3 times shipping it to their repair center and back before I finally got an upper level manager to override the "Warranty Void" status and do a flash to fix it. Pain in the butt but worth it. They do a lot of insisting it was your fault, and they won't fix, etc. etc. - In my case it was actually a failed OTA that caused the brick.
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@K1979C20 figured out that kingroot 4.1 works to root 4.4.2 on the sgh-i467. After rooting, I used an app called "supersu me" to remove kingroot and install supersu. Now I'm rooted and have supers installed!

Now we need to figure out a few things... like how to pull the factory 4.4.2 image and create a flashable or odin image for getting out of a jam in the future... then maybe how to port/flash a rom...

I have signed up to beta test for the flash fire app from @Chainfire, so even though we don't have a Normal recovery like twrp/cwm... we still have the possibility to flash a rom using flashfire.
 
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habaochau1610

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I have a Galaxy Note 8.0 LTE Tablet from AT&T. This device had been updated via OTA to version 4.4.2.

A relative of mine had been borrowing this tablet on a vacation to FL, and when I got it back, they had loaded it with a ton of stuff.
As I've done in the past, instead of going through the tablet, and getting rid of everything, I plugged it into my PC, and fired up Kies.
Like I said, I've done this before... I selected "Upgrade and Initialization". I typed in the Model: SGH-I467, and the Serial Number.
Like before it said it was going to revert the tablet back to 4.1.2. I hit upgrade, and the process started.

It got to 100% completed, and then errored out. The tablet said "Invalid Magic Number", and Kies was telling me I needed to do an "Emergency Recovery". However it did not have a Recovery Code, nor did it list my tablet in the box.
I rebooted the tablet, and tried again with the same error results.

Of course I cannot find a stock firmware file for 4.4.2, nor can I flash 4.1.2 with Odin because the tablet has Knox installed.
I'm at a complete lose at what happened, or what to do. I've read that some people were able to have a tech at Best Buy re-flash the tablet, but the nearest Best Buy store to me is 4 hours away.

Can anyone give me any advice or point me in the right direction?
I downloaded the Open Source KitKat file from the Samsung Site, but I've never compiled from source before, and have no idea where to start.
Has anyone else compiled the OpenSource KitKat files from the Samsung Site for the SGH-I467? If so I would be very very happy if someone could share that with me.

- Thanks in advance for your help!
Unbricked SGH-I467 SUCCESSFULLY
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8-0/help/sgh-i467-4-4-2-unbrick-softbrick-t3668031
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8-0/help/i467-4-4-2-t3537302

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