Softbricked after OTA update SM-N900A

hunterdg · Nov 13, 2013

AT&T version of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47413669

Started with N900AUCUBMI9, rooted via RDLV (N900AUCUBMI9_OneClickBin)

accepted OTA update (i know) to N900AUCUBMJ5, lost root

Wanted root back, attempted RDLV again, got SECURE CHECK FAIL : cache, stuck in "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"

Found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47411605

Flashed PIT ONLY, successfully booted up into MJ5, unrooted. Should have left it alone there. KNOX flag 0x0

Wanted root back, thought I could downgrade BL, AP/PDA, Phone, CPC to MI9 as suggested in above thread.

BL fails with SW REV CHECK FAIL : [sbl1]Fused 2 > Binary 1. AP/PDA, fails with SECURE CHECK FAIL : system. Phone successfully flashed to MI9. CPC fails with SECURE CHECK FAIL : cache

Stuck in "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"

Flashed PIT again, phone tries to boot but "Process system isn't responding" after AT&T globe boot animation, then reboots

Attempted RDLV again, get SW REV CHECK FAIL : [sbl1]Fused 2 > Binary 1, presumably because the MI9 BL can't be flashed over the MJ5 BL.

I'm stuck folks. Any suggestions welcome. Am I just going to have to wait for a stock MJ5 package/files similar to the MI9 files in the thread above?

For those reading who were dummies like me and accepted the OTA update, lost their root, tried to re-root with RDLV: flash the PIT file ONLY from the above link and you should be back into MJ5, un-rooted.

Help please?

LuckyColdJohnson · Nov 13, 2013 at 3:49 PM

Well lets see here. I was rooted (Kingo) <Updated ver.
I saw the update.
Un-rooted with the SuperSU app.
Did the update
Re-rooted with Kingo.
Re-did all xposed/winam stuff.
Rebooted
Phone is on new firmware with root and I'm loving it.

The End.

hunterdg · Sep 29, 2007 40 2 0

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Well lets see here. I was rooted (Kingo) <Updated ver.
I saw the update.
Un-rooted with the SuperSU app.
Did the update
Re-rooted with Kingo.
Re-did all xposed/winam stuff.
Rebooted
Phone is on new firmware with root and I'm loving it.

The End.

yes, that's the way i should have done it (SU persist, un-root, OTA, SU root) but I didn't and now here i am.

st3ph3nbr!tt · Sep 21, 2011 209 45 0

I followed the info to flash PIT only and my phone rebooted. Now fc's allot of stuff. Can't get past it. Build number mi9, baseband mj5. Do you think someone will make an mj5 odin? Or any advice would be greatly appreciated.

bloodyRevolver · Nov 14, 2013

Same here

Same situation here ;_; can you post just the Pit? the zip is taking forever for the fact that I just need an XML file.

mnorris0678 · Jul 1, 2011 44 1 0

ditto

+1 I was updated and rooted and decided to jack around with a data toggle in notification (/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db) and here i am

bloodyRevolver · Nov 14, 2013

So I flashed the .pit
which let me reboot.
However now I'm in a horrible limbo state where pen imput crashes in an infanite loop making anything on the phone painful to do.
I think it's because my PDA and CSC are MI9 but my phone updated to MJ5.

I tried recovery mode wipe and "reset Phone" in settings and the issues persist.

This lovely mismatch has also rendered my ability to install firmware via Kies imposible. Nulling my plan to just roll back to stock.

Anybody have an odin one click for MJ5? I'd rather be stock than inoperable.

I'm afraid to try the method listed above for Knox flag reasons. If rolling back to MI9 is unreliable and might throw flags.

Hope someone else gets further than I have soon.

KingDavid63 · Nov 14, 2013 at 11:55 AM

LuckyColdJohnson said:
Well lets see here. I was rooted (Kingo) <Updated ver.
I saw the update.
Un-rooted with the SuperSU app.
Did the update
Re-rooted with Kingo.
Re-did all xposed/winam stuff.
Rebooted
Phone is on new firmware with root and I'm loving it.

The End.

Where is this kingo?

Sent from the phone with the best specs on the market, "NoTe III"

tyiphius · Sep 8, 2011 115 82 0

mnorris0678 said:
+1 I was updated and rooted and decided to jack around with a data toggle in notification (/data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db) and here i am

I soft bricked my phone probably 5 or 6 times before getting it to work!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

bloodyRevolver · Nov 14, 2013 at 4:47 PM

tyiphius said:
I soft bricked my phone probably 5 or 6 times before getting it to work!

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using Tapatalk

Would you do us a solid, and elaborate on how you fixed it?

hunterdg · Sep 29, 2007 40 2 0

bloodyRevolver said:
I'm afraid to try the method listed above for Knox flag reasons. If rolling back to MI9 is unreliable and might throw flags.

Hope someone else gets further than I have soon.

FYI, nothing that I have domes so far has tripped KONX. Still at 0x0

hunterdg · Sep 29, 2007 40 2 0

bloodyRevolver said:
Would you do us a solid, and elaborate on how you fixed it?

+1

bloodyRevolver · Nov 14, 2013 at 6:11 PM

Sweet. Your OP lead me to believe that you tripped it somewhere. Honestly I'm beginning to care less and less about it. I honestly think that with a full ODIN of the current OTA WE'd be back in the clear. The inability to roll back after The thing updated without my permission is frustrating to say the least. Coming from iOS I'm also a bit surprised by the lack of OEM firmware existing in the wild.

mnorris0678 · Jul 1, 2011 44 1 0

settings.db

Might anybody have a stock unmodified /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db file that i can try loading with adb?

nikeflight19 · Nov 15, 2013 2 0 0

Resolved issue with at&t.

Couldn't handle waiting for SM-N900A stock firmware so I took my phone to AT&T retail store (I didn't have warranty with them). They referred me to At&t Device support center and told me that I have a manufacture warranty with samsung for 1 year and since i didn't have any water damage or such, just a boot loop, i can just exchange it for a "like-new" product and might ship between 6 business days.

bloodyRevolver · Nov 18, 2013 at 9:25 AM

nikeflight19 said:
Couldn't handle waiting for SM-N900A stock firmware so I took my phone to AT&T retail store (I didn't have warranty with them). They referred me to At&t Device support center and told me that I have a manufacture warranty with samsung for 1 year and since i didn't have any water damage or such, just a boot loop, i can just exchange it for a "like-new" product and might ship between 6 business days.

I was offered the same deal. Preferred to hold out hope that we'd get an MJ5 firmware ripped and running before that.

nabooki · Nov 18, 2013 at 2:37 PM

Where can I find this pit file?

WHERE CAN i FIND THE PIT FILE

hunterdg said:
AT&T version of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47413669

Started with N900AUCUBMI9, rooted via RDLV (N900AUCUBMI9_OneClickBin)

accepted OTA update (i know) to N900AUCUBMJ5, lost root

Wanted root back, attempted RDLV again, got SECURE CHECK FAIL : cache, stuck in "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"

Found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47411605

Flashed PIT ONLY, successfully booted up into MJ5, unrooted. Should have left it alone there. KNOX flag 0x0

Wanted root back, thought I could downgrade BL, AP/PDA, Phone, CPC to MI9 as suggested in above thread.

BL fails with SW REV CHECK FAIL : [sbl1]Fused 2 > Binary 1. AP/PDA, fails with SECURE CHECK FAIL : system. Phone successfully flashed to MI9. CPC fails with SECURE CHECK FAIL : cache

Stuck in "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again"

Flashed PIT again, phone tries to boot but "Process system isn't responding" after AT&T globe boot animation, then reboots

Attempted RDLV again, get SW REV CHECK FAIL : [sbl1]Fused 2 > Binary 1, presumably because the MI9 BL can't be flashed over the MJ5 BL.

I'm stuck folks. Any suggestions welcome. Am I just going to have to wait for a stock MJ5 package/files similar to the MI9 files in the thread above?

For those reading who were dummies like me and accepted the OTA update, lost their root, tried to re-root with RDLV: flash the PIT file ONLY from the above link and you should be back into MJ5, un-rooted.

Help please?

bloodyRevolver · Nov 18, 2013 at 9:19 PM

nabooki said:
WHERE CAN i FIND THE PIT FILE

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502049

First page of the second link you posted. It's in the zip with all the other MI9 files. If you look further down the thread he also posted another version of the PIT. Read read read read.

hunterdg · Sep 29, 2007 40 2 0

Hello all.. Been gone for a bit. Catching up now and hoping for a solution but if anyone has figured this out, please let me know how or provide a link! (Mj5 Odin stock recovery)

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