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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrnewspaper:
i did install CWM recovery

i don't remember making a back up but i am sure i did

i can NOT get to recovery

i can get to dl mode

i am familiar with odin but i am on my work computer as i don't have internet at home at the moment so i cant run searches as it trips the big brother software here and i would get in trouble the phone seems to work fine other then it doesn't recognize the sim card and no recovery mode

but if i could find a stock rom i could just flash with odin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
That may also be your problem.

Are you running kies as admin?

Sorry if these sound like stupid questions.

But 8f you dont have admin privies kies may not work.

Regardless there is a drop down for you to manually choose your phone.

You do have usb debugging?

A corrupted recovery should not affect your ability to use kies.

Your jobs software could be blocking it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
Also you do realise you cannot take ota with custom recovery?

Thats why your phone is borked.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrnewspaper:
i do realize it now lol but i didnt even think about it when it happened

yes running kies as admin

no to usb debugging don't event remember how to get to usb debugging but if it is in settings under mobile networks i cant get there it just says insert sim card
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
Justvto be sure this is an sgh-i317 correct?

Try doing the upgrade first that may give you the code.

First make sure you have usb debugging

Home>Settings> developers options> make sure usb debugging is checked.

Also since it sounds like your recovery is corrupted do not do a factory reset.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
Ok so try this:

Make sure you have latest drivers from samsung for YOUR device.

Make sure kies is the latest version.

Make sure antivirus is off orvput kies in the whitelist/allowed.

Turning off is better.

Go to dl mode on phone .

Sincevkies is already running go to thetop menu :

tools> emergency firmware recovery

You should get a drop down list of devices. If this is an att phone and not another carrier model ported to att, you should choose sgh-i317 (att galaxy note 2). You shouldnt need a number thats only if you try to upgrade and it fails ( as I mentioned you may want to try upgrade first to trick the que to give you a number)

Post back.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Note2Hunter:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mrnewspaper:
thanks so much for all your help there is no drop down box on my version of kies however i found stock firmware some where else and it is working now again thanks so much
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
Nice job! Isnt it great figuring things out yourself?

Love hearing happy endings!

Now... go into recovery and :

Make a backup/boot img .

:thumbup:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] activepassive:
Hello,

I am trying to fix my Korean Note 1. It is not being listed in the list of devices. I have it in D/L mode but it isn't listed. Can I use the code and, if so, what is the right code?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
Hmmm not that familiar with note 1 or international version but ill assume its the same?

If you are not listed in the database you may want to try using odin.

The code needs to be generated by kies.

Is kies recognizing your phone?

I may be mistakwn but isnt their a kies for your country or some thing like that?

Have you submited this question in your forum?

Edit: I found this I hope it helps you!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1740367

sent from my T.A.R.T.I.S

(Time And Relative Tarts In Space)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gefilus:
so this will restore my phone to stock and will instal stock recovery and reset my flash counter and modified status? no need for tiangle away and unroot??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] dapwnager:
i tried doing exactly what was in the OP and it's now stuck at 0% at restoring. It's given me an error message a few times before and i tried again but it still stays at 0%. I tried doing it with the button you said not to click and running as admin.

Now i've got two problems, one is the phone not getting out of this mode and 2 is it not even giving me an error message meaning i can't try again since it's still busy restoring.

What can i do now? Should i just pull the plug out of it and try again? Will this not break anything?

What should i do now OP?

further info:

model: galaxy S3 GT-19300

i've had it rooted using CF-root and i did a firmware update to trigger emergency recovery mode.

I got into emergency recovery mode on purpose but expected to get out of it...

---------- Post added at 08:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 PM ----------

Hooray! it's now actually installing it and i didn't mistake it for downloading this time. I switched USB ports and now it works apparently.

Also something people that do this in the future should know: if you unplug the cable, it just gives you the error message saying that it couldn't find it which shouldn't cause any trouble. BUT only do this once it is stuck at 0%.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] E4gt007:
Possibly stupid question..

Having rooted the Note 2 att with mr skips toolbox, I then noticed a few days later the modified status.. So due to concern for warranty being voided, I'd like to return to stock: ( Heres the stupid question part).. I did install stock recovery via same toolbox, But How do I tell if it is stock vs twrp? I dont see where/how to check if it succeeded. Next- Why wont factory reset work to clear the flash counter, modified status to normal with full wipe? and as much as I admire mr Cortex method to full wipe ( 10 min process..) is that repetitive process of wiping, triangle away,unroot, reroot etc..necessary? I had a rooted samsung epic 4g touch before this note 2 and All I did to return phone to stock firmware for trade in was factory reset! yes- it was Not jellybean, was Gingerbread android.

Perhaps someone or some devs can explain this bit of mystery to me, and perhaps others... who are in search of a more direct and straightforward reset without complicating the steps. I will probably reroot and run a custom rom after warranty runs out.. but for now..stock again.;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] sarkinsauti:
Not for all devices

Doesn't work for Samsung Galaxy S Duo S7652 because Samsung does not have support for the firmware on Kies
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kama45:
Great thread, OP. Unfortunately, it's not working for my S3. I can't boot into the ROM or recovery, but I can get into Download Mode. However, I don't think Kies recognizes my device as there is none listed in the emergency recovery section. I am using an OEM USB cord, and I have tried another one as well. I've tried using every USB port on my computer and my old laptop with no luck. I've rebooted, reinstalled, and everything else. I tried seeing if Odin would recognize it but no luck.

It should be noted I am only using fresh installs of Kies, so that may be the problem.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] gregsarg:
Find software for the S3 in that section ??

Then use Odin to restore the device in download mode ....done ....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnkor:
No it doesnt work on Note 2 as it still stuck on connecting the device to the computer FAIL !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] togakangaroo:
Doesn't work on my s3

trying to root my galaxy s3 with these instructions using odin3 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1771687 I got

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

So I'm trying to restart following these steps and no luck. I can get into download mode just fine. I've tried having the phone both in download mode and not in download mode when running this. Any idea what next?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] RaW D Coy:
not working for my note2 i tried to flash on a stock rom but it failed and now i can only enter DL mode and the firmware error thingy and kies doesn't see the phone
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Tekberto:
Finally signed up to say I'm in the same boat... I just got a sprint note 2 that came rooted, and realized that I need to have a stock ROM to activate with a service. I found many sources that said to simply use Odin, downloaded a stock ROM and tried to flash it, it fails at writing sboot.bin every time and now I've soft bricked it without doing sufficient research beforehand.

I just downloaded Kies, tried connecting the phone, after some finagling it finally started to attempt to connect, but it fails. Going to Emergency Firmware Recovery from the tools menu does nothing whatsoever. After much searching of the forums here and on google, I haven't found much in the way of a straightforward solution that applies to my situation. Really want to make sure I do what will work first, before I screw something up by experimenting...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] RaW D Coy:
ah well i don't even know why i even tried using kies, i just flashed with oding my nordic stock rom that i found using this dude http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31801046&postcount=1

works perfectly. Re-do the root install CWM and flash your custom rom and now it's just as it was before :P
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] K-alz:
I dont know why the step #7 doesnt show with the recovery for me. it shows up empty. nothing to choose. !!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] AirFiori:
in my computer dont show in recover please help me

say that have a conection problem and I already updated everything

help me
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
Hey its been a long time for.

Guys as with any help request please list your phone/carrier/rom you are using.

AirFiori ...non capisco...lol.

Not sure what you are saying?

You can't see recovery in your computer? I didn't even know you could view your phones recovery on your computer.

Please explain (in English LOL)

As I mentioned above, when asking for help always, always post your phone model,carrier ,

rom. I know seems redundant but its really not.

Also you shouldn't be able to be connected to the pc/kies while in recovery; you need to be in either in download mode, using adb, OR in the normal OS.

If you connected to your pc while in recovery that's something new to me.

Please more exact details.

:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] maidmarian4:
My device is not shown in the emergency recovery screen. Do I have to sync my device and do something with it first for it to show up on the ER box?

AT&T SGS3

acer netbook w/ Windows 7 starter

***Kies does say: "Your device's current firmware is not supported to update firmware via Kies."

Current firmware version: PDA:MG2/PHONE:MG2/CSC:MG2 (ATT)

***I had rooted with Casual, and then tried to go back to stock. I don't have su, but my phone shows "modified" status.

I ran as administrator and followed all of your directions meticulously. ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
So... Are you on stock or not?lol

You need to be on a genuine stock Rom with stock recovery to use kies to update. Also this thread is really not for using kies to update its for using the emergency recovery tool.

The two are different.

So if you did the update thinking it was the efr, you may be in trouble, lol.

Are you familiar with odin? Try flashing a stock Rom(the most current pre-latest update) and then do the upgrade. Another question to you, is what recovery are you running?

You better check and make sure you have a recovery. You can check and make sure your fw is correct by comparing to the second most recent release. I havnt been on here for months so not up to date on current roms/fw etc.

Maybe go back and use the actual efr tool first?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] injulia:
First post for Recovery, or we need to make a Recovery file first?

:laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
No clue what your saying. This thread is for helping people to use the kies EFR. Using the efr will wipe your recovery and replace it with the current stock one.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] SergioScarecrow:
Hey there! I have a problem with my recovery...

First of all, my device is a GT-i8160P with German JB 4.1.2

Well, I follow all steps until step 7. In the emergency firmware recovery where my device shoud be I have nothing. I mean I don't see my device on the list of devices below the screen.

I see the same screen but the list are empty. So I don't know what to do...

What I do is open KIES as Admin, then click on recovery and then turn on my device in Download Mode... Did I do something wrong? Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
If your device is not in the list I believe there is an option to select other or something.

But proceed with caution.

Tbh if you are not In the list I would suggest taking the Odin route.

Don't take any chances.

I'm sorry I'm not really familiar with your phone model, this thread is dedicated to the att gn2 but of course kies and the efr should in theory be universal.

I seem to recall the kies website stating that not all Samsung phones are in the list.

Next time when you visit s thread that is not your phone and model (this is the att gn2 forum)

Please ask first before jumping into the proverbial shark infested waters.

Lol.

Are you familiar with Odin?

Find the original Rom for your phone and just flash it.

Make sure:

Its for your phone, your exact model and most importantly that its for the original carrier for said phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] amitabhbansal:
Hi friend, i am glad that you took so much pain to describe in details, i am having some problem, i saw on sammobile that samsung hase released 4.3 jelly bean for Note 2, but when i checked within phone by software update it shows me nothing new and it was already 4.1.2, from that website i downloaded the firmware and updated my phone by using ODIN, now i dont want this 4.3 i have searched the net for recovery and found your pst then i did the same but it does not work, Kies version 2 download a firmware from net, then it take few minute to update the phone but after that i get an error message that my phone cannot be recover and on phone it says UNSUPPORTED VERSION by ODIN. please do help me friend. and please also tell me how to take full backup of my phone like contacts, messages, calendars, apps, apps chats, i mean everything,

secondly if i download a firmware 4.1.2 from website and update the phone by odin and then try to recover it by kies will it happen?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
Hi, sorry about your troubles .

The problem is that you didn't really read or perhaps didn't understand a few fundamental basics:

1. UPDATE and EFR do not have the same function. Using the kies updater prior to being on a stock rom could corrupt your recovery or worse.

You need to be on a stock Rom to use the kies UPDATER.

And ... The updater IS NOT to be used to go back to stock or similar.

This is what EFR is for.

If you have a custom Rom you will need to flash back to the 2nd most current stock Rom via Odin, then use the updater.

With that being said, there is no guarantee that you being on a custom Rom that the kies EFR will work either. I have used EFR many times with no issues.

So in essence EFR should be the go-to method if your phone is soft bricked and you don't mind being flashed to stock and loosing all saved info. It seems that if you use the updater first and then use the EFR it causes issues like boot loop unrecognized w/e.

If I were you, I would find the carrier specific stock Rom for your phone and flash the easiest stock Rom.

Then go and use EFR.

THEN do update if you want but seems you want to be on 4.2 , if I read correctly. Hope this helps!

:)

Ps... Please do a BIT more reading on using Odin, it'll help you understand what efr does, which is essentially the same thing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] mfreeman3769:
Kies fails - Odin Fails - at around 1% uploading to phone

Hello,

Samsung S4 from Canada - Provider Bell - Model SGH-I337M

Soft Briked it when Odin failed (auth) to downgrade from latest frimware to 4.22 (reason: unlock codes not working; USB unlock not working due to new security features in latest update)

Phone was functional, new in box, with latest November firmware.

Kies FAILS at last step - uploading to phone.

Stage: firmware emergency recovery in progress

Error: PC failed to recognise the mobile phone

Phone IS in Download Mode !

Once in a while it start uploading anf ails with something like: error on SGH-I337M

Antivirus:off; Updates all ok; Is phone finished? Should I try a different PC ?

Odin fails as well as sioon as it starts tu upload firmware (auth)

Tried different USB ports, same.

Thanks for advice !!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
First off get rid of the anti-virus.

Waste of memory. Secondly you may have screwed yourself by attempting to downgrade the fw.

I know for the gn3 this causes major headaches.

You'll need to do some footwork and find out if Samsung released the firmware to Kies yet. This is the reason updating and efr does not work yet for Att gn3.

My next question, which seems to be common are you able to get into recovery? If so do a factory reset. This is why imo there two rules of thumb; root first and then install cwm or twrp. If you cannot install a custom recovery do not mess with anything other than root! At this point I would pull out the sd card and find your original fw and use Odin to get back to stock. But before you do this try this: unstable and reinstall kies.

Make sure you re-install the drivers. It could be the reason your pc not recognizing is you don't have the proper Samsung USB drivers. Also does the gs4 run on the old Kies or kies3?

Make sure you are using the proper Kies for your phone!

Post back let us know how it goes.

sent from my Locked and Loaded Gn3 sm900a
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] hitesh55:
galaxy tab p-100 firmaware updation error

my emergency recovery code not working....

and my tab in recovery tab what i do...?

how can i get a new code or how can i update me tab

pls tell me anybody...thanks....

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my emergency recovery code is not working.

and my tab is in recovery mode.

how can i get any recovery code or update the firmware

pls tell me anybody....thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
People for the billionth time.

It doesn't matter what forum, or thread; if you want help in this thread or any other thread regardless of forum, please list:

1.Your exact phone model

2.Your phone's designated carrier

3.Firmware you are on

4.Modifacations made such as rooting, name of custom rom, or stock, etc.

New users, this information should ALWAYS be included when ever you request phone advice in ANY FORUM/THREAD.

With that said I can't help you with out this. Also from now on I will not answer questions with out this.

sent from my Locked and Loaded Gn3 sm900a
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kikuchiyo137:
I totally botched my phone

Hi, Iam new to this man and i believe I have totally screwed over my phone. I have an At&t SGH-i747m and all I want to do is restore to its original rom and never go back to trying to update my phone. I can get into download mode but after that Kies will not see the phone no matter what I do. If I click on emergency recovery my device will not show up and there is the bar that says "emergency recovery using the recovery code" but I do not have a recovery code. Eventually Kies will say device is not responding and continue to show that its trying to connect to the phone, Im really stuck here.

Currently on my Screen it says:

ODIN MODE

Product name: SGH-I747M

CUSTOM Binary Download: Yes (9 counts)

current binary: Custom

system status: Official

Qualcom Secureboot: Enabled

Phone is on Tmobile carrier

Its an unlocked At&t SGH-I747M

was running 4.1.1.

Downloading...

Do not turn off target!!

Im really stuck guys if anyone can help me it would be dearly apprecited, thanks.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] freakboy13:
I think you're screwed s far as kies goes.

AFAIK if your status is custom it will reject your phone.

Your counter says 9...lol. I think that's also not good.

But first let me ask you... are trying to dl att, or tmo fw?

Second, what recovery do you have? If it's custom and you made a bu, your gtg.

Your only way to flash is via Odin or adb. Try Odin first.

Get the phones designated factory stock fw and flash it via odin. Tons of tutorials on how, just search Xda or google.

Always, always, always make a flashable back up via your recovery!

Something tells me you didn't do this lol. If you did well its obvious what to do. If not It's ok.

Get set up with Odin.

Make sure you exit all Kies applications. Also make sure you have current USB drivers.

So you say it's an att phone so get the stock fw and proper version for your phone.

Make sure it's 100% stock.

You said you had 4.1.xx so install 4.1.xx.

If this doesn't there's always adb.

Just take your time and read through instruction before you do anything, don't start flashing and reading at the same time.

You don't want to run into:

"Oh and btw before you flash this make sure you do this, and don't do....o_O "

sent from my Locked and Loaded Gn3 sm900a
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] Kikuchiyo137:
repsonse

first of all thank you for responding to my question didn't think I was going to get any response but it was a hope, ok

I really dont know some of the things you were talking about im trying to understand this a little better you said:

1.) "But first let me ask you... are trying to dl att, or tmo fw?"

I don't know what you mean when you say dl att or tmo fw

2.) "If it's custom and you made a bu, your gtg."

again same thing dont know

I'll explain vaguely what I have done

first I downloaded odin

second

I wanted to install an update to my phone to 4.3 and I used this update for my phone:

AP_I9300XXUGMK6_2168382_REV00_user_low_ship.tar

which was totally not for my phone because its a SGH-i747m At&t unlocked phone

and it failed during the update. The phone then said I needed to connect to Kies so

I could recover the phone. I did that but to no avail really, and when I would go to tools

to select the emergency recovery it wanted a recovery code from the other pc, which

I have no idea what that could possibly be. Next I found a stock rom for my phone

but im not sure if it was the right one this is what it was called:

CF-Auto-Root-d2att-d2uc-samsungsghi747.tar

So I went to install this in hopes it would bring back to where I started which was the original rom and just

forget about updating the phone entirely. I just want a working phone and it successfully went through and

then I powered up the phone the "Samsung" logo pops up and then bummer it shuts down. I haven't done

nothing else with the phone other than this. The count still says 9 I have no idea what that is, Ive never done

this before to a phone its a first but im pretty good at figuring out things so as long as I can gather my information

from a source. It seems that for my phone most of the things done to it isn't common knowledge its a Canadian phone

i think and it has an M at the end of the seven meaning its not a i747 but a variant of the i747. I can only find stock

roms for an i747 for at&t but not i747m so im freaking out, again really thank you for the response.

sent from my Locked and Loaded Gn3 sm900a[/QUOTE]
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note II] jester12345:
In short his att or tmo fw means carrier AT&T or T-mobile firmware