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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Medic97:
FYI I tried this on a Mac and PC (Windows 8.1) with my s6 edge 64 and my wife's s6 edge 32 . all times crashing at 51-52% today we switched hers in for a 64. (after she droped it on the volume button and it got stuck in). I am about to try it on her new one but I don't have have high hopes. Oh and all phones are stock.

I am, for the first time, concerned about rooting. This phone has a built-in battery and if it goes you need to do a warranty exchange. Also I want Samsung pay to work and if it doesn't that would be a bummer. So i dont know.

Update: well what do you, it sunk to a new low. I am trying to update my wifes new 64 edge and I didnt take the OTA thinking it would for sure work this way. well its stuck at 0% and crashes. on both the mac and PC.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ktetreault14:
Samsung will prepared the battery for around 50$ I read somewhere.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
Someone please figure out a workaround.. This is so frustrating
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nothingshocking:
No root. Only did the Over the air update and that was it.

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Have tried this on both Mac and PC. Mac was stuck at 49% and PC at 51%.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ayemprady:
Samsung has pushed an update for Samsung Push Service which seems to fix some of the battery issues.

Read this article from Android Authority..

http://goo.gl/6Fn11A
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
It appears the 51% issues is during the Download Step. I would have expected it during the Flashing Process if it was a phone issue. It must be something on the PC that is causing it.

Are you guys running a VPN or anything not completely stock on your PC setup or Internet Connection? Are you using the stock cable that came with your phone? Have you tried another cable? Is your phone charged more than 50%? If you have virus/firewall software installed other than Windows Default, can you try turning it off? (I Normally don't suggest this, but this software is directly from Samsung, so I'm assuming it's safe. I'm running Windows 8.1 with the built in firewall and virus only.) Do you have any Download Managers running? Maybe disable those? What about starting Windows in Safe Mode and try again?

Just thinking of what I'd be trying...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
It's very strange, I gave it a try on a fully flashed machine with 64 bit and 32bit Windows OS and still same issue. Can you by chance see what it does around 51%? Is it sending the phone to download mode at this point, or is it just going through with the download. My guess is something on the phone is stopping it. I rooted my phone then flashed back stock firmware and now I'm stuck...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
It's still downloading at that point. And, it's strange that at least one person had it work later in the evening, like the server was online better or something.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] knitler:
Does flashing the stock firmware using this effect KNOX at all?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
It puts it back on like stock. It does not remove the Knox Counter showing it has been rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] j0nkatz:
It's not the software. It's either just the phone or the phone AND the software. I have been getting the 51% error too. I plugged in my Note 4 without changing anything and it flashed fine so it's not JUST the software.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
Sigh... anyone with 51% error figure out a workaround?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ShermCraig:
Aggravating, right? :eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
I would bet its simply the sever hosting the download, choking on some error.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
Yes!! i so annoyed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
This is also my thought, especially after my last test. I just started Smart Switch and started a recovery without plugging in my phone. All I did was enter my Model Number and Serial. At one point it asked me to plug in the phone, so I plugged a random phone into USB to get the Start Button to light up, then pulled it back out. It started the download WITHOUT my phone plugged. It completed the download of the temp file {tmpAB4.tmp - 1.58 GB (1,705,488,608 bytes)} and was at 85% at which point it hung. I'm guessing due to the phone not being plugged in.

Can someone having this issue try the method I just described and see if your download gets past 51% WITHOUT your phone plugged in? Maybe if you pass 51%, place your phone into download mode and then connect it around 70% and see if it will complete the process. If you still don't get passed 51%, then it must be an issue with either your serial number, your Internet Connection to that specific server, a security check, or something blocking your download. Again, I didn't even have my phone connected, and it completed the download. Maybe try a VPN running through the USA?

The temp file is found in: 'C:\Users\Your User Account\AppData\Local\Temp' Just sort by newest file on top, and refresh often, and you will see it growing.

EDIT: What countries are having trouble? If it's a specific country, I'll try it again running my VPN through that country and see if that's the block.

EDIT #2: Maybe it's a TimeOut issue where the Internet Connection is taking too long to download? I get the file in about 20 Mins. Are those having trouble taking a bit longer to get the file? At 51%, I was about 950MB. At 85% the file was complete at 1.58GB.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] stevan6:
Tried the above method. Still stuck at 51%
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
It's a phone related issue guys. I just tried it with note 3 and the whole process went through without a hickup. So what does this mean? Our phones are defective?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
@ 51%, my temp download freezes [MENTION=4691858]1.3[/MENTION]gb ??? odd, clearly different size images...

edit: all four of my previous tries have left .tmp of EXACT same size appdata/local 1.228gb
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
The temp file stops getting bigger at 1,228,800kb which is 51% and it doesnt grow after that. I wonder if we can manually download the firmware and place it in a folder somewhere?

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SuperSport i wonder if you upload your SM-g925T folder from C:\programfiles\samsung\samrtswitchpc\ and we replace it on our pc's to see if it works ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
What I find interesting is the difference in sizes @ %51. You and I (and I suspect, all others with the issue) are pegged @ 1.228....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
Since my note 3 went through the whole process without an issue, this leads me to believe that its a phone issue. What you think?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
I think its an image-signature key issue.

Did your note 3 pull the whole OCG 925t update....or a note 3 update?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
But then how is it that someone people are able to restore it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
I have not seen anyone recently have success....that didn't have success before (I wonder if the tmp download is cached, and thats why they are able to repeat process successfully).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
+1 on this idea.

[MENTION=855746]flameinthefire[/MENTION], A possible reason your download at 51% is different size is because we are running different variants of the phone. They would probably have different size firmware. Also, we are pulling our firmware from different servers. It's obvious that mine is working, but maybe other countries, or even other serial numbers are not in the system properly yet. I would like to think this will be resolved soon, but who knows, sometimes Android moves very slowly...

Are all of you with failures trying to get the same variant? Are any of you trying to get the US T-Mobile Firmware and having issues?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
Possibly the Server Keys are being updated? Maybe the files were not completely uploaded to the servers and now are, or they were corrupt on the servers and not now? Maybe when you try, you hit a server pool and some work, and some don't? A lot of possible reasons. I really don't know for sure. I'm guessing along with others at this point as Samsung is in charge of this program.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
I am on a Tmo 64gb plat edge. SM-g925t
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
so am i.. perhaps its 64gb issue?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] stevan6:
I'm on the 32gb Tmo Edge, and it doesn't work for me either. So I wouldn't suppose it's just a 64gb issue
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
Did either of you

A) root

B) flash twrp

C) install custom kernel
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
Nope completely stock and i bet you we all have the black version
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] stevan6:
I didn't do any of those either, but I do have the white one, not black :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
Lol, fine!! i'm wrong then. I'm just trying to figure out the common denominator here
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
I know this is stupid, but has anyone tried calling Samsung to see if they know what's causing it? It's worth a shot since no one else has a clue. I would call them, but I'm at work till late.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
FintheF has a black...

Stevan has a white...

so obviously I must have the gold....and you would be correct.

Honestly...I think the server is choking...and anyone who has succeeded thus far is working of a cached download.

All it will take is a new tmo user to try it ... and if they succeed, we can kill my hypothesis.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Grtkbrandon:
I've been unsuccessful too. Brand new phone, my original one had a screen defect and I just got this one yesterday. Suffering from the same hangups reported here. I'm on t-mobile, with the 64gb white model.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
I did and i was disappointed with the outcome. The rep that i spoke to had no clue what i was talking about, he didn't have even know what smart switch was. So i kind of gave up and ended the call

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We should each make an attempt to make samsung aware of this issue. This needs to be resolved!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] stevan6:
Honestly not surprised to hear that... But I too believe it is server/software related, not phone related
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
I could not find the version of smart switch being used here....anywhere but here. Which was interesting, it seems Samsung is not ready to support it fully yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
My links are directly off Samsung Servers on their website here in the US. Are you guys located in the US? Maybe it's because you are trying to pull a US Firmware from non US connections? Also just a thought.

It could be a 64 GB issue, like maybe the firmware for that phone is broken. Has anyone with 64 GB SM-G925T's gotten it to work? Mine is a 32 GB.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
Watching the Temp Directory when it tries, it appears to download a brand new file each time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
I'm in the U.S New York to be exact. What I want to know the same thing. Has anyone gotten their 64gb version to work with smart switch?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
I could not find it on the Samsung US site...so I was grateful you posted links. Again, I am willing to bet it's simply a problem with the server or the file...and that other than Samsung addressing server-side...we are poop out of luck.

Great guide all the same :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
Why can we download the firmware manually and place it in the required folder. Wouldn't that work?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
I don't believe so as it appears to download a completely new file each time.

If someone wants to PM me their model and serial numbers, I'll be happy to try to download the file on my computer and then send it to you. That would also verify if it's the Software, or Server, etc...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
I wonder if the odin .tar.md5 was placed in the folder if it works...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ibuyufo:
I have a question regarding this re-flashing of the stock firmware. When you say stock do you mean it's the carrier's variant or the untouched by the carriers firmware?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nyknight77:
Same question, would love to get rid of tmobile's bloatware
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
Carrier's varrient
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] ibuyufo:
Thanks. I was hoping for a more stock experience without AT&T's junk apps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
Interesting... I'm trying as we speak!

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and still stuck............
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
Dang, I was really hoping that was going to do the trick... I still think it has something to do with the server connection to the software. Timeouts or something... I'm wracking my brain trying to think of another thing to try. Has anyone tried it through a VPN to see if that makes a difference?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
Just tried hot spot shield to see if that would work... no luck though

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Trying right now.. fingers crossed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] stevan6:
I tried the "youtube video" method, and refreshed the video at 50%. No dice
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Medic97:
I tried last might and it didnt work. heres hoping that refreshing will work then ill try again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
Yup no luck
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Medic97:
Damn had hopes.

I was reading elsewhere that just going into recovery and doing a factory reset has the same effect. It fixes the battery issues and and such.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
51 is quickly becoming my least favorite number

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Earlier I got (ErrorCode=5, ErrorMessage= ) message and did some research on that, but I couldn't find anything. Anyone else get this error?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Grtkbrandon:
Hey, at least 51 showed up, 52 fell off the face of the earth and won't return my calls.

Also, I've been getting that same error message since yesterday.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
I was meaning a VPN on the PC. I was hoping that would disguise where the file is being downloaded from.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Medic97:
I get that message all the time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
No luck for me either :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
That's what hotspot shield does I'm pretty sure. It was recommended on another site for error code 5. Any other recommendations with the vpn let me know and I'll try it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] deadhtcone:
Using Smartswitch for Mac, I get stuck at 52%, tried in Download Mode and normally on. I downloaded Kies to run the installer between tries, if I don't do that it won't budge from 0%.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
So doing some digging...

The version of SS that you have linked to...is available from global points . (smart_switch_pc.exe)

However. when I search for smart switch, via the us portal it links to a completely differenent app - http://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/SmartSwitch_2.3.14044_3.exe

I am wonder if VPN or Proxy may be the key. It definitely seems that samsung wants to push a different version of smart switch on US consumers.

Long-shot....anyone who has succeeded, is your phone carrier unlocked?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Medic97:
So samsung smartswitch to date has always been the app that lets you switch from one phone to the next. That is still what samsung US is pushing. The version posted here I found on the samsung UK website after some digging myself. I even installed that version and made sure I was up to date. Latest version being 4.0.0. seems the US doesnt want to confuse people maybe idk. now that my internet is up and running i am going to try once more with a non-samsung cable and see what happens. for good measure im going to test the youtube theory one more time.

Edit : no luck. I am about to give up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
adding another data point...

I tried the following:

1. boot to stock recovery

2. wipe cache

3. wipe data / factory reset

4. boot to download mode

5. odin OCG firmware

6. reboot to recovery

7. wipe data /factory reset

8. attempt Smart Switch (stuck @ 51%)

I believe this is either a region issue... or a bad server (we can be re-directed to mirrors based on IP, and a few lucky ones are bouncing to good hosted files.)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
This is a good point, I'm trying easyhideip vpn right now through a server in England just to see if it'll work.

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Well still no luck here
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nyknight77:
Guys I was able to use smart switch pc fine. No 51% problem at all.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] zangoking:
I can confirm it worked via VPN. I have been trying every possible way and following this thread since day 1 but nothing really worked.

Thanks to the person who gave an idea to try via VPN. My vpn provider is privateinternetaccess and my phone is tmo galaxy s6 edge on tmobile network with all stock firmware/recovery with tmo ota update installed.

I am from East coast and first I tried to connect to uk server but still stuck at 51%.

So I switched to server in Silicon Valley and boom it worked right away. No more stuckiggggg :) I hate that no 51 so bad already.

I used the smart switch downloaded from Samsung UK site and third party USB cable.

I started the process by entering the model and serial number manually. After that smart switch said to put phone into recovery mode and then connect to pc.

Every steps were the same when I tried with uk VPN server which I didn't get success.

I am not sure about using stock cable, start the process by connecting the phone on fully boot condition and using us version smart switch with west coast silicon Valley VPN. I tried all those different way without VPN but nothing worked. So, I guess the VPN is the key here and it should work with those other alternatives steps I said above.

I know how frustrated it is and hope this should help for the people who were on same bote.

Cheers!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Medic97:
Well I just tried this and it didnt work I am stuck on 51%. I will say that the only new thing to pop up is that it now says my phone needs an update when I know I am on the latest firmware. I am using vpnbook free vpn I selected a US server and seems to work well. But still no go for me. :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
Followed these steps to the T except I used EasyHideIP and still no go, stuck at 51% still
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] zangoking:
I feel bad that it didn't work out for you guys. I am not so sure I was just lucky or it need to be some VPN server in West coast or the paticular server located in Silicon Valley.

This whole situation is so weird and looks like only tmobile s6 and s6 edge owners are suffering from this issue. This is most likely how Samsung manage their data server and they were not good enough to manage data transfer on global scale.

I didnt get a chance to tested again with the VPN because I setup my phone already the way I wanted and it took me a while. So I wanted to know somebody who tried with the same VPN that I used and get success or not because even with the VPN that I used it didn't worked with the uk server in first.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
OK....I was able to push it through via my "work" - hosted VPN. So there's that.

For everyone else who is struggling, I have good news and bad news.

Bad news first, it took 4 tries on the VPN...and it may have been just dumb luck.

The Good news.... is relax, you don't need smart switch. What I have come to realize, is that there is no magic juju or special sauce. It is merely a stock odin tar flash of the most recent image (boot, recovery, system)...with a full data wipe and factory reset prior to flashing. You can accomplish the same thing, without the %51 anxiety (from what I see):

1. Download odin v3.10

2. Download [MENTION=2835073]jamcar[/MENTION]'s OCG g925t tar.md5 (it is zipped...you must extract)

3. Hold power, home and volume up to boot into recovery

4. Select wipe data / factory reset

5. Reboot

6. Hold power home and volume down to boot into download mode

7. Launch odin v3.10 (make sure that you plug your phone in a direct usb port from the board...not a a hub, odin can be a biatch)

8. Click AP and browse to your extrated OCG.tar.md5 image

9. It will take a minute to hash the checksum (its 3.5gb)

10. Select start

11. let it flash, reboot, reboot again...and wait to let it settle for a few minutes

12. tell %51 to "<bleep> off!"

13. Profit.

Edit: My grammar blows...

Edit 2: just in case there is any question, THIS WILL WIPE YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE: /sdcard gets mounted and formatted... you have been duly warned
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] jamcar:
It wiped your data? It didn't wipe mine when I flashed it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Brandon.rush1:
Same here.. I don't think this is the full rom thats where I have the issue. I think this is just the firmware
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
yup
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] deadhtcone:
I'm on US East, NY. I tried 8 https proxies, 3 in California, 1 france, 1 singapore (error message came back in, I'm guessing, Mandarin), 3 that timed out in south africa, eastern europe.

Each of the five successful attempts quit at 52%. The attempt from singapore took 1.5 hours to get there, but sure enough, failed at 52%.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
Sorry... I should have been more specific. Odin image does not wipe your data... BUT, booting into stock recovery and selecting wipe data / factory reset... well yes, that in fact wipes your data. I was trying to make it as beginner friendly as possible.

I have flashed the Odin image many times and it has never touched my sd card. However, to rid myself of battery woes and overheating...I had to wipe data, factory reset and flash OCG image.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] nyknight77:
Anyone used Samsung smart switch still able to have menu soft keys light up? It's no longer in the brightness settings for me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] flameinthefire:
I'm doing what you said, lets see if it helps my battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
Hopefully that will work. You will know immediately if it performs the fix that Smart Switch does. It instantly runs smoother, cooler, and battery life increases about double (After initial setup that is). At least in my experience with the issues I had out of the box. Don't get me wrong, battery life is still not stellar, but it's MUCH better than it was. And with the Fast Charging built in, it's not that bad to quickly grab a charge when needed.

Crossing my fingers for you... :fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
I don't see it in the settings, but mine light up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] Poser:
Using the Odin/factory reset
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge] SuperSport:
Was it terrible and hot before doing this? If so, then it seems to be the same fix.