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[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
A lot of these ideas can be exhausting and still not work. I'm surprised you still have recovery.

Maybe it's not booting because you still have Xposed, partial root or some system apps that require root? Did you try flashing a stock ROM? Or format data, wipe cache and dalvik-cache and reboot?

Your request might work if it was a totally stock ROM with stock recovery and stock kernel on the matched bootloader and modem. You'd need to know your modem and bootloader, IMO.

There is no guarantees of a fix. OTA is very strict; I recall a lot of failed efforts to make a phone OTA capable back when the OE1 OTA came out and users found they were stuck until another tar dropped. They couldn't OTA to OF5 without stock recovery and maybe other obstacles would have yet to be found? But it took a tar release to get those phones updated, once rooted. That's the exhausting part.

Before considering salvage parts, have you taken the phone to Sprint or Best Buy Samsung Experience and asked them to flash to stock? If you'd be more comfortable taking it back fully stock, the recovery and kernel could remedied. I don't think it really matters but boot attempt of recovery and system does show modification as far as only Samsung warranty is concerned, right? (Samsung would still deny warranty on Knox trip; so does it still matter at this point?) I'd go the least risky method. I think they can recover it still at this point. Anything further is just risky.

Did you try to repartition in Odin? Not the thing to do, IMO. Sorry, just being honest; that may be a reason it doesn't have a PIT now?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] bigbabo:
Have not tried bestbuy or sprint didnt know they do stuff like that as far as bl im on og5 all the way trough i did wipe all and rebooted recovery than flashed obar v1 i try to repartition with pit file i pulled or at least i thought i pulled but it failed and when it failed on phone itself i had emmc read failed mmc read failed and something else cant remember atm i will take it to them see what they can do i wish there was stock recovery wothout flashing stock rom so i can flash it trough twrp maybe than id be able to odin stock thanks for kind words of encouragment u just gave me energy to keep fighting lol i was on verge of leaping of the cliff phone first ... lmao
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
I've actually had best buy flash mine back to stock twice early on when pics were out of focus and Wi-Fi Calling was trash. Lollipop and updates cleared that up though. But BB had me out out quickly. I'd try them first, if convenient.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] JFay22:
[MENTION=4375749]samep[/MENTION] I am on stock rooted OJ6 with BeastMode OG5 kernel...I usually Odin back to stock and take ota then root, but I am tempted to just Odin the OK1 tar instead of OTA. What do you recommend?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
The end result is the same. Odining the tar, will be a lot less work, and quicker.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
The same as [MENTION=1725911]LMMT[/MENTION] above. But the methods you use to un-root and wipe to prepare for OTA may be similar to the methods I use to clean install these tar updates. I have titanium and TWRP backups on extSdCard and sync some folders to extSdCard so I wipe everything but extSdCard and power down and pull battery prior to Odin the stock tar with latest Odin and Odin defaults.

After tar, if you use freeza OK1 kernel, follow post #29 in that thread. Otherwise follow the OP of tx_dbs_tx stock OK1 ROM if going that direction.

Yep; the latest tar is the easier way. But I don't know what this tar wipes, if any. I'd recommend uninstalling Xposed framework with its uninstaller and full un-root systemless SuperSU, if those are installed, as a minimum- prior to battery pull and Odin tar. It may be redundant but I'd wipe cache and dalvik too.

Personally, I just clean install stock tars by backing up to extSdCard and wiping everything but extSdCard.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] JFay22:
Thanks for the advice. Do you know if I ODIN the tar in your thread what is wiped? Just curious if I will end up starting from scratch or if at minimum my internal storage is not wiped. Thanks again.

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Thanks, good advice. I know it's always best to start fresh...I just hate when I have to wipe internal storage because backing it up is arduous. However, that's all part of it, and I've been doing it since CM on my HTC Evo! I just always like to seek advice from smarter guys like yourself because Samsung is so touchy. Back in the day with my gnex I could flash rom to rom and Nandroids could always keep me out of trouble...now one wrong move and you can be stuck. Thanks for all the support you provide here, it's so valuable to me .
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
Usually nothing is wiped, all your data remains intact. But, a few times in the past I've had my entire phone wiped, in the process (even my external, once, on a previous phone). Most will advise you to wipe your phone, intentionally, to give the process the best chance of being problem free. Sometimes I wipe, sometimes I don't (I dirty Odined, [emoji6] yesterday, when I updated to OK1).
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
You shouldn't have to wipe internal memory. That may be a carryover from the easily corrupted data days on a previous phone I had. Tar was looked upon as a means to recover a soft bricked phone. Mentioning repartition or repartition with PIT will get you in trouble these days. Times have changed so you can too. If your battery is healthy and charged amply, your data should be safe and compatible.

You could just use that as a fallback. Any issues, you have a backup; wipe it. I just looked for ease to keep it backed up, myself. I can backup download directory and wipe, if needed. That's the one I don't have synced.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] jopop:
Is it okay to flash this directly onto an NK2 phone or is there an intermediate step?

Thanks for your help.

Jo Pop
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
It's okay to Odin directly. You shouldn't have any issues. For best results you may want to consider a clean flash (factory reset).
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] fantasylovevn:
so, how to root & get twrp after flash this rom?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
If you're looking to flash a ROM that has root, all you do after the stock tar update is Odin TWRP img.tar

reminders:

1) When flashing stock tar, a good prep for coming from CM or a port is to put intended ROM, titanium backup and keepsakes to extSdCard, wipe everything but extSdCard, format data and power down prior to entering download mode.

2) Use latest Odin with Odin defaults. Let it auto boot and go through setup wizard. Check things like activation, data profile update and GPS lock, data and phone call. I usually get a prompt to reboot to finalize update but last time I flashed OK1, that didn't happen. Maybe this one doesn't do that? But look for it if this is your first time flashing OK1.

3) Custom ROM OP will usually include a guide to install. Follow that.

4) If you have trouble flashing TWRP and boot to recovery and only find stock recovery, you need to flash in Odin with auto reboot disabled in options. Wait until you see a pass and 1 succeeded, 0 failed. Remove USB and battery. Wait 30 seconds while gently holding power button depressed to drain the power circuit. Reinstall battery and boot to recovery. Recovery should be TWRP.

5) If flashing a port or CM, best to wipe everything but extSdCard and format data prior to ROM flash. Some flashes may cause a failure like red text with binary-updater failure. If you get that, go back to recovery home reboot menu and reboot recovery. Flash again without the wipes on this attempt and it should flash.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] fantasylovevn:
thankssssssss for replying.

but where can i find TWRP img.tar??? i've search on https://twrp.me/Devices/ but it's only show note 4 edge

& the files is twrp.img (not .tar, so odin can not detect)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
https://dl.twrp.me/trltespr/twrp-3.0.0-0-trltespr.img.tar.html
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] mlongue1:
hey, samep, if TWRP is being listed again, I guess they got those bugs worked out?... I know TWRP 3 was not listed earlier this week after being pulled...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
Yes, it's official and working now. I waited for the confirmation on the official before flashing it in Odin but you can also flash TWRP .img by navigating to the .img file location selecting flash as image toggle and you should images to flash.

https://dl.twrp.me/trltespr/twrp-3.0.0-0-trltespr.img.html

I think that's the safest way to flash it. Unless you don't already have TWRP.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] yassine78:
can i install stock official M-N910F on my sprint SM-N910P ???
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Echo113:
Question

Can i odin this from OG5? Or do i need to do them in order?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Vindicate:
I flashed it through Odin, perfect all the way til its booted at setup it's at the setting up your device for time use and it just soft reboots endlessly...

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GUYS if this happens to you, just reboot into the stock android recovery and wipe the data then reboot!!! Thank God. I am selling this phone tonight and I was flipping out!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ariehle:
Odin will not let a zip file N910PVPS4COK1_N910PSPT4COK1_SPR load to flash, it's looking for a tar, md5, smd, gz or tgz file. do I need to convert the file first?

DISREGARD!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ariehle:
I've got a semi-brick I think.

Had working TWRP on the device and went to get this stock build and now I can't get passed the FAIL in ODIN...

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Here is what happens in ODIN:

<ID:0/014> Added!!

<ID:0/014> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<ID:0/014> File analysis..

<ID:0/014> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/014> Initialzation..

<ID:0/014> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/014> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/014> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/014> recovery.img

<ID:0/014> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/014> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/014>

<ID:0/014> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
I recall you successfully flashed OK1 tar recently?

May I ask, is this the same tar and what prompted you to install it again? What did your phone display when this error occurred?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ariehle:
You are correct

The phone wouldn't stay on for more than an hour and would not re-boot without pulling the battery and holding the power to drain memory, thought a clean install would re-set things.

When odin starts the blue downloading bar shows up on the phone, other than that nothing happens.

It won't boot into TWRP now either, only bootloader and occasionally it fails on bootloader and gives me a warning that no firmware is present and to launch into keis.

- thank you in advance for your assistance.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
If you have KIES installed, make sure you don't have an active season in PC task manager while using Odin.

The rest you describe sounds like a common eMMC failure others have experienced with a slight recent increase of failure. If you can't resolve it, take it to Sprint and tell them the update didn't take well and explain what you've observed.

I've read reports of this happening to stock and rooted phones and repartition with PIT didn't resolve the issue. Samsung has some security and bug fixes pending on Odin and OTA. IDK if that has anything to do with it but wish they would hurry and get those in place.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ariehle:
Bricked then?

So it sounds like it may be beyond repair? I only launched kies well into trying to get it back via odin and then only had it open long enough to realize it was worthless in for this issue. Any other flashing procedures I could try as it's out of warranty and sprint is not helpful! Or am I selling it for parts and renewing a freaking contract...

Anyone know of a business that I can send this to to have it repaired and optimized, someone surely would stand to make a couple bucks helping people in similar situations!

- thanks for your help (again!) Cheers!

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So was able to flash CF-Auto-Root-trltespr-trltespr-smn910p.tar in odin and then successfully flashed twrp 3.0.

My question now is what is the best - most successful way to get a rom (doesn't have to be stock just stable and preferably fast) onto the phone and it back working, odin this stock or another?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
What you try is up to you. But I wouldn't go back to an older stock tar. Having said that, I know from experience that you could Odin the OJ6 tar over OK1 update. Maybe Odin OJ6, then OTA update to OK1?

Repartition with PIT is still an option but no guarantee that you get any improvement from it. If it was just a bad flash, maybe it recovers. But not so much if hardware failure. Any flash could hard brick at this point so be careful and take risks accordingly or just skip it and hope it lasts a little longer.

Regarding Sprint out of warranty, some have come away from there with a much better deal than upgrade on contract. Some have posted getting a new Note 4 replacement for less than $100 out the door (~$80, I think). Inventory, personnel along with your patience and humility may make a difference. Or not. Calling ahead to confirm the inventory may help. Best wishes on a good outcome.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] itisagoodname:
Phone started freezing then bootlooping on Tuesday. Restored on Wednesday, same issues. Now im getting repeated fails from Odin trying to re-flash. If this doesn't work, i'm bricked. Dont have a way to call Sprint for help... Car's in the shop, they cant get a hold of me to tell me its done. I'm stuck.

Edit: Just had to post that rant, phone just took the 8th Odin flash... lets see what happens.

Booted straight to my old home screen. Phone's smoother than it has ever been. Lets see how it holds up.

Oh wait, nope, frozen again...
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
Could you be specific about the failures?

Include Odin pics or log and pic of what's displayed on phone. Is it booting to download mode displaying something like failed to properly boot or getting stuck on boot splash? Boot looping? Are you having to pull battery to get it to boot? eMMC errors?

Include tar versions flashed whether passed or failed since last successful update and when this started. Include your kernel and bootloader and all kernels used. Phone Info from Google Play or Galaxy Tools still confirm those.

Rooted? Include SuperSU versions that have been flashed. And ROMs you've flashed or restored.

Multiple symptoms like those in second paragraph could be an indication of hardware failure but details may help to suggest something specific. It sounds like you have not tried wiping user data or internal memory. If you did, it's not wiping and may not be flashing. Do you have reactivation lock in security settings locked?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] itisagoodname:
I didn't get screenshots of the fails, but it failed progressively throughout the system flash until the 8th time where if finally completed.

Phone has never been rooted and no custom software install, this was to hold me out til the Note 5, but i decided the Note 5 wasn't worth i so i held onto the Note 4

There has been an issue since i bought the phone (used). It's definitely a memory issue, the phone would randomly slow down, then touchwiz would freeze and/or restart, would be about a minute until my home screen would refresh, but no phone restarts.

Tuesday it froze then restarted and went into a boot loop just sitting on my desk charging. I had to pull the battery 2x before i got it to boot again. Did that throughout the day where i'd have to pull the battery in order to get it working right away.

Wednesday i cleared the cache, removed any recently updated apps. Started back up with the same issues. I then decided just to wipe it. Cleared cache 3x, factory reset 3x, restarted and was freezing randomly throughout the setup process.

Today i decided to do a full Odin ROM. At first the PC wouldn't recognize it so i reinstalled the drivers and restarted the PC. Plugged it in, went into download mode and the PC loaded the drivers, Odin then saw it right away. Failed 3x with Odin 3.10, so i went back to my known stable 3.09 where it continued to fail, but progressed ever so slightly with each additional flash until it finally had a success.

Restarted and it went straight back to my old home screen. It feels much faster and smoother than it ever has, but still freezes regularly (no restarts yet). Coming out of the lock screen, every 4-5 screen presses, loading texts, etc.

Hard buttons do not respond when frozen so there is no way to screen capture.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] samep:
If you're not rooted, I'd recommend trying KIES. KIES is official but Odin is not and currently has some outstanding fixes from Samsung. Your USB driver is suspect as well.

If you do have KIES, make sure all sessions are closed when using Odin. But see if you can do a KIES emergency flash- I think that's it's called; hopefully it suggests reinstalling OK1.

Some have reported issues with fingerprint unlock. But it sounds like you're describing pattern unlock. Are you having issues waking and unlocking the phone? If so, are you using stock launcher? Maybe try nova launcher?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] itisagoodname:
Not even pattern unlock, having issues with just swipe to unlock. I swipe and it freezes, then it may or may not load the home screen or shut the screen off.

I'm downloading Kies now and will give that a try. This is the first phone i've ever kept stock, didn't know Kies even worked for that, haha.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] DaggettBeaver:
For what it's worth, I re-flashed my phone to N910PVPS4COK1_N910PSPT4COK1_SPR to see if that would happen to me. Everything is working just fine.

You probably have a hardware problem with your phone. Just my 2 cents.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] .Bambino:
For some reason I am getting bootloops to Sprint Spark screen. Anyone know a fix?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] itisagoodname:
Restored with Kies, when it's running it's amazing, phone's never been this smooth. But i still get freezes, restarts, and now this just started.

[IMG="Failed to Boot"]http://i.imgur.com/3NwrPWq.jpg[/IMG]
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] coachds:
MD5 Compromised/Help?

I am currently on sac's note 5 port on OG5, trying to unroot to get MM that launched today. I am well aware of every step to do this (I am a long time reader/first time poster). I am trying to odin the OJ6 tar on the op, but I continue to get the wrong MD5. I have tried 4 times, from 4 different download sources, and I have checked the MD5 both with an installed app and online. I always get the same MD5: 6DEA42F4C39000E47E5BEC143F15B1F5 , which does not match the one in the op, and I do not want to proceed in odin with an umatched MD5. Is it possible that the OJ6 tar file was reuploaded without updating the MD5 sum; if not, I would appreciate any and all help in this endeavor. Really just want to get back to stock, so I can update accordingly. Thank you
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] kbrn:
Dude just odin back to stock using OK1,

I have a feeling you are trying to use your cellphone hotspot to download the tar hence the bad downloads.. It will not work!

You have to download it from a computer with a good internet connection.

Once you odin the OK1 tar you should be able to upgrade with the OTA.

==============Edited============

To prove to you that even the OJ6 tar that you said isn't working, I downloaded it just to check..

And well the file and MD5 sum check are perfectly fine.

Proof:

good luck!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] dadda:
is this the latest stock tar after the MM update
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
No, this is the latest Lollipop. Marshmallow is here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=66003240

EDIT: OP updated with latest Marshmallowhttp://xdaforums.com/note-4-sprint/general/stock-tar-odin-flashable-t3250864/post63868221#post63868221
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
OP updated with PD1 Marshmallow tar.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] fastmikey1969:
Awesome thanks.

Dumb question if I'm on PC1 is there any reason to *not* flash the new version? I'm running rooted with Xposed no framework mods eg Hotspot
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
No, there's isn't a reason to not flash PD1.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] jhill110:
Lionel, any chance at getting PD1 bootloader & baseband tars?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] Always-Learnin:
I took the OTA to PD1. What are the steps to root now? Do I just Odin TWRP 3.0.2 and flash the latest SuperSU? TIA
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
I think freeza will make them.

Yes, that will work.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ariehle:
Just about to call my note 4 a brick when I thought I'd take a run at it again, here is the error message I get when trying to get this stock image flashed via odin:

<ID:0/021> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Binary Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/021> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..

<ID:0/021> File analysis..

<ID:0/021> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/021> Initialzation..

<ID:0/021> Erase...

<ID:0/021>

<ID:0/021> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Any help would be appreciated!

AR

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Second try I get this:

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Binary Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/021> Added!!

<ID:0/021> Odin engine v(ID:3.1100)..

<ID:0/021> File analysis..

<ID:0/021> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/021> Initialzation..

<ID:0/021> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/021> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/021> Can't open the specified file. (Line: 2012)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ware84:
anyone having a problem with the md5 not bein correct ive downloaded ok1 and pd1 both times from different servers and they dont match md5 downloading from p.c and have good interent and using md5 checksum free download to check file
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] ranausmans:
Problem

Hi everyone,

I am new here.

I flashed this stock rom using Odin and it seems to be working nice. I have also rooted my phone later but I am encountering two problems.

1. Checking Device Status Banner seems to be stuck

2. Reboot keeps showing Activating Handsfree

I am using Sm910p in another country which means I am not on Sprint Card
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
OP updated with PE1 tar.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
Your best bet would be to Google search "remove sprint hands free activation." You'll need to rename or delete one of the Sprint apps, but I can't remember which one.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] LMMT:
Also, OP updated with newer Odin 3.11.1, but I haven't tested it yet.
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] n70shan:
hi, i need urgent help..! i just flashed PD1 rom and i am unable to get network on this rom... i have sprint model but i am in pakistan... please help!!
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] brutalhead26:
I have an unlocked SM-n910p on kitkat 4.4.4 stock using it with a GSM sim in Asia PH. Can i just simply odin PD1 marsmallow without the trouble of relocking the sim to Sprint? I'm afraid upon flashing PD1, the phone wont recognize other sims :(
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] n70shan:
plz anyone reply... i need a stock rom with full network access... for my sprint note 4
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] michael_0302:
i also haven't network on PD1 in Moldova.... is it a method to downgrade to 5.1.1?
[Sprint  Galaxy Note 4 General] n70shan:
i dont know bro... plzz someone explain...