yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] JazonX:
Great work putting this up together, But Should've posted in the guides section as this more of a guide rather than a Development thread.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Thank you,

I am still new to XDA and I wished to help those who bricked their phone...

When I bricked my phone, I was so sad that I'd have to wait for loooong time till I am able to fix it....

So I have done a bit of research if it's possible to do it through Samsung SmartSwitch,

after all when you boot your bricked phone it tells you use

smartswitch

or contact service center...

when I fixed my phone, I felt relieved and Wished to share my discovery to make those who bricked their phone relieved as well...

So I put the thread here...

If the admins see that the thread should be put in the Guides Section, then hopefully they'd tell me how to move it there...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mix1987:
Thank you for taking to time to post the solution. :o
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Ker~Man:
Will this work with T-Mobile version? When I enter my S/N in SmartSwitch, it keeps erroring out when I click "search" and then SmartSwitch immediately closes... Any help, much appreciated!
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
SmartSwitch Works with All Samsung Note 7 Phones and it's the safest tool to unbrick your phone...

The thing I noticed about SmartSwitch is it's case sensitive and the S/N at the back of your phone is tricky to the eye as it's small and light reflected easily could make you input it wrongly...

Revise what you Entered, better write it on the paper and count the characters...

The only error it would display is something like "Your phone is not supported yet" or "phone software not available" if your input is correct...

As I understand, you are stuck at step 3...

Please let me know if you still have issues, I'll do my best to help you...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] knifekid:
Does it fix your missing recovery?

And no offence, please do not use so much color fonts in the post. It makes your article so difficult to read. Some of the colored sentences are even not import.

Using just bold, underlying, red , will be ok.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
None taken, The reason I use colors is to highlight the important words in my post or reply... :angel:

Anyway, It will wipe your phone clean and re-install the phone software ( Recovery + ROM + Partitions.... Anything that got corrupted but not Odin or download mode)

So yes it will fix the missing recovery & The Phone will be as if you have just bought it... :good:
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chord_Hugo87:
where did you buy your 930FD from?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Ordered from UAE - Dubai...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Chord_Hugo87:
which site? most site dont ship till the 26th
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Actually, a friend was going to UAE...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] busventinc:
great job this will help a lot of rooters much appreciated
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xstatik:
Nothing works

I tried several times with several computers and still wont work:(i think i can never get passed the logo to be honest it lets me go in dowmload mode but cant flash anything anymore no recovery im not sure what do to with my phone now
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
Will this restore the phone to its very first firmware or the latest firmware?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Thank you...

Which step are you stuck at?

The latest firmware... But without patch updates... You'll have to update it yourself... Just 200MB...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
So its the firmware thst originally came with the device? There is an update for August so which will it install?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
when you input the S/N, it locates the phone region, it searches for the latest firmware and installs it... Not the exact firmware that originally came with the device,

if say 6.X.X update rolled out then smartswitch will install that instead of the 6.0.1...

Patch Updates are done through the phone, they don't change firmware version...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] David McCulloch:
same

hi, ty for efforts, appreciated,, i input serial number, hit enter n switch just closes after about 5 seconds,,,,,ps correct sn, used magnify from other phone and took photo lol, i got old eyes
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
You're welcome...

If you're sure of S/N... Are you sure of the Model...? Remember I said case sensitive, meaning Uppercase... Else Reinstall SmartSwitch or Try another PC...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] David McCulloch:
reply

yes mate SM-N930F
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Please consider reinstalling or try other PC...

Consider running the application as an admin and antivirus temporarily off... As for input uppercase... Hopefully it works...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] David McCulloch:
REPLY

TY for helping, tried all of what you said, used number pad instead as well, no diff, finds phone model ok but once you enter serial and hit enter app closes after 5 seconds if that, im in Australia if that helps

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well i use to tove twrp, well they are just trash now, so called upgrade to flash n use on note, i know what id like to call them, but just get banned n to think i was stupid enough to donate cash to them, well looks like its one friggin expensive lesson
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
You mean broke device while flashing TWRP?

If yes then check your inbox
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
What do you mean by patch updates? Every update samsung ha pushed even if it only contains the security update changes the phone firmware version.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Not security, but Bugs fixing and features added...

The current patch from what I observed: adding graphics to iris scanner to show you exactly where your eyes should be, allows you to sort your apps alphabetical and added on long press app options to uninstall and show info...

Before that, iris scanner was nothing but 2 blue dots... No alphabetical sort only custom sort... As for app info you access it through settings...

Could be more changes and features but that's what I noticed...

Security updates have been separated, if you want to check for security updates you click on security updates... Patches you click on software updates...

SmartSwitch gets you major updates that involve changes in firmware number... Patches doesn't change firmware number...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
Smart switch offers me the ssme version with the latest firmware, I need th firmware before the iris mask updates.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
SmartSwitch offered me the old firmware and I updated through my phone to the latest...

Why do you want the old firmware?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
Its reported to have significantly better fps in gaming. I am getting less than half of how the s7 performs. It shows me initialiting to: N930FXXU1BPH6
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] David McCulloch:
is there any n ew news regarding this issue, pages and pages of fails but no success?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Your Note 7...

Snapdragon or Exynos...?

Also, check if Game Tuner App is working...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Still researching but my best guess is that your phone is not supported yet...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] joeyuvienco:
Hey OP! Thanks for taking the time to make this guide! I followed the steps to the dot and the process was actually completed but when my phone rebooted after the flash, it just went straight to the blue screen with the white Android thing and a yellow caution symbol on top of it. When I try to reboot from there, it takes me to recovery where it says dm-verity verification failed. Can you please help me? It will be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance!
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] JazonX:
How to download XSG firmware for N930FD - Dubai Models
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
Exynos

Game Tuner App is not installed, I have game launcher enabled with power saving off, Ive tried it disabled and still gives significantly lower performance compared to the S7. A few users have posted that it was fine before the latest update. There is also a thread about it on the forums but with minimal people having issues or dont play the same game with issues or has never seen how much smoother it is on a S7/S7E
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
What's the game, I'll try it myself...

Blue screen with white android showing error or loading?

If it's loading, you might have interrupted the installation process and you need to Reflash it, leave the phone and it will take time till the welcome screen is displayed...

If it's an error, what does it say...?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
Do you have a S7 or S7E for comparison? Try Mobius Final Fantasy, if you have game tuner mske sure it is set to 1440p, ingame graphics and frame rate to high. For more details on how to check please go to the gaming problem thread, ive posted some of my findings.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] zamzenos:
Not sure if this will work for the Note 7. I've delayed posting it because I assumed if it did work, then someone with greater savvy than me would have passed it on by now. But here goes:

****GUIDE: What to do in the event of "soft bricking" your tablet...

If you have flashed a rom and your tablet "soft bricks", i.e. it gets stuck at the Samsung splash screen or boot loops Recovery there is an easy way to recover without having to reflash the original firmware in ODIN (assuming you were smart and made a NANDROID backup before flashing your rom).

TURNING THE DARNED THING OFF:

Here's the problem. If you are at the Samsung splash screen or boot looping Recovery, you cannot turn your tablet off by just pressing the power button and you can't pull the battery. This prevents you from getting back into Recovery and restoring your NANDROID backup. So here is what you do:

1) Plug your tablet into your computer (this is important!).

2) Hold down the home, volume down and power buttons until you boot into download mode. Once you are prompted, push the volume up button to enter download mode completely.

ESCAPING DOWNLOAD MODE:

3) Now, once in download mode, hold down the power and volume down buttons (not the home button this time) until you screen goes blank (your tablet MUST be plugged into your computer for this to work!). Release the buttons and you will see the battery symbol on your screen. Your tablet is now off - thank god.

4) To enter Recovery mode, hold the home, volume up and power buttons down until Recovery loads.

5) Restore your NANDROID backup.

Disaster averted.

I don't know the author of this advice. I have tried it with tabs and it does work.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Most cases here are recovery loss/corruption issues due to the new root method through TWRP recovery... Your method would work if the recovery is fine... Thank you for sharing...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] David McCulloch:
i found a aussie version on sammys, but still no luck, rerplacement here tomoz
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] supercjlee:
SM-N930FD can be buy from Taiwan, it's dual SIM card solution.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
If you have the time, download Mobius Final Fantasy. If you have Game Tuner make sure its 100% scaling. Play the game and have the FPS counter running. You should get 29-30fps at the map selection screen (after the tutorial), in where the camera pans around your character. Also make sure the ingame settings is high. On the s7 it stays at 29-30fps and nothing lower. On the Note 7 it drops down to 21-22fps and is very stuttery but if you hit the multi task button and return to the game you get the smoothness back and 29-30fps for about 10-15 seconds and it drops again.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Yea, I just tried the game on my Note 7 and it does lag a bit... 22fps... Honestly, I am no expert in such things...

Could this help?

https://youtu.be/einiBwzv-ds
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] EarlZ:
On the S7 it runs at a very constant 29-30fps and rarely drops under 28. Though I wonder why on his S7 says it lags as on mine it does not at all.

What happens on the Note 7 is that it turns off the 2 high performance cores and runs the other 2 at 1.4Ghz while on the S7 it runs at 2.3Ghz. The S7 feels significantly warmer to the touch while the Note 7 is always cool. by pressing the multi-task button and going back the game it will run at a locked 30fps for 10-15seconds.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
does anyone actually have the SM-N930FD stock FW by chance? the download here is ever so slow
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
A member was able to pull Dubai model...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3446582

All the best...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Great thank you, following that i managed to pull the FW for Singapore
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
New Methods Added...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Can n930f firmware be flashed on n930fd?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Yes they can, fw are the same for F and FD
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
If there are SM-N930FD and SM-N930F firmwares...

Then they are meant to be flashed for their corresponding device model...

On the SM-N930FD device it does in the status say SM-N930F and not SM-N930FD...

The SM-N930F and SM-N930FD are exactly the same but one difference, The D stands for Duos, dual SIM card... So flashing a single SIM on a dual SIM card might have an affect on the second SIM card... It also goes for the updates & patches...

The only situation you flash the SM-N930F on the SM-N930FD is if you need the phone urgently and you don't have the SM-N930FD but have the SM-N930F... Flash it temporarily, later flash the SM-N930FD...

I am telling you this by Logic...

I haven't tested what consequences of flashing SM-N930F on SM-N930FD nor the other way...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] karelson:
1. Can any one with N930FD, who flushed N930F firmware, can confirm if you loose DUAL SIM and OTA functionality?

2. I Have N930FD but have only 10 languages in my system language option, and looking to enable other languages, without rooting and Flushing, any suggestions?

Thanks
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] drmoeed:
I did that on S7 Edge ...

Nothing like that happened ...

I hate dual sim phones but single sim variant wasnt available in Dubai at that time ...

I had rooted device ... So flashed the BTU CSC, PDA, AP and changed my CSC ...

No problems with OTAs afterwards ...

But I had the root access and changed CSC ...

reconfirm it from somone who have tried it on unrooted device ...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] turilo:
Why would you hate a dual SIM phone? They have more use and are the exact same device just dual SIM support. If you ever have a work phone no need to carry it around
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsychoTaz:
My question to the op (fantastic guides btw) is will these methods reset the Knox trip detection for warranty. Or does it still read the device as unofficial. My phones not bricked but looking at some future proof options as I work on a snapdragon root option. Thanks for future reply.

I feel like I already know the answer but I havnt touched these new devices with Knox hence my curiosity.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] karelson:
What did you change in CSC ?

do I have to be rooted?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cr4z33:
I quoted this part only to ask you to please tell me more about that as I never heard that issue in the past, but I have to admit that I got troubles lately while flashing my S7 edge with the firmwares downloaded from Sammobile.com. :confused:
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DionWhite33:
I bought the Tmobile version which I have with me. The locked BL was a dealbreaker for me...though there is a partial root method. Its not for me. So, I purchased the FD Version. Its on the truck for delivery today. In the meantime I had heard there is Root for it...but when I just checked I dont see one. They say it does not work and it is closed? So, Im very happy to see this to help! Thank you for putting this out. But, can anyone PM me and tell me if there is PLEASE! Everything this year is such a mess because of the BL problem we have faced for the 1st time. Thank you...

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Hahahahaa.....wishful thinking! It is like rolling back the odometer for a Uhaul! Haha
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
Knox counter is hardware not software... this hardware is binary and designed to go one direction, 0 to 1 when you try something that doesn't have Samsung signature on it...

If you flash Samsung ROMS, the official ones, Knox won't change, if you root, change kernel or anything not related to Samsung, Knox is tripped...

To reset you must crack your phone open, find the Knox hardware, chip and replace it with new Knox counter but keep one thing in mind...

To change your Knox hardware, you must change the Note 7 motherboard...

Due to the slow connection and no specific size sent from the server to the PC,

If the PC connection gets interrupted, it will consider the download completed...

Thus, Flashing corrupted ROM, Bricking your Phone...

Always test your ROM Archive by extracting it using WinRAR, if an error pops on the screen, you have to re-download the ROM else your safe to flash via Odin...

There is a Root method, but it's all beta and testing, unstable...

I am a beta Tester & I can tell you phone is acting crazy... random reboots... random freezes... random app optimizing...

I have abandoned the stock with SuperSU & currently testing HydraROM...

If the root Works, I will let you know...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cr4z33:
But then isn't there a MD5 check when I load the various firmware parts in Odin?

Wouldn't it fail then BEFORE being able to flash? ;)

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S7 edge with stock Samsung ? firmware
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Exactly.

Odin won't allow to flash corrupt files unless you remove .md5 extension
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cr4z33:
Alright thanks then I definitely didn't have issues because of Sammobile files. :D

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S7 edge with stock Samsung ? firmware
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DionWhite33:
I seen Hydra is running like Beta as well with its share of issues...Dr Keten also put one out I think yesterday and it seems to run GREAT ...but its.made for India I think. Im checking to see if I flash then change the CSC...if that works...hopefully it will or does...this is just heartbreaking...this much phone with minimal development! I really just want Viper and RW Sd Card. And some debloat...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.ketan:
Where I said it is for india?

I have mode it some way that it support Volte with Indian carrier jio.

It doesn't have any effect on other carriers or regions.

You can use on any other region without even changing can

I will give small tutorial how to grab can from stock rom.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DionWhite33:
Thank you! I have not bricked anything in 5 years and dont want to start with this phone
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] cemimo:
The SmartSwitch Method solved the boot loop. But now the phone restarts always to this:
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
That's gona be a biatch to fix....theres a good thread in the note 5 forums on it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64808458

It is fixable in most cases though...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Evulmonkey:
Hello,

Have you managed to fix the issue by any chance?

I tryed to delete the cache.img and repack the CSC file but I still get the sam error. :(
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] force70:
You quoted the wrong guy, my device is fine
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] cemimo:
I did something else. I returned the phone.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Apcoolboy:
After flashed via smart switch, mine also stuck in Android recovery. And say that "dm-verity verification failed/need to check drk first". I tried to seek out help from forum what force70 mentioned here (thanks for link buddy). But unfortunately I am unable to find my stock firmware from samsmobile site. The link I get from site has download speed limit of 20kb/s :crying: . Anyone have fast downloading links for SM-N930FD Kuwait (SM-N930FZSDXSG, on box) ? . Or any other solution to come out android recovery ?. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Brava27:
Updato.com very fast there.

Sent from the Upside Down
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Apcoolboy:
Thanks mate, But I can't find my region there. Is it okay to flash other? And can fresh flash via odin will make device come out from android recovery and solve "dm-verity verification failed/need to check drk first". I am very noobie in this all.

Thanks.
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dante63:
You can flash any region as long it's SM-N930FD...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] hazerXIII:
It will NOT solve "dm-verity verification failed/need to check drk first". Tried with Smart Switch as well as Odin (need to enable adb and/or OEM unlock) on my XME SM-N930FD, on N930FXXU1BPH6 firmware. It will not work with the deleting cache.img method as mentioned in the http://xdaforums.com/note5/help/how-to-solve-dm-verity-verification-t3293306/post64808458#post64808458.

After a week on repetitive trying, there are chances the phone can be successfully booted up, but most of the time it will failed and boot into recovery with "dm-verity verification failed/need to check drk first". Even with the success of booting up, the phone might crash and boot into a screen prompting for non-existing password to continue (the propose "default_password" as the password by some XDA community does not work) or getting the "dm-verity verification failed/need to check drk first" error. This can happens too when restarting the successfully booted up phone.

The phone has never been rooted (as I decided to experience Android without rooting), it was all well when I first updated it to the N930FXXU1BPH6 firmware, only to have this problem occurs when I decided to give this phone a factory reset and boot into the recovery... I can't help to suspect that the N930FXXU1BPH6 firmware is faulty (as I have no problem doing a factory reset on the older firmware shipped with the phone). So while it might be too late to warn fellow Note 7 owners not to update to N930FXXU1BPH6 firmware, I will advice those with N930FXXU1BPH6 firmware should not at any chance do a factory reset on their phones. Now have to wait for the replacement unit from Samsung Malaysia (20 days to go...)
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Scott:
Thats interesting. Can you revert to an older version?
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] hazerXIII:
I wish I could, but unfortunately no...
[Note 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Apcoolboy:
That is what I also faced " A screen prompting for non-existing password to continue" regardless firmware I flashed (I still dont have my stock firmware of XSG-Kuwait for SM-N930FD). However I managed to bypass "dm-verity verification failed screen" with help of [MENTION=3931450]dr.ketan[/MENTION]. I flashed firmware with odin then flashed TWRP and then flashed no-verity-opt-encrypt-2.1 file that dr.ketan send me. Successfully boot up still sometime faced password problem. But the big one yet to come, I face network problem now (may be loss of EFS) so now I am trying fresh flash with smart switch then try to bypass dm-verity screen, lets see what happen. Smart switch will give me BHP7 firmware (I tried two days before) lets see it is faulty or not.