[Galaxy Note5 General] Gr3atGeek:
●SAMSUNG ODIN FLASHING GUIDE TO FLASH STOCK OFFICIAL FIRMWARES ON SAMSUNG DEVICES FOR COMPLETE STOCK/UNROOTED EXPERIENCE

●IMPORTANT NOTE :-

This Guide Can Be Used For Both Upgrading And Downgrading Of Stock Official Firmwares

Only Precaution Should Be Taken Is That In Case Of Upgrading Firmware Kindly Choose Latest Dated Higher Version Of Android OS While In Case Of Downgrading Firmware Kindly Choose Latest Dated Lower Version Android OS Available For Your Device/Country/CSC

●INSTRUCTIONS :-

•As Per Requirements I assume You have

*Enabled OEM Unlocking And USB Debugging Options From Developers Options

*Downloaded/Installed Latest Samsung Usb Drivers For Your Device on PC

*Downloaded/Extracted/Installed Samsung Odin On Your PC

*Downloaded/Extracted Latest Official Stock Firmware For Your Model Number/Country/CSC

•Run Odin.exe as Administrator

•You Will See Odin Window with Various TABS like BL/AP/CP/CSC/UMS As Well As Certain Odin Options like Auto Reboot/F-Reset Time/Re-Partion/PIT File Add etc.

•Extract the Downloaded Stock Official Firmware in Specific Folder And You will get ***.tar.md5 like file of Stock Firmware in Specific Extracted Folder

•Add the Extracted ***.tar.md5 Firmware File in AP TAB of Odin

Note :-

*It will take Some Time to Add Firmware file into Odin According To Firmware Size

*So Keep Some Patience And Let Odin Ready For Flashing Process

•Be sure in Odin Options Only Auto-Reboot/F-Reset Time options are Ticked

•DON'T SELECT Re-Partion Or PIT File Add Options Unless Your Facing Null/Generic IMEI Or Baseband Unknown Related issues only

Note :-

*You Will Need to Download PIT files for Your Specific Device Model Numbers For Re-Partion of Partion Table In Case Of Null/Generic IMEI Or Baseband Unknown Issues

•Boot Your device into Download Mode Connect To PC using Original OEM Samsung Usb Cable Into Main Usb Port Of PC

Note :-

*Secondary Usb Hubs Sometimes May Produces error Of Device Not Recognized etc.

•Allow PC to install Samsung Usb Drivers for your Device

•You can see Your Device is added in Odin as its Highlighted in ID:COM Section on Left corner of Odin Windows

•Now your ready to flash Stock Firmware

Note :-

*ID:COM Will Look Like for eg. ID:PORT21 Etc.

•Press on Start Button in Odin, It will automatically start flashing process And You can see flashing log in Odin Side Window

•It will take some time to flash Stock firmware according to Device/Odin version/Firmware Size So Keep Some Patience And Stay Relax

•After flashing process gets complete, You will see "Pass" Message at the top of Odin Window

•Your Device will Reboot automatically

•Disconnect Your Device from PC

•Wait untill Software Updating/Installing Process Gets Completes on Device

•Afterwards Your device will Booup normally to Initial Setup Wizzard

•If In Case Your Device gets Stuck at Samsung Galaxy Logo For Long Time More than 10-20 minutes

Don't Worry Your Device Is in Soft BootLoop And There Is A Solution to fix it

Note :-

To Get Out Of Bootloop Follow The Steps Below

*Press Volume Down+Power Button Untill Screen gets Turned Off to Power Off Your Device

*Quickly Press Volume Up+Power+Home Buttons Simultaneously untill You See Samsung Galaxy Logo

*Release Keys Now

*You will Get Into Stock Recovery

*Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset Option There

*Wait Until Wiping Process get Completes

*After Wiping Process Get Completes Reboot your Device

*This time Your Device should BootUp normally without any issues