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• Emergency Software Recovery And Initialization

I downloaded the STOCKN950USQS3BRA8ODINFiles and followed the instructions to flash my SM-N9550U1 phone. The operation started fine, the green progress bar in Odin moved about two third of the progress bar and the white progress bar moved more than half way across the phone screen and then the flashing operation failed. I tried to recover it with Smart Switch but no luck. There is no Initialization tab in the latest version of Smart Switch, I used the older version which has the initialization tab but I got the error that my device does not support initialization and that I should contact their service center. When I try to re-flash or reset the phone, it defaults to the screen that says An error has occurred while updating the device software.

Here’s how to safely unroot the Samsung Galaxy S6 and. Software Update and Initialization. And to use the emergency recovery function on smart switch. Android Recovery using Smart Switch. Click More > Emergency software recovery and initialization > Emergency Recovery using the Recovery code.

Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software. Can you please help me to reset or re-flash my phone?

Click to expand. Thank you for your genuine kindness, and I am pleased to let you know that I was able to solve the problem without paying a visit to Samsung. What I did was to hold down the Volume-Up+Bixby+Power keys together and plugged the phone in to a USB2 port, the phone started but freezed on the Samsung Galaxy Note8 boot-up screen. From there, I pressed the key combination to enter the Download mode and I was able to enter the download mode and re-flash the phone but not full flash. Now that the phone was working, I tried to give it a full flash but again, it failed the same way it had failed before.

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This time I was able to realize that the failures were caused by the USB port, it had the problem of briefly disconnecting and reconnecting the phone. Having the same problem for the second time and not being near to a machine with USB2 port, I connected the phone with the An Error Has Occurred While screen to the Odin properly configured for full flashing with stock ROM. I was surprised to see the Com port properly registered in Odin and the Added notification.

I clicked the Start and the flashing process started and completed successfully. And my Galaxy Note 8 is up and running fully refreshed. Thank you all for your encouragement. The phone is an unlocked phone, N950U1 XAA. Anyway a big thank you to all of you for responding. Here is more explanation about the problem: The problem I am facing is this: the phone cannot go off, it’s stuck at the “An error has occurred while updating the device software.) screen.

When I press the key combination to enter download mode, I can get to the warning screen where I am prompted to press Volume Up key to continue to download mode, or press Volume Down key to cancel (restart). And whatever key I press, the phone will come back to the same screen which says “An error has occurred while updating the device software.” The phone is now stucked at this screen and it cannot turn off. In short, the phone cannot enter download mode, and when I press the key combination to enter recovery mode, nothing happens. When I had this kind of problem with my previous Samsung phones I just removed the battery and made sure that it is completely discharged before turning it on again. That trick always works with removable battery phones. What I need a help for now is how to solve this kind of problem with non-removable battery phones. Can someone please help?

It’s easy for me to pay a quick visit to Samsung for a solution, but I want to be completely sure that this kind of problem cannot be solved without bringing it to Samsung. Based on what you're describing and what I posted, the two sound a lot alike. There are really two possibilities that I can think of: (a) The downloaded firmware was corrupt.

Did you verify the MD5 checksum before flashing it? All you can really do is download a known good version, verify the MD5 and try flashing it again.

(b) Exactly what my article states: the bootloader killed the phone to prevent the flashing of unsigned firmware. That's a call to Samsung, and good luck because flashing unsigned firmware voids the warranty in most cases. Based on what you're describing and what I posted, the two sound a lot alike.

There are really two possibilities that I can think of: (a) The downloaded firmware was corrupt. Did you verify the MD5 checksum before flashing it? All you can really do is download a known good version, verify the MD5 and try flashing it again. (b) Exactly what my article states: the bootloader killed the phone to prevent the flashing of unsigned firmware. That's a call to Samsung, and good luck because flashing unsigned firmware voids the warranty in most cases. Click to expand.

Thank you for your genuine kindness, and I am pleased to let you know that I was able to solve the problem without paying a visit to Samsung. What I did was to hold down the Volume-Up+Bixby+Power keys together and plugged the phone in to a USB2 port, the phone started but freezed on the Samsung Galaxy Note8 boot-up screen. From there, I pressed the key combination to enter the Download mode and I was able to enter the download mode and re-flash the phone but not full flash. Now that the phone was working, I tried to give it a full flash but again, it failed the same way it had failed before. This time I was able to realize that the failures were caused by the USB port, it had the problem of briefly disconnecting and reconnecting the phone.

Having the same problem for the second time and not being near to a machine with USB2 port, I connected the phone with the An Error Has Occurred While screen to the Odin properly configured for full flashing with stock ROM. I was surprised to see the Com port properly registered in Odin and the Added notification. I clicked the Start and the flashing process started and completed successfully. And my Galaxy Note 8 is up and running fully refreshed. Thank you all for your encouragement. Thank you for your genuine kindness, and I am pleased to let you know that I was able to solve the problem without paying a visit to Samsung. What I did was to hold down the Volume-Up+Bixby+Power keys together and plugged the phone in to a USB2 port, the phone started but freezed on the Samsung Galaxy Note8 boot-up screen.

From there, I pressed the key combination to enter the Download mode and I was able to enter the download mode and re-flash the phone but not full flash. Now that the phone was working, I tried to give it a full flash but again, it failed the same way it had failed before. This time I was able to realize that the failures were caused by the USB port, it had the problem of briefly disconnecting and reconnecting the phone. Having the same problem for the second time and not being near to a machine with USB2 port, I connected the phone with the An Error Has Occurred While screen to the Odin properly configured for full flashing with stock ROM. I was surprised to see the Com port properly registered in Odin and the Added notification. I clicked the Start and the flashing process started and completed successfully.

And my Galaxy Note 8 is up and running fully refreshed. Thank you all for your encouragement. Click to expand.Hi I have your exact same problem on my Galaxy S8, I was trying to flash it using a USA XAA Firmware to get rid of all T-Mobile stuff but now Im stuck on the blue screen 'An error has ocurred' and I don't have any acess to recovery or download mode. I just download T-Mobile stock firmware from Updato and I tried to flash it using Odin v3.13, as you said Odin detects it but as soon as it starts it just failed.

The parts I just don't undertand from your solution is the one regarding USB2 port, you waited until your phone just run out of battery? I'll really appreciate any tip to solve my problem Thank you in advance.

In this article, we elaborate some recommended workarounds used to deal with a Smart Switch problem in which the user is prompted with an error message, 'Unsupported device' while attempting to use the application with their Samsung Galaxy Alpha smartphone. The aforementioned error prompt is usually encountered by users whose devices do not meet the Samsung Smart Switch requirements.To find more details about the Smart Switch system requirements and relevant information, please visit Samsung Support website and navigate to the Smart Switch Support page. Another potential solution is using the software update feature found in the Smart Switch for PC/Mac application. However, performing the said software update procedure will result to the deletion of all data stored on your device.

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Emergency Software Recovery And Initialization

In this regard, the following steps should only be performed only if your device is not functioning due to a failed software update or if you are trying to recover Samsung-approved software after installing a custom ROM. Unplug your phone from the computer and restart Smart Switch. From the Smart Switch screen, select MORE in the upper-right corner.

Select the option for Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization. Next, select the Software Update and Initialization tab.

Enter your device information including the model name and serial number. Click OK to proceed. Note: All data will be deleted from your phone upon initialization. Click OK to continue.

If prompted, read and review the information to connect the device and then click OK. If the aforesaid procedures failed to solve the problem and the error prompt still exists, then please contact Samsung Support for further troubleshooting and recommendations.