Root How to Unbrick Samsung Android Phones with One Click. Discussion in 'Android Devices' started. A developer come up with a software called one-click unbrick for Samsung android phones. This small utility uses ODIN to repair our Samsung phones. Almost all Samsung phones with android. Home Forums Channels Android Devices Samsung Galaxy.
Heimdall Suite represents a veritable open-source application which helps us to flash custom ROMs or kernels on our Android-based devices. The application offers a significant advantage with its portability on Linux, Window and Mac OS X operating systems. We know numerous applications for flashing Android-based devices, but two are the most popular, the Heimdall and Odin.
As you may know that the flashing process is a complex operation, and if you’ll use an unsafe method with a trusting program you can brick your device, that’s why you should use most trusted software for this kind of operations.
Heimdall Suite application is especially designed to always comes with new updates and a dedicated support for multiple Android devices, the Heimdall Suite developers are working to fix any new bug and to add further improvements. That’s why we recommend always to use the latest version of Heimdall Suite in order to make your flashing process in a better and stable way.
Unfortunately the Odin app is most common on the windows platform, while Heimdall Suite is supported in additional on Linux and MAC OS X PCs. So, you can use it without fear, because this software won’t damage your Android device when you want to flash new custom ROMs.
Downloading and Installing Heimdall in Windows
Firstly, download the appropriate Heimdall application for your Operating system, (download only Heimdall Frontend or Suite for our case we will work with Windows only).
Secondly, unzip the downloaded .zip file and navigate to the extracted location folder.
Now, open the “Drivers” folder and browse for the program named “zadig”, this program will replace the Samsung USB Composite Device driver ( (Download mode driver) with WinUSB (libusb 1.0). Keep in mind that this driver will only replace the driver for one USB port, that’s means if you have four usb ports, the one USB port that will be used with heimdall program (download mode only) will be replaced with a new driver compatible with the application. In the same time three ports will continue to work with OdinOneClick/Odin3 only.
Next, restart your Android based device into Download Mode and run zadig as administrator.
Connect your smartphone with to the PC.
From the menu bar ( Device, options, Help) you need go to Click Options –> List All Devices.
Now, select under USB Device select “Samsung USB Composite Device”.
Install the Driver, only click Install Driver.
Note: If you’ll receive a pop-up about “not being able to verify the publisher” all that you need to do is to click “install anyways”.
Once the “zadig” file is completely installed you can close the same and disconnect your Android device by disconnecting the USB cord.
Alternatively you can read the “readme” file that the support team of Heimdall adds.
I hope you will enjoy with this application, let us know if you have any problems with Heimdall Suite using our comments section.
Just root your Samsung phone or tablet and then find that it won't turn on properly? It could be that the Samsung device:
Is unable to turn on;
Gets stuck at boot loop;
Freezes at the Samsung logo;
Boots straight into recovery mode/bootloader ...
If this sounds like the situation that you are dealing with, your Samsung device is bricked, or more specifically, is soft bricked. Here are tips to unbrick your Samsung phone or tablet.
Method 1. Unbrick Samsung Device That Keeps Rebooting
If your Samsung S7/6/5/4, Note 5/4/3 or Samsung Tab keeps rebooting when you are flashing a new ROM, it is probably because that you forgot to wipe all data of the previous ROM. Now you need to wipe all data in recovery mode to unbrick the device.
Press and hold Volume Up button + Power button + Home button to boot the bricked Samsung device in recovery mode;
Press Volume Down button to highlight Advanced. Press Power button to confirm your choice;
Choose 'wipe dalvik cache' and return to main menu;
Select 'wipe cache partition';
Choose 'wipe data/factory reset';
Finally, reboot your Samsung phone.
If the problem continues, try the next method.
Method 2. Unbrick Samsung by Using Odin to Flash Recovery File
Whether your Samsung phone or tablet doesn't turn on or gets stuck at recovery mode, the method can bring it back to normal. It has been proved effective by many users.
Download Odin on your PC and Download suitable recovery.tar file.
Run Odin as an administrator.
Switch off your Samsung device and boot the device into download mode.
Connect your device to PC and Odin will soon detect the connected device.
Click PDA/AP to add recovery.tar file.Click Start and the flashing process will begin.
Wait until the flashing is completed and your Samsung phone will reboot automatically.
Learn specific steps on How to Flash Samsung Stock/Official ROM via Odin.
Method 3. Use Tool to One Click Unbrick Samsung Phone/Tablet
If the above methods fail or you find it too troublesome to follow the above steps, you can turn to Android one-click unbrick tool like Broken Android Data Extraction. Don't get confused by its name. The program can actually extract data from screen-broken device as well as fixing bricked device in one click. It supports Samsung device including:
Samsung Note 3/4/5;
Samsung Galaxy S4/S5/S6;
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1.
Here is how Broken Android Data Extraction unbricks Samsung in one click.
Step 1. Download and install the program on your PC. After opening the program, choose Broken Android Phone Data Extraction.
Download
Step 2. Use USB cable to connect your device to PC and choose Fix Device.
Step 3. You'll be provided with the following five options. Choose the one that fits your problem and click Next.
Step 4. If you have selected 'Stuck in the Startup screen'/'Black screen'/'Other', choose your device name and model and click 'Confirm'. Then follow the instruction of the program to put the device in download mode and click Start.
The program will begin to unbrick your Samsung device by downloading matching recovery package. Your device will reboot when the repair is completed.
Step 5. If you selected 'Stuck in the Download mode' and click Next, the program will automatically bring your device out of Download mode. Your device will restart.
Conclusion:
Method 1 is effective for bricked device that is stuck at boot loop, but may not fix bricked device with other symptoms. Method 2 can unbrick devices with different symptoms, however, you may find it too complicated. Method 3 is effective and straight-forward but you should make sure that your Samsung device is supported by Broken Android Data Extraction.
Get data back from the broken Samsung devices and fix the bricked Android phones/tablets with safety.
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