Samsung S8 Softbricked help!

[baileydunne]

I got my phone second hand and someone had previously done something with it. Knox was tripped and device status was custom. So I tried using odin to flash new firmware to change status to official. Now I am stuck in download mode with the following error "An error has occured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software." This does nothing. For some reason the CSC is German and the phone was manufactured in Korea.

 

[ocnbrze]

do you know what firmware you flashed? do you have a link? what model s8 do you have?

 

[ocnbrze]

not sure if you have tried this or not:

 

[ocnbrze]

also from this forum:
https://androidforums.com/threads/a...device-software”-screen-on-sm-n950u1.1251688/

 

[baileydunne]

also from this forum:
https://androidforums.com/threads/an-error-has-occurred-while-updating-the-device-software”-screen-on-sm-n950u1.1251688/

Thanks for the quick reply I have the samsung galaxy s8 (SM-G950F) I tried flashing a few firmwares from updato but they kept giving me errors. I've managed to get twrp on the phone so I think now I can flash a firmware?

 

[baileydunne]

I'm trying to revert to have official status but don't have any idea how to do it. I wiped the phone before so i'm pretty sure there is currently no OS on it.

 

[baileydunne]

not sure if you have tried this or not:

and yeah I tried this smart switch didn't work