Finally a smart man did a smart tutorial to help people like me :D THANKS!!

Thank you so much!!!! This fixed my phone after Dr. Fone messed it up, SO glad I didn't have to do all that manually, you are awesome!!! Fixed the error message I kept getting and returned status to Official instead of Custom. Again, thank you!!! Worked on my Galaxy S5 btw.

BROTHER I WAS STUCKING IN DOWNLOAD MODE FOR THREE MONTHS.A CELL PHONE COMPANY ASK ME 111.78 US DOLLARS TO RECOVER MY GALAXY J1 ACE FIRMWARE AND ODIN 3 DIDNT HELP ME SO BEAUTIFUL LIKE SMART SWITCH PC !! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!! I ALMOST THROW THE PHONE AWAY! YOUR TUTORIAL WORKS 1000% AND MORE!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU .YOU JUST MET A NEW BROTHER FROM SOUTH AFRICA! I USED A 1MEG INTERNET SPEED AND IT TOOK ME 4 HOURS TO COMPLETE THE FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD. THANKS AGAIN,CHEERS.

Dude, I tried doing the Smart Switch thing with my phone and with my first attempt, it didn't complete the installation to my phone and ended up locking up on me. I was so thrilled to find your post on KZfaq, where you showed the phone in the locked up condition and how to get the phone to install the update. This helped assure me that all was not lost and that I could still get my phone working without having to send it in to Samsung. Thank you so much for posting this video. :)

you beautiful, beautiful man!! you are such a lifesaver!! i recently learnt what rooting is and was convinced (well honestly it wasn't hard to convince me) through a few youtube vids and i successfully rooted my samsung s4 and installed the lineage OS 14.1 rom and it worked successfully however i found it so ugly and i was so frustrated that there were no simpler ways that i could understand and especially for my variant however, you saved me with this video. thank you so much you beautiful man!!

hi, love ur video. how do I make it works on a smg920f? ty :)

Sir you have saved me a lot of money. I bricked my S6 today and I have been looking for a solution the whole day. I finally stumbled on your video and thirty minutes later I have a perfectly working Galaxy S6. Again a big thank you.

Thanks. I've been trying other tutorials with no luck. Your video helped me and its very step by step easy.

Man this video was on time. Thaaaank you!!!! this saved my tablet.

thanks man. you save my skin

you absolute hero!!!!!! took my phone a few minutes longer to get back to life after the all the downloads from smart switch but a little patience and boom! back to life! thank you!!!

I came here after having found your tutorial on Kies/Kies3. Though Kies hasn't worked on my device, the method was basically easier than others found in the internet, so I decided to give Smart Switch a try... my Note4 (SM-N910F) is now fully functional again. Thank you a lot!!

after 9 month in frustated to fix my phone, now my phone fixed!!!! and its so easy. THANKSSSSSSS!!!!!

Hey I ran into the same problem others are having with the Device Initialization option missing. I sort of found a fix for it. I ended up updating to the android 8.0 (oreo) and that fixed a bunch of the security restrictions I was having on my phone due to it being rooted by a previous owner. Upgrading beyond android 7.0 wasn't available on my phone, but going straight through the smart switch pc app, I was able to update it from the main window (where it says backup, restore, [something else]). The option to update was directly under my device name in the center of that page as soon as I connected my phone and it synced the phone smart switch with the pc smart switch. Additional info: My cable was aftermarket and very touchy. I had to get it positioned just right to remain detected by the pc. Also, I had to clear enough space for the update to take place. It said it required almost 12gb of free space on my C: drive. ALSO, I had to do the power button and DOWN volume button reset at one point before the update too, although I don't know if that actually did anything in the end. It was just recommended. Also, Oreo has lots of cool features that 7.0 didn't have. I like it more, and it even feels more snappy and smooth. I think developer mode gained many features as well. Broken features due to compromised Knox security detection: Samsung health, fingerprint scanner, samsung smart pay (fingerprint), and other fingerprint related features were corrected by this update. I'm guessing the infamous "securitylogagent" notification spam was also corrected, but I'm leaving that package blocked by "Package Disabler Pro" (bought it for like 3 bucks because I hate securitylogagent spamming me) I hope this helps some of you out there. I'm using a Galaxy S7, SM-G930V. Any questions, please feel free to ask and I will try to answer. I know how frustrating these things can be. I spent a month dealing with it all.

what is the difference between when you reset the pohne from inside and when you use smart switch? or when u factory reset it

i'm gonna repeat : Finally a SMART man did a smart tutorial to help people like me :D THANKS!!

I don t have the divece initialization option what should I do?

I don't have the "Device initialization" tab, I have only "Emergency Software Recovery"

Ok listen up, this guy here is the man. Saved my tab 2 thats 3 years old and was bricked for 2 years straight with his kies method. And fixed my s6 which was also left witout an os after i was doing some dumb shit. Thanks dude. subbed and liked the video.

Yes I finally got this to work after a few fails thank you, you need to enable Erase All data.

Smart switch doesn't have the options you are showing. It's saying does not support my device. What can i do?

thanks mate

This works :) just make sure to read the instructions and links page too in the description

This dude is awesome, the only guy who helped me out a ton! Made it very clear too! Thanks ALOT man!

thanks sir i got it

thank you sooo much you will get a sub i promise just not right now i gave you a like tho thank you

Awesome guide man, you rock. Also, has anyone ever told you that you sound just like Joe Lauzon? (UFC fighter)

YOU ARE MY NEW HERO! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Why is everyone instructing still on smart switch initialisation when the newest smart switch software no longer supports that or allows you to recover by that method ? someone needs to find another solution because you can only recover with a code

my device doesnt even show up when i click on emergency software recovery!!

Thank you so much! You really saved my phone. You're great, it's hard to find a thorough, clear, and articulate tutorial how to unbrick the phone, I don't usually post comments but I just had to say this a 100% legit working method.

thank you to help me fix my note 5 your video is helpfull i wasthinking to buy a new phone thank you i fix it

Smart switch isn't showing device initialization on the emergency software screen. Any help?

on Device Initialization I get the message "SM-G920F does not support initializing. Please contact our support center". What should I do?

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! SAVED MY S7 EDGE.

Thank you so much! I flashed the wrong root firmware on my device, and I thought I was screwed because Odin wouldn't let me flash anything on it. :D

its work good nd perfect to me

With this i enter my Model number and S/N then press ok, and it says device not supported for initialisation! Any solution for this?

you uploaded this video on 8 july and my s6 edge is facing problems from 10 july so this video is helpful i hope i can restore firmware with this app thanks

i had a problem and my phone went to custom but it was not rooted and it was 0x0 now i'm doing the process you say in the vid and i want to know if i can put all my stuff back once i'm done or you think something that i previously had is the cause of it and if so i should not put everything back edit: i love you man it worked fine for my s7 edge :)

mine just crashes right after i enter serial number and enter, i am running custom rom though

I downloaded Smart Switch and I dont have the "Device Initialization" option, anyone else with this?

Thanks Man!!! You save my tab s2

Will this method flash the latest firmware or will set it back to the day you bought it?

The serial number didn't even come up for mine?

i press home button it directly goes to download mode and i have sm-g9280

from Yemen, I want to say thank you

man you are smart phone savour!!!!!.. i keep looking the best way to fix my 6 egde here u are i found you... great video bro!! keep it up..

Smart Switch keeps crashing after I click ok after entering serial number and model name, Ive already reinstalled it and tried more than one computer. wtf

Why does my smart switch not include device intialisation?

Thank you so much dude it fixed my bootloop in the update menu problem and saved me alot of money, an like and an sub for you 👍👍👍👍

OMG THANK YOU SO MUCH IVE TRIED SO MANY WAYS TO UNROOT MY PHONE AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WORKED XD

whenever i type in my S/n number smart swtich crashes out no error no nothing the app just closes out and disaperes anyone help ?

mine after i put sn in it says unknown error

@ 4:26 I've gotten Smart Switch downloaded and installed. As soon as I launch and click on "more", the option only reads "emergency software recovery". When I go into that there just a blank prompt that reads "If the software update fails to complete, the device will appear in the list below", but it's completely blank sans one option that reads "Enter recovery using the recovery code" which I am completely unfamiliar with. I'm not sure why this is any different than what you got :( .. I have no issues with my phone only that I had a boot loop issue, flashed Android Oreo by downloading the firmware on sammobile. Since then, I get an error in some games and apps that says my game is not compatible with my OS. That's why I'm hoping to get it all back to stock. If anyone can help I would be very, very grateful.

Great video but any thoughts on how to recover the data prior to installing firmware. I can't even get into the "maintenance mode" window. My phone dies doing the update prior to the maintenance screen becoming available.

For all the people asking about device initialization. uninstall previous smart switcher and install this one www.filehorse.com/download-samsung-smart-switch/30860/

Smart Switch is the software used for all Galaxy phones with Android v4 or newer per Samsung. Using for my Note 5. For some reason, though, the software crashes when I select the Emergency Software Recovery and Initialization option. Is it because my phone is connected to my PC? Otherwise great and informative video on using Smart Switch to reset your phone. I was directedhere by T-Mobile support as my Note 5 keeps losing sound since the V7.0 upgrade.

Very cool but note 7 I had caught fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 lmao I'm note 9 and soon 10, very helpful video bro👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I've just saw the video and it worked thanks a lot ill subscribe from now on

thank you, very helpful

I gotta say I'm impressed by smartswitch. Samsung has made it damn hard for you to brick your phone. I remember back in the old days when flashing firmware and ROMs could leave you phoneless with one wrong step.

You has saved my phone T-T...hero

Thank you so much! It worked perfectly! :)

I hope this works m in the procces of doing it ! Looks like its working Thank you ! ive been panicing for many days fault i had to buy a new one

Can this return my gs7 back to 6.0 from 7.0? It updates automatically for some reason,( I can't turn it off because I don't know where it is in 7.0 settings and none of my Apple products do this) and it got a lot slower with 7.0. Also, will this void the warranty?

Saved my Samsung S Tab 2 tablet. Thanks!

Hey I've flashed android 7 on my device and i just wanna ask if this method is going to work and bring me back my older software which was android 6?

Thanks So Much Rootjunky for this amazing video.... Please i want to also find out. can this help bring my galaxy note 5 back to its factory firmware. because since i upgraded to 7.0 my data just gets finished on time and it eats my money too much

Thanks

I enjoyed your video, BUT, I downloaded the Samsung Smart Switch and tried to follow your instructions But Smart switch is asking for a recovery code to start the process.???? Is there an Older version I need to use to get the same screens that your show in your video, If so, where do I get it?

Thank you so much. you helped me out big time! you have a new subscriber :)

I have the 7.0 on my phone, can i still use the methot you used on this video to get my phone to original factory settings?

You are awesome bro :) Thats pretty much what we are after.

OMG you absolute hero!

How long does it take to download firmware fully?...Pls reply as soon as possible..

thanks man amazing tutorial worked first time earned my sub

Thank you.. ROOTJUNKY 👍let me had a lesson and learned a lot..😉

Dude. THANK YOU!!!

thanks brother

Thank You...I got my s7 to boot without custom.

ooommmggg thaaaaaaaanks u saved my life thank youu so muuuuuuuuch

How did you get the phone to display the snow and ice on screen. Once I got as far as that blue screen with warning I also pressed home button but it goes directly into download mode just as if I hit the volume up rocker. I'm goingmad here. Is the idea and serial number underneath the back door if I remove it.

FYI if the model/serial number input doesn't work, check the model number on the back of the phone as some root flashes show a different version than the actual so what shows on screen can be incorrect re the model

thank you so much !! best video i have ever seen !! your video saved my day !! thank you and thank you

Great! 😊 but can you also nake video tutorial to restore firmware using smart switch app? 😅

deos serial number will change if you flash another stock rom? i flash stock rom for my s7 edge but i guess i got the wrong one and i want to bring back the original.

Hey tx for the video, but mine says please enter recovery code from pervious PC to run emergency recovery and suggestions ?

Got a S7e. Would this process backup my files to Pc and then I can factory Reset my device?

Rootjunky!! First of all thank you so much! This video was a life saver. I was wondering is it possible to downgrade from Nougat to Marshmallow(7.0 - 6.0.1) If so could you please share with us. Btw i have a Samsung S7 Edge (SM-G935T) Thank you once again!

are these instructions still good for Aug. 2018? I am thinking about flashing my Verizon S7 Edge G935V to G935U (AT&T) using ODIN. It would be nice to know I have a way to restore it should something go wrong. I was wondering could you use this program to install a different version of the software for example the G935U if you entered a model number for the S7 Edge of a G935U (AT&T) version but include the correct serial # ? Just a thought? If you have any experience on using ODIN I would like to chat about it. Thanks, Ken

pls reply back if possible. i did everything u did... i went through the doenloads and when it finished it rebooted my phone but it did not remove frp lock... do you know why?

what version smart switch are you using. because smart switch version 4.1 no longer has the initialization option. any idea how to reflash a galaxy s7 with the updated smart switch version?

Hello and good morning. I'm getting a need to use Emergency Recovery function on my SM-G930T, however it is not populating on SS, and if I try and initialize it it says this device does not support initialization. (It's soft bricked, I hope)

Thank you so much 👍

thanks fir the fix

I'm hoping you can help me, when I click more I I have an option for emergency software recovery but not with the initialization option on it

Very nice tutorial thx

Thanks for this tutorial so far. Please I am using Samsung A50 dual sims will I be using the same process? Then after installing Smart switch PC when clicked on 'MORE' it just showing 'emergency software recovery...no initialization. please what can I do?

rooted my s7 edge and this saved my life the new root for the s7s are so buggy and not worth it. liked and subbed thanks