[markandrewfox78]

During the night my phone was updating and has since gone to the Downloading screen. I've tried a number of reboot methods but none are working.

At the top left it says

*** mode (avb fail)
recovery: hash of data does not match digest in descriptor (2nd) (3)
calculated hash of (recovery)b0e6c45049 (vemeth) 87c43dda56
custom recovery
vbmeta 6970FXXU9EUA4 376F3734R

And then below that the Downloading Do not turn off target screen.

What can i do to fix this problem please?

TIA

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! What happens if you press and hold Power and Vol Down for about 15 seconds to force a shutdown, and then power on again normally?

[markandrewfox78]

Welcome to Android Central! What happens if you press and hold Power and Vol Down for about 15 seconds to force a shutdown, and then power on again normally?

Hi. It now restarts with the message "An error has occured while updating the software. Use the Emergency recovery function in Smart Switch PC software"

It doesn't do anything else now.

[B. Diddy]

Then it sounds like the firmware is corrupt. Try Smart Switch. Unfortunately, any data on the phone that wasn't backed up or synced is probably lost.

[mustang7757]

During the night my phone was updating and has since gone to the Downloading screen. I've tried a number of reboot methods but none are working.

At the top left it says

*** mode (avb fail)
recovery: hash of data does not match digest in descriptor (2nd) (3)
calculated hash of (recovery)b0e6c45049 (vemeth) 87c43dda56
custom recovery
vbmeta 6970FXXU9EUA4 376F3734R

And then below that the Downloading Do not turn off target screen.

What can i do to fix this problem please?

TIA

I just seen your other thread
Your going have to flash through odin again and use the correct firmware as there many that are similar for international version

[markandrewfox78]

Hi, so i've flashed it through odin and the problem has remained the same. The firmware download was the correct one.

I've also factory reset and restored it. Now it's been restored Google play doesn't work. No downloading or updating.

All of this has been since a software download on Sunday.

Any thoughts? Thanks

[mustang7757]

Hi, so i've flashed it through odin and the problem has remained the same. The firmware download was the correct one.

I've also factory reset and restored it. Now it's been restored Google play doesn't work. No downloading or updating.

All of this has been since a software download on Sunday.

Any thoughts? Thanks

Hi, can you explain the process you did in flashing through odin , did you put the firmware in the 4 corresponding slots in Odin? Where did you get the firmware?

[markandrewfox78]

So i got the firmware through sammobile. If found the right firmware for my model number of phone and country and carrier. I filled all 4, though for the 4th i used the home one which keeps my data. The problem was still there so i backed it up and factory reset it.

[mustang7757]

So i got the firmware through sammobile. If found the right firmware for my model number of phone and country and carrier. I filled all 4, though for the 4th i used the home one which keeps my data. The problem was still there so i backed it up and factory reset it.

Try flash again without using home csc , use the regular csc so it can automatically factory reset

[markandrewfox78]

Try flash again without using home csc , use the regular csc so it can automatically factory reset

Ok, this is done. Should i go ahead and restore it from my back up?

[markandrewfox78]

Just on another note, even though i've reset it i still keep getting the message "Android has stopped". This is before i've restored it.

[mustang7757]

Ok, this is done. Should i go ahead and restore it from my back up?

Not yet

Just on another note, even though i've reset it i still keep getting the message "Android has stopped". This is before i've restored it.

Something not right

[mustang7757]

Download Frija tool the latest from xda forums , and then extract it and put your model number and country csc and download to computer

[markandrewfox78]

Download Frija tool the latest from xda forums , and then extract it and put your model number and country csc and download to computer

Ok, this is downloading now. Just to check, i use the network EE in the UK and thats is the firmware i'm downloading as i did before.

[mustang7757]

Ok, this is downloading now. Just to check, i use the network EE in the UK and thats is the firmware i'm downloading as i did before.

UK has couple different csc codes so use the correct one in frija should usually be 3 letters like BTU

[markandrewfox78]

UK has couple different csc codes so use the correct one in frija should usually be 3 letters like BTU

Ok, it;s downloading now. might take a while though. But thanks for your help. i'll message when it's downloaded.

[mustang7757]

Ok, it;s downloading now. might take a while though. But thanks for your help. i'll message when it's downloaded.

Ok , your welcome!

[markandrewfox78]

Ok , your welcome!

Ok, so it's downloaded. Am i using Odin again?

[mustang7757]

Ok, so it's downloaded. Am i using Odin again?

Yes no home csc just regular csc

[markandrewfox78]

Yes no home csc just regular csc

Ok, so that's done now. Can i restore from backup?

[mustang7757]

Ok, so that's done now. Can i restore from backup?

How does everything look so far? If good then yes proceed

[markandrewfox78]

How does everything look so far? If good then yes proceed

It's just recovering from the back up now. Am i right in thinking that this has reinstalled firmware with Android 10 instead of 11 now?

[markandrewfox78]

How does everything look so far? If good then yes proceed

So everything seems ok now. Thank you very much for your help.

Do i need to avoid updating to Android 11 now?

Thank you.
Mark

[mustang7757]

So everything seems ok now. Thank you very much for your help.

Do i need to avoid updating to Android 11 now?

Thank you.
Mark

Thats great your welcome!

[Kizzy Catwoman]

So everything seems ok now. Thank you very much for your help.

Do i need to avoid updating to Android 11 now?

Thank you.
Mark

It may be the A11. Was it the A11 update that corrupted it for you? I am running A11 on a S10+ on 3 in UK. No issues running it for me. It may have just been a dodgy update.