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This morning I updated my Note 3 (SM-900W8 on the Canadian Rogers network) to 5.0.

I had rooted this device before then, and had used Titanium Backup to backup all my apps/data. When the initial OTA update failed, someone pointed out that it was because the phone was rooted. So, figuring I had this backup in hand, I factory-reset my phone and went through the update - though I used the Samsung KIES app as it was quicker to download the firmware update than over my phone's WiFi.

Once the phone was on 5.0, I went to restore the backup... and found that Titanium Backup only works when the phone is rooted. Oops.

So, I figure that I need to root my phone again. I find instructions on how to root a note 3 and start to work through it. I go to the link for "Download appropriate CWM or TWRP recovery for your Note 3" and find the one that says "KitKat/Lollipop Android 4.4.2 CWM Recovery" and pick the one "SM-N900W8 Canadian Note 3 – CWM Recovery", because 5.0 is 'Lollipop' and my phone is the SM-N900W8. I attempt to use this with Odin, and Odin reports 'FAIL!' and the phone is stuck on "Downloading - Do not turn off target !!'. I give this a while just in case things take a while to happen... and nothing does, so I figure it did fail. I have no alternative but to turn off the phone now.

And restarting it, the phone comes up in "ODIN MODE" with the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."

The messages at the top of my phone on this screen are:




I connect the phone up again, select the Recovery tool in Kies... and the phone is not detected. No matter what I try.

So then I try and download the official firmware N900W8_RWC_N900W8VLU2DOC4_N900W8OYADOC4 from Samsung Updates and try to use Odin to recovery it that way.

Again, the update fails... time and time again.

The Odin messages output is:



I now have a bricked phone, and no idea how to fix it.

What can I do?