I installed Modaco ROM and cleared data via recovery.. as soon as I booted up I had many force closes... so I am trying to install modaco again but I can't get to recovery via adb because of the force closes (doesn't allow me to get to settings menu) and
Power+home+volume up -> takes you to recovery mode does not work for me....
what should I do now?
Edit: I have managed to get to recovery via physical keys and I'll see if problem has gone away...
Still getting the many many force closes and they keep looping. I can't access the phone at all. I tried to cle3ar data and install modaco again from recovery but this keeps happening..
I am worried now.. can anyone help?
thanks
jUsT2eXy said:
I installed Modaco ROM and cleared data via recovery.. as soon as I booted up I had many force closes... so I am trying to install modaco again but I can't get to recovery via adb because of the force closes (doesn't allow me to get to settings menu) and
Power+home+volume up -> takes you to recovery mode does not work for me....
what should I do now?
Edit: I have managed to get to recovery via physical keys and I'll see if problem has gone away...
Still getting the many many force closes and they keep looping. I can't access the phone at all. I tried to cle3ar data and install modaco again from recovery but this keeps happening..
I am worried now.. can anyone help?
thanks
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I think it should be volume down, not up
there's another way to factory reset: *2767*3855#
In your situation, I think factory reset doesn't work. You should try Odin instead
Volume down gives me "downloading..do not turn off target" ... any ideas?
How would I use Odin?
I can't access the 'settings menu' or use the phone without a pop up force close message
So i cant get to usb debugging...
also cant use dialer to enter that number
any other ideas?
thanks for your reply.
Edit: I can use odin by doing this right because when I sued odin last time it installed drivers meaning the phone was accessible.. let me try and Ill post back thanks
hi i have tried odin but it is stuck on the same thing... nothing is happening
<ID:0/009> Added!!
<ID:0/009> Odin v.3 engine (ID:9)..
<ID:0/009> File analysis..
<ID:0/009> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/009> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/009> factoryfs.rfs
thats it.. nothing is moving etc
what now
shall I try another firmware JF3 instead of 5?
JF3 came with my phone
When I had that problem I ticked the repartition box in odin and it then flew through.Not sure what the function of repartition is but worked for me first time.
hey. I did try repartition enabled before I posted this but it was also stuck...
How long did it take you.. the very first time I used odin it done it quickly.. but this time none of the bars work.
dOh
Just try another firmware
Check list:
- take sdcard and SIM out
- take the battery out and put in again.
- firmware JFB
- re-partition checked
- include CODE, MODEM, CSC tar files.
I restarted my pc and odin has started working again... I hope my phone is ok after this.. I will tr modaco again without clearing data... phew...
I have not ticked repartition..
shall I run odin again with it checked?
with re-partition checked, it will just clear your external sd card.
If it's ok now, stay with it
nice one my friend.
thank you very much for your help. its people like you that make XDA the best community !
many thanks once again
Ok so this is my first post, hope I'm in the right section. This will be a long post as I've tried everything I could find to fix my problem.
So I bought a Fido Samsung Galaxy S4, I9505 SGH-I337M from an online auction site (not ebay). The phone is completely stock, its not rooted, no customer recovery, nothing. Phone was in wayyyyy better shape than I expected, I would say near mint with original box, charger, cable etc. Everything worked great except the wifi, as other people have reported it would not turn on, toggle switch would move over and attempt to turn on, but after 15 seconds or so it would switch back to off. I also tried 3rd party apps to manage wifi connections without any luck. It was running the firmware ending in NE1 so I thought updating it to the newer firmware, NI2, might have this fix. Since I couldn't connect to wifi I figured I should do it manually following the instructions I found on sammobile.com. So I downloaded Odin 3.07 and the new firmware that IS the right one for my phone. I shut off the phone, pulled the battery, put it back in, and put it into download mode. I connected the phone, Odin detected it, I selected the firmware and press start. It took a few minutes and then failed (this was a few days ago, I don't remember the exact error I received). So, I tried again but it kept failing, so I shut off the phone, pulled the battery and turned it on. It booted to the screen with the exclamation mark that says a firmware error occurred and to use Kies to recovery it. I tried using Kies but it wouldn't detect the phone. I ended up using a fix I found that had me flash some file that started with philz_touch something like that. It was from a youtube video called "firmware upgrade encountered an issue for s4 fix".
And that fixed that part, as I could now get back into download/odin mode. When I turn the phone on it just sits at the "Samsung Galaxy S4" screen, no blue light or flashy graphic. It will just sit there forever. Obviously there is a problem so here is what I've tried so far to get Odin to work.
Using Odin 3.07 I tried flashing the firmware ending in NE1. Odin confirmed MD5, but after pressing start only a few seconds later I get "There is no PIT partition"
So I tried to find a PIT file and did. So I shut off the phone, unplugged it, pulled the battery, and put it back into download mode. I closed and reopened Odin 3.07 and used the PIT file I found and the NE1 firmware. This time it failed again within seconds with the error saying "complete(write) operation failed". I have tried 3 different firmwares, with 3 different USB ports, with and without the PIT file, and with both Odin 3.07 and Odin 3.10. I've also tried doing it with my antivirus deactivated. Samsung Kies still won't detect my phone when its connected, but Odin detects it every time.
When I try going into recovery mode I get
"Recovery booting.....
Recovery is not Seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit : recovery"
It just sits there and nothing happens. Pressing any button does nothing except power as I can shut it off.
So I'm at a complete loss of what to try next. I've tried every solution I could find so I'm hoping someone has a suggestion of what I could try. PLEASE HELP ME!!
Me too! Help!
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Me too! Help!
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Hi
Please more details.... phone model , rom , stock , root, recovery........
anyhow......
Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Hi! Well, This is quite different from other cases. A time ago, I decided to reflash with Odin because reboots and crashes. After restart, and after the "installing updates" screen and reboots the phone dies , keeps rebooting or just powers off... When I try to enter in recovery mode the screen gets like the picture... Then the phone gets totally black, not even charging signs, screen or led... and... have to wait a day or two for a completely battery drain, charge it and start all over again... Sometimes it works and last for a few days, sometimes it doesn't... So I'm wondering if maybe is something wrong with the mainboard...
Thanks in advance!
Maybe youve flashed the wrong files in the first attempt, try using switch update to latest update via it and the Odin with correct files.
Does Odin detect your phone e in this state
Mnop... Im pretty sure the files are correct... The phone is an SM-G935FD unlocked and I use ARO version (I'm from Argentina) ...what do you mean to try with Switch and Odin? And the phone gets totally dead until the battery is completely drain , then it charges normally and can enter download mode again...
The phone is (i think) from UK, and imei number is /07 (both of them)
I was thinking next time not choose auto reboot and nand erase all, and try to go directly into recovery to power off and then restart again into recovery and make a reset... but I'm not sure... :-S
Well, I've tried again and now it get stuck on the blue screen with "Erasing" word ... wait a few minutes and force restart and it goes to the "no command" screen... Any ideas...? Should try to re-partition and nand erase all?
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Maybe youve flashed the wrong files in the first attempt, try using switch update to latest update via it and the Odin with correct files.
Does Odin detect your phone e in this state
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jkiper said:
Well, I've tried again and now it get stuck on the blue screen with "Erasing" word ... wait a few minutes and force restart and it goes to the "no command" screen... Any ideas...? Should try to re-partition and nand erase all?
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Well finally decided to extract the pit file from the CSC tar file and did a full nand erase all + repartition and so far it's working and downloading updates
Update: The phone freezed some times, showing lines and glitches and the reboots itself...still working... but seems that I'll to replace the mainboard at the end...
I have an old I9505 bricked in a way I haven’t found any solution anywhere for a similar case, searching over two hours a day for a few days.
It starts by itself, and to keep it off I have to remove the battery. It got stuck on the download mode as if obtained with the key combination volume down + home + power. When I turn it off it will restart a few seconds later by itself, shows up with the Galaxy S4 screen, and goes immediately to the same download mode. No automatic restarting loop, it just turns itself on and stays there every time I put the battery back.
On the left top corner, it shows the usual text plus this:
It could not do normal boot
ODIN NOTE
[Other usual lines]
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: enable
eMMC BURST MODE enabled
The problem is that it does not accept any download from Odin. It stops at sbl1.mbn. I also tried to follow a tutorial from Droid-View (add this to the home URL: /how-to-unbrick-your-bricked-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-gt-i9505/) with repartition using the Pit file. Same problem; stops at the beginning of the downloading with a round blue point on the progress bar on the phone. It won’t accept any key combination that I know of.
The strangest part for me is that this issue started after a factory reset under settings –› accounts. It had a stock Rom I9505XXUFNA5. I reset it because it already did not download a Rom file from Odin (I9505XXUHOB7 or I9505XXUHPK2). When it automatically rebooted from the factory reset, it stood stuck on download mode right away. It had a TWRP with problems, and maybe that was the cause.
I need to reset, wipe everything and flash one of those two Roms above. What can I do, please? Thank you for your help.
Stray doggy said:
I have an old I9505 bricked in a way I haven’t found any solution anywhere for a similar case, searching over two hours a day for a few days.
It starts by itself, and to keep it off I have to remove the battery. It got stuck on the download mode as if obtained with the key combination volume down + home + power. When I turn it off it will restart a few seconds later by itself, shows up with the Galaxy S4 screen, and goes immediately to the same download mode. No automatic restarting loop, it just turns itself on and stays there every time I put the battery back.
On the left top corner, it shows the usual text plus this:
It could not do normal boot
ODIN NOTE
[Other usual lines]
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: enable
eMMC BURST MODE enabled
The problem is that it does not accept any download from Odin. It stops at sbl1.mbn. I also tried to follow a tutorial from ********** with repartition using the Pit file. Same problem; stops at the beginning of the downloading with a round blue point on the progress bar on the phone. It won’t accept any key combination that I know of.
The strangest part for me is that this issue started after a factory reset under settings –› accounts. It had a stock Rom I9505XXUFNA5. I reset it because it already did not download a Rom file from Odin (I9505XXUHOB7 or I9505XXUHPK2). When it automatically rebooted from the factory reset, it stood stuck on download mode right away. It had a TWRP with problems, and maybe that was the cause.
I need to reset, wipe everything and flash one of those two Roms above. What can I do, please? Thank you for your help.
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Hello
If you are stuck in the download mode even after battery removal then everything is wiped even the partitions. There is only one way to recover the device and that is to install the exact Stock firmware it came with via Odin. If Odin won't flash you can try using an earlier version 3.07 or 3.06 for example but make sure the Stock firmware is correct, use www.sammobile.com to find it.
Thank you cooltt, but I have already tried that as described on my two paragraphs before last. What else can I try, please? I used the the older 3.09 Odin version.
Here is the Odin log with the Pit file:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9505XXUHPK2_I9505BTUHPK1_I9505XXUHPK2_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/006> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
[Here I removed the cable after waiting for about ½h]
<ID:0/006> __XmitData_Write
<ID:0/006> Re-Partition operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
I wanted to give the link above correctly, and the way I put it was the only way the name of the site and the link where not replaced with asterisks, I don't know why. I have posted only six replies, but I have been registered for over 2½ years.
Use a different usb cable or usb port.
audit13 said:
Use a different usb cable or usb port.
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I have done that, but trying is never too much, so I repeat the procedure without the Pit file with I9505XXUHPK2. For my surprise Odin did not stop at sbl1.mbn, went on and got to the end. There, it did not happen as on the tutorial I followe from androidmtk.com /flash-samsung-stock-rom-using-odin (this link is broken with a space to be posted here). Instead, it rebooted by itself and went to Androir is upgrading... function. then, it stopped. Now, should I do the remaining steps 12 and after, on the tutorial.
In fact, this is not what I tried to do at the beginning, I wanted to install I9505XXUHOB7, but it is OK with I9505XXUHPK2. What is annoying is that the phone was not wiped at all because even apps I added, not available at Google Play, like AdAway from F-Droid.org, are still there, and worst, the initial issue with TWRP remains. A root checker tells me "Root is not properly installed" and now even root apps have not access.
For not making mistakes, how can I wipe everything and have a completely fresh (old) phone?
Download the latest stock ROM for the phone, open Odin, don't check anything except for f reset time, flash. When you see the word reset in the status window, remove the usb cable from the phone, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery, factory reset, reboot.
audit13 said:
Download the latest stock ROM for the phone, open Odin, don't check anything except for f reset time, flash. When you see the word reset in the status window, remove the usb cable from the phone, remove battery, replace battery, boot into recovery, factory reset, reboot.
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Not possible to do it now because free downloads are very long. The fastest one where I can find the file is on Sammobile. It would take about 1h30, but there is a notice there at this moment, as you can check, that free downloads will be available on Monday only, and it is too late here to start. I´ll be back, thanks for now.
Try updato.com or https://samsung-firmware.org/model/GT-I9505/
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Try updato.com or https://samsung-firmware.org/model/GT-I9505/
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It is down for free downloads until Monday, as I said. I downloaded from Samsung-Firmware.org, but it was extremely long, over 13 hours!
Then, I did as you said. Got rid of all old stuff, good, but then, some issues arose after a couple more reboots. First it did not save Wi-Fi the passwords, and now, in much less than one minute after starting it turns off silently by itself. I don't know what it is and all I can do is to repeat the process of flashing and wiping. I will do it later and come back with the result. I also wiped the cache while in recovery mode. Would that cause these issues? Thank you.
Wiping cache will sometimes help rather than hurt a situation.
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Wiping cache will sometimes help rather than hurt a situation.
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It was not that, then.
I repeated the installation with Odin.While on initial setup (like you setup your phone for the first time) it turned off at about three quarters. It also turned off once a little after a reboot. Wi-Fi steel not save the passwords. Have you any idea about what this could be, please?
Sounds like the phone may have a problem with the battery? Try running set up while connected to charger?
Not sure why it won't save WiFi passwords.
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Sounds like the phone may have a problem with the battery? Try running set up while connected to charger?
Not sure why it won't save WiFi passwords.
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I'll search the net for the Wi-Fi issue and if I can't find what I need I will repeat with Odin because none of them happened before.
audit13 said:
Sounds like the phone may have a problem with the battery? Try running set up while connected to charger?
Not sure why it won't save WiFi passwords.
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I flashed it once more. Now it does not turn off by itself, but the after 19 updates from Google Play it stopped to save the Wi-Fi passwords. I don't know if it were the updates or coincidence, just the time.
Very strange for me I found a thread here, not for the same issue, but locating the file with. However, I can't investigate any further without root access, and I'm not rooting before being sure the issues are gone. I have lost a big lot of hours with this, doing, undoing and redoing, so I am keeping it for a little while resting and trying to know about the Wi-Fi issue. Is that "Bug report" function of any use?
Hi,
I'm not sure if the big report will help as I have never come across any bugs with my s4 that were related to software. I had some hardware issues but they were solved by replacing parts.
audit13 said:
Hi,
I'm not sure if the big report will help as I have never come across any bugs with my s4 that were related to software. I had some hardware issues but they were solved by replacing parts.
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I have found that some logs can help and some way, but there are other (maybe better ways) to repair (Android.stackexchange, Digitalreborn and maybe others), but I have not yet rooted the phone as necessary to do it, and I am not going to do it right now before being sure it does not have other big issues because I am fed up of repeating the same Odin flashes and then spend each time very long configuring to delete it the day after, again and again. I fail to understand why the Wi-Fi issue remains if it is from the software, not hardware.
When I have news I'll come back to share the results. It may take some time. My initial issue was not with the Wi-Fi, but the phone stuck on download, which was solved with your help, but turned to this.
@Stray doggy, to answer your question, the "Thanks" button is located in the lower right-hand corner of a post.
@Stray doggy,