Okay I've never read such a weird explanation on any thread in this forum.
Btw, I recently flashed InDroid 4.3. Less than a week ago.
My phone was running perfectly, but my google account linked with my phone was not what I wanted it to be. So I added another account and my phone said that to delete my previous account I had to do a factory reset.
So I deleted my older backup that I had created using Titanium Backup (when I was using stock ROM) and I created a new backup.
So I held down the power button and tried to get into recovery. But my phone just got stuck at the "samsung i5801" screen. I let it be for 10-15 minutes but it won't go beyond that. So I re-inserted the battery, and tried to get into recovery again. Didn't work.
Then I tried to just start my phone in normal mode, but still it just got stuck at the i5801 screen. I removed the sim card, SD card and tried, still stuck at the same screen.
Then I tried to get into downloading mode, which (thank god) worked.
Now I know the logical thing to do is just to flash a new ROM but my questions are :
a- WTF happened?!??!?!?!
b- since I can't get into recovery or normal mode, how do I reset factory settings / clear cache? And if I don't do all that, will flashing be successful? and safe?
btw, I'd like to continue with InDroid until Kyrillos 6.0 is perfectly stable.
-That happens frequently with indroid.. main cause could be the filesystems..
-flash kyrillos v6 its pretty much stable..
-Once you flash a new rom you'll be able to boot into recovery..
-Remove sdcard while flashing once done insert sdcard and wipe data n cache from recovery..
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INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
Pharonic said:
INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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Which ROMs are you installing? On I337M your best bet is T-Mobile ROMs and Kernels. I have Bell I337M and have no issues.
Pharonic said:
INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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Are you wiping with TWRP? I heard there are issues with using it to wipe and restore or loading a new rom after wipe. Just restore using Odin and then load a new rom (or restore a backup) without wiping. See if that solves your problem of bootlooping
kiru said:
Are you wiping with TWRP? I heard there are issues with using it to wipe and restore or loading a new rom after wipe. Just restore using Odin and then load a new rom (or restore a backup) without wiping. See if that solves your problem of bootlooping
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i just went through this all last night what a pita , problem is twrp , if you do a full wipe when you type the word yes , you can only bootup 1 time then it gets stuck next time you boot , theres no way to fix it , even going back to old version of twrp wont do it , you have to compleatlly remove root and return to stock , re root and install twrp again , then if your luck your nandropid backup will work , it took me 5 hrs to fuger this all out , stupid twrp drove me nuts .,...
in short , return to stock and reroot , then never do a full wipe where you have to type yes
Pharonic said:
INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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i had the same problem, im with rogers so i downloaded the rogers rom 4.2 and i cant make any phone calls or listen to music or watch videos. my phone came with 4.3 does anyone have any ideas to help me?
Hi all,
I'll just dive into the problem, on dot-point form:
1. Started with Unrooted Stock TouchWIz Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505
2. Rooted with Chainfire Autoroot via Odin
3. Flashed TWRP 2.7 via Odin
4. Made backup via TWRP, saved in external SDCard.
5. Flashed the Mahdi 4.4.4 rom
6. After new ROM, I wanted togo back to old original rom.
7. Booted into TWRP to restore back to TouchWiz.
8. Restore success, rebooted.
9. Samsung boot animation played and white "SAMSUNG" logo displays.
10. Waited for almost an hour.
11. Still on that "SAMSUNG" boot screen. The blue glow behind the text pulses.
Please Help, I can't get anything to work, Also, I can't afford to delete all backup( contacts,
Seems like you've hit a boot loop, basically your phone will reach the boot logo and no more. Unfortunately, the only way I know to deal with a boot loop is to wipe data/factory reset via recovery. Something didn't quite work out in the backup/restore, and probably why this happened. It does seem you will lose contacts etc unless they are saved to the SIM card.
Edit: Try wipe data/factory reset and then restore. If it boot loops again, you'll have to wipe.
I was able to make it work after I have reinstalled the Mahdi 4.4.4 rom. Now, how can I do it correctly to restore it and make it work without any problems ?
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Seems like you've hit a boot loop, basically your phone will reach the boot logo and no more. Unfortunately, the only way I know to deal with a boot loop is to wipe data/factory reset via recovery. Something didn't quite work out in the backup/restore, and probably why this happened. It does seem you will lose contacts etc unless they are saved to the SIM card.
Edit: Try wipe data/factory reset and then restore. If it boot loops again, you'll have to wipe.
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I was able to make it work after I have reinstalled the Mahdi 4.4.4 rom. Now, how can I do it correctly to restore it and make it work without any problems ?
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Well first off, I would backup everything important, eg contacts to SIM or external SD card, photos, messages, accounts, email settings etc. Because as far as I can see, you're just going to hit a boot loop when you restore again. At least you have everything important backed up and can start afresh without losing anything important.
Ok, What's the best way to backup, I know the twrp doesn't work.
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Well first off, I would backup everything important, eg contacts to SIM or external SD card, photos, messages, accounts, email settings etc. Because as far as I can see, you're just going to hit a boot loop when you restore again. At least you have everything important backed up and can start afresh without losing anything important.
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As above Gents. I was given it as a broken phone. I had a go at it some time ago. Ive put the Clockwork mod recovery on the memory card (which I can get to) and also have flashed a rom but, whenever it reboots it goes straight back to the stock android recovery screen. Does anyone know a fix for this (if there is one)
I thought id revisit it (with the opening of a thread)!
Cheers to anyone that chips in.
Comfy
Same Problem
Im having the same problem too. After i flashed CWM 6.0.5.0 tortoro, it jsut keeps booting into recovery only. Also tried wiping cache, still fails to boot system. Help
I upgraded to Nightly 20160107 today through a notification on my S4. After the upgrade, I noticed that the phone was not working right. A number of apps were missing and the camera was not responding, etc. I quickly went to Recovery and chose Restore. But I did not wipe before I pressed on the Restore Button. The process hung and did not advance after 10 MB of 5600 MB. After a fairly longtime, I removed the battery and after I reinserted, the phone hung on the boot screen showing SAMSUNG GALAXY S4. I have tried removing and reinserting the battery several times but got the same result.
Can somebody help me please?
Try to flash stock rom with odin http://www.sammobile.com/
Try a full wipe before restoring.
Normally, when you restore something, it automatically wipes.
But yeah, since the restore didn't complete you messed up the OS. In other words there is no OS to boot in. So I'd suggest flashing a rom. Any rom should do.
I'm, sure some of the members here have heard it a hundred times before but I'm struggling to find a solution for it, any help would be appreciated, thanks.
For all intents and purposes, assume I am your grandmother, that's how much of a noob I am at this stuff. That being said I have flashed once or twice before, last time I softbricked it as well and found a solution on here. I was running SlimKat but tried to flash Aryamod using the instructions here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/development/rom-aryamod-v1-tw-lollipop-t2990920 ) The instructions said to wipe the internal card and this is where I messed up, I wiped SDCard1 (Which I now realise is the external sd card?) and in doing so clockworkmod crashed, and it just said something along the lines of "failed" over and over. I was forced to remove the battery and reboot. Now it won't boot past the Samsung GN3 logo (but also shows "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING; set warranty bit : kernel") I've tried using odin to install the rom I tried last time I softbricked it but to no avail. I'm downloading the official rom from Samsung but it's taking hours so in the meantime just thought I'd pose the question here. It goes into both Download and Recovery Mode but I haven't been able to load a new rom using Odin, Odin passes but it stays in the bootloop. I've tried clearing caches/partitions in Recovery Mode.
I'm sure it's just a noob issue and hopefully an easy fix so I apologise for wasting anyone's time, thanks again.
Put back the arya rom zip into sdcard and flash the rom.
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In Odin, uncheck everything except f.reset time. Connect the phone and flash a stock rom. When you see the word reset in the status window, remove USB cable from phone, remove battery, wait 5 seconds, replace battery, boot into recovery, wipe data and cache, reboot.