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Stock on Samsung Logo with Custom Lock Image

I had Mint Jelly2.1 installed and everything was working fine.
it started when I had used the APK Hide It Pro. I was in the process of hiding videos and I noticed that my phone got rebooted and got stock in the Samsung boot up image with the Custom Lock image.
I tried nandroid restore, 2 images, but both also failed to restore / bootup.
I tried re-installing ROM and it was successful but during reboot, it will still get stock on the boot image.
Last step.
I used ODIN to restore the stock ROM and ODIN was able to install and reset. And my phone rebooted but still got stock on the Samsung Logo with CUstom Lock Screen.
What else can I do to fix this?
Thank you.

Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. I assume you now have 3e stock recovery because of ODIN. This might or might not help. If you have any questions about recovery, please use the search function for information. If for some reason you still have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM), try re-flashing an AT&T ROM and Kernel again. Everything you try is at your own risk. Good luck.

scott14719 said:
Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. I assume you now have 3e stock recovery because of ODIN. This might or might not help. If you have any questions about recovery, please use the search function for information. If for some reason you still have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM), try re-flashing an AT&T ROM and Kernel again. Everything you try is at your own risk. Good luck.
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I had tried to restore/flash from recovery before ODIN and it all Failed.
Anyway, the last step ODIN restore and it was still stock at the Samsung Logo with Lock image.
I left the phone to charge the whole night and this morning when I turned it on, it was able to start properly with ODIN stock ROM.
I tried to go to recovery, and can only be done manually, and it was not the TWRP recovery but the stock one, with very small characters.
I tried to install Mint Jell2.1 right away but just reboots.
I realized that I might need to root it again and downloaded the Tool and re-loki'ed/rooted and installed TWRP.
Now, I am able to install Mint Jelly 2.1 and restoring all my apps.
I appreciate the comment.
Thank you.

scott14719 said:
Boot into recovery and do a factory reset. I assume you now have 3e stock recovery because of ODIN. This might or might not help. If you have any questions about recovery, please use the search function for information. If for some reason you still have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM), try re-flashing an AT&T ROM and Kernel again. Everything you try is at your own risk. Good luck.
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Yeah, every single time I ODIN back to stock, I get stuck at the splash screen also. And rebooting to 3E (factory) recovery and "restore factory defaults" works great.

CZ Eddie said:
Yeah, every single time I ODIN back to stock, I get stuck at the splash screen also. And rebooting to 3E (factory) recovery and "restore factory defaults" works great.
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I can confirm this works happened to me yesterday.

leoj85 said:
I can confirm this works happened to me yesterday.
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I am running out of options. I thought I am already out of this stuck on Samsung Logo with Custom Lock icon.
I had ODIN to stock I337UCUAMDL and reset, Ran Loki patch / installed TWRP, intermittently it will get stuck.
I flashed Shoshock 1.9, was able to reboot and setup basic settings.
I manually reboot to check if it was able to fix the problem, but no.
I am stuck again and don't know what is the next step for trouble shooting it.
any advise will be appreciated.
Thank you.

I got stuck to 1st boot image of Samsung with Lock Custom Icon.
I did format data/factory reset/clear cache/dalvik.. all of the wipe ootions.
I flashed a new ROM, successful, rebooted pass the logo and booted fine. I did not change any settings yet and I rebooted to check if it will get stuck again and sure after reboot, it got stuck again on the 1st image that shows up : Samsung Logo with the Lock Custom Icon.
qwer43 said:
I am running out of options. I thought I am already out of this stuck on Samsung Logo with Custom Lock icon.
I had ODIN to stock I337UCUAMDL and reset, Ran Loki patch / installed TWRP, intermittently it will get stuck.
I flashed Shoshock 1.9, was able to reboot and setup basic settings.
I manually reboot to check if it was able to fix the problem, but no.
I am stuck again and don't know what is the next step for trouble shooting it.
any advise will be appreciated.
Thank you.
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IMPORTANTwhen using*twrp*recoverydo not choose "format data"(that option will ask you to type "yes")what if i did?rom will not boot past "padlock" boot screen orrom will not boot on second reboot*help!! I did, I did*1. sigh2. d/l odin3. d/l odin stock restore MDL4. let it do its thang5. after its complete it will be stuck at padlock6. should have "rtfm" huh?*7. pull battery8. hold home button, vol-up, power at same time9. when phone vibrates, release power, while still holdingvol-up, and home button10. you will now be in "stock recovery"11. wipe factory reset then wipe cache12. reboot*13. swear you will never "ignore instructions"

Device Stuck at Boot Screen

Hey guys this has been very frustrating for me , I do not know what I am doing wrong
I unrooted my phone using Odin
I then install CWM from the App itself
I have an unlocked 1337m
I just cant seem to get any rom to work , I know how to flash them properly they all just hang at the boot screen. I tried SHOstock and that hung , I also tried OMEGA from the i9505 section and that hung at the same spot. The only successfully flashes were MIUI and some other random stock based rom. Did i miss a step ?
Thanks alot

Go back into recovery and do a factory reset, after odin you must do a factory reset.
Thank you

TheAxman said:
Go back into recovery and do a factory reset, after odin you must do a factory reset.
Thank you
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Thanks it worked I used another root program instead of odin

[Q] Yellow Brick?

Just recently rooted my s4, was working fine or so I thought, went to flash NamelessROM, I don't think the rom is the issue, I had my s2 rooted and flashed on a weekly basis so I know about wiping, data cache, and dalvik, I flashed Rom then Gapps, and it was stuck on boot up, of course I made a nandroid and restored, but now I'm stuck on the yellow sprint screen, did my research and found it it's called a Yellow Brick, or referred to as. Found out a possible fix was downloading the kernel so I've chosen the Rooted NoData kernel to download and flash via odin. Is this what I should do or is there a better fix out there?

Sounds like you wiped everything. Can you boot into recovery?

Beezer80 said:
Sounds like you wiped everything. Can you boot into recovery?
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Yes I can, and I tried to restore back from my nandroid which is how I'm stuck on yellow sprint screen now versus stuck on the boot for NamelessROM.

Do a factory reset in recovery and see if it boots.
That will wipe your accounts and what not but you can't boot anyway.
If it won't boot then you'll need to flash a ROM to get running. Do you still have the ROM you wish to flash on your SD card or internal storage?

Beezer80 said:
Do a factory reset in recovery and see if it boots.
That will wipe your accounts and what not but you can't boot anyway.
If it won't boot then you'll need to flash a ROM to get running. Do you still have the ROM you wish to flash on your SD card or internal storage?
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Just got me stuck on NamelessROM boot up so I'm restoring off nandroid again. I think that flashing the kernel will fix it.

I'd get the ROM booting then play with the kernel. That's just me though.

Beezer80 said:
I'd get the ROM booting then play with the kernel. That's just me though.
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trying that right now

JosephBallin said:
trying that right now
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I'm trying to push a kernel through odin, I could possible try to find a way to put a kernel on my extsd and try and flash it through twrp? Would I just have to wipe cache and dalvik and flash? because when I try through odin it fails.
EDIT: I found a fix it involves unrooting most likely, but if I do I'll be back at VPUAMDC (Android 4.2.2) so could I still root with SafeRoot? Or what would be the way to root from that version?

Which firmware version did you root from? If it was MJA or MK2 you have to use one of those, you can't downgrade to MDC easily.

Boot Loop

I was having freezing issues with Super User, so tried to uninstall and re-install. When I rebooted the phone it now keeps re-booting? I went into TWRP and tried to do a factory reset, but still boot loops?

greatg said:
I was having freezing issues with Super User, so tried to uninstall and re-install. When I rebooted the phone it now keeps re-booting? I went into TWRP and tried to do a factory reset, but still boot loops?
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No need to panic dude. Just Flash Latest Stock firmware via Odin and then try rooting. It will work

aamirleo55 said:
No need to panic dude. Just Flash Latest Stock firmware via Odin and then try rooting. It will work
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Thanks - back in business! Just hate it when things go wrong!!

Galaxy S4 Stock Restore from TWRP, COM.Android.Phone has stopped working HELP PLEASE!

so i was on stock rom and i rooted it and installed twrp 3.0.2-0 and then did a backup of the stock rom and unticked data because i already have a backup of everything that was on the galaxy s4 on my computer and then i installed google play edition untouched rom and i didn't like it so i restored my backup and now when i booted back in it says com.android.phone has stopped working and it keeps appearing, i restarted and i got the same error and somehow i got to write my pin code and when i went in it showed my google play edition wallpaper for some reason and when it kept on flashing the same error then settings has stopped working came up! help me please! Download mode is still working, when i try to boot into recovery it says something in red and then some white text below it and then it goes black and boots into galaxy s4 gt i9505 screen.
Help will be appreciated

Did you perform a full wipe in TWRP before restoring your backup?

audit13 said:
Did you perform a full wipe in TWRP before restoring your backup?
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nope, i thought it did it by itself because it said wiping... when i hit the restore button

You may have to wipe system and format data before restoring.

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audit13 said:
You may have to wipe system and format data before restoring.
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but i don't think recovery is working anymore in the left top corner it says something in yellow at the top then red below that and then white below that. it justs boots in to the white samsung galaxy s4 gt i9505 screen and then proceeds to boot to android.

Maybe reflash TWRP using Odin in download mode, wipe, and restore?

audit13 said:
Maybe reflash TWRP using Odin in download mode, wipe, and restore?
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ok thank you so much for the quick help

Good luck. If that doesn't work, I suggest flashing a completely stock ROM from sammobile.com, factory reset, reflash TWRP, and then try a restore.

audit13 said:
Good luck. If that doesn't work, I suggest flashing a completely stock ROM from sammobile.com, factory reset, reflash TWRP, and then try a restore.
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glad i downloaded my stock firmware which has the right baseband and stuff that came with the phone.

audit13 said:
Good luck. If that doesn't work, I suggest flashing a completely stock ROM from sammobile.com, factory reset, reflash TWRP, and then try a restore.
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Hey recovery is working! i didn't need to do anything! i just waited for 10 mins and now it works all of sudden

That's great! Hopefully, the restore process will be successful.