[Q] HELP i9505 wont boot. - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi my i9505 will not boot past the samsung s4 screen. I have tried to flash stock firmware via odin it says its completed but phone still will not boot. Any help would be great thank you.

saxopimp said:
hi my i9505 will not boot past the samsung s4 screen. I have tried to flash stock firmware via odin it says its completed but phone still will not boot. Any help would be great thank you.
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Boot into recovery and factory reset the phone, CWM has that option and regular recovery does too if im not mistaken.

soulja30589 said:
Boot into recovery and factory reset the phone, CWM has that option and regular recovery does too if im not mistaken.
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Ok i'm totally going to sound like a noob but that actually worked. You my friend are a star. many thanks. ( i am flashing a long time now since my galaxy s2 days and this is first time anything like this has happened.) THANK YOU :laugh:

saxopimp said:
Ok i'm totally going to sound like a noob but that actually worked. You my friend are a star. many thanks. ( i am flashing a long time now since my galaxy s2 days and this is first time anything like this has happened.) THANK YOU :laugh:
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No problem mate im glad it worked.

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[Q] Stuck on custom screen after ODIN?

Hey guys,
I flashed back to stock with ODIN. Everything passes. But when the phone reboots it comes up with Samsung custom logo and seems to get stuck there? Any ideas?
EDIT: this is the ATT I337, I have flashed with ODIN before and it worked out fine. I am doing everything I normally did.
evolution2012 said:
Hey guys,
I flashed back to stock with ODIN. Everything passes. But when the phone reboots it comes up with Samsung custom logo and seems to get stuck there? Any ideas?
EDIT: this is the ATT I337, I have flashed with ODIN before and it worked out fine. I am doing everything I normally did.
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Have you made any changes since you last used ODIN? Did you flash a different version? How long are you waiting?
hamzer11 said:
Have you made any changes since you last used ODIN? Did you flash a different version? How long are you waiting?
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I waited like 3 minutes or so. But it never passes the custom Samsung screen at boot. Maybe I need to give it more time? I flashed Loki and I installed slimbean. Slimbean was a little buggy as it is still in beta so I went to restore my recovery. My recovery was missing from TWRP so I tried flashing back to stock odin to start over from square one.
I am using ODIN 3.07 on a PC running Windows 8. If I find out that all i have to do is wait longer I am gonna feel like an idiot lol.
evolution2012 said:
I waited like 3 minutes or so. But it never passes the custom Samsung screen at boot. Maybe I need to give it more time? I flashed Loki and I installed slimbean. Slimbean was a little buggy as it is still in beta so I went to restore my recovery. My recovery was missing from TWRP so I tried flashing back to stock odin to start over from square one.
I am using ODIN 3.07 on a PC running Windows 8. If I find out that all i have to do is wait longer I am gonna feel like an idiot lol.
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Initial boots can be long but I don't know about more than 3 minutes? Not really sure about what happens if you ODiN back after TWRP? I'll let more technical folks take a stab at it. It can't hurt to wait though.
Well I don't know what was ailing the odin flash, but I just used Kies emergency recovery and all is fine now. Weird... Appreciate your help.
evolution2012 said:
Well I don't know what was ailing the odin flash, but I just used Kies emergency recovery and all is fine now. Weird... Appreciate your help.
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Question for you, does recovering this way wipe everything? Apps, root, settings, all mods? Just want to know for my own reference.
hamzer11 said:
Question for you, does recovering this way wipe everything? Apps, root, settings, all mods? Just want to know for my own reference.
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This was my first time ever using KIES recovery. As far as I could tell everything is wiped. I did a factory reset afterwards just to be safe so I can't say with 100% certainty. I had the custom logo after reboot for 10 seconds, then after a manual reboot it boots regularly without the custom logo.

Brick? Hardware/Software bug?

Hi guys,
Yesterday, i turned off my device to sleep. When i turnet it on, it restart 3 times in sequence, than i take off battery , waited 1min e turned on again. But, it wasnt load OS, it freezed at Samsung logo.
So i decided to try restore the custom room (Google Edition), but i cant entered at cwm recovery, freezed downloading mode screen. Than i tried to flash with odin cwm again. Flash sucessfully but could not load cwm.
Than im started to getting panic, nervous and patience gone. I downloaded from sammobile the stock room and flash with odin. It isnt work again. After flash, the phone boot and freeze for loooooong time at screen with blue text recovering boot and Samsung logo.
I tried from KIES too, but have no sucess...
I dont know what I must have to do anymore. My ideas, knowlodge are now over. Is that any possible about triangle way cause this ? My device doesnt boot anymore. Always freezing screen. I waited for many minutes, like 20minutes and nothing.
Files that i downloaded:
- I9505_VJUBMG3_STOCK_RECOVERY.tar.md5
- I9505VJUBMG3_STOCK_KERNEL.tar.md5
- I9505VJUBMG3-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL.tar.md5
- I9505VJUAMDM_I9505ZTOAMDM_I9505VJUAMDM_HOME.tar.md5
- and Philz recovery, CWM recovery.
Guys, what really happened?
funny thing
tha same happened to me last week.
I fixed it by downloading another version of Stock Rom for s4 and flashing it with odin.
The stock rom I used had only 1 file (1.7gb) and flashed it using only the pda button.
maybe it will work for you also.
oh and by the way
I used team win recovery project instead of CWM recovery
j1miroquai said:
funny thing
tha same happened to me last week.
I fixed it by downloading another version of Stock Rom for s4 and flashing it with odin.
The stock rom I used had only 1 file (1.7gb) and flashed it using only the pda button.
maybe it will work for you also.
oh and by the way
I used team win recovery project instead of CWM recovery
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I9505VJUAMDM_I9505ZTOAMDM_I9505VJUAMDM_HOME.tar.md 5 this is a stock room, 1.7gb. After i flashed this, it freezed at Samsung Logo with blue text recovering boot
i will try team win recovery too.
Man what else you did to fix it? im going for 2nd day without mobile...
I used this one
hxxp://hotfile.com/dl/231752980/98f5969/EUR-I9505XXUBMEA-20130624154055.zip.html
it's a stock Greek Rom (I'm from Greece )
I just installed it via odin 3.07 , placed the rom on the pda button and that`s it.
after that I installed team win recovery project via Odin again .(and again on the pda button)
the link is this one hxxp://teamw.in/project/twrp2/182
hope it will help you
j1miroquai said:
I used this one
hxxp://hotfile.com/dl/231752980/98f5969/EUR-I9505XXUBMEA-20130624154055.zip.html
it's a stock Greek Rom (I'm from Greece )
I just installed it via odin 3.07 , placed the rom on the pda button and that`s it.
after that I installed team win recovery project via Odin again .(and again on the pda button)
the link is this one hxxp://teamw.in/project/twrp2/182
hope it will help you
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Yeah, i think my problem isnt the room, because i have 2 here, one default from sammbile and other I9505VJUBMG3-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL.tar.md5
My problem is after flash the room, it isnt boot. It stop at Samsung logo with blue text recovering boot. How long did you waited for this? Or you just disconnect cable after reboot and flash again to teamwin ?
GuiCunha said:
Yeah, i think my problem isnt the room, because i have 2 here, one default from sammbile and other I9505VJUBMG3-PRE-ROOTED-ODEX-FULL.tar.md5
My problem is after flash the room, it isnt boot. It stop at Samsung logo with blue text recovering boot. How long did you waited for this? Or you just disconnect cable after reboot and flash again to teamwin ?
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Flash the new Brazilian rom with odin ( http://www.hotfile.com/dl/234152687/723aa16/I9505VJUBMG3_I9505ZTOBMG3_ZTO.zip.html ).
Wait reboot. Power off, and reboot in recovery mode, wipe data + cache (Vol Up+Home+Power).
The first time, you need wait a lot of time (1~20 minutes).
RATOz said:
Flash the new Brazilian rom with odin ( http://www.hotfile.com/dl/234152687/723aa16/I9505VJUBMG3_I9505ZTOBMG3_ZTO.zip.html ).
Wait reboot. Power off, and reboot in recovery mode, wipe data + cache (Vol Up+Home+Power).
The first time, you need wait a lot of time (1~20 minutes).
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Ok, i did. Waiting recovering boot....
GuiCunha said:
Ok, i did. Waiting recovering boot....
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Did you try what I've told you?
Enviado do meu Galaxy S4 4G turbinado com Omega Rom + KT
dandroid13 said:
Did you try what I've told you?
Enviado do meu Galaxy S4 4G turbinado com Omega Rom + KT
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Yes buddy, but that room is flashable with recovery mode and i cant entered into recovery. Or i made a mistake and download the wrong room?
GuiCunha said:
Yes buddy, but that room is flashable with recovery mode and i cant entered into recovery. Or i made a mistake and download the wrong room?
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That was a Odin file...
Enviado do meu Galaxy S4 4G turbinado com Omega Rom + KT
dandroid13 said:
That was a Odin file...
Enviado do meu Galaxy S4 4G turbinado com Omega Rom + KT
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OMG!
Give me the download link please! I've downloaded a lot, lot of links...
Please. I pay you a beer soon.
RATOz said:
Flash the new Brazilian rom with odin ( http://www.hotfile.com/dl/234152687/723aa16/I9505VJUBMG3_I9505ZTOBMG3_ZTO.zip.html ).
Wait reboot. Power off, and reboot in recovery mode, wipe data + cache (Vol Up+Home+Power).
The first time, you need wait a lot of time (1~20 minutes).
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Are you sure that it delays 20 minutes?
Tried entering recovery with TWRP?
I think there is something before enter recovery system. That is my problem.
GuiCunha said:
I think there is something before enter recovery system. That is my problem.
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But you should try it too!
dandroid13 said:
But you should try it too!
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I've alredy tried. :\
Thanks anyway.
GuiCunha said:
I've alredy tried. :\
Thanks anyway.
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TWRP isn't CWM, didn't see you mention it yet.
Today i must to give up, because time is against me. I leave the device at samsung assistence. Lets see what they will say for me.
I dont have screenshots, but im sure that i follow all those steps correctly. I tried many ways with odin, ticking unticking things, step by step.
By the way, im so happy with all here tried to help me. The beautifull word that i can say is Thanks, thanks guys!
Weird think: Switching from S4 for X10 is a punishment! My old and warrior X10 have no more battery life, like a mini screen now, slow cpu... but its ok, is better than my x810i.
Thank You guys (all people that help me), for everything.

[Q] HELP! CWM Recovery Mode Wont Go Away???

I'll try to keep it short, just a few days ago my phone started to boot to CWM Recovery mode every time i turned it on, and I never installed anything or heard about this 'CWM' before it happened. (It says on the recovery mode 'Version 6.0.4.5' if this helps). It is also in Chinese language :/
My phone has been rooted for a few weeks and has worked perfectly until now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
So Is my phone screwed? Or can I fix this?
P.S. I heard flashing/installing (or something like that) new ROM can fix this, so I've downloaded a custom S4 ROM onto my SD card incase I need to use it (It's just the entire ZIP file with everything in it)
(EDIT: The top of my volume buttom is slightly jammed, could this be making it behave like this? ( Its never turned up my music automatically though)
Thanks in advance!
- Eddie
emcardle660 said:
I'll try to keep it short, just a few days ago my phone started to boot to CWM Recovery mode every time i turned it on, and I never installed anything or heard about this 'CWM' before it happened. (It says on the recovery mode 'Version 6.0.4.5' if this helps). It is also in Chinese language :/
My phone has been rooted for a few weeks and has worked perfectly until now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
So Is my phone screwed? Or can I fix this?
P.S. I heard flashing/installing (or something like that) new ROM can fix this, so I've downloaded a custom S4 ROM onto my SD card incase I need to use it (It's just the entire ZIP file with everything in it)
(EDIT: The top of my volume buttom is slightly jammed, could this be making it behave like this? ( Its never turned up my music automatically though)
Thanks in advance!
- Eddie
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Hi mate,
it looks like something happen to your OS like part of was deleted or formated , the jam button is possible but is a 3 buttons combination, try to factory reset from the CWM if not i think your best shoth would be to try a custom rom or flash a stock rom
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate,
it looks like something happen to your OS like part of was deleted or formated , the jam button is possible but is a 3 buttons combination, try to factory reset from the CWM if not i think your best shoth would be to try a custom rom or flash a stock rom
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The factory reset using CWM doesn' work just reboots to the cwm recovery again :/
I have a zip file with an S4 ROM in it, If i had clear instructions then I'd do it, but the text is also in chinese :/
emcardle660 said:
The factory reset using CWM doesn' work just reboots to the cwm recovery again :/
I have a zip file with an S4 ROM in it, If i had clear instructions then I'd do it, but the text is also in chinese :/
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CWM in chinese?? no idea how is that possible or how to change it to another languge , i just check in mine......if i was you i would flash CWM (Odin) again
Then S4 rom
MAX 404 said:
CWM in chinese?? no idea how is that possible or how to change it to another languge , i just check in mine......if i was you i would flash CWM (Odin) again
Then S4 rom
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Ok ill try to flash CWM in Odin, then try the rom after, thanks
So before going to cwm reloader, it used to say ''Recovery booting.... Set Warranty Bit: Recovery''
After flashing the cwm to my device (it done everything successfully), not it says ''Recovery booting.... Recovery is not seandroid enforcing Set Warranty Bit: Recovery''
:/
oh and it just stays like that now, doesnt load cwm :/
SOLVED! So remember I tried flashing it before and it didnt do anything? Looks like I had to boot it in 'kernel mode', i did it accidentally and the new ROM booted up to setup and the phone works
Thank you so much for the help
emcardle660 said:
SOLVED! So remember I tried flashing it before and it didnt do anything? Looks like I had to boot it in 'kernel mode', i did it accidentally and the new ROM booted up to setup and the phone works
Thank you so much for the help
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Glad is working !!
BTW what CWM are you using and what S4 model you have?
MAX 404 said:
Glad is working !!
BTW what CWM are you using and what S4 model you have?
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Im not sure about CWM v. because I didnt intentionally install it lol
GT-I9505 on 4.2.2, well or so i thought but this new ROM says '4.4.4' o.o

Unable to boot

So today, randomly my phone restarted. It started to boot up and got stuck on the Google logo screen (I think, the screen where all the circles are overlapping) and just simply won't boot. The battery just gets extremely hot.
I'm not sure where to go from this.
Nathhhh said:
So today, randomly my phone restarted. It started to boot up and got stuck on the Google logo screen (I think, the screen where all the circles are overlapping) and just simply won't boot. The battery just gets extremely hot.
I'm not sure where to go from this.
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Hi
Mate in order to help we need more info , what s4 you have ,root , recovery , stock or custom , what did you do before this happen , what have you done after this happen......
MAX 404 said:
Hi
Mate in order to help we need more info , what s4 you have ,root , recovery , stock or custom , what did you do before this happen , what have you done after this happen......
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Im using the GT I9505 with the ktoonsez rom. I basically unlocked my phone and opened an already running app and turned off and wouldnt boot from there. I managed to get into recovery (TWRP) and tried wiping the caches, still the same. In the end I did a factory reset.
I'm still baffled as to why this happened though.
Nathhhh said:
Im using the GT I9505 with the ktoonsez rom. I basically unlocked my phone and opened an already running app and turned off and wouldnt boot from there. I managed to get into recovery (TWRP) and tried wiping the caches, still the same. In the end I did a factory reset.
I'm still baffled as to why this happened though.
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Hi,
Is hard to tell what went wrong ......but is running ok now? if not try to reflash rom again , no wipe........maybe a file got lost or damage.
MAX 404 said:
Hi,
Is hard to tell what went wrong ......but is running ok now? if not try to reflash rom again , no wipe........maybe a file got lost or damage.
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Yeah, it is working fine now. Weird.
Thank you for your response.

Red screen after installing twrp

I installed the twrp app on my rooted samsung s7 edge, it downloaded and installed the image, now when rebooting all i have is a red screen? someone please help
thanks
nevermind all sorted now phew
stephenuk said:
nevermind all sorted now phew
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How did you sort it out?
Flame_Beard said:
How did you sort it out?
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Reinstall twtp agaim that worked for me
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app
Flame_Beard said:
How did you sort it out?
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Used an older version through odin
This ended up being sorted for me, as it just booted after about a half hour. But how, if you hit this red screen can you reflash? You aren't getting to dowload mode or recovery with that perma-red screen
lol, I spoke too soon again, was reflashing twrp after going back to a stock rom, this happened again for me only its not budging from red screen now. I can't get into download mode as I mentioned above too
hey guys I have the same
the phone dont even switch off
how did you fix it?
edit SOLUTION : I managed to reboot the phone with adb
add reboot
then I flashed the version 3.0.0.0 of TWRP and it worked !
Help!
stephenuk said:
I installed the twrp app on my rooted samsung s7 edge, it downloaded and installed the image, now when rebooting all i have is a red screen? someone please help
thanks
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I rooted my phone, had twrp recovery successfully. then i tried to install xposed and it was probably the wrong version. tried to use odin to get the stock rom, but the screen is only red, and i can hear the volume sounds... any help?
sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935F/TEN/ i used the newest version
adrianbjorvatn said:
I rooted my phone, had twrp recovery successfully. then i tried to install xposed and it was probably the wrong version. tried to use odin to get the stock rom, but the screen is only red, and i can hear the volume sounds... any help?
sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G935F/TEN/ i used the newest version
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I am having the same problem. Odin is stuck in "Setup Connection"
Do you have any ideas?
Thanks
You have probably flashed a wrong kernel.
The solution is to flash the right kernel for your device.
I was flashing S7 root on S7Edge
Flame_Beard said:
How did you sort it out?
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i just used an earlier version
julien32 said:
how did you fix it?
edit SOLUTION : I managed to reboot the phone with adb
add reboot
then I flashed the version 3.0.0.0 of TWRP and it worked !
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Thank you very much, worked for me!:good:
i tryed the posted solutions, but won´t work for me.
I found a another version an flash it, so that the red sceen is gone, but this was the wrong version.. so i tried to flash the right twrp image, but odin freezes everytime...
what can i try?
Hi Guys,
I flashed everything stock after having some issues with encrypton and a custom ROM.
After flashing twrp-3.1.1-0-herolte.img with Odin 3.17 I only get a red screen when booting into recovery and the phone won't even boot the OS.
Any idea how to get TWRP working so I can get back to a custom ROM?
Thanks,
Nicolas
Edit: Hero2lte worked
flashed ****ty rom /** THE GALAXY PROJECT **/ with twrp + themes and hard bricked my phone
my usb doesnt work, just for charging, i was told something gone on my mobo of s7 edge.
i can boot into download mode but nothing to do without pc...
Nikouy said:
Hi Guys,
I flashed everything stock after having some issues with encrypton and a custom ROM.
After flashing twrp-3.1.1-0-herolte.img with Odin 3.17 I only get a red screen when booting into recovery and the phone won't even boot the OS.
Any idea how to get TWRP working so I can get back to a custom ROM?
Thanks,
Nicolas
Edit: Hero2lte worked
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you are a live saver!!i love you!!!
juda iskariotsky said:
flashed ****ty rom /** THE GALAXY PROJECT **/ with twrp + themes and hard bricked my phone
my usb doesnt work, just for charging, i was told something gone on my mobo of s7 edge.
i can boot into download mode but nothing to do without pc...
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Lol. I have the very same problem: Flashed The Galaxy Project ROM and hit "update bootloader etc...." and now all I have is this red screen..... - Though the ROM worked for a couple of hours, but when I tried to enter the recovery I stock with this red screen. Cant even go into download mode...
Any help? How did you solved this issue?
I didn't, ****ty Rom just bricked it.
Just reflash the recovery or flash stock. I can't, my pc doesn't recognize my s7 anymore.
He doesn't even bother to mention that bug...
NandorHUN said:
Lol. I have the very same problem: Flashed The Galaxy Project ROM and hit "update bootloader etc...." and now all I have is this red screen..... - Though the ROM worked for a couple of hours, but when I tried to enter the recovery I stock with this red screen. Cant even go into download mode...
Any help? How did you solved this issue?
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Same here. Only in my case I use this ROOM for weeks

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