Phone Wont Turn On - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I was in recovery mode doing a restore, finshed and rebooted the system. Screen went blank and never came back on. Not turning on for anything, any ideas?

What recovery are you using and what were you trying to restore?
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Can you get into download mode at all?

TheAxman said:
Can you get into download mode at all?
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No power at all, I was using TWRP, restoring Wicked3

Not sounding good, but see if odin will recognize it. Were you flashing wicked or were you restoring a nandroid? If you were flashing it are you sure you got the right Rom for your specific device.
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jd1639 said:
Not sounding good, but see if odin will recognize it. Were you flashing wicked or were you restoring a nandroid? If you were flashing it are you sure you got the right Rom for your specific device.
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I was restoring a nandroid

I've never seen a phone go completely dead just restoring a nandriod. Could be just some fluke hardware failure. Any luck with odin?
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what kind of wipe did you do prior to restoring?
i'm not familiar with this rom. was it loki patched?

qbanlinxx said:
No power at all, I was using TWRP, restoring Wicked3
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Wow, sorry to hear this, I have NOT seen one hard brick yet on the g4, this is not good. I am still thinking sir.
You wouldn't happen to have access to a jiig would you?

xBeerdroiDx said:
what kind of wipe did you do prior to restoring?
i'm not familiar with this rom. was it loki patched?
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I did a factory reset plus system wipe. Installed infamous but it failed. restored nandroid, rebooted, screen went blank, hasnt turned on since.

jd1639 said:
I've never seen a phone go completely dead just restoring a nandriod. Could be just some fluke hardware failure. Any luck with odin?
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ive never seen one either, been flashing since my hd2, never had anything worse then bootloops. Found this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yf1P6OmmaI

Anyone?
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Did you try plugging the phone to USB ? If its hard bricked there will be a driver named Qualcomm USB DLOAD
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george241312 said:
Did you try plugging the phone to USB ? If its hard bricked there will be a driver named Qualcomm USB DLOAD
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yes i did try to plug it in to usb, i didnt notice anything named Qualcomm though, nothing changed in my device manager that i noticed. I sent it to Samsung to get repaired. thanks for the help anyway

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Gingerbread recovery issues

Is anyone else not able to get into recovery? I can't access stock or clockworkmod recovery.
When I try to do a factory reset through the phone phone boots into bootloader with an error message.
As always thanks for looking.
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DXrecovery doesn't work with gingerbread, you gotta use the D2recovery instead
davidukfl said:
DXrecovery doesn't work with gingerbread, you gotta use the D2recovery instead
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How do I get the D2 recovery for my DX. Sorry for the noob type?
So no stock recovery either?
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you need to get an sbf file of 2.2.1 and then use rsd lite to flash it to your phone... then you can use clockwork to get back.
I understand that. I'm trying to wipe data to clear up the constant sync error except I have no way of wiping data. Make sense?
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DizDroid said:
I understand that. I'm trying to wipe data to clear up the constant sync error except I have no way of wiping data. Make sense?
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download and install this
http://www.mediafire.com/file/m4t78yvtv8u3m4w/Droid2Bootstrap.apk
or you can buy it in the market for like 99 cents.
@davidukfl thank you.you solved the same issue I had
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DizDroid said:
Is anyone else not able to get into recovery? I can't access stock or clockworkmod recovery.
When I try to do a factory reset through the phone phone boots into bootloader with an error message.
As always thanks for looking.
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flash the patch p3 released to fix the stock recovery
luigi90210 said:
flash the patch p3 released to fix the stock recovery
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here is a direct link to the file to download
http://bit.ly/gpcGsN
Recovery Access in GB
Besides using a reboot into rocovery app, you can also shut down the phone, then pull the battery, put the battery back in and the normal Vol Down + Power will get you into Clockwork Recovery. Seems like GB is in some kind of stand by mode even when you power it down.

Bricked Galaxy S4

This is extremely frustrating.
I successfully rooted my galaxy s4.
I then downloaded CMW and touch, and downloaded this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
I then booted into recovery, and wiped etc and then installed the rom. I read on the later part of that page that there wasn't a need for loki so I did not download loki.
I then rebooted, and got the yellow triangle sign saying that the software is not approved by ATT.
This is where I am stuck. I have a mac and am running vmware windows 8.
I tried downloading kies on the mac, and it does not recognize the phone. I did not try kies for windows yet, nor do I know what to do after if I am able to get kies to recognize the s4.
I also downloaded odin, and the firmware, but odin is not recognizing the phone under windows even when I select to use the phone under windows.
I tried the stock usb cable, and a different usb cable, and 2 different usb ports. I do not have a regular windows computer. Is there a way to do this with a mac?
Guess I should have downloaded the loki, is not downloading the loki the whole reason this is happening?
I appreciate everyones help! I just wanted stock android! :good:
I do not have a s4 but have a s2 but its like the same.
1. Why would you not already have Odin installed and kies?! Just in case
2. No backup made?...
3. Can you still get into recovery and download mode if so then you have hope.. wait for someone to give you steps to get out of this
4. If you can't get into either... well :banghead:
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XxlemonxX said:
I do not have a s4 but have a s2 but its like the same.
1. Why would you not already have Odin installed and kies?! Just in case
2. No backup made?...
3. Can you still get into recovery and download mode if so then you have hope.. wait for someone to give you steps to get out of this
4. If you can't get into either... well :banghead:
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Thanks,
1. I have odin and kies installed, they are just not recognizing the phone.
2. I made a backup using titanium backup but not really sure how it works... I've never restored from a backup using titanium
3.Yes I am able to get into download mode by holding the volume, home and power key...
drew1204 said:
Thanks,
1. I have odin and kies installed, they are just not recognizing the phone.
2. I made a backup using titanium backup but not really sure how it works... I've never restored from a backup using titanium
3.Yes I am able to get into download mode by holding the volume, home and power key...
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Mmm alright... Go into download mode and take out your SD card and download the Loki file in the ROM thread then transfer to sdcard on PC. Then place back in phone.. Then go intro recovery and flash the file and it should work.
But wait before anything can you get into recovery? If so then you go to mounts and storage and mount sdcard and transfer the Loki file from your PC right there.
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I have installed kies on the windows version and it notices the phone is connected, but it just keeps saying "connecting..." and a little thing spinning. Not sure how long it should take to connect...
why not download the loki zip to sd card, then put back on phone, reboot to recovery and install from sd card...
XxlemonxX said:
Mmm alright... Go into download mode and take out your SD card and download the Loki file in the ROM thread then transfer to sdcard on PC. Then place back in phone.. Then go intro recovery and flash the file and it should work.
But wait before anything can you get into recovery? If so then you go to mounts and storage and mount sdcard and transfer the Loki file from your PC right there.
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Yes I can boot into recovery.
Wow I didn't even think of that... Sorry I am a noob.
Okay I fixed it (you fixed it thank you so much!) I booted into recovery, and then into the zip file and installed loki, and all is well.
STOCK ANDROID!!! Whew that was scary...
drew1204 said:
Yes I can boot into recovery.
Wow I didn't even think of that... Sorry I am a noob.
Okay I fixed it (you fixed it thank you so much!) I booted into recovery, and then into the zip file and installed loki, and all is well.
STOCK ANDROID!!! Whew that was scary...
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Welcome
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XxlemonxX said:
Welcome
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Because noobs don't get it.
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jd1639 said:
Because noobs don't get it.
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Cool
drew1204 said:
Cool
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You could thank him for helping you. Or is that too hard for you? There's even a thanks button to make it easy
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jd1639 said:
You could thank him for helping you. Or is that too hard for you? There's even a thanks button to make it easy
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Mate don't be so arrogant, he did thank him.
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ozgame said:
Mate don't be so arrogant, he did thank him.
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Mate,I don't see that
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drew1204 said:
Yes I can boot into recovery.
Wow I didn't even think of that... Sorry I am a noob.
Okay I fixed it (you fixed it thank you so much!) I booted into recovery, and then into the zip file and installed loki, and all is well.
STOCK ANDROID!!! Whew that was scary...
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the OP of that ROM lists these specific installation instructions:
HOW TO INSTALL:
* Download the ROM (NO NEED FOR GAPPS)
* Reboot to Recovery
* Wipe data/factory reset
* Flash the ROM
* U.S. MODELS - Flash Loki Patch - http://tau.shadowchild.nl/files/loki-doki.zip (CANADIAN USERS DO NOT INSTALL)
* Reboot your Galaxy S4
* Enjoy
remember to read everything first and understand what you are doing before proceeding. cheers
And only 5 simple steps. One sec of reading. And it matters. Or kaboom.

Please help i think i bricked my phone

Im wondering if someone can help me. I recently rooted my phone with odin and was adding a rom. I guess it didn't download completely or correctly when I tried to install it and said it fail. I accidentally rebooted my phone. I don't have a backup on my phone to restore it. I do have a backup on my computer but cant get it onto my phone. Now my phone gets stuck on the Samsung galaxy s4 screen, and will not boot the rest of the way. I can get to the download screen. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Easiest way is to download the full rom .tar file and flash with odin. pretty sure they are posted in the dev section.
lafester said:
Easiest way is to download the full rom .tar file and flash with odin. pretty sure they are posted in the dev section.
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I have tried that and it still wont boot past that Samsung screen. I got TWRP back now im just trying to figure out how to get this system restored to where it will load.
Tiger429 said:
I have tried that and it still wont boot past that Samsung screen. I got TWRP back now im just trying to figure out how to get this system restored to where it will load.
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One you odin, you have to do a factory reset on stock recovery and whoola you booted up.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
One you odin, you have to do a factory reset on stock recovery and whoola you booted up.
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i will try that i am downloading a stock rom now. i will install on odin. then i boot it into recovery and there is a factory reset option on there?
Tiger429 said:
i will try that i am downloading a stock rom now. i will install on odin. then i boot it into recovery and there is a factory reset option on there?
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Yeah there is once you odin. Just boot up to stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Yeah there is once you odin. Just boot up to stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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Cool thank you i will let you know what happens. :fingers-crossed:
Tiger429 said:
Cool thank you i will let you know what happens. :fingers-crossed:
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So any news? Lol o.o
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Manually boot into recovery?

I've researched it and cannot find a answer. Say if you get stuck in a boot loop and want to flash a nandroid backup or something. The only options I seen with the buttons when the device is off or whatever take you into download mode or a mode that only says factory reset.
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C-4Nati said:
I've researched it and cannot find a answer. Say if you get stuck in a boot loop and want to flash a nandroid backup or something. The only options I seen with the buttons when the device is off or whatever take you into download mode or a mode that only says factory reset.
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On the Verizon model I have TWRP installed and hold power on+volume down and when it says the factory reset I just go ahead through it. The phone still has all your files. It just ends up wiping the OS.
Just my .02 cents because I've been in that position.
Drroid said:
On the Verizon model I have TWRP installed and hold power on+volume down and when it says the factory reset I just go ahead through it. The phone still has all your files. It just ends up wiping the OS.
Just my .02 cents because I've been in that position.
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So if it wipes the os it leaves the phone in a permanent boot loop therefore not working if you do that, no?
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C-4Nati said:
So if it wipes the os it leaves the phone in a permanent boot loop therefore not working if you do that, no?
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It doesn't wipe. Just goes into recovery instead.
iowabowtech said:
It doesn't wipe. Just goes into recovery instead.
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^ that's what I meant. It's been a long day and I confused what you asked with something else.

Stuck in Recovery

Let me start off by saying I apologize if this is posted somewhere already.
Here's my situation. A couple days ago I lgflashed back to stock. All went well. I then rooted and installed TWRP. No issues at all. I didn't take an update, modify the stock ROM or even flash another ROM. Just ran stock rooted. Today, I pick my phone up, go to turn it on and I'm in recovery. No big deal, right? Well I can't get out of TWRP. My backups are still showing, but when I restore it and reboot the phone I'm right back in recovery.
I can't get into download mode either. Not sure what happened and everything was fine earlier in the day. Any thoughts?
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I should also say that adb doesn't recognize my phone.
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droidiac13 said:
I should also say that adb doesn't recognize my phone.
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I'm in your same boat right now, working on a buddy's phone cept when i formatted phone to stick a rom on it the nandroid i made got file 13'd
dcillusions77 said:
I'm in your same boat right now, working on a buddy's phone cept when i formatted phone to stick a rom on it the nandroid i made got file 13'd
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I'm back up and running. I used this thread HERE and did the command through TWRP.
As long as you have a ROM on the phone, you should be good to go.
droidiac13 said:
I'm back up and running. I used this thread HERE and did the command through TWRP.
As long as you have a ROM on the phone, you should be good to go.
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Tried it but it didn't work :\.....
Mine is stuck in fastboot mode whenever I try to reboot it into recovery what files are missing? Anyone know why whenever I reboot it into recovery it boots fastboot instead? Any help would be much appreciated
If you stuck in fastboot mode. Just push
laf file through fastboot to your phone.
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droidiac13 said:
I'm back up and running. I used this thread HERE and did the command through TWRP.
As long as you have a ROM on the phone, you should be good to go.
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I'm so glad your back up and running again. I've been following your thread. And thanks for sharing the fix.
Does that mean that without your knowledge, your phone may have probably automatically updated itself (OTA) when you left your phone overnight? That's why you were stucked in recovery? Because it seems so odd that you didn't do anything wrong and it suddenly behaved that way. And I have read somewhere here that OTA just installed itself automatically without user intervention. So confusing if that did happen. How is that even possible?
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cccho said:
If you stuck in fastboot mode. Just push
laf file through fastboot to your phone.
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Got it up and running by downloading the FreeGee app from play store and installing TWRp that way. I had tried it before just didnt stick the first time
mrm43 said:
I'm so glad your back up and running again. I've been following your thread. And thanks for sharing the fix.
Does that mean that without your knowledge, your phone may have probably automatically updated itself (OTA) when you left your phone overnight? That's why you were stucked in recovery? Because it seems so odd that you didn't do anything wrong and it suddenly behaved that way. And I have read somewhere here that OTA just installed itself automatically without user intervention. So confusing if that did happen. How is that even possible?
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I can only guess that it updated by itself. I really don't know what else it could be.
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droidiac13 said:
I can only guess that it updated by itself. I really don't know what else it could be.
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Yes it might seem that way. Thanks
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