im in need of urgent help..i think i soft bricked my s4 when trying to restore my efs backup.
i tried downgrading my firmware to mf8..and the modem was flashed as well.
When i checked the imei it was null.
so i went on to restore it using method 2 on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392632&page=6
After i put everything into the terminal and it was restored, i rebooted my phone.
Now my phone is stuck at samsung boot logo!!
i tried restoring from my nandroid backup but it didnt work..still stuck at boot logo, i tried restoring the rom to stock, still stuck at boot logo.
Basically no matter what i do, its not booting and its stuck at boot logo.
I can access download mode and cwm recovery. On stock recover i get the error message "failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)"
is there anything i can do at all?
i still have multiple backups of my efs folder..i just dont know how to restore it
please help
I'd suggest doing a flash of the stock firmware via ODIN.
xyzulu said:
I'd suggest doing a flash of the stock firmware via ODIN.
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Tried that, still no luck
You can try via kies. Do not connect the phone yet. Pull the battery out and use the information you can see there. Ooen kies Go to upgrade settings and find the one that ask you for your model. Fill the blank, then enter your s/n. A window will show up asking you again. Accept. And kies is suppose to start dowloading the firmware. Make sure to conect the device in dowload mode before it finishs dowloading.
Im not saying it gonna work 100% for you but i had restore a couple samsung devices using this method.
I prefer odin btw.
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ToledoG28 said:
You can try via kies. Do not connect the phone yet. Pull the battery out and use the information you can see there. Ooen kies Go to upgrade settings and find the one that ask you for your model. Fill the blank, then enter your s/n. A window will show up asking you again. Accept. And kies is suppose to start dowloading the firmware. Make sure to conect the device in dowload mode before it finishs dowloading.
Im not saying it gonna work 100% for you but i had restore a couple samsung devices using this method.
I prefer odin btw.
Sent from my GT-I9505G using xda premium
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i downloaded latest software version for my phone (MG9) and flashed it but it didnt work (still stuck at boot screen).
I then tried flashing it with adonis.pit and that still didnt work (stuck at boot screen)
however the boot sound cuts out at the boot screen and im not sure what could cause that, and in stock recovery im getting failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)
bump?
any more suggestions guys..im still stuck in boot
flashing firmware from this thread http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f777/galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-repair-imei-null-null-1685562/ solved my imei Null/Null problem
remember to back up your imei first before flashing any upgrade.. cek this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41559366
blue-line said:
flashing firmware from this thread http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f777/galaxy-s4-gt-i9500-repair-imei-null-null-1685562/ solved my imei Null/Null problem
remember to back up your imei first before flashing any upgrade.. cek this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41559366
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Tried this, didnt work.
I've had the issue with being stuck on the boot screen before - and it was because I wasn't deleting my cache before flashing the new firmware. Do this from within recovery :good:
starscream0 said:
im in need of urgent help..i think i soft bricked my s4 when trying to restore my efs backup.
i tried downgrading my firmware to mf8..and the modem was flashed as well.
When i checked the imei it was null.
so i went on to restore it using method 2 on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392632&page=6
After i put everything into the terminal and it was restored, i rebooted my phone.
Now my phone is stuck at samsung boot logo!!
i tried restoring from my nandroid backup but it didnt work..still stuck at boot logo, i tried restoring the rom to stock, still stuck at boot logo.
Basically no matter what i do, its not booting and its stuck at boot logo.
I can access download mode and cwm recovery. On stock recover i get the error message "failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)"
is there anything i can do at all?
i still have multiple backups of my efs folder..i just dont know how to restore it
please help
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I hope this guide will help :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2403292
starscream0 said:
im in need of urgent help..i think i soft bricked my s4 when trying to restore my efs backup.
i tried downgrading my firmware to mf8..and the modem was flashed as well.
When i checked the imei it was null.
so i went on to restore it using method 2 on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392632&page=6
After i put everything into the terminal and it was restored, i rebooted my phone.
Now my phone is stuck at samsung boot logo!!
i tried restoring from my nandroid backup but it didnt work..still stuck at boot logo, i tried restoring the rom to stock, still stuck at boot logo.
Basically no matter what i do, its not booting and its stuck at boot logo.
I can access download mode and cwm recovery. On stock recover i get the error message "failed to mount /efs (Invalid argument)"
is there anything i can do at all?
i still have multiple backups of my efs folder..i just dont know how to restore it
please help
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Flash an older modem with Odin, that should solve your poblem, look in my signature for available modems.
gee2012 said:
Flash an older modem with Odin, that should solve your poblem, look in my signature for available modems.
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thanks for trying to assist. i was able to revive my phone using this method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39523753&postcount=4
Please help!
My friend's d802 G2 is stuck in recovery, it wont go into download mode either.
he has stockrom installed and was prompted to install an update which MAY have been an official LG update.
The phone now is stuck in TWRP recovery and he can't boot. he has cynogenmod and stockrom .zip's on his SD Card but installing them and rebooting still doesn't work (with or without wipe).
Is there something he can do to fix the phone? perhaps using ADB from recovery?
Any help much appreciated
May have found the solution in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Will update if so.
fixed. mods please delete or archive.
Yesterday, I installed Cloudyfa LG G3 port but when i tested it out,I still prefer stock rom so i decided to revert back to stock using LG Flash Tool.
When I restore using flashtool, it skipped most of the partition and went to boot to recovery. In my recovery,it say Error mounting /data .
Now i am stuck in a bootloop,i still can get to download mode and recovery mode. Anyone has a fix for it?
Thanks in advance
davidang said:
Yesterday, I installed Cloudyfa LG G3 port but when i tested it out,I still prefer stock rom so i decided to revert back to stock using LG Flash Tool.
When I restore using flashtool, it skipped most of the partition and went to boot to recovery. In my recovery,it say Error mounting /data .
Now i am stuck in a bootloop,i still can get to download mode and recovery mode. Anyone has a fix for it?
Thanks in advance
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Did you do a wipe in recovery before installing the .kdz?
Hello everyone and I apologize if there's been a solution to this before but I couldn't find it.
I was on Rooted stock V20F, and there was a new OTA update from LG (around 110 MBs). Before installing anything i made a backup from TWRP Recovery just in case anything went bad.
So after I download the official update, the phone reboots, and boots into TWRP recovery. From that moment, I can't get the phone to boot properly no matter what I do.
I tried restoring my backup, the phone will still boot into TWRP. Tried Factory Reset, Format Data, installing a new custom rom and nothing. It always brings me back to TWRP.
Also when i try to get into download mode so I can flash a KDZ file with flash tool, it boots into TWRP again.
Any ideas? Thanks a lot in advance.
edit: I actually found the solution here (it wasn't in the troubleshoot section and I didn't notice it..): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Is there any way to install official OTA updates without the phone freaking out?
Hello, this is my first post forgive me if i say something wrong
I have an elephone p7000. I was using it with Aerom (custom rom) then it started showing errors app failures, then i closed phone 3 days ago and it soft bricked. i tried formatting with SP flash tool then flashing some roms including stock roms. Phone never opened always keeped at logo. Then using twrp and Adb command i send rom.zip to my phone and installed it with twrp, after that phone opened but after 10 minutes my phone freaked out. error messages showed up (android stoped working) (system stopped working) or google play stopped working etc. then it soft bricked again. And again data files corrupted. When i tried to wipe data cache calvic unable to mount storage -unable to mount data etc. so i found in another thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2683787) and used that commands
adb shell
killall -19 recovery
make_ext4fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
reboot
storage fixed then i flashed a stock rom. phone opened but after 30 minutes again system failed android stopped working launcher stopped working google stopped working etc. and now my phone is soft bricked again and when i try to wipe it says unable to mount storage again. So im guessing i must format all things in phone even twrp and install recovery then a stock rom.
i need help what should i do?
Sorry for my bad post english isnt my first language.
anyone to help me ?
is there anybody to help me?
sp flash tool format
helloooooooooo
no one knows how to fix it ? please i really need help im dying for it.
I did format all even recovery with flash tool . then i flashed a new rom.
i opened through twrp flashing 3-4 times but this time android stopped working google stopped working again and went down and bricked phone. please help me what can i do.
Same problem
I have the same problem! Were you able to fix it?