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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.

Note 3 Stuck on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 screen

Hey Guys
I have a 900W8 Canadian Galaxy Note 3 through Telus that I had rooted and recovery with TWRP.
Today I went to backup, and backed up the default 3....Boot system and I forget the other one...
To make sure it worked I decided to to a recovery right away.
I ended up in a boot loop......panic starts to set in...
Go back into TWRP....and I think I wiped something I shouldn't have..because when I went to reboot in TWRP it said No OS detected or something along those lines....
With panic really starting to set in........Put the phone in download mode....open up Odin on my pc.....connect my note 3.......reinstalled the rooted rom and TWRP.
Now I'm forever stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo...
If anyone can help me I'd be very greatful
Thank you

HulkSmash316 said:
Hey Guys
I have a 900W8 Canadian Galaxy Note 3 through Telus that I had rooted and recovery with TWRP.
Today I went to backup, and backed up the default 3....Boot system and I forget the other one...
To make sure it worked I decided to to a recovery right away.
I ended up in a boot loop......panic starts to set in...
Go back into TWRP....and I think I wiped something I shouldn't have..because when I went to reboot in TWRP it said No OS detected or something along those lines....
With panic really starting to set in........Put the phone in download mode....open up Odin on my pc.....connect my note 3.......reinstalled the rooted rom and TWRP.
Now I'm forever stuck on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 logo...
If anyone can help me I'd be very greatful
Thank you
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Find your stock rom, flash that - a rooted rom is NOT a stock rom...

Have you tried doing a factory reset from recovery? If it still says no os installed, you will have to flash back your stock firmware or a rom ( if you already tripped knox ).
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using xda app-developers app

ultramag69 said:
Find your stock rom, flash that - a rooted rom is NOT a stock rom...
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Thank you sir
God I'm so freaked out lol
thanks for the reply

Help, i have the same Problem

Crisis averted guys
Thanks for telling me to install the original firmware.
Phone boots up and works perfectly now.
To whoever said they have the EXACT same problem as me...download the original firmware for your phone (make sure you get the right version for your carrier) and flash it using ODIN.

Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 Black Edition

Hello, My desperation level is at it's climax.
I got my hands on "Galaxy S4 Black Edition GT-I9050" I wanted to install kitkat firmware, i did everything as usual, i deleted the system folder on my S4, When i wanted to install the ROM, I found out that my phone was not reading the SD Card on Recovery Mode... Clockwork recovery mode. I formatted my SD Card in all formats, FAT,Etc. Still no hope, Than i wanted to restore to the original firmware by flashing the phone with odin, because my phone wont boot, it's stuck at the boot screen.
I downloaded countless firmwares, some of them Fail at MDM, and other fail right of the bat
Things that i have done:
Installed Samsung Drivers, uninstalled them.
Tried Different USB Hubs, Cables.
Tried many versions of Odin.
Nothing works.. I am really sad.
My Device: Galaxy S4 Black Edition
Model: GT-I9505
Problem, Unable to Flash Back/Phone stuck at boot screen
PS: I did research on how to restore stock firmware, etc, But nothing helps.
I really need your help! Cheers

I believe, and don't quote me on it, but that the black edition version of the s4 have slightly different firmware. Have you looked on sammobile for firmware specified for the black edition?
Sent from my GT-I9505 using XDA Free mobile app

What happens when you try to flash with a different recovery? Try Philz or TWRP.

But the Black Editions model number is i9506, no?

Lennyz1988 said:
What happens when you try to flash with a different recovery? Try Philz or TWRP.
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Thanks for replying, I Downloaded both, Only philz is working fine, however I still don't see my external SD Card, Only internal one is there..
I found black edition firmwares, but as i am downloading one by one, nothing worked so far.
The firmware is located here : androidromupdate.com/2014/02/06/i9505xxuena4-4-3-firmware-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-black-edition
Edit: I found specific Black edition firmware on sammobile, once i try them, i will post back here,

I tired flashing again but still no hope. What i am doing wrong? is it the firmwares? please help.

mangomhf said:
I tired flashing again but still no hope. What i am doing wrong? is it the firmwares? please help.
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Did you try wiping data for the bootloop issue? :/
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.

DeepankarS said:
Did you try wiping data for the bootloop issue? :/
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.
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Things that i did:
1. Start your phone in CWM Recovery
2. Go to Advanced
3. Choose “Wipe dalvik-cache”
4. Now go to “Mounts & Storage”
5. Choose “Wipe /cache”
6. Reboot your phone
When i turn on my phone, i see the boot and on the top left corner i see a msg which says;
KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit: Kernel

Quick update, I finally managed to install Android 4.4 KITKAT Via SideLoad, It loaded fine, but now im facing another problem which is the Touch Screen is not working at all in the welcome menu. What could be the issue?

mangomhf said:
Quick update, I finally managed to install Android 4.4 KITKAT Via SideLoad, It loaded fine, but now im facing another problem which is the Touch Screen is not working at all in the welcome menu. What could be the issue?
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Just do a factory reset in the recovery, but don't install the rom again.

mangomhf said:
Quick update, I finally managed to install Android 4.4 KITKAT Via SideLoad, It loaded fine, but now im facing another problem which is the Touch Screen is not working at all in the welcome menu. What could be the issue?
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Told you. Data wipe!!!
Press Thanks if I helped
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4 via XDA app.

Cannot Install Any ROMS apart from BlissPop

Hi all Im a noob so apologies in advance as its the first time Ive rooted and used custom ROMS.
I rooted my phone a couple of months ago using ODIN, then successfully installed CM12.1 but found that this started to slow down and not perform well after a few weeks so I looked for other ROMs. In the end I installed BlissPop which is based on CM. This generally works really well but the software has been a big buggy as well with yesterday my main screen going black and not able to use the phone.
So ive been trying to install a different ROM and even tried to go back to the stock S5 firmware as i miss the camera in the stock firmware.
Now to install the ROMs Ive tried using CWM and TWRP with the same results.
Yesterday I tried to install The Galaxy Project ROM and the Stock Samsung ROM and in both cases made sure 100% i was using the correct version for my SM G900F .
What seems to happen is that it goes through the install process and says completed but when it boots it sits on the initial Samsung S5 boot screen and goes nowhere.
Since I rooted my phone on start up at this intial boot screen I get the below 2 messages at the top of the screen
Kernel is not seandroid enforcing
Set Warranty Bit Kernel
I'd like to add my phone is also encrypted as i had to encrypt it in order to use my gmail for work.
The only ROM that seems to work is BlissPop, i remember a message during installation of this ROM along the lines of "this install is block based" if that makes any sense.
Last week when i tried to install a new ROM on several occasions the phone would get to the first screen where it would ask me to unlock the phone but I would NOT be able to use the keyboard as no keyboard would appear.
This is driving me nuts so I really could do with some help please
Thanks Bart

Flash stock, boot into recovery, factory reset, see if it boots

just so im clear
do you mean
flash stock - via cwm or twrp in recovery
reboot into recovery
factory reset at this point
see if it boots?

bartjunited said:
just so im clear
do you mean
flash stock - via cwm or twrp in recovery
reboot into recovery
factory reset at this point
see if it boots?
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You can't flash stock from recovery, you flash stock with ODIN - if you can flash it from recovery, it's not stock
Latest G900F Lollipop Stock ROM (BTU United Kingdom)
Code:
https://mega.nz/#!fVhhzRBC!A79uC8Fgg1mGCZOaujQCzBxcUUN9z_ctVVkigD8ffVM
Then boot into recovery and factory reset

ok well that could be my probllem
never flashed stock rom thru odin
do i set phone to download as normal , connect phone to pc and choose AP option in ODIN?
downloading the stock rom you sent a link for too

Yep, AP or PDA section in ODIN, same download mode method as anything else in ODIN

I assume that I don't need to extract the zip file and just select it to flash
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bartjunited said:
I assume that I don't need to extract the zip file and just select it to flash
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Yea, extract it, it needs to be .MD5
G900FXXU1BOJ1_G900FOXA1BOJ1_G900FXXU1BOJ1_HOME.tar.md5
.ZIP is for recovery flashing

Boy I'm making all the noob mistakes aren't I
??????
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Don't worry, we all learned from somewhere - as long as you ask before jumping in and bricking things, it's all good

Thanks appreciated
A side question but you can tell me to get lost if I'm taking the piss
I've got multiple g mail accounts, is there a file anywhere that saves all the credentials so that when I have to rebuild my phone for the umpteenth time I can restore this and not have to set each one up
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bartjunited said:
Thanks appreciated
A side question but you can tell me to get lost if I'm taking the piss
I've got multiple g mail accounts, is there a file anywhere that saves all the credentials so that when I have to rebuild my phone for the umpteenth time I can restore this and not have to set each one up
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If you have Google Backup enabled, it should restore your accounts and stuff once you log back into the main Google account your phone was logged into before you wiped/reset/reflashed I would assume (Not used it though)

arghhh bugger
so it seems to have flashed the rom correctly and booted.
however after boot as my phone is encrypted it asks me for my password to unlock the phone.
i put in my correct password but it doesnt accept it.
going round in circles - what can i do?
rebooted info recovery and factory reset it
now im in and looks like back to stock
will keep you posted

Im finally back in now
Thanks so much for your help
hopefully this runs better than the last stock rom as it started to seriosuly slow down hence looking at other roms

Good job

Samsung Grand 2 bootlooping

Hello guys i need help with my grand 2.
With a custom rom installed, i dont know what i done but suddenly it went into a weird bootloop. I can't even go to any recovery options because the phone just reboots itself after 6-7 secs. Any ideas?

vincentwong14 said:
Hello guys i need help with my grand 2.
With a custom rom installed, i dont know what i done but suddenly it went into a weird bootloop. I can't even go to any recovery options because the phone just reboots itself after 6-7 secs. Any ideas?
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Does it go to download mode??? If so then you could try to return to stock.
Sent from my SM-N930F using Tapatalk

Try downloading a stock rom because it's still revivable. PC is what u need for this one to get revived but it will take some time for downloading and flashing.

UPDATE:
Here is the link for stock roms: G7102 and G7105 (Choose ur model on one of this links)
www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G7102/
www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G7105/