[Q] No service issue - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hello i am using samsung galaxy s4 gt-i9505, i am having weird problem. i rooted my phone twice and then unroot again back to normal. i once installed TWRP recovery but now i am back to official, now i am loosing signal randomly, i am using 3 network uk but when i loose my signal, i have to turn my phone off for about 5-10 mins to get signal back. please anyone help with this.
and one more thing when i enter in recovery mode it says "no command" under that green android logo, and it doesnt let me wipe my cache partition, when i press that it says "error" and phone reboots without wiping. thanks in advance, please help me sort this out.

avakil007 said:
hello i am using samsung galaxy s4 gt-i9505, i am having weird problem. i rooted my phone twice and then unroot again back to normal. i once installed TWRP recovery but now i am back to official, now i am loosing signal randomly, i am using 3 network uk but when i loose my signal, i have to turn my phone off for about 5-10 mins to get signal back. please anyone help with this.
and one more thing when i enter in recovery mode it says "no command" under that green android logo, and it doesnt let me wipe my cache partition, when i press that it says "error" and phone reboots without wiping. thanks in advance, please help me sort this out.
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Where in the UK are you?

pinsb said:
Where in the UK are you?
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In manchester. why?

Because if you were close I could have plugged your phone into my PC to do some diagnostics....but you're not close.
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try to flash again the stock rom MEA.. i have same issue before, what i did was, flash the rom MEA, wipe.. then flash again the rom MEA.. after the third try all back was back to normal, hope it helps..

pinsb said:
Because if you were close I could have plugged your phone into my PC to do some diagnostics....but you're not close.
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Is that anything I can do myself. You can assist me. I am good at computers.

BoyMonsteR said:
try to flash again the stock rom MEA.. i have same issue before, what i did was, flash the rom MEA, wipe.. then flash again the rom MEA.. after the third try all back was back to normal, hope it helps..
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I never got update of rom MEA. I had MDM and then I got update 3 days ago and it's MGA. But this no service issue was before this update too. Any suggestions?

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AT&T Galaxy S4 Wont Boot into Recovery

I have a client's Atnt galaxy s4 that will not boot up normally and will not boot into recovery also.
when i try to boot into recovery i get the blue lettering in the top left and it just sits there i have let it sit for sometime like that with no change.
this is not my first go around with flashing android devices so please even give me Dev only options if that is what you think will fix it. i feel bad because he just bought this phone 2 weeks ago and cant use it. not sure what the other guy that tried to root it did and neither does he so i am shooting in the dark so any help would be great.
I have tried flashing the stock Odin package with no luck.
Also tried Kies Firmware upgrade with no luck
Most of the custom recovery for this phone from what i read are not flashed threw odin anymore, but if i am wrong please link me and i will give it a shot.
Dose anyone have any ideas someone told me to use the .PIT file and re-partition the device and reflash the stock odin package. but i have had no luck locating the .pit file for the I337 galaxy S4 could anyone grab it from there phone and upload it for me or any ideas on how i could possibly fix this issue.
Thanks in advance
Since you already tried ODIN, why don't you try KIES.
I tried that allrdy just forgot to add it to the list updated first post
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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ok i will have him give it a try
and yes it goes into downloading mode with no issues at all.
if the os isnt hosed just download goomanager and install the recovery then download a touchwiz rom that has an extended reboot menu, you can then just boot into recovery from the OS.
C13v3r0n3 said:
if the os isnt hosed just download goomanager and install the recovery then download a touchwiz rom that has an extended reboot menu, you can then just boot into recovery from the OS.
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The OS wont boot that is why we are having such a issue cause we have to get into the recovery to fix the phone
thanks thou
If you can get into download mode and odin it should wipe everything, it should work. Maybr its hardware?
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In addition to letting go of the power button after the vibrate, here are a couple of other things that appear to have worked for other forum members. I didn't discover any of these fixes, I just did a lot of reading and saw where others have had similar problems and found ways to solve them. That is what makes the XDA community great:
Uppercuticus said:
I've had this happen to me several times while playing around with flashing. Basically (without fail in my experience), hold power+volume up+home as you'd normally do until you see the booting recovery message and let go. It will do one of two things - boot into recovery- or - restart and vibrate-. If it restarts and vibrates, immediately hold power+volume up+home until the booting recovery message pops up again and let go. It should then boot into recovery and you shouldn't have trouble in subsequent attempts.
It took me a while to figure this out and I actually thought I had permanently bricked my phone as the phone wouldn't boot and I couldn't get into recovery. Hope this helps.
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RiNo808 said:
Those trying to boot into recovery mode, dl quick reboot from the play store. That's what I use and it works great.
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Just flash a different custom recovery tar in odin. If ur using CWM, then flash TWRP, or vice versa.
C13v3r0n3 said:
If you can get into download mode and odin it should wipe everything, it should work. Maybr its hardware?
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After using ODIN, make sure to do a software (factory reset) to get rid of any data and settings that stayed behind. The firmware packages that we have for Odin, do not wipe everything on their own.
C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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Thanks - was having the same problem. At last somebody explains it properly. It worked.
(Why on earth is the script on the stock recovery screen so small. You need a microscope to read it. I am going to install CWM right away....)
Cheers LJ
S4 on veriozon only boots into download mood
Im having the same problem. I can ONLY get into download mood! Everytime I go and try to reboot all it does is vibrates. I was installing a rom before and it was installed fine then it says I lost my root and turned off. Now i can't turn my phone back on. I try to the NAND erase all but that does not work. Is my phone bricked? I have Verizon BTW. Could some body please help me ASAP!
Yankeetim92 said:
Im having the same problem. I can ONLY get into download mood! Everytime I go and try to reboot all it does is vibrates. I was installing a rom before and it was installed fine then it says I lost my root and turned off. Now i can't turn my phone back on. I try to the NAND erase all but that does not work. Is my phone bricked? I have Verizon BTW. Could some body please help me ASAP!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2316
any luck? im having the same problem after enabling the t-mobile aws bands on my i337. i could only get into odin mode, recovery boot sits there on end and i have no access to the phone settings. ive tried the odin with stock firmware but nothing.
xBeerdroiDx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2316
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you are not playing fair sir...but a good one.
TheAxman said:
you are not playing fair sir...but a good one.
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My unrooted s4 phone gets stuck with the blue colour legend Recovery booting with any mentioned method. I am unable to enter safe mode, any ideas? been surfing google for 6hrs with no proper answer. Thanks!!
C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda app-developers app
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Thanx bro, This is solve my problem.
Having allmost the same problem with my S4...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498285
continuation of SGH_1337 will not boot into recovery
norml said:
Just flash a different custom recovery tar in odin. If ur using CWM, then flash TWRP, or vice versa.
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here are all the details;
Rooted ATT Galaxy S4 MK2 with Busybox. all went well until I tried to flash and boot into recovery. Installed ClockworkMod Recovery, tried to reboot into recovery...permission error. Installed Team Win Recovery, same problem.
investigated... Superuser.apk for some reason is NOT present in app directory. hmm. checked for root, have root.
installed ClockworkMod Superuser from play store... asks to update superuser... fails with signature error.
There seems to be no way to flash this phone. I have the original backup I made with ClockworkMod but restore fails with signature error.
The phone works fine, has root but I am concerned I will not be able to update to 4.4 when it's available. I am also NOT able to flash any alternative ROM. frustrating.
I see there are relatives to this issue all over xda but as far as I can tell after a weekend of trying is there's NO WAY to boot into recovery with write permissions being allowed.

[Q] i9505 wont boot or recover

I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
docurley said:
I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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go with the no wipe factory restore... The file is big, but thats probably the only thing that can get you working.
theidoctor said:
go with the no wipe factory restore... The file is big, but thats probably the only thing that can get you working.
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How do I do that?
docurley said:
How do I do that?
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FOLLOW THIS LINK -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
theidoctor said:
FOLLOW THIS LINK -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
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Thanks will give that a go
docurley said:
Thanks will give that a go
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just be patient... the process takes a while
theidoctor said:
just be patient... the process takes a while
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lol I will, just downloading the file is going to take 20min they got a slow connection
docurley said:
lol I will, just downloading the file is going to take 20min they got a slow connection
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well you're lucky. it took me 3 hours to download that file.
docurley said:
I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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You got a PM.
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DarkMenace said:
You got a PM.
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Great phone working but service mode still buggered, wont allow me to use menu stuck in some sort of information screen.
docurley said:
Great phone working but service mode still buggered, wont allow me to use menu stuck in some sort of information screen.
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Once you installed the Stock Image did you go in to recovery and do the data wipe and cache wipes?
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DarkMenace said:
Once you installed the Stock Image did you go in to recovery and do the data wipe and cache wipes?
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No I did not
docurley said:
No I did not
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Try to reflash and then do the data wipes by pulling the battery before it boots after the stock image is installed.
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Please pay attention to the model number and forum you are in
You can permanently damage your phone by flashing things for the wrong phone
Moved to correct device forum
docurley said:
I was trying to reinstall the firmware after having issues with service mode and followed the odin procedure to do so but it came up failed and the phone as not booted up since.
The phone if just powering on say it need to run a recovery through Kies but that does not see the phone so no joy there, I can get it to download mode but thats about it Odin see the phone but fails every time I try to install firmware. Ive note in gray on the phone it says Write protection enabled
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I have the Original 4.2.2 Stock Firmware for you. I sent you a Pm awaiting your response. The links will be sent to you after the response.

Galaxy S4 stuck at ATT logo after restore to stock ROM?

Help!!
Galaxy S4 stuck at ATT logo after restore to stock ROM?
It has been on there for 5+ minutes... Is this normal for initial boot up after restored
Pull battery. wait thirty seconds. hold volume up put battery back in to get into recovery. wipe cache. Reboot.
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Do a factory reset in recovery. Works every time.
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This has happened to me a few times. A quick reboot into recovery with Wipe Cache/Davlick should fix your problem
johnejohn said:
This has happened to me a few times. A quick reboot into recovery with Wipe Cache/Davlick should fix your problem
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Yeah... what he said!:cyclops:
johnejohn said:
This has happened to me a few times. A quick reboot into recovery with Wipe Cache/Davlick should fix your problem
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Just had this exact same issue. worked for me, now resetting phone like it was out of the box. Thank you!! :good: :good: :victory:
help me, my s4 is stuck that logo cant do anythings (((
mylover12 said:
help me, my s4 is stuck that logo cant do anythings (((
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factory reset, they are all correct.
Thank You !
Love yo guys i was ****ting bricks! totally worked thank you
I have tried everything to fix this issue on my s4 active through at&t and nothing that these people have said has fixed it.
The first logical explaination is to factory reset it but that doesnt always work like in me and OP case.
Ill let you know if i find anything that works as a fix for this.

[Q] Flashed ROM - it rebooted and died?

Hi,
Sorry if this has been covered but search is down and I am panicking! I have an i-337 ATT Galaxy S4 that was unlocked for Tmobile. I just bought it 2 days ago and tonight I rooted it via motochopper and installed TWRP.
I downloaded Liquidsmooth and Gapps and flashed them via recovery. I did a factory reset and a nandroid backup. After the flash I selected reboot, and the phone turned off like it was rebooting, but never came back on!
I did a battery pull and nothing! I also tried holding down + home + power!
I accidentally forgot to wipe cache/dalvik cache after the install.
Help! I hope this isn't a brick. I've been rooting phones for a while and haven't ran into a problem.
No response when I plug it into the computer, and no charging light (the battery probably has 95% charge)
Thanks
re: download/recovery modes
Nurmi_CEO said:
Hi,
Sorry if this has been covered but search is down and I am panicking! I have an i-337 ATT Galaxy S4 that was unlocked for Tmobile. I just bought it 2 days ago and tonight I rooted it via motochopper and installed TWRP.
I downloaded Liquidsmooth and Gapps and flashed them via recovery. I did a factory reset and a nandroid backup. After the flash I selected reboot, and the phone turned off like it was rebooting, but never came back on!
I did a battery pull and nothing! I also tried holding down + home + power!
I accidentally forgot to wipe cache/dalvik cache after the install.
Help! I hope this isn't a brick. I've been rooting phones for a while and haven't ran into a problem.
No response when I plug it into the computer, and no charging light (the battery probably has 95% charge)
Thanks
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You were holding down the wrong buttons.
Press and hold the VOL-UP button then press and hold the POWER button until
you see tiny blue text on upper left side of screen to go into "Recovery Mode".
If you want download mode do it the same way except instead of the VOL-UP
you need to press and hold the VOL-DOWN.
Good luck with it.
Remember it;s faster to click the "THANKS" button than it takes to type "thank you"!
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You were holding down the wrong buttons.
Press and hold the VOL-UP button then press and hold the POWER button until
you see tiny blue text on upper left side of screen to go into "Recovery Mode".
If you want download mode do it the same way except instead of the VOL-UP
you need to press and hold the VOL-DOWN.
Good luck with it.
Remember it;s faster to click the "THANKS" button than it takes to type "thank you"!
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Tried....no go still nothing
Nurmi_CEO said:
Tried....no go still nothing
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Can you link to the specific rom you flashed. It's sounds to me like you might have flashed a bad or wrong rom.
Yes....I went to original android development and got liquidsmooth...http://goo.gl/jvdfwT. I clicked on the latest version and it's the third from the bottom . says att at the end . sorry I'm on my phone browser.
Nurmi_CEO said:
Yes....I went to original android development and got liquidsmooth...http://goo.gl/jvdfwT. I clicked on the latest version and it's the third from the bottom . says att at the end . sorry I'm on my phone browser.
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I can't tell if the t01teatt is for your specific device. I haven't seen the t01te before. I would have expected something different. The symptoms you describe sounds like a bricked device caused by flashing a rom not for your specific device.
I assume your MDL cause you have a custom recovery.
Did you use Auto Loki recovery?
If you didn't use Auto Loki recovery did you flash the Loki doki zip ?
We need all steps you took from start to end before you rebooted your phone.
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the phone was bone stock locked att i337. I unlocked it via the service hidden menu on YouTube. it worked fine.
next I rooted it with the motochopper, flashed twrp with goo manager and rebooted to recovery. my first load with twrp seemed to hang up and freeze, so I pulled the battery and rebooted into twrp.
I loaded the liquidsmooth to1att and gapps to be flashed. both seemed to flash successfully, and then I hit restart. forgot to wipe cache and dalvik, planned on rebooting back into recovery to wipe/maybe reflash and wipe cache.
the phone turned off and never turned back on.
I had a T-Mobile sim card in the entire time.
thanks and please help. sending this from my crappy evo lte
Did a little searching and I think the t01te is the note ii. Check out mobiletechvideos.com. they might be able to jtag it.
after root the phone was working fine on the stock ROM.
Nurmi_CEO said:
after root the phone was working fine on the stock ROM.
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It's the rom you flashed after that which is causing the problem. Like I said I think it was for the note II and not the i337
Yup we only have liquidsmooth 2.10. Tolteatt is not this phone. This phone is jflteatt. Your only option is JTAG as jd1639 said
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rushi.1986 said:
Yup we only have liquidsmooth 2.10. Tolteatt is not this phone. This phone is jflteatt. Your only option is JTAG as jd1639 said
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send in for repair? only option? thanks for help
Nurmi_CEO said:
send in for repair? only option? thanks for help
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If Odin doesn't recognize it, and I think you said it doesn't, then yea I think that's your only hope. But I'd keep trying to get it into download mode and have Odin recognize it. I haven't seen a hard brick of the i337.
Use the original usb cable, the usb ports in the back of the computer, and if that doesn't work try a different computer.
The build.prop in that ROM you flashed says it is for the SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 which is the Galaxy Note II. That's why it is bricked. Make sure you don't try to flash that one again. If you do get it to come up in download mode make sure you have the correct file before trying to flash again.
Good luck!
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send in for repair? only option? thanks for help
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Well that, or if its in warranty, send it off to samsung and play dumb! Just say something like "it turned off during firmware upgrade and never turned back on"
rushi.1986 said:
Well that, or if its in warranty, send it off to samsung and play dumb! Just say something like "it turned off during firmware upgrade and never turned back on"
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...and end up with an MF3 phone?
It's better to send it off for Jtag like JD said. If it never had the MF3 bootloader on it, there shouldn't be a problem with them putting MDL back on it (as long as there isn't a hardware issue). To me, the cost is well worth it.
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...and end up with an MF3 phone?
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Good point! I didn't think of that..

[Q] SGH-I337M cant shut down. HELP

Hey guys, i just recently flash a TELUS KIT KAT SAMSUNG ROM on my SGH I337M, the problem is when a hit the power button shut down menu didnt appear and after a minute or hitting the button again it just restart the phone, just like if you take the battery out, put it on again and turning on without doing it!(shut down process never happens) how can I fix this?
Contact Samsung.
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No way now xD it's out of warranty for now
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speechgotham3 said:
Hey guys, i just recently flash a TELUS KIT KAT SAMSUNG ROM on my SGH I337M, the problem is when a hit the power button shut down menu didnt appear and after a minute or hitting the button again it just restart the phone, just like if you take the battery out, put it on again and turning on without doing it!(shut down process never happens) how can I fix this?
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I would try to flash the firmware again with Odin
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jd1639 said:
I would try to flash the firmware again with Odin
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Do I do a wipe data and chache first??
speechgotham3 said:
Do I do a wipe data and chache first??
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Wouldn't hurt, but I don't think it'll do anything
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If you're able to boot into custom recovery, then flash the rom again or flash a backup
Ok fellows, ill do the following:
Factory reset, If still same problem I'll Flash rom again , Let u know results.thanks!

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