[Q] Stuck on boot loop... - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

I have the bell galaxy s4 i337m.
I tried to unroot my phone and after restarting my phone its stuck on a boot loop.
I tried entering recovery and it shows the blue writing "recovery booting...." but nothing loads.
What should I do?

Wipe data and wipe cache
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What recovery, and what version.
if you are using twrp version 2.6.0.0 then that is your problem, if the above solution does not work, it would easier to odin back to stock and start the process agian, ie, root, recovery and so on....hope this helps...
Good luck
and Thanks

how would I wipe data and wipe cache?
I cant access anything on my phone, when I turn it on its stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S4" startup and doesnt change and when I turn on my phone while holding the volume up and power button it says recovery booting but just stays stuck like that.
I cant really do anything on it.

peterpetekon said:
how would I wipe data and wipe cache?
I cant access anything on my phone, when I turn it on its stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S4" startup and doesnt change and when I turn on my phone while holding the volume up and power button it says recovery booting but just stays stuck like that.
I cant really do anything on it.
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If you're sure you can't get into recovery, odin the stock firmware.

jd1639 said:
If you're sure you can't get into recovery, odin the stock firmware.
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How would I do that?
Sorry I don't know much

jd1639 said:
If you're sure you can't get into recovery, odin the stock firmware.
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peterpetekon said:
How would I do that?
Sorry I don't know much
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By the way I have a mac, not a pc

peterpetekon said:
How would I do that?
Sorry I don't know much
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Why are you doing things to your phone if you don't know what you are doing?
Read this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2413746
and then go to the "General" section and read all of the "pinned" threads.
You should have done at least this much before you did anything to your phone to start with, but if you do it now maybe you won't mess your phone up any more. Good luck.

knock it off with the scolding
scott14719 said:
Why are you doing things to your phone if you don't know what you are doing?
Read this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2413746
and then go to the "General" section and read all of the "pinned" threads.
You should have done at least this much before you did anything to your phone to start with, but if you do it now maybe you won't mess your phone up any more. Good luck.
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Hey this brings a big question to my mind... was there an over-the-airwaves update to our friends in the Great White North? Is there now the un-chop-able Harley taking it's place in the land of Canucks? I thought their phones didn't have a locked bootloader?

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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.
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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?
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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.

Hard bricked phone?

Hello everyone,
I recently tried to flash a kernel and it seems that it was a corrupted download or something of the sorts and no whenever my phone powers on, the phone sits on a black screen and just vibrates. I have gotten into download mode and ODIN'd it with the stock image but it put me right back at the same thing. Has anyone else had this issue and if so can itt be fixed?
Thanks in advance!
It would help to know what device you have, what firmware you where on and what kernel you tried to flash
hailthethief said:
Hello everyone,
I recently tried to flash a kernel and it seems that it was a corrupted download or something of the sorts and no whenever my phone powers on, the phone sits on a black screen and just vibrates. I have gotten into download mode and ODIN'd it with the stock image but it put me right back at the same thing. Has anyone else had this issue and if so can itt be fixed?
Thanks in advance!
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Can get into recovery?
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I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
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hailthethief said:
I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
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Does Odin say successful? Do you know what firmware you were on?
hailthethief said:
I did some more reading. My phone is hard bricked. What I'm reading is that it needs to JTAG or exchanged. Thanks anyways.
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I'm not for sure about it being hard bricked if you can still get into download mode. Did you use a jig to get into download mode becuz I think that would be the only way to get to it if it was hardbricked,if not you may be able to get the pit file and fix it
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jd1639 said:
Does Odin say successful? Do you know what firmware you were on?
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Odin does say successful. Can you tell me how I could find the firmware version? I odin to amdl then rooted and installed TWLite and tried to flash the KToonzes kernel when this happened.
captivated1971 said:
I'm not for sure about it being hard bricked if you can still get into download mode. Did you use a jig to get into download mode becuz I think that would be the only way to get to it if it was hardbricked
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I did not use the jig.
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hailthethief said:
Odin does say successful. Can you tell me how I could find the firmware version? I odin to amdl then rooted and installed TWLite and tried to flash the KToonzes kernel when this happened.
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In settings, about device would show the firmware. If you odined and you were on the mdl firmware. You can't get into recovery right now? Only download mode? Did you try to flash a rom before the kernel? I assume you have an i337?
id try this again with odin least wise if it works you will have to reroot again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
jd1639 said:
In settings, about device would show the firmware. If you odined and you were on the mdl firmware. You can't get into recovery right now? Only download mode? Did you try to flash a rom before the kernel? I assume you have an i337?
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Yes. I have a hard time putting it in Download mode. I don't know if I can hit recovery. Ill try though.
hailthethief said:
Yes. I have a hard time putting it in Download mode. I don't know if I can hit recovery. Ill try though.
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After odin says sucessful,you have to remove the battery cause it will be stuck stuck on the download screen and go into recovery and factory reset the phone and it should boot right up.I dont think your phone is hard-bricked if you was able to use odin.
Azzair113 said:
After odin says sucessful,you have to remove the battery cause it will be stuck stuck on the download screen and go into recovery and factory reset the phone and it should boot right up.I dont think your phone is hard-bricked if you was able to use odin.
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yeah i have done the samething. i went from stock rooted and had cyanogenmod 10 successfully downloaded and running one night. The next morning i installed ktoonsez kernel 100% certain it was for my cyano and everything i was running and its 90% hard bricked. The only thing i can do is get it into odin mode. Ive also flashed my att ucuamdl file with odin to try and reset it and it has said successful. The only thing i had checked was t ime reset and reboot. So i pulled the battery to try and fire it back up and nothing happens but a black screen and a little vibration. Kind of pisses me of since im not the only one who has had this happen. So far ive still had no luck with anything about the phone. no recovery, no nothing. Anybody else know anything?
hayden55 said:
yeah i have done the samething. i went from stock rooted and had cyanogenmod 10 successfully downloaded and running one night. The next morning i installed ktoonsez kernel 100% certain it was for my cyano and everything i was running and its 90% hard bricked. The only thing i can do is get it into odin mode. Ive also flashed my att ucuamdl file with odin to try and reset it and it has said successful. The only thing i had checked was t ime reset and reboot. So i pulled the battery to try and fire it back up and nothing happens but a black screen and a little vibration. Kind of pisses me of since im not the only one who has had this happen. So far ive still had no luck with anything about the phone. no recovery, no nothing. Anybody else know anything?
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If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.
Azzair113 said:
If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.
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thanks for the reply. i will give it a shot. *Fingers Crossed*
hayden55 said:
thanks for the reply. i will give it a shot. *Fingers Crossed*
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np hope it works
Azzair113 said:
np hope it works
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no success. recovery just isn't there. maybe somebody should ask the kt747 guy?
hayden55 said:
no success. recovery just isn't there. maybe somebody should ask the kt747 guy?
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What kt kernel did you install was it the aosp kt kernel or the tw kt kernel you might flashed the wrong kernel.
Azzair113 said:
If you can get into odin mode flash the mdl file again but make sure you have nothing ticked such as the f rest time or auto boot.And once you done pull out your usb cord and it should still say downloading on the screen.So pull the battery and then place it back in but dont boot up go into recovery what i do to get in recovery is hold the volume up,power and home button until i see the recovery booting sign at the top left corner then i let go off the power button and hold the volume up and home button until it boots into recovery.but when you go into recovery it will download the install the mdl file so you might have to do the recovery part twice after it installs the file then factory reset your phone and it should boot right up.
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I just tried this with the UAMDB md5 file since thats the one that came with my phone and it didn't work. hmmmm
Azzair113 said:
What kt kernel did you install was it the aosp kt kernel or the tw kt kernel you might flashed the wrong kernel.
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I know that you would think that it would be the newbie mistake to install an tw kernel on top of a aosp ROM, but I made 100% sure to choose the correct ROM. I know the difference between touch wiz and also.
Also, sorry to hijack the thread I just saw it and figured since we both have the same problem we might all solve it together.

[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"!
Misterjunky said:
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!
Nurmi_CEO said:
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.
scott14719 said:
...and end up with an MF3 phone?
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Good point! I didn't think of that..

Soft Bricked At&T Lg g2

Hello i have a huge issue with my g2. I flashed carbon rom for my d800 by mistake and now i can only boot into fastboot mode and download mode. Now i have the stock files to return back of course and i followed the guide perfectly but have issues with the flash tool. For whatever reason, it keeps saying "model is different" whenever i put the files in. Because of this, the files never flash and my phone just sits in download mode. If anyone has any idea how to help me out here, i would definetly appreciate it!
Did you flash the AT&T kernel after you flashed the ROM? I forgot and the same thing happened to me. See if you can get to the factory reset menu. Do the factory reset and it'll take you back to recovery if I remember correctly. That's what I did.
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Jank4AU said:
Did you flash the AT&T kernel after you flashed the ROM? I forgot and the same thing happened to me. See if you can get to the factory reset menu. Do the factory reset and it'll take you back to recovery if I remember correctly. That's what I did.
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How could i get to a reset menu? Yea i didn't flash the kernel for sure
k2thejx5 said:
How could i get to a reset menu? Yea i didn't flash the kernel for sure
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Volume down and power together.
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copualt3 said:
Volume down and power together.
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Nope Just gives me the fastboot option. I been looking for damn near any method to get me back at this point
Of you can get in to download mode then Go to LG g2 general and follow the sticky thread.." flash back to stock"
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copualt3 said:
Of you can get in to download mode then Go to LG g2 general and follow the sticky thread.." flash back to stock"
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Yep i can but the files i need, are offline on the guys account. Can't find other links.
k2thejx5 said:
Yep i can but the files i need, are offline on the guys account. Can't find other links.
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What is weird is that the flash tool see it as "G2" Not d800 or d802 or anything just G2
k2thejx5 said:
What is weird is that the flash tool see it as "G2" Not d800 or d802 or anything just G2
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Houston did that on purpose so that the roms could be flashed on all devices. And how do you accidentally flash a rom? There are some pretty deliberate steps required to do that. When you tried to boot into recovery, when the LG logo popped up, did you release and repress the buttons, or did you keep holding them? You have to let go of them and immediately repress them to get to the factory reset screen. Once you're there, you follow the prompts to do a factory reset and it will throw you back into recovery instead of resetting the device.
Also, can you see your device in ADB?
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Houston did that on purpose so that the roms could be flashed on all devices. And how do you accidentally flash a rom? There are some pretty deliberate steps required to do that. When you tried to boot into recovery, when the LG logo popped up, did you release and repress the buttons, or did you keep holding them? You have to let go of them and immediately repress them to get to the factory reset screen. Once you're there, you follow the prompts to do a factory reset and it will throw you back into recovery instead of resetting the device.
Also, can you see your device in ADB?
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Well because after i flashed carbon rom, i wasn't aware that you had to flash an at&t kernel as well hence my issue. Can't use any adb commands since i am stuck at fastboot. I have tried over and over again and i can't reach recovery nor can i reach the factory reset screen.
k2thejx5 said:
Well because after i flashed carbon rom, i wasn't aware that you had to flash an at&t kernel as well hence my issue. Can't use any adb commands since i am stuck at fastboot. I have tried over and over again and i can't reach recovery nor can i reach the factory reset screen.
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Trust me, it's a total pain in the ass, and I had to keep trying over and over, but I did it and I was in the same boat as you. Just keep trying, bro.
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Jank4AU said:
Trust me, it's a total pain in the ass, and I had to keep trying over and over, but I did it and I was in the same boat as you. Just keep trying, bro.
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Yea man i appreciate the help i really do. Now all i get is a security error when trying to boot it up. Its so frustrating ha
k2thejx5 said:
Yea man i appreciate the help i really do. Now all i get is a security error when trying to boot it up. Its so frustrating ha
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WOOOOT JANK4AU I LOOOVVVEEE [email protected]!!! **** YES MAN!! thank you so much!!! dude....i thought i was doomed, you said to keep trying and it was a pain in the ass and i FINALLY got it!!! dude u ****ing rock i thought my G2 was trashed!
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WOOOOT JANK4AU I LOOOVVVEEE [email protected]!!! **** YES MAN!! thank you so much!!! dude....i thought i was doomed, you said to keep trying and it was a pain in the ass and i FINALLY got it!!! dude u ****ing rock i thought my G2 was trashed!
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I have the same issue, but I'm confused as to what the cure for this is. I also have tried everything mentioned in this post and maybe more.....but how was this actually fixed?
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Help Help Please!!

My galaxy is messing up everytime I turn it on it gets stuck on the Samsung logo and I dont what to do please help if you know how to fix this.
Did it just starting doing this by itself or have you recently flashed our installed anything. Also, what firmware are you on?
jd1639 said:
Did it just starting doing this by itself or have you recently flashed our installed anything. Also, what firmware are you on?
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Im on AT&T i337 MK2 and all I did was reboot it so a new transition when opening apps would apply when it tried rebboting it go stuck on the samsung logo
Pace Sketchy said:
Im on AT&T i337 MK2 and all I did was reboot it so a new transition when opening apps would apply when it tried rebboting it go stuck on the samsung logo
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Have you tried rebooting it again and do you have a backup of your phone. I'm sure we can get it working again but to do that it might wipe your device.
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Have you tried rebooting it again and do you have a backup of your phone. I'm sure we can get it working again but to do that it might wipe your device.
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I have tried rebooting it multiple times and it wont work. Yes I have a backup. By the way my phone is also rooted.
Pace Sketchy said:
I have tried rebooting it multiple times and it wont work. Yes I have a backup. By the way my phone is also rooted.
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I would try a factory reset in recovery, you'll lose root so you'll have to re-root afterwards.
Wait do you have safestrap
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I would try a factory reset in recovery, you'll lose root so you'll have to re-root afterwards.
Wait do you have safestrap
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To tell you the truth I really dont know what I have. I just rooted my phone thats all I know. Sorry I cant tell you that part
Pace Sketchy said:
To tell you the truth I really dont know what I have. I just rooted my phone thats all I know. Sorry I cant tell you that part
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Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Ok ill tell you how everything goes
jd1639 said:
Then you don't have it. Boot into recovery and do a factory reset.
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Ok I did it three times and when I reboot its still doing it but on top of it all its still rooted cause when I reboot it still says Samsung Custom and shows a lock symbol.
Pace Sketchy said:
Ok I did it three times and when I reboot its still doing it but on top of it all its still rooted cause when I reboot it still says Samsung Custom and shows a lock symbol.
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That's not a good sign that it's not working. The next thing to try is to flash the factory firmware. See the attached. You'll want to download the all in one file and flash that in odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
You'll download a .rar file, use 7-zip to extract the .tar.md5 file from it. Use that file in the PDA slot in odin.
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That's not a good sign that it's not working. The next thing to try is to flash the factory firmware. See the attached. You'll want to download the all in one file and flash that in odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49687770
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Is it the one that says all in one mirrior or the all in one i337 MK2. And I really hope this works cause I cant have this phone break.
All in one mirror
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All in one mirror
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Ok thanks but also do I download Odin on the computer or go into download mode on my phone?
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Ok thanks but also do I download Odin on the computer or go into download mode on my phone?
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Download Odin and the all in one onto your computer. You'll run Odin from your computer. Boot your phone into download mode then plug it into your usb cable. Odin should show that your device is connected.
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Download Odin and the all in one onto your computer. You'll run Odin from your computer. Boot your phone into download mode then plug it into your usb cable. Odin should show that your device is connected.
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Ok thanks. Is there a certain place i should download Odin?
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Ok thanks. Is there a certain place i should download Odin?
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Doesn't really matter. Somewhere where you'll be able to find it
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Doesn't really matter. Somewhere where you'll be able to find it
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Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?
Pace Sketchy said:
Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?
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Start it up. You'll see a PDA slot where you can browse for a file. Browse to where the.tar.md5 file you downloaded is. Then boot your phone into download mode and plug the usb cable into it. Odin should have a com in the upper left hand corner turn yellow or blue, it depends on the Odin version you're using. Once you see that your phone is being recognized by Odin and you can hit start. If everything goes right it should take about 10 minutes for it to do its thing. If it's successful boot into recovery and do a factory reset
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Ok so Im sorry for askling this but what am i supposed to do with odin? And how do i use it?
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I don't want to steal your thunder JD. Sketchy do you live near a BestBuy? If so some have a Samsung Experience Shop which they can do that for you if you are unsure how to use Odin. Tell them Kies broke your phone and ask them to reflash it. Its free. Try not to show them the custom logo.
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