Soft bricked my phone, tried stock fw and it's still stuck - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was on a coolboyz GE4.3 rom and flashed faux kernel and the device wouldnt boot even to recovery. I flashed a stock samsung firmware via odin and now it boots all the way to the samsung logo including boot animation but will not boot from there. I think I may have flashed a TW kernel on a 4.3 GE base..
I can't boot to my recovery, should I flash one via odin?
Is there anything I can do?

kingofthebraves said:
I was on a coolboyz GE4.3 rom and flashed faux kernel and the device wouldnt boot even to recovery. I flashed a stock samsung firmware via odin and now it boots all the way to the samsung logo including boot animation but will not boot from there. I think I may have flashed a TW kernel on a 4.3 GE base..
I can't boot to my recovery, should I flash one via odin?
Is there anything I can do?
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Go to stock recovery After flashing stock firmware and reset the device plus wipe cache and reboot see it should work
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123hiten said:
Go to stock recovery After flashing stock firmware and reset the device plus wipe cache and reboot see it should work
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Phone wont enter recovery via volume button up, power and home button Tried reflashing stock firmware again and it's still the same

kingofthebraves said:
Phone wont enter recovery via volume button up, power and home button Tried reflashing stock firmware again and it's still the same
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well a strange issue here may be you can try rooting the device if it goes to download mode and then flash philz recovery and see if it goes to recovery from there you can wipe cache / dalvik and reset the device

123hiten said:
well a strange issue here may be you can try rooting the device if it goes to download mode and then flash philz recovery and see if it goes to recovery from there you can wipe cache / dalvik and reset the device
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OMG I GOT IT WORKING ) I forgot you had to remove the button press on the power button to enter recovery )

kingofthebraves said:
OMG I GOT IT WORKING ) I forgot you had to remove the button press on the power button to enter recovery )
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Lol happy to hear that here on do make a proper Nandroid backup and efs backup incase you don't have very important it will save you many times

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Stuck and the Samsung GALAXYS4 boot screen

Hi, after flashing some ROMs (Omega) the phone booted normally, installed some apps and rebooted. But after that, the phone stay at Samsung GalaxyS4 screen and no furhter movement... I flashed new Stock ROM via ODIN with NO errors, but again when booting, it stay at Galaxy s4 screen... Tried and flash the PIT file with the stock ROM as well, but the same.. after the flash, it strat rebooting, and stuck on the Samsung GALAXYS4... Any ideas what to do?
Boot into recovery - home/vol up/ power wipe cache, factory reset etc then look for your default firmware from sammmobile and use odin to flash.
Don't mess with pit you will just screw it up doing stuff like that.
myname70 said:
Hi, after flashing some ROMs (Omega) the phone booted normally, installed some apps and rebooted. But after that, the phone stay at Samsung GalaxyS4 screen and no furhter movement... I flashed new Stock ROM via ODIN with NO errors, but again when booting, it stay at Galaxy s4 screen... Tried and flash the PIT file with the stock ROM as well, but the same.. after the flash, it strat rebooting, and stuck on the Samsung GALAXYS4... Any ideas what to do?
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firstly flash a new stock rom using odin without pit.. then do a factory reset in recovery
Of course I tried to do this first... But I cannot go into recovery mode. While holding the three keys, the phone vibrated, screen went black... and that is. When release the keys it starts booting but not to go into recovery.. Tried to flash the stock recovery via odin. It flashed, but again - cannot go into trecovery
myname70 said:
Of course I tried to do this first... But I cannot go into recovery mode. While holding the three keys, the phone vibrated, screen went black... and that is. When release the keys it starts booting but not to go into recovery.. Tried to flash the stock recovery via odin. It flashed, but again - cannot go into trecovery
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Try flashing other things with Odin. Like a kernel or CWM recovery. Something might work.
After many tries, I could managed to enter the Recovery mode . It showed no mount of /data... but after Wipe it worked

stuck on the samsung logo

trying to get back to stock through odin flashed the stock 3 times but still stays on logo,any ideas as phone is getting really hot and may have to pull battery
ok tried different stock firmwares but no joy,also when i do 3 button recovery it doesnt go into recovery,getting worried now
tonybhoy said:
ok tried different stock firmwares but no joy,also when i do 3 button recovery it doesnt go into recovery,getting worried now
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Boot into download mode and flash custom recovery using odin. After that, boot into recovery and wipe cache, dalvik, /system, /data. Flash stock firmware in odin afterwards.
tonybhoy said:
ok tried different stock firmwares but no joy,also when i do 3 button recovery it doesnt go into recovery,getting worried now
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Well if the stock is getting installed
U again try going to stock recovery power of wait for 1 min
Press volume up + home + power all tog wait till it show samsung logo and then release it it will go to recovery after that wipe factry / cache and reboot will work
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finally got it,searched about and got philz touch recovery to work then wiped the lot and put stock EE on it and its back on phew,cheers to all who replied :good:

Stock MJ5 kernel

Hi, need a stock MJ5 kernel flashable with odin to save my GT-I9505, stuck at splash screen with no recovery. Been flashing with odin and Kies for the last 4 days without any luck. I ve downloaded one which says MJ5 stock kernel but when i unzip it its MJ3. Thanks
Why not just flash a rom with MJ5 in it?
Or just flash a recovery and do a wipe. Then flash the rom you want.
ndmuni said:
Hi, need a stock MJ5 kernel flashable with odin to save my GT-I9505, stuck at splash screen with no recovery. Been flashing with odin and Kies for the last 4 days without any luck. I ve downloaded one which says MJ5 stock kernel but when i unzip it its MJ3. Thanks
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Here you go. Courtesy of DJEMBEY
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23156208500214287
Obagleyfreer said:
Here you go. Courtesy of DJEMBEY
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23156208500214287
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Thanks, Been flashing last 4 days, stock with odin both rom n recovery n also using kies firmware upgrading, both done successfully but phone just reboot into "recovery booting"n stays there, saw a lot of post here in xda n elsewhere but no one seems to ve found any solution, btw my phone is not rooted. took it out of my pocket last week saw phone was off where i powered it just stays on splash screen will go to download mode but not recovery. Also have a galaxy w same condition. Everybody seems to think that if phone is able to boot to download mode phone is not bricked, i beg to differ. I ve a few HTC phone never have so much problem as Samsung, my Note 2 suffered SDS:crying:. No more Samsung phones. Thanks guys
Flash the kernel still no help.
ndmuni said:
Thanks, Been flashing last 4 days, stock with odin both rom n recovery n also using kies firmware upgrading, both done successfully but phone just reboot into "recovery booting"n stays there, saw a lot of post here in xda n elsewhere but no one seems to ve found any solution, btw my phone is not rooted. took it out of my pocket last week saw phone was off where i powered it just stays on splash screen will go to download mode but not recovery. Also have a galaxy w same condition. Everybody seems to think that if phone is able to boot to download mode phone is not bricked, i beg to differ. I ve a few HTC phone never have so much problem as Samsung, my Note 2 suffered SDS:crying:. No more Samsung phones. Thanks guys
Flash the kernel still no help.
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If I were in this situation I would flash a custom recovery (Philz) and if you can boot into that recovery, I would format System, Data, Cache and SD card.
Now you have a totally clean slate to flash Stock ROM in Odin. The thing is Odin flashing is a no wipe procedure, so if you have something corrupt or causing issues on your phone it'll still be there after Odin flash regardless of firmware.
You can find the .Tar file of Philz recovery in his thread, flash that in PDA of Odin and try to boot to recovery again. Make sure auto reboot is NOT ticked and your phone is totally powered off. Then using Volume up+Power try again to boot to recovery, as soon as you see the blue writing "recovery booting" release power button but keep holding down Volume UP.
So what you are saying:
- You can't boot, it stays at the Samsung logo.
- You can't enter recovery, it just boots again.
- You can enter download mode.
- Flashing is succesfull.
Am I correct? Then my first guess would be that you have a faulty battery. Look if its more swollen than normal.
Lennyz1988 said:
Why not just flash a rom with MJ5 in it?
Or just flash a recovery and do a wipe. Then flash the rom you want.
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Obagleyfreer said:
If I were in this situation I would flash a custom recovery (Philz) and if you can boot into that recovery, I would format System, Data, Cache and SD card.
Now you have a totally clean slate to flash Stock ROM in Odin. The thing is Odin flashing is a no wipe procedure, so if you have something corrupt or causing issues on your phone it'll still be there after Odin flash regardless of firmware.
You can find the .Tar file of Philz recovery in his thread, flash that in PDA of Odin and try to boot to recovery again. Make sure auto reboot is NOT ticked and your phone is totally powered off. Then using Volume up+Power try again to boot to recovery, as soon as you see the blue writing "recovery booting" release power button but keep holding down Volume UP.
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Thought of it but i don't wanna trigger the flag (Knox) as my phone is still under warranty.
Tested with my Galaxy W (same condition with S4) everything i flash with odin is successful but phone boot up in same condition. That's why i just wanna try with stock for S4.
Lennyz1988 said:
So what you are saying:
- You can't boot, it stays at the Samsung logo.
- You can't enter recovery, it just boots again.
- You can enter download mode.
- Flashing is succesfull.
Am I correct? Then my first guess would be that you have a faulty battery. Look if its more swollen than normal.
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My phone is only 2 months also tried different battery, I ve 2 original. When i plug into wall charger only shows grey battery icon with static circle, but the funny thing is i suspect the battery is being charged.
When i boot into recovery it just stays at "recovery booting"ve left it for 30mins and when i turn on normally it stays on the splash screen.

I cannot access the recovery .

Guys , i need help.
i am using cm 11.0 without issues and decided to install OMNI 4.2.2. Before I installed samsung 4.2.2 stock rom (I9505VJUBMG3_I9505ZTOBMG3_I9505VJUBMG3_HOME.tar) for test some things and then flashing the OMNI ROM . I flashed with sucess but my phone stuck in bootloop, I try do full wipes, but to my surprise I cant access recovery mode, every time I press the buttons it appears it upon recovery boot and before entering it restarts and returns to the bootloop, already tried installing philztouch but no sucess, not tried other recovery, because i can install only files. md5 via odin ...
what to do?
Thank You so much
EDIT : i installed CWM lastest version via odin and the issue continues
PLEASE GUYS =/
Flash stock rom with Odin = clean slate & start again.
MistahBungle said:
Flash stock rom with Odin = clean slate & start again.
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this rom i have flashed is stock android 4.2.2 with no modifications for my contry
thanks
Douglas Henrique said:
this rom i have flashed is stock android 4.2.2 with no modifications for my contry
thanks
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- Flash TWRP with Odin
- Shutdown ur phone
- Press Home button + Volume up button + Power button. When u see the white letters of Samsung drop the Power button
- It will go to CUSTOM RECOVERY in theory
- Wipe all (system, data, cache, dalvik cache)
- Flash with Odin ur STOCK Firmware
- Tell us how it works
Joku1981 said:
- Flash TWRP with Odin
- Shutdown ur phone
- Press Home button + Volume up button + Power button. When u see the white letters of Samsung drop the Power button
- It will go to CUSTOM RECOVERY in theory
- Wipe all (system, data, cache, dalvik cache)
- Flash with Odin ur STOCK Firmware
- Tell us how it works
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i am downloading a 4.2.2 rom stock , finishing i post here
thanks man, was afraid of losing my phone haha
Joku1981 said:
- Flash TWRP with Odin
- Shutdown ur phone
- Press Home button + Volume up button + Power button. When u see the white letters of Samsung drop the Power button
- It will go to CUSTOM RECOVERY in theory
- Wipe all (system, data, cache, dalvik cache)
- Flash with Odin ur STOCK Firmware
- Tell us how it works
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ok dude , I went to try one last time before flashing another stock rom 4.2.2, and to my surprise I got ...
wtf this phone ...
installed a custom rom (OMNI 4.4.2) and everything's working here, did not have to install stock rom ... if I have any problems I'll post here
thanks you so much =D

[SOLVED] Did I just soft brick my phone?

I just rebooted my phone into recovery mode using this quick reboot pro app, it worked fine, I just wanted to test out the app so I wanted to reboot. I pressed the reboot button in TWRP, I pressed system, I saw the boot logo, but it didn't boot and it just entered the TWRP. I tried to reboot again, the same thing happened. I'm basically stuck in the recovery. I didn't try wiping data and cache or anything like that, I don't want to mess up my phone more. Can someone help me out here, I don't know what to do to fix it
ntldrmissing said:
I just rebooted my phone into recovery mode using this quick reboot pro app, it worked fine, I just wanted to test out the app so I wanted to reboot. I pressed the reboot button in TWRP, I pressed system, I saw the boot logo, but it didn't boot and it just entered the TWRP. I tried to reboot again, the same thing happened. I'm basically stuck in the recovery. I didn't try wiping data and cache or anything like that, I don't want to mess up my phone more. Can someone help me out here, I don't know what to do to fix it
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Hello there, i had the sane problem one Day, never use an App tha reboots into recovery or bootloader, it Will be stock. For the fix, You have to flash the official Samsung firmware 5.1.1 or 6.0.1 via odin And your Phone Will be Just fine.
Kostas172 said:
Hello there, i had the sane problem one Day, never use an App tha reboots into recovery or bootloader, it Will be stock. For the fix, You have to flash the official Samsung firmware 5.1.1 or 6.0.1 via odin And your Phone Will be Just fine.
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Or just reflash twrp with odin. This will reset the reboot flag.
As said use the button combo to boot to recovery and you won't have an issue.
ashyx said:
Or just reflash twrp with odin. This will reset the reboot flag.
As said use the button combo to boot to recovery and you won't have an issue.
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Thanks man! The phone works completely fine now

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