First off I have searched, and came up with nothing. I am on MF3, and did a factory reset and now my S4 is stuck on downloading screen. Anyone know a way to fix this. Any help is appreciated.
Are you rooted? When download mode comes up have you cancelled, vol down?
No lost my root on firmware update.. it doesnt give that option. It just says
could not do normal boot.
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kwelch08 said:
No lost my root on firmware update.. it doesnt give that option. It just says
could not do normal boot.
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Have you tried kies? Some have reported that that has worked for them.
Mine does the same thing it will not boot into recovery you have to boot power+home+volume down then press volume down again to cancel and it should reboot from there fine
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Did you have a custom recovery ie. Twrp?
I had rooted my wife's gs4 mdl but only rooted she wouldn't let me do anything else, I however had twrp custom recovery and when the ota update of mf3 we both lost root but I lost the ability to factory reset where she did not when I try it goes into Odin mode and I have to do what I stated before to reboot, hers however was able to factory reset no prob
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That's exactly what happened to mine it won't let me factory reset..
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I appreciate yalls help, and not treating me like a complete idiot for my complete noob mistake that I should have caught haha...
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I appreciate yalls help, and not treating me like a complete idiot for my complete noob mistake that I should have caught haha...
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having the same issue. anyone find a fix yet???
Hold down volume down+home+power. Then press down to restart phone
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Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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P1_e85 said:
Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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What OTA? Most all Roms now ate based on the latest MF9.
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P1_e85 said:
Can someone point me into the right direction to going completely stock so I can catch the ota. Thanks.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375523
Here this is the newest update we have so far.
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Whatever ota my phone downloaded. But as you know I cannot just install and restart. Since I am modded.
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Whatever ota my phone downloaded. But as you know I cannot just install and restart. Since I am modded.
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That's why you flash a stock rooted MF9 ROM if you want to be on the latest and rooted.
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That's why you flash a stock rooted MF9 ROM if you want to be on the latest and rooted.
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Ive tried this and still had problems. Hence I want to go back to stock and start unmodded.
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P1_e85 said:
Ive tried this and still had problems. Hence I want to go back to stock and start unmodded.
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Here's how I did it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480
S4 rebooting as soon as I boot it!?
Hi!
So I followed Djembeys guide to root my s4 back when ME2/MF2(or smthn in that matter)was the newest firmware avable. But now I wanted to go back to stock and update my phone and as stated in the guide that would be no problem, well OTA didn't work so i did it via Kies. It worked as expected for a while before my phone started freezing and rebooting itself forever, like as soon as i get into the launcher.
Things I've tryed to do:
*Checking in download mode that everything is official, it is, and the phone doesn't seem to reboot while in download mode, should I flash a stock rom, I mean, what if the phone shuts off in the middle of the process?
*Doing a factory data reset via stock recovery, the "android" in recovery falls down and a triangle at his stomach. However the data reset worked, but it didn't solve the problem, still reboots but now when the phone is trying to set itself up.
What can i do guys? You think i can send it back to the store seeing everything is official in download mode?
I lost root and now this is on my screen after flashing a lock screen mod that broke my wifi. Tried my nandroid and it failed and said I lost root. Has anyone aeen this before?
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primo523 said:
I lost root and now this is on my screen after flashing a lock screen mod that broke my wifi. Tried my nandroid and it failed and said I lost root. Has anyone aeen this before?
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That's odd... Which lock screen mod did you try to install? (make sure it's compatible!)
My advice would just be to Odin it. It's really strange that a nandroid backup didn't take care of it
Did you change the kernel at all?
That pop up looks like one of the things you can do on developer options.
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Thanks guys. Just let sprint. They tried fir 2 hours to makes that message dissappear. Flashed new software several times. The tech finally gave up and ordered me a new phone. She said it was hardware related.
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Hello there. i have samsung I337 with stuck in odin mode menu. when you power it in normal mode it has "could not do normal boot. odim mode"
trying to flash it with ODIN,but always has FAIL and error. I need some help, what can i do with that?
Sorry for posting with no answer but I have the same issue with my tmobile sgs4 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2441509). It looks like I tried everything and nothing is working :/
kviaff said:
Hello there. i have samsung I337 with stuck in odin mode menu. when you power it in normal mode it has "could not do normal boot. odim mode"
trying to flash it with ODIN,but always has FAIL and error. I need some help, what can i do with that?
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What happened in the first place? What firmware were you on?
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What happened in the first place? What firmware were you on?
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1st i rooted it, then make recovery. 3. i unzip firmware to phone main folder.and when i reboot it i had this problem.
phone has MF3
No offense to anyone......but can nobody read that comes to this site?
kviaff said:
1st i rooted it, then make recovery. 3. i unzip firmware to phone main folder.and when i reboot it i had this problem.
phone has MF3
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You cannot flash a recovery to MF3. Your options see J-tag on mobiletechvideos.com or go to best buy with Samsung experience to reflash MF3
Edit: glad that is solved
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OMG it was so easy....you just take Power+home+Vol down, and then you see message Vol up and Vol down...choose Vol down!!!!
kviaff said:
OMG it was so easy....you just take Power+home+Vol down, and then you see message Vol up and Vol down...choose Vol down!!!!
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You still do not have a recovery, by flashing a custom recovery and it failing, you lost stock recovery.
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You still do not have a recovery, by flashing a custom recovery and it failing, you lost stock recovery.
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and what about Goomanager method?
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and what about Goomanager method?
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That will not work! There is no custom recovery for mf3. You still have no recovery, you will need to find a best buy with Samsung experience to reflash MF3 if you want stock recovery. Once again, you cannot install a custom recovery. Your phone booted fine but you will not be able to go into recovery since you don't have one. I believe you will go into Odin downloadable mode.
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That will not work! There is no custom recovery for mf3. You still have no recovery, you will need to find a best buy with Samsung experience to reflash MF3 if you want stock recovery. Once again, you cannot install a custom recovery. Your phone booted fine but you will not be able to go into recovery since you don't have one. I believe you will go into Odin downloadable mode.
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so i havent any chance to make my phone Russian language?
kviaff said:
so i havent any chance to make my phone Russian language?
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That I can answer, if the only is through a custom recovery, then no.
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I am rooted on a mdk build. I was previously rooted and had twrp custom recovery. Ran bunch of roms then kinda got tired of messing around and always having to do a full wipe in order to try different roms so I uprooted and went back to stock completely.
It hasn't been a week and I already decided to go back to root and throw on a different rom. I rooted again, but am having a lot of trouble installing twrp and clockwork recoveries.
When I try goomanager I come to the screen to install the recovery and I get a "webpage not available" every time. When I try to do it manually I get a fail message. I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
Through clockwork, I install the recovery, and it tells me that it was installed successfully. I try to access it and I get the Verizon error message saying that unauthorized software was found and to shut the phone off and bring it to nearest vzw, Yea Ok!
So I'm lost at this point, anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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Sorry meant SCH-I545
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kerimh40 said:
I am rooted on a mdk build. I was previously rooted and had twrp custom recovery. Ran bunch of roms then kinda got tired of messing around and always having to do a full wipe in order to try different roms so I uprooted and went back to stock completely.
It hasn't been a week and I already decided to go back to root and throw on a different rom. I rooted again, but am having a lot of trouble installing twrp and clockwork recoveries.
When I try goomanager I come to the screen to install the recovery and I get a "webpage not available" every time. When I try to do it manually I get a fail message. I just don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
Through clockwork, I install the recovery, and it tells me that it was installed successfully. I try to access it and I get the Verizon error message saying that unauthorized software was found and to shut the phone off and bring it to nearest vzw, Yea Ok!
So I'm lost at this point, anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
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Best way out of this.
Install CyanogenMod Installer on your desktop and plug your phone in. It will install cwm and custom rooted phone. As simple as that.
I did the same as you and this I found really easy and fast
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I tried that it says my device is not supported
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kerimh40 said:
I tried that it says my device is not supported
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What are you running at the moment?
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Version gs4
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What version of android?
4.3?
Touchwiz or Google?
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4.2.2
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What I would do personally then is download Kies on desktop and do a full system restore. I lost my Recovery by going from routed to stock and couldn't do anything at all.
This sorted it all out.
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Touchwiz
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Yea I downloaded and can't seem to find an option for a system restore
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Don't use goomamager. Try this. Sorry looked through your first post again.
Download a cwm recovery, go to recovery and flash it through there. If that doesn't work then see if you can find a 'flashable in Odin' ROM that confess with CWM that comes with it. Try that. That will definitely work.
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I would have done that but when I try and get in the stock recovery, I get the Verizon error messaging saying unsupported software. I can't get into stock recovery at all.
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I would have done that but when I try and get in the stock recovery, I get the Verizon error messaging saying unsupported software. I can't get into stock recovery at all.
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Same issue I had. I just went into download mode and flashed a CWM through Odin. Or a ROM through Odin. Keep trying that maybe
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Any time I try to install recovery through Odin I get the fail message. Thanks for your help.
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Odin the stock firmware and start all over. Root, then use rom manager or goo manager to put in the custom recovery. Then get rid of the manager.
Basically ive already rooted my phone using Chainfires Auto Root, im just wondering if i flash CWM or else TWRP will this cause any damage to my phone? Brick it or anything? Sorry if theres already an answer, just moved from the N7000 to S4?
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I'ts almost impossible to brick your phone. So go ahead and flash
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I'ts almost impossible to brick your phone. So go ahead and flash
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I tried flashing the both of them there and both times the phone rebooted itself with stock recovery (wasnt able to see CWM or TWRP. What would i need to do to get them to work? Sorry about the questions. Or else would it be safe to flash a 4.4.2 rom through odin? My phone is locked to uk carrier EE btw
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You flashed the recovery with Odin?
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You flashed the recovery with Odin?
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I did indeed. Both TWRP + CWM
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I did indeed. Both TWRP + CWM
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Once you have rooted your phone, you have to delete a file in system, wich overwrites the custom recovery with the original. But i don't remember wich file it is. I think Google know it.:cyclops:
EDIT: I found it: you need a root Explorer. Go to system/etc and delete "install-recovery.sh"
After that, flash a custom recovery. Now it should work.
What also helps sometimes is to uncheck "auto-reboot" in Odin.
When the flashing is finished, you just hold the power button for 10 sec (until it reboots).
Lennyz1988 said:
What also helps sometimes is to uncheck "auto-reboot" in Odin.
When the flashing is finished, you just hold the power button for 10 sec (until it reboots).
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Good shout, i'll give that a go.
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What also helps sometimes is to uncheck "auto-reboot" in Odin.
When the flashing is finished, you just hold the power button for 10 sec (until it reboots).
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No luck mate. Any other ideas?
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