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[Q] Failed to root s4

I´m new here and I'm hope in the correct forum. Sorry my English isn't the best but I´ll try to explain, maybe someone can help me.
I've never rooted a phone before. I was just trying to root my Samsung Galaxy S4 4G(Australia) with ODIN and my phone now stuck with the blue colour legend Recovery booting for at least 6 hours now. i think i put the wrong tar. file in PDA. i unplugged the battery and put it back in but once i press the power button it switch to the blue colour legend Recovery booting again >!<is there any chance that i can fix it and can anyone help me plz..i'm freaking out

Pull out the battery and see if you can boot into download mode by holding power and down volume. If so some warning screen will pop up and continue. If this works you should be able to recover the phone with the right tar rile.
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Just to be sure you have the SPRINT Samsung Galaxy S4. Known as the SPH-L720?
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daniel4653 said:
Pull out the battery and see if you can boot into download mode by holding power and down volume. If so some warning screen will pop up and continue. If this works you should be able to recover the phone with the right tar rile.
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Just to be sure you have the SPRINT Samsung Galaxy S4. Known as the SPH-L720?
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is it possible for me to factory data reset?
i can boot into download mode and restart the phone, but once i tried to factory reset, my phone turn back to the blue colour legend Recovery booting plz help!!

sarahui27 said:
is it possible for me to factory data reset?
i can boot into download mode and restart the phone, but once i tried to factory reset, my phone turn back to the blue colour legend Recovery booting plz help!!
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First list what exact model number your galaxy s4 is. If the phone doesn't boot it should say on the back of the phone when you take off the battery.
Once you do that you should boot into download mode and Odin the correct tar. That should boot you right up then you can perform a factory reset.
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daniel4653 said:
First list what exact model number your galaxy s4 is. If the phone doesn't boot it should say on the back of the phone when you take off the battery.
Once you do that you should boot into download mode and Odin the correct tar. That should boot you right up then you can perform a factory reset.
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my model number is GT-I9506. does that mean rooting it is the only way to fix it?? case i dun want to root it anymore, i'm so scared that i will end up bricking my phone.crying:

sarahui27 said:
my model number is GT-I9506. does that mean rooting it is the only way to fix it?? case i dun want to root it anymore, i'm so scared that i will end up bricking my phone.crying:
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You're in the Sprint S4 forums. You need to look for the International S4 thread that has your Odin tar file then flash that. You should be just fine. Either search here for it or Google " xda i9505" and that'll find it for you.
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Here's a pretty good thread on your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701681
Nor sure if an Odin file is there but looks like recoveries , roms and root info definitely is. Plus they can answer your questions better
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[Q] Galaxy S5 Stuck in Infinite Recovery Boot Cycle

I have had my S5 for two days now. I haven't done any modifications to it and have kept it completing stock. I was browsing the internet in Chrome when I got a notification saying there was a security breach and that the phone needed to restart in order to undue any changes made. So I pressed the restart button and it started to restart normally until I saw in tiny blue text "RECOVERY BOOTING....", I didn't think much of it until nothing started to happen after a minute. I let it go for another 5 minutes and then 15 minutes. I came back and still it was at the same screen. I decided to turn the device off and on to see if that would do anything, nothing happened. I took the battery out and waited a few minutes to put it back in, again nothing new. I was looking into other threads about this happening to other phones because the S5 is so new there is nothing on it doing this. But I found no useful information. So my question is, how can I fix this? I don't mind having to reset it, there's only a few apps installed. I'm tech savvy, so I'll now what you mean if you give me any tips. Thank you!

If doesn't matter if you lost the installed apps, then boot to recovery and choose wipe data reset factory and then wipe data cache.then restart your mobile it should solve your problem.
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ra_eng said:
If doesn't matter if you lost the installed apps, then boot to recovery and choose wipe data reset factory and then wipe data cache.then restart your mobile it should solve your problem.
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I should have mentioned this in the post but I have tried that, nothing happens. It's already trying to boot into recovery, I wonder if I can get it out of trying to do that.

Try to boot into download mode then restart normally, maybe it gets you out of the recovery booting loop.
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And if this didn't work.
I think you should download the stock rom from sammobile or samsung-updates.com sites and reinstall it again.
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ra_eng said:
Try to boot into download mode then restart normally, maybe it gets you out of the recovery booting loop.
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And if this didn't work.
I think you should download the stock rom from sammobile or samsung-updates.com sites and reinstall it again.
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Alright so I tried putting it into download mode and restarting it from there. I got into download mode and then restarted but nothing happened. I am going to trying reinstalling the stock rom right now. Thanks for the help!

ra_eng said:
Try to boot into download mode then restart normally, maybe it gets you out of the recovery booting loop.
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And if this didn't work.
I think you should download the stock rom from sammobile or samsung-updates.com sites and reinstall it again.
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So I reinstalled the stock rom and now the recovery boot text is gone, but it still doesn't actually boot up into Android. Looks like I will have to take the phone back to the store and hope I can get a replacement. Thanks for your help!

Why don't u just take it for warranty.Why use a phone which has problems
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TechxCentral said:
So I reinstalled the stock rom and now the recovery boot text is gone, but it still doesn't actually boot up into Android. Looks like I will have to take the phone back to the store and hope I can get a replacement. Thanks for your help!
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Does you got a replacement? I'm having the exact same problem right now

flash the firmware
Flash the firmware and bootloader and pit for partition with odin look in xda for the pit for ur device modell
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First install the drivers for Samsung

Did you get an answer? Am having the same issue

[Q] Been a while, at a complete loss

I gave my X to my son last year and it became extremely slow since then. It was running a version of Liquid Smooth. I was attempting to install CM11 on it following the instructions to the T, and then it became stuck, I'm stuck. I thought it already had CWM installed on it, but when it rebooted to recovery, the factory recovery came up. I formatted the system and the cache and then tried to install TWRP, it failed. I tried 2 different date factory roms and both gave me a sideload error. I even tried to flash 2.3.4.4.5.621.no.radio.sbf.zip but it also gave me a sideload error. I guess my question is where do I go from here? There's nothing on the phone at all, all I can do is boot to recovery. The usb port is dead, we use a wall charger to charge the battery.

Strizay said:
I even tried to flash 2.3.4.4.5.621.no.radio.sbf.zip but it also gave me a sideload error. .
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Must use RSD lite with sbf files
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Strizay said:
I gave my X to my son last year and it became extremely slow since then. It was running a version of Liquid Smooth. I was attempting to install CM11 on it following the instructions to the T, and then it became stuck, I'm stuck. I thought it already had CWM installed on it, but when it rebooted to recovery, the factory recovery came up.
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It did have cwm installed, you needed to select recovery when in rom, by long pressing power button>reboot>recovery
I formatted the system and the cache and then tried to install TWRP, it failed.
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doesn't matter if it was stock recovery, nothing will work
I tried 2 different date factory roms and both gave me a sideload error. I even tried to flash 2.3.4.4.5.621.no.radio.sbf.zip but it also gave me a sideload error. I guess my question is where do I go from here? There's nothing on the phone at all, all I can do is boot to recovery. The usb port is dead, we use a wall charger to charge the battery.
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if usb port is dead, phone is toast, there are no more options
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of course, if you haven't install moto drivers correctly, you may have misdiagnosed usb port
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or a bad usb cable...

so there's no way to install a recovery from inside the factory recovery?

No, there is not
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and I can't even install a stock rom either? This is so stupid.

No u
You must use RSD lite to flash stock firmware, because of locked bootloader
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If installing a custom anything was possible with stock recovery, that would be the preferred way
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OK, I managed to get it connected by USB and RSD Lite sees the phone, what do I do next? LOL, sorry

Using RSD Lite to flash a .SBF to restore (Stock Rom)
on Droid X (Shadow-MB810)
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is it an sbf or a stock rom I'm trying to flash with rsd lite? How do I know which sbf is the right one? I tried to flash 3 so far 1 passed but it still said blank, the next one failed and the 3rd one says file path too long.

Strizay said:
is it an sbf or a stock rom I'm trying to flash with rsd lite?
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an ..sbf is stock firmware
How do I know which sbf is the right one? I tried to flash 3 so far 1 passed but it still said blank,
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if you see mem blank error try
2.3.4.4.5.621.no.radio.sbf.zip or FF-p3a_shadow_cdma_shadow-user-2.3.4-4.5.1_57_DX8-51-120111-test-keys-signed-Verizon-US.sbf.zip
the next one failed and the 3rd one says file path too long.
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usually that means rsd lite and/sbf is buried in too many folders, try placing sbf on desktop
if it ends in .sbf.zip or .sbf it's ok if any thing else needs to be uncompressed manually
and verify md5 checksums

I flashed the 605 sbf and it went through all of it and then at the end it said passed. the screen was blank but the led in the top left corner was green. I unplugged the phone and it went back to bootloader with the blank message. I'm flashing the one you mentioned above right now.
sweet, that one worked. Now to see if I can get the OTA update.

Strizay said:
I flashed the 605 sbf and it went through all of it and then at the end it said passed. the screen was blank but the led in the top left corner was green. I unplugged the phone and it went back to bootloader with the blank message. I'm flashing the one you mentioned above right now.
sweet, that one worked. Now to see if I can get the OTA update.
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Why would you want the update?
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Though you wanted a custom rom?
You are just adding extra steps

you're right, I just wanted to install a custom rom. I've managed to get it rooted and cwm installed now, it's just that once I'm in cwm, there's no way to select the command I want. the volume buttons move the selection, but none of the buttons make it respond. it just takes away the text and shows the back ground image.

Strizay said:
you're right, I just wanted to install a custom rom. I've managed to get it rooted and cwm installed now, it's just that once I'm in cwm, there's no way to select the command I want. the volume buttons move the selection, but none of the buttons make it respond. it just takes away the text and shows the back ground image.
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[HOW TO] Install/Use Droid 2/X/3 Bootstrap
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in CWM scroll with volume buttons, select with camera button
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I'm sure I covered this in my
[Video] Installing CM11 on the Motorola Droid X (MB810)

thank you so much man, I totally forgot that it was the camera button. Everything is running great now, and I now have Kit Kat on my X. Your help is Extremely appreciated, thank you for all your help and time.

[Q] Co-Worker biffed a N7... badly...

So apparently soft-bricking a N7 i s common, I get that, I have read all the posts about how to fix this with fastboot and adb so on so forth... problem is that somehow, she managed to nuke the bootloader and the tablet won't do anything. I can get to the screen where you can choose to reboot into recover or bootloader but into recover there IS NO MORE RECOVERY... using the SkipSoft Toolkit, I can get TWRP on there but as soon as it reboots it does not hold that flash for some reason... so now I am at a screen with a robot on his back, cannot reboot to any recovery, and windows no longer recognizes the device... she claims all she did was order Coffee from Kuerig on the tablet and it restarted and this happened... so any help... Oh, the problem is that she did not have USB Debugging enabled and I cannot even get in to turn it on...

If all else fails, you can swap out the motherboard for about $40. I did it to upgrade from 16 to 32gb. It's relatively easy to do...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261636621214?
That's where I got mine from, best of luck ☺
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Oh BTW, DO NOT UPDATE TO LOLLIPOP YET! It will make your N7 useless! Had to revert to KitKat after. Wait for 5.1 update. ? just a PSA...
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Please Help. Worried I've bricked

So a couple of days ago I purchased a new galaxy s6 edge+ from t-mobile. When I got home I immediately wanted to root and install a ROM without the bloatware. I downloaded a rooted kernel and went to Odin to flash it. When it flashes it reboots to the Samsung logo screen and stays there. The top of the screen reads than the kernel is not seandroid enforcing. I can boot into download mode still but nothing I have tried will get it to boot back up. I made sure that I unlocked developers options on my phone before I went to do anything. All I want to do it just take it back to stock at this point. Someone please help.

You need to flash a recovery first. Then arter97s kernel from recovery. Then I would clear cache and dalvik cache.
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How can I boot into recovery? I hate that I can't pull the battery on the phone. Right now it is just stuck at the logo screen. I can use volume down and power to hard reset it but then it just goes back to the logo screen. Anyway you could drop me the links for what I need? This whole thing is a lot different than what I had to do for my note 3

Volume up + home + power. But it can be a bit tricky I've noticed. Check out arter97s kernel thread below android development.
There you can find recovery and kernel.
Flash recovery trough Odin and flash kernel trough recovery.
Pretty much exactly as the note 3 done it several times.
You need to somehow get the kernel on the phone tho. And as you can't boot it. Google ADB sideload to install it via a db and cable. Or reinstall stock rom and transfer the kernel.
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Okay I spent a good 5 hours on this tonight and I think I only made it worse. I got a kernel and a recovery made to be flashed in Odin. Flashed the recovery. Rebooted. Flashed the kernel. Now when I turn the phone onumber it just loops over and over on the Samsung logo. I can't really turn it off, my only 2 option are infinite bootloop or putting the phone in download mode. I really am starting to feel more and more screwed in this situation. Thank you for any help or advice, it makes it very difficult when there is one else I can go to see for help on the issue.
What can I flash from Odin that can take me back to how it was out of the box. Knox is already tripped.

Go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ site. Search for your phone. I got a 928f. But you gotta find out what model you got.
Then download the firmware and flash It with Odin!
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That's a fully stock rom. Tho it will take a few hours to download. Good luck!
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i had the exact same problem, what got it to boot was that i flashed though odin the stock firmware. here is the link to it. http://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G928T/ now i have another problem, after i flashed back to stock, i wanted to downgrade to UVU1AOGD snd now all the flashing process says it passed and everything but the phone wont boot passed the s6 ed plus logo. i can boot into recovery and flash stuff but it just wont boot. i try reseting it through recovery but it gives me an error. i think that it cant mount the internal storage, dont know why so i would recommend you not to flash downgrade to UVU1AOGD because you wont be able to boot. maybe if i can get a pit file.. or update to UVU1BOH6 , it will be able to boot

Don't play with pit files. There is a big chance that things can go wrong. Just download the latest firmware for your phone and don't risk it! happy flashing!
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i flashed back to UVU1BOH4 but phone just wont boot. do you think that by upgrading to UVU1BOH6 will fix the problem, it just wont go pass the black samsung galaxy s5 edge + logo, ive done everything
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thank you, i got it to boot up now!! thanks

Great! Have fun with your phone!
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When I go to flash in Odin I get an error after nand write start, then it says cm.bin then FAIL. Why is this happening

Mind giving a screenshot of Odin?
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Also try change to another USB port..
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dssb said:
When I go to flash in Odin I get an error after nand write start, then it says cm.bin then FAIL. Why is this happening
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Maybe check out this thread mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62803584
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