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[Q] [HELP] Device wont boot past bootlogo

This is probably the most generic header, but anyway.
I dun goofed hardways and being the impatient self i am, i saw that someone was talking about have cm 10.1 on their device so i went to the website and downloaded it with reading the name, nek minut can boot past boot logo. i have tried clear delvik cache and all that stuff. even tried put on new rom on but still no luck. im going to give a stock rom a go but if there is anything else people can suggest i do that would help alot c:
EDIT: New problem now, i flashed it with odin and the necessary rom, now it gets stuck on the samsung screen.

qwwrr said:
This is probably the most generic header, but anyway.
I dun goofed hardways and being the impatient self i am, i saw that someone was talking about have cm 10.1 on their device so i went to the website and downloaded it with reading the name, nek minut can boot past boot logo. i have tried clear delvik cache and all that stuff. even tried put on new rom on but still no luck. im going to give a stock rom a go but if there is anything else people can suggest i do that would help alot c:
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Since you tried clearing and rebooting and it didn't work then I would just find the Stock Odin firmware package and flash back to stock and start over.
If you need help finding the right one let me know
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Try a reflash of CM 10 and clearing user data...cache and delvik cache...note that your internal memory maybe wiped....hope it works...good luck

MJHawaii said:
Since you tried clearing and rebooting and it didn't work then I would just find the Stock Odin firmware package and flash back to stock and start over.
If you need help finding the right one let me know
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I've messaged you, thanks for your help in advance

GE ROM, won't reboot

Hi,
I flashed the google edition rom a few weeks ago, all was working fine. This morning, I decided to flash a stock rom from sammobile (was this a bad idea)? I used CF autoroot and twerp custom recovery. It failed. So wiped everything, reflashed the google edition rom, but when I reboot the phone it gets stuck showing "Samsung galaxy s4" white text.
To boot it again i have to wipe data, cache and dalvik, then reflash the ROM, then qipe cache and dalvik, then it reboots. But when I turn it off then on again the whole process starts again.
Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong? This is the same ROM that worked faultlessly for weeks...
Thanks

Did u wait long enough, first reboot after flashing a new rom can take a while.
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richard2311 said:
Did u wait long enough, first reboot after flashing a new rom can take a while.
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Yeah, I gave it 5 minutes, but it's not even getting to the boot animation.
When I tried to flash the stock rom could that have messed something up? It said failed, then for ages after that, it kept saying "error-failed to open \data\data .... I/O error" in twrp.
To avoid that I have to wipe data seperately, reboot recovery, then flash the ROM again from scratch. Every time I reboot the phone I have to do a full wipe and flash the rom before it even boots..

dickson123 said:
Yeah, I gave it 5 minutes, but it's not even getting to the boot animation.
When I tried to flash the stock rom could that have messed something up? It said failed, then for ages after that, it kept saying "error-failed to open \data\data .... I/O error" in twrp.
To avoid that I have to wipe data seperately, reboot recovery, then flash the ROM again from scratch. Every time I reboot the phone I have to do a full wipe and flash the rom before it even boots..
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Have a read if this great guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43340522&postcount=3297

mobileguynz said:
Have a read if this great guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43340522&postcount=3297
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Ok, thanks, I'll give it a go later. I'm at work and was hoping for a solution that didn't require ODIN (work PC too locked-down )

dickson123 said:
Ok, thanks, I'll give it a go later. I'm at work and was hoping for a solution that didn't require ODIN (work PC too locked-down )
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Well depending on which stock ROM you flashed you maybe affected by the enabled SElinux issue see https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13xxnmzvyeihn00w23wcdp55terwvove

mobileguynz said:
Well depending on which stock ROM you flashed you maybe affected by the enabled SElinux issue see https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z13xxnmzvyeihn00w23wcdp55terwvove
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I don't understand what the issue is though. I'm not doing anything different than I did 3 weeks ago, and yet this time it doesn't work.
It's now gotten to the stage where it won't boot at all, just sits at the white text, no boot animation.
Is it possible that flashing a stock un-rooted ROM has messed it up somehow? Technically it never flashed because it just failed immediately.

dickson123 said:
I don't understand what the issue is though. I'm not doing anything different than I did 3 weeks ago, and yet this time it doesn't work.
It's now gotten to the stage where it won't boot at all, just sits at the white text, no boot animation.
Is it possible that flashing a stock un-rooted ROM has messed it up somehow? Technically it never flashed because it just failed immediately.
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If you flashed the latest stock ROM it maybe be one with Knox and that has a secure boot loader and kernel secure Selinux Knox stops you from modifying and installing.
Try using ausdims v16 kernel or wadams Adam kernel for stock roms. Note when I flashed the last ROM waited 10 minutes and had do a wipe and reset for it to boot see last pages for discussion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824

Need help, please!

Hi all,
Recently I've had a few troubles with flashing ROMS, to the point where I cant start my phone without it rebooting. I've been using CWM PhilZ 6.0.4.4, GT-I9505 and I did a full wipe everytime.
Originally I was on Omega 10 and decided to try out a new ROM (phone kept dying at 15% for some reason as well). Flashed PACman ROMs latest nightly and had some troubles getting past the set up as it froze every time, and when I tried rebooting it, it would simply not start. It was suggested to upgrade my recovery, so I did so from PhilZ CWM 3.0.3.3 to 3.0.4.4. Tried it again and it worked fine, but due to my own clumsiness I accidentally restored system data from Omega to PACman. Obviously it wouldn't start properly after that, reflashed again and was very careful to only restore apps (restored SMS as well as .xml). Everything was fine except a few bugs here and there, but then I rebooted it and it just wouldn't start.
After that I tried cyanogenmod, as I thought it would be more stable. Pretty much same thing happened, less bugs but when I tried rebooting it just wouldn't start.
Given up by this point, I tried reflashing Omega v10. It worked perfectly for a few hours, flashed the latest 3minit framework and ausdim kernel. The next day, my phone suddenly died at 42% and when I try to start it up it gets stuck at the Omega logo. Went into recovery, tried doing full wipe again and cant get past setup without it turning off. Furthermore, when I try to reflash, it just unpacks the zip but turns off randomly.
I'm not quite sure what to do next, I'm thinking it's my recovery not doing wipes properly since when I try to wipe dalvik it says "path not found", and if I try to reboot with recovery it says "root may have been lost, would you like to root?"
Sorry for the whole wall of text, just thought all the information would be better than not enough! If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated as I cant even access my phone currently
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Battery
Williamharv said:
Hi all,
Recently I've had a few troubles with flashing ROMS, to the point where I cant start my phone without it rebooting. I've been using CWM PhilZ 6.0.4.4, GT-I9505 and I did a full wipe everytime.
Originally I was on Omega 10 and decided to try out a new ROM (phone kept dying at 15% for some reason as well). Flashed PACman ROMs latest nightly and had some troubles getting past the set up as it froze every time, and when I tried rebooting it, it would simply not start. It was suggested to upgrade my recovery, so I did so from PhilZ CWM 3.0.3.3 to 3.0.4.4. Tried it again and it worked fine, but due to my own clumsiness I accidentally restored system data from Omega to PACman. Obviously it wouldn't start properly after that, reflashed again and was very careful to only restore apps (restored SMS as well as .xml). Everything was fine except a few bugs here and there, but then I rebooted it and it just wouldn't start.
After that I tried cyanogenmod, as I thought it would be more stable. Pretty much same thing happened, less bugs but when I tried rebooting it just wouldn't start.
Given up by this point, I tried reflashing Omega v10. It worked perfectly for a few hours, flashed the latest 3minit framework and ausdim kernel. The next day, my phone suddenly died at 42% and when I try to start it up it gets stuck at the Omega logo. Went into recovery, tried doing full wipe again and cant get past setup without it turning off. Furthermore, when I try to reflash, it just unpacks the zip but turns off randomly.
I'm not quite sure what to do next, I'm thinking it's my recovery not doing wipes properly since when I try to wipe dalvik it says "path not found", and if I try to reboot with recovery it says "root may have been lost, would you like to root?"
Sorry for the whole wall of text, just thought all the information would be better than not enough! If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated as I cant even access my phone currently
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Seems to me that you are having battery issues. You might need to get a replacement. If that doesn't work you could try flashing a pre-knox ROM though ODIN 3.04. This would mean starting from scratch, but it could be your solution.
Quick question. Are you downloading the ROMs with your phone or downloading them with your computer then moving them to your phone via usb? because it might be your pc's/usb fault.

I also think there's a problem with your battery, it might need to be replaced.

ebahena said:
Seems to me that you are having battery issues. You might need to get a replacement. If that doesn't work you could try flashing a pre-knox ROM though ODIN 3.04. This would mean starting from scratch, but it could be your solution.
Quick question. Are you downloading the ROMs with your phone or downloading them with your computer then moving them to your phone via usb? because it might be your pc's/usb fault.
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Thanks for the quick reply! Would the battery explain why my ROMS wouldn't start though? Such as how Omega got stuck at the logo. I will try using my friend's battery, or just keeping the phone on charge whilst doing it and see how that works.
Im sending them through Usb currently, is there any other way to get it on my phone as I can't turn it on to send it over wifi :/
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Whenever you flash stock tar through Odin, the phone will restart by itself and wipe cache. After it does this, you should factory wipe and no more bootloop, or soft bricks. I would start from scratch if i were you. If you have working custom recovery installed., I would go in and do a format, not a wipe, but format the sdcard and restart into download mode and flash stock tar, cf auto root, and then flash a custom recovery. And then decide what rom to flash.

norml said:
Whenever you flash stock tar through Odin, the phone will restart by itself and wipe cache. After it does this, you should factory wipe and no more bootloop, or soft bricks. I would start from scratch if i were you. If you have working custom recovery installed., I would go in and do a format, not a wipe, but format the sdcard and restart into download mode and flash stock tar, cf auto root, and then flash a custom recovery. And then decide what rom to flash.
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Thank you for the reply i just got home so I'll try this soon, would it be risky though since my battery and/or cable may be damaged, meaning if it turns off during flashing stock, I'll get a hard brick?
Update: just reflashed Omega whilst it was on a charger and it actually worked.
Does this suggest that the battery is damaged?

Sounds to me like a definite battery problem.
Samsung recalled batteries with a serial number starting with BD. have a look and check your battery mate.
Also check it's not swollen
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Obagleyfreer said:
Sounds to me like a definite battery problem.
Samsung recalled batteries with a serial number starting with BD. have a look and check your battery mate.
Also check it's not swollen
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I just checked my battery, it does start with BD, and it does appear to be somewhat swollen.. I haven't noticed it before :l Could I just return it to Samsung for a replacement, without going back to stock ROM? I'm currently in Australia, haven't really seen a Samsung support center anywhere nearby.
Update: got my hands on a new battery, everything seems to be working great now. Flashed paranoid android, no reboots or any other problems.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped

[Q] stuck in boot animation

my i9500 stucked in boot animation and doesnt boot up. i tired to install a new rom and even with full wipe it still stuck in boot animation. did it again with another official rom, same result again. how can i boot it up?

kamiar1 said:
my i9500 stucked in boot animation and doesnt boot up. i tired to install a new rom and even with full wipe it still stuck in boot animation. did it again with another official rom, same result again. how can i boot it up?
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Did you tried flashing the firmware through Odin? Give all the wipes n check. All the best
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Mandark52 said:
Did you tried flashing the firmware through Odin? Give all the wipes n check. All the best
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i did it several times with different ROMs. but it didnt work.
i just read someone had almost the same problem like me and his problem was the battery. can it make any problem? (my battery is somehow bigger than usual)

kamiar1 said:
i did it several times with different ROMs. but it didnt work.
i just read someone had almost the same problem like me and his problem was the battery. can it make any problem? (my battery is somehow bigger than usual)
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Ok so check if your battery is swollen. I would advice you to borrow a battery and test. If it works then you are good to buy a new one.

kamiar1 said:
i did it several times with different ROMs. but it didnt work.
i just read someone had almost the same problem like me and his problem was the battery. can it make any problem? (my battery is somehow bigger than usual)
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You dont explain what firmwares u were flashing or what process u were doing. Give more details :fingers-crossed:

Joku1981 said:
You dont explain what firmwares u were flashing or what process u were doing. Give more details :fingers-crossed:
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ok. first i installed MaxFour kernel but after installing the phone freezed several time and i had to reboot the phone. so i decided to flash a new rom ( NC1) after flashing the new rom i didnt have any signal so i thought there is a problem with efs and i tried to restore my efs.img . i found a method in xda to restore it and followed it ( it was a code which i did it through teminal) after rebooting the phone, it stucked in boot animation. i flashed another rom like nb3 and ml1 but it didnt work and the phone is still stucked in boot animation.

[HARD/SOFT-BRICKED after System Wipe]

Hey,
today I changed some settings in my phone and then I got a systemUI error, which I couldn't close etc., so I had to factory reset, which I did, but it didn't worked.
As I had the EchoeRom on my SD-Card, I just decided to flash it with TWRP-Recovery.
I don't know how or why... but somehow I did a system wipe too. This shouldn't be a problem as I just were about to flash the new Rom.
After flashing the EchoeRom I had some trouble with recognizing the SIM-Card, so I removed this ROM too..
So I flashed the original stock ROM with Odin and the S4 boots up and optimizes the apps.
THE PROBLEM NOW OCCURS:
I get into the language selection screen and it doesn't care if i hit anything or not. After 3-5 seconds the phone shuts down by itself and gets into some weird boot-loop with vibration, shining samsung logo and also blinking soft-touch keys.
I think I messed up something with bootloader etc.?
Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

Just reflash the rom or try a different rom and you will be fine.

Lennyz1988 said:
Just reflash the rom or try a different rom and you will be fine.
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Any other ideas?

GalaxyS4_Ahmet said:
Any other ideas?
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Have you tried another ROM?
Would try to do a logcat to get the reason for the reboot.

FuPete said:
Have you tried another ROM?
Would try to do a logcat to get the reason for the reboot.
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Got it working by flashing the rom several times and doing reboots into the recovery before booting into system, after i flashed a new rom.
Thanks !

GalaxyS4_Ahmet said:
Got it working by flashing the rom several times and doing reboots into the recovery before booting into system, after i flashed a new rom.
Thanks !
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Flash stock
Boot your phone
Go into download mode again.
Uncheck autoreboot on odin
Flash stock again
Let it stay idle for 2-3 minuted.
Turn on.
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