[Q] Boot loop(?) help! - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am running my GT-i9505 on PA3.99 and the other night my phone turned off while I was sleeping. I woke up and the phone would not boot, it would show the Samsung logo briefly then not boot up. It's got to the point where it will go past the Samsung logo and on to the PA boot animation, but it will repeatedly do that, it will not turn off or boot up from there. I can access Download mode but not Recovery mode.
What's the course of action here guys?
Thanks in advance.

Is you battery swollen? If so, then you probably have a faulty battery.
If it looks normal, then you could try flashing a rom true Odin. I would try to flash an older stock rom without the knox bootloader, if you still have the old bootloader.

Lennyz1988 said:
Is you battery swollen? If so, then you probably have a faulty battery.
If it looks normal, then you could try flashing a rom true Odin. I would try to flash an older stock rom without the knox bootloader, if you still have the old bootloader.
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My battery is not swollen, well from the looks of it.
I used a friends PC to flash through Odin but I can use the PC I'm using now, now. Is there any chance you could link me the Odin I should download?
What is the knox bootloader?
Thanks,

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[Q] my I9505 won't boot

I rooted my s4 official and triangle all that stuff. then i tried to install chainfire3D and when i installed i had to reboot my phone so i did and now it's stuck at the samsung logo. i've tried to do a factory reset but it doesn't work. can anyone help me please?
Is the Download mode working?
Flash again or flash the original fw.
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505
TAT1980 said:
Is the Download mode working?
Flash again or flash the original fw.
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9505
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yes it's working but where do i find that rom it's an MDF
wessel596 said:
yes it's working but where do i find that rom it's an MDF
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Flash this Pre-Rooted Stock ROM
sadekmefti said:
Flash this Pre-Rooted Stock ROM
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thanks
wessel596 said:
I rooted my s4 official and triangle all that stuff. then i tried to install chainfire3D and when i installed i had to reboot my phone so i did and now it's stuck at the samsung logo. i've tried to do a factory reset but it doesn't work. can anyone help me please?
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Hey man!! chainfire 3D is for Froyo and Gingerbread ONLY! dont install it on your S4.
samersh72 said:
Hey man!! chainfire 3D is for Froyo and Gingerbread ONLY! dont install it on your S4.
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yeah didn't know that a little bit late now hehe. but i'm now downloading the firmware and i'll flash it in 1 hour i hope and then it'll be fixed.
Strange bootloop
I let my gt-i9505 charging normally and gone sleep...
When i waked up, it doesnt start anylonger...
But its very strange...
It was rooted and with a custom rom for 6 months already, all working.
Now it only turn on when connected to the charger, even so, it only boot to Download Mode, all other modes cause it to reboot right after the model name appears...
The battery is charged 100%, tested on other phone.
Unpluged from the charger, it gives no life signal at all...
I flashed original rom, new recovery, pre-rooted rom, full-wipe original rom... Nothing makes it even enter on recovery...
I believe its not hard bricked since it always enter in Download Mode without problems...
I have knox 0x1 already.... i was in 4.4.2, didnt tryied to flash anything before 4.3...
Anyone know what could it be?
I've used ODIN v3.09 and Heimdall... Flashed a lot of different roms, recoveries.... Nothing works...
Without the charger, it dont even vibrates when i try to turn it on...
With the charger, charging led is Off, but it vibrates and try to boot...
If i let it boot normally, it goes to a black screen with a grey battery at the center, inside the battery a freezed loading... after that it reboots... and it keeps doing so...
If i try to boot to recovery, it reboots as soon as it shows the yellow text at the top...
Download mode, always boot, odin and heimdall work normally... no error messages
Power button doenst seems to be stucked...
The battery is charged, but when i unplug from charger, it turns off no matter what...
My head is already in pain here... PLS, anyone know anything else i could try???
+1 begging for help.
What to do if reflashing stockroom with pit-file doesn't work?

What kind of a problem is this?

Not that I care about this piece of s... phone but after lying on my table for mere 40hours or so on standby with full charge (and working fine before), I just noticed it was turned off, and when I try to turn it on, it will just flash the i9505 logo for a second and just turn off again, won't even boot to recovery.
Only thing working is download mode, but that does no good because of knox so is there anything else I can do but to go to warranty for the thousandth time?
I cannot understand how so many people use Samsung phones... They were crap before android and they still are. /rant
Try flash stock rom then from stock recovery do a wipe data factory reset and see how it goes.
Report back.
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Is you battery swollen? Then you probably have a faulty battery.
I don't want to flash because of knox.
And my battery is fine, I can boot to download mode just fine, it will stay on normally.
Shebee said:
I don't want to flash because of knox.
And my battery is fine, I can boot to download mode just fine, it will stay on normally.
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That it boots in download mode is not a good indication that there is nothing wrong with your battery. Booting uses more power then download mode. So it's possible that it will boot into the download mode with a faulty battery.
There is no way that this is a software problem.
Shebee said:
I don't want to flash because of knox.
And my battery is fine, I can boot to download mode just fine, it will stay on normally.
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When you flash stock rom it will keep knox at 0x0
What is the serial number of your battery?
If it starts with BD1D you have faulty battery, if AA1A you have new treated battery.
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[Q] Note 3 boot loop (can't get into download mode).

Hi guys i think ive screwed up here massively. I was running stock lollipop on my note 3 and i attempted to gain root using odin and cf auto root hlte hltexx smn9005. After Odin said PASS i unplugged it but i may have done it too soon (not sure). Now when i turn it on it appears to automatically attempt to boot in to recovery over and over. I've removed the battery and tried to boot in to recovery and download holding all the button combinations and it doesn't boot long enough to get into any mode. Any advice to fix or is it completely bricked?
Artriel said:
Hi guys i think ive screwed up here massively. I was running stock lollipop on my note 3 and i attempted to gain root using odin and cf auto root hlte hltexx smn9005. After Odin said PASS i unplugged it but i may have done it too soon (not sure). Now when i turn it on it appears to automatically attempt to boot in to recovery over and over. I've removed the battery and tried to boot in to recovery and download holding all the button combinations and it doesn't boot long enough to get into any mode. Any advice to fix or is it completely bricked?
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To root you need to flash twrp. Then flash supersu.zip. Don't think cf auto root working with lollipop.
So now try to flash twrp 2.8.5. If your phone boots successfully into twrp, flash supersu2.4.6.zip which your can find it by google.
If your phone still doesn't boot, odin whole firmware.
Rosli59564 said:
To root you need to flash twrp. Then flash supersu.zip. Don't think cf auto root working with lollipop.
So now try to flash twrp 2.8.5. If your phone boots successfully into twrp, flash supersu2.4.6.zip which your can find it by google.
If your phone still doesn't boot, odin whole firmware.
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Thats the problem though i cant get the phone into download mode so i can flash stock or anything im stuck in a bootloop and i cant get it into recovery or download.
Artriel said:
Thats the problem though i cant get the phone into download mode so i can flash stock or anything im stuck in a bootloop and i cant get it into recovery or download.
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Did you try pulling the battery? When using Odin the best (safest) way to do it is pull the battery (without the USB cable plugged in ) wait 10 secs or so then put it back in and hold down the DL mode keys. There seems to be a fundamental difference between a hot boot into DL and a physical restart via battery removal.
Happened to me the other day too. Just hold volume down + power + home and THEN plug in the battery. It worked like a charmo for me.
It worked
Wow battery out then insert worked!!! So stoked. You guys are awesome i thought the phone was gone so i went out and got a note 4 on my plan as i was out of contract lol. Oh well all good new phone and i can get the note 3 on ebay. Cheers guys!!!

Help please, Odin twrp and still can't get to recovery, Odin stock image and still no

I flashed xposed framework. It booted a few times crashed and then I could still get to recovery twrp. I then flashed the original rom I was using it booted up and started completely but again crashed. So I booted recovery and flashed the original rapture 5.1.1 rom and it booted completely but after a few minutes it also crashed.
After that I was in a bootloop. In a weird way I'd have to take out the battery wait a few minutes then the power button would work (on battery). It'd try to boot vibrate, show the samsung note 4 letters and then shutdown.
Weird part is if I plug the wall charger in it just vibrates and tries to boot indefinitely. If I long hold the power button nothing happens. If I pull the usb cable out it cuts power even though I have a fully charged battery.
I've flashed twrp reovery via odin first, no luck. I've flashed the original cod6 firmware without luck. Then the original kernel and recovery. Nothing seems to work. Is my power button dead. My problems are similar to this also but it worked fine before I flashed xposed framework wanam.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...battery-then-turns-off-after-two-seconds.html
The reason I think it might not be the power switch is if I take out the battery wait 15 and plug it back in the phone does not auto restart itself. I have to hold the power button to start it. After Odin flash of COD6 firmware I only get to recovery img message at the top and then it turns off.
Very similar to this problem
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...k-recovery-booting-screen-how-can-i-past.html
flash stock recovery, twrp, cwm recovery and still can't get to it. Only thing I haven't flashed it the modem.
Thanks for any replies
Sounds like a hardware r
Problem if odin is not flashing correctly and it has done correctly in the past. I had similar but could boot into download mode and flash nut it failed flashing . Had to reflash root, then reflash a stock rom which boot looped, then root, then flash recovery, then flashed a custom rom cmw2.1 which worked. Then to male sure I reflashed origianl 5.0 rom which then worked. Then started again rooting recovery and flash cm12.1 and all is fine. As long as u have download mode there should be a way to fix it try my method as I thought I had a paper weight for about 3 hours while I figured out the above.
Thanks
Steve
Digipro said:
Sounds like a hardware r
Problem if odin is not flashing correctly and it has done correctly in the past. I had similar but could boot into download mode and flash nut it failed flashing . Had to reflash root, then reflash a stock rom which boot looped, then root, then flash recovery, then flashed a custom rom cmw2.1 which worked. Then to male sure I reflashed origianl 5.0 rom which then worked. Then started again rooting recovery and flash cm12.1 and all is fine. As long as u have download mode there should be a way to fix it try my method as I thought I had a paper weight for about 3 hours while I figured out the above.
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Steve
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Thanks I will try, I've tried everything odin cod6, cog2, bootloader, baseband, rom, kernel, flash reports good now but still bootloop, even tried Kies3, it completely said everything is good rebooted and just booted at the top left saying recovery... booting then shuts off.
Really weird part is as soon plug power to micro usb port it starts booting without me pressing any buttons?
First thing I do if it goes wrong is reflash original stock rom to create a clean sheet. I always find the simplest solution is usually the best, f
Aching modems, kernels, well u know what windows is like with registry errors cross link .dll files. Like with windows keep backups and reload and start afresh sometimes going too deep to fix something can make it worse :s
Yea it shouldn't boot just from inserting power cable it should goto charge screen.. If charge screen is corrupt then that could explain why It boots to go to charge screen but can't so hence the behavior. Makes sense to me .
Thanks
Steve

stuck in bootloop

i have read through these forums for weeks and followed steps perfect but no version of Odin will succeed in doing a factory rom flash. i had the s4 rooted and uninstalled the touchwiz not realizing it was the launcher required to boot phone. since this happened i cant do a factory reset and odin will not work. in fact last time i tried odin it put my phone in a bootloop where as soon as i put the battery in it boots and continues to reboot. this phone has a locked bootloader and come stock with 4.4.2 i dont want to post a really long post with a bunch of info thats probably not needed so if more info is needed please ask. thanks in advance
If the phone constantly auto-reboots, then your power button is malfunctioning.
As for the other cases, use a different PC, Windows and/or USB ports. A cable switch is advisable too. And make sure you have the right firmware for the phone.
Any of those factors can make a change.
Also, unless it's a Verizon or AT&T phone, there's absolutely no possible way that thing has a locked bootloader.
I have a bootloop on the Samsung first logo with "Recovery Booting..." in blue on the top left (Samsung GT-I95026)
I have flash TWRP recovery, the phone don't want to boot on recovery, it's just bootlooping, flashed stock firmware with Kies, still bootloop, Odin, same thing
So after searching everywhere can't seem to find anything that can help, I assume it's dead then?..
bootloop stopped
Pwnycorn said:
If the phone constantly auto-reboots, then your power button is malfunctioning.
As for the other cases, use a different PC, Windows and/or USB ports. A cable switch is advisable too. And make sure you have the right firmware for the phone.
Any of those factors can make a change.
Also, unless it's a Verizon or AT&T phone, there's absolutely no possible way that thing has a locked bootloader.
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phone has been sitting like 2 weeks with no battery and after your post i tried to boot to factory reset. it shows the recovery boot at the top of the screen but just goes to a half lit screen and does nothing.this phone wasnt even 2 weeks old when i bricked it. i use the factory oem cord plus have tried others. i have even tried a fresh install of win7 on my second hdd in this laptop with no changes to anything got my firmware here :sammobile.com/firmwares/search/sgh-1337
and yes this is an at&t phone factory unlocked with locked bootloader
soft brick fixable
Bastidn said:
I have a bootloop on the Samsung first logo with "Recovery Booting..." in blue on the top left (Samsung GT-I95026)
I have flash TWRP recovery, the phone don't want to boot on recovery, it's just bootlooping, flashed stock firmware with Kies, still bootloop, Odin, same thing
So after searching everywhere can't seem to find anything that can help, I assume it's dead then?..
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i have read through these forums a lot trying to fix my s4 and im under the impression that if you can get to odin mode then the phone is "softbricked" and can be fixed.
freezes at at&t screen
galaxys4bricked said:
phone has been sitting like 2 weeks with no battery and after your post i tried to boot to factory reset. it shows the recovery boot at the top of the screen but just goes to a half lit screen and does nothing.this phone wasnt even 2 weeks old when i bricked it. i use the factory oem cord plus have tried others. i have even tried a fresh install of win7 on my second hdd in this laptop with no changes to anything got my firmware here :sammobile.com/firmwares/search/sgh-1337
and yes this is an at&t phone factory unlocked with locked bootloader
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since that post i tried the factory reset and the phone just boots then stays frozen on the at&t screen
flashed and fixed
galaxys4bricked said:
i have read through these forums for weeks and followed steps perfect but no version of Odin will succeed in doing a factory rom flash. i had the s4 rooted and uninstalled the touchwiz not realizing it was the launcher required to boot phone. since this happened i cant do a factory reset and odin will not work. in fact last time i tried odin it put my phone in a bootloop where as soon as i put the battery in it boots and continues to reboot. this phone has a locked bootloader and come stock with 4.4.2 i dont want to post a really long post with a bunch of info thats probably not needed so if more info is needed please ask. thanks in advance[/QUOTE
i got my s4 flashed with stock rom from this thread:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674223
if anyone has the same issues i had with odin not working try that rom.....thanks for those of you who helped me
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galaxys4bricked said:
if anyone has the same issues i had with odin not working try that rom.....thanks for those of you who helped me
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Is there any way to unlock bootloader in ODIN? I have I9506 with 4.4.2 that was on it at first. Then i have updated it to 5.0.1 in OTA. So you say that I need to flash it in ODIN with 4.4.2 to make it work?
None of the Galaxy s4 phones have a locked bootloader except for the AT&T, Sprint, Verizon versions.
GT-I9506
S/N: RF8F20W841T
PDA: PL2 / PHONE: OJ2 / CSC: OK1 (NEE)
CAN'T BOOT IN TO THE SYSTEM (no matter what I can't make it to boot properly)
CAN'T ENTER RECOVERY (it's showing that's booting in to the recovery but instead of recovery it just restart)
CAN ENTER DOWNLOAD MODE (no problem with entering DM)
What I have done so far:
- Kies recovery with phone model number and serial number (still bootloop).
- Odin flashing STOCK rom from SamFirm download (still bootloop) (single and 4 files flash).
- Re-partitioning (flashing PIT file).
- Reflashing bootloder (still nothing).
- Tryed CWM, TWRP and other Recovery, non of them boot up.
Using those files to flash:
AP_I9506XXSDPL2_CL6069869_QB11747892_REV03_user_lo w_ship.tar
BL_I9506XXSDPL2_CL6069869_QB11747892_REV03_user_lo w_ship.tar
CP_I9506XXUDOJ2_REV00_CL1318424.tar
CSC_NEE_I9506NEEDOK1_CL6069869_QB7017077_REV03_use r_low_ship.tar
I would really appreciate help from someone more skilled then me.

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