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[Q] Reset Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505

Hey,
I have following problem:
Few days ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 Lte (I9505 jfltexx). I wanted to root it and then flash CM onto it.
Rooting went fine but when I flashed CM it aborted with Error 7. After that it was soft bricked but i managed to flash the Stock Rom back and everything was fine again.
But today I tried it again but got following problem. CWM was gone and i had to reflash it. But then everytime I tried to get into recovery mode the phone freezed at the "Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505" Logo with the little blue "recovery booting" in the left upper corner. I tried to flash CWM and also twr but it did not help.
SO my final thought was flashing the stock rom again to at least have a working phone. But when I tried to flash the Stock Rom ODIN failed and my phone gave this error "SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused:2, Binary: 1".
Then every time it started it booted into download mode and said "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again". I googled how I can solve this and someone said that it has something to do with root. So again I flashed the CF auto root and thank god it booted up normally.
But now my problem: I have no root on my phone(superSu says that there are no SU-binarys), I can't update my stock-firmware because the software update says that my phone has been changed. What can I do to 1. gain root access again 2. flash a custom rom(best would be SlimBean)?
Hope you can help me

lup3x said:
Hey,
I have following problem:
Few days ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy S4 Lte (I9505 jfltexx). I wanted to root it and then flash CM onto it.
Rooting went fine but when I flashed CM it aborted with Error 7. After that it was soft bricked but i managed to flash the Stock Rom back and everything was fine again.
But today I tried it again but got following problem. CWM was gone and i had to reflash it. But then everytime I tried to get into recovery mode the phone freezed at the "Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505" Logo with the little blue "recovery booting" in the left upper corner. I tried to flash CWM and also twr but it did not help.
SO my final thought was flashing the stock rom again to at least have a working phone. But when I tried to flash the Stock Rom ODIN failed and my phone gave this error "SW REV. CHECK FAIL : fused:2, Binary: 1".
Then every time it started it booted into download mode and said "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again". I googled how I can solve this and someone said that it has something to do with root. So again I flashed the CF auto root and thank god it booted up normally.
But now my problem: I have no root on my phone(superSu says that there are no SU-binarys), I can't update my stock-firmware because the software update says that my phone has been changed. What can I do to 1. gain root access again 2. flash a custom rom(best would be SlimBean)?
Hope you can help me
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mate mine says the same as yours. so might just be because it failed not sure tho we will just have to wait and see if someone can come up with a answer. regards

joecool666 said:
mate mine says the same as yours. so might just be because it failed not sure tho we will just have to wait and see if someone can come up with a answer. regards
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thank god somebody with the same problem! Is your device rooted? because whenever i try to root it odin says pass and SuperSu is installed but the phone is not rooted

lup3x said:
thank god somebody with the same problem! Is your device rooted? because whenever i try to root it odin says pass and SuperSu is installed but the phone is not rooted
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not now its not. going to wait for c-f for fix until then i am staying where i am stock unrooted lol just to be safe.

joecool666 said:
not now its not. going to wait for c-f for fix until then i am staying where i am stock unrooted lol just to be safe.
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GOTCHA! I used the auto root from here https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/5ggu7naWtaW and it finally worked! I don't know if it will work for u but i tried it out and i finally got it. Now to the ROM Part

What is this great advantage that rooting and installing cf brings, that makes you run the risk of destroying your brand new, very expensive phone?

YIKES1412 said:
What is this great advantage that rooting and installing cf brings, that makes you run the risk of destroying your brand new, very expensive phone?
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The fact that i really don't like this mess which samsung calls a firmware. When i buy a pc i want to do anything i want with it. Same goes for smartphones.

lup3x said:
The fact that i really don't like this mess which samsung calls a firmware. When i buy a pc i want to do anything i want with it. Same goes for smartphones.
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Ok, I'm just wandering what big difference it makes. What extra does it enable your phone to do? I mean it must be really good to run this risk.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

YIKES1412 said:
Ok, I'm just wandering what big difference it makes. What extra does it enable your phone to do? I mean it must be really good to run this risk.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
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First of all it's the principle that I don't want to have a phone where Samsung tells me what to do and what not. Then there are things like root which are necessary for me because I'm also using it to test my apps which require root access. And also of course apps from the play store which need it. I'm currently using Slimbean because there's no AOKP build for the I9505. It requires less space on the phone, it's heavily customizable and it has the look of vanilla android. And a huge portion of why I am doing this is just me being curious about such things.
In the end it worked and I learned very much new stuff.
Sry 4 bad english

Hey your English is very good mate. And I was just curious as to why you run the risk, thanks for explaining it to me. I rooted and put a new rom onto an orange san francisco (zte blade) once. But that was not an expensive phone. My wife would kill me if I messed up this s4 with almost 2 years of contract to go lol

[Q] AT&T S4 wont turn on. Only vibrates.

Ohh, where to start. Ok so first off let me apologize in advance if this has already
been posted but I’m a noob when it comes top posting in the forums. Been using
them for years to fix my problems just new to posting. Anyway, a few nights ago I
tried to flash the newest version of the T-Mobile AOKP rom (Kit Kat 4.2.2) onto my
AT&T I337 Samsung Galaxy S4 via the latest version of TWRP recovery. After
attempting to flash AOKP, TWRP failed the flash and had an error message that said
something about the phone not being able to flash a T-Mobile rom on an AT&T
phone. I then tried to flash the AOKP rom again and mistakenly flashed the Loki
kernel instead. I was currently running Cyanogenmod 11. After the Loki kernel
attempted to flash, it once again said failed and gave me a message that said
something about me losing root and asking if I wanted to reinstall superuser. I
agreed to reinstall superuser and used the option to reboot my phone once it was
complete. But….once the phone attempted to reboot my screen went black and all
my phone would do is vibrate every two to three seconds with a blank screen. I
pulled the battery, tried to put it in recovery mode, and download mode but nothing
worked at all. It wouldn’t charge, no battery icon, no LED. After messing with it for a
few hours and randomly pushing buttons I finally got it to go into download mode. I
was so happy. I decided I would flash (Odin) a stock firmware that I had already had
and used plenty of times. But…after flashing Odin would say complete and pass but
when my phone would reboot it done the same thing as before. Black screen and
vibrates every two to three seconds wont charge, no battery icon, no LED, still won’t
go into recovery mode but will still go into download mode. I’ve used every version
of Odin, used different USB ports, different USB cords, reflashed the stock at least
20 times now and still nothing. What have I done and how could I fix this issue. :crying:
Ohhh and before I forget, It may be worth mentioning that when I finally got it in
download mode I noticed it said that I had the stock Samsung firmware, where it
usually says custom when rooted.

I'm assuming you're on MDL firmware. If so Odin flash the stock firmware. You can get it at sammobile.com
You're probably hosed though, sounds like you've tried all this.

Doesn't work
jd1639 said:
I'm assuming you're on MDL firmware. If so Odin flash the stock firmware. You can get it at sammobile.com
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Like i said in the post. Odin didnt work. It will say pass every time but doesnt fix anything. Screen still stays black and just vibrates every two to three seconds and still cant access recovery mode.

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lukethaduke88 said:
Like i said in the post. Odin didnt work. It will say pass every time but doesnt fix anything. Screen still stays black and just vibrates every two to three seconds and still cant access recovery mode.
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just try whats in my signature

lukethaduke88 said:
Like i said in the post. Odin didnt work. It will say pass every time but doesnt fix anything. Screen still stays black and just vibrates every two to three seconds and still cant access recovery mode.
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so my gs4 does the same thing how did you fix it ?

juggalo1978 said:
so my gs4 does the same thing how did you fix it ?
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First observation: nothing here says that he fixed it. If he did, which may not have happened, then he obviously didn't tell us.
I wonder if you really have the same issue. Did you read through the OP? Did your phone get where it is by doing the exact same sequence that he did? If not, and you want someone to help, you will need to give a detailed description of everything that led up to the issue you have, from the time the phone was operating normally. It would also be helpful to know what your phone was running before this happened.

creepyncrawly said:
First observation: nothing here says that he fixed it. If he did, which may not have happened, then he obviously didn't tell us.
I wonder if you really have the same issue. Did you read through the OP? Did your phone get where it is by doing the exact same sequence that he did? If not, and you want someone to help, you will need to give a detailed description of everything that led up to the issue you have, from the time the phone was operating normally. It would also be helpful to know what your phone was running before this happened.
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I have an i337 and i flashed the AOSP Kt kernel like june or before intern it rebooted and was stock on boot black screen and vibrating trying to turn on or or recovery does the same thing i can get in dl mode and odin says pass nothing stays the same kies wont read it and it dont come up in device manger it is on ether the mdb boot loader or mdl it was running liquid smooth it never got to stock recovery because when it would not boot i tried odin
3.2 ive seem some where it can be fixed with an sd card but i need the debrick image if anyone could help id appreciate it thank you
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creepyncrawly said:
First observation: nothing here says that he fixed it. If he did, which may not have happened, then he obviously didn't tell us.
I wonder if you really have the same issue. Did you read through the OP? Did your phone get where it is by doing the exact same sequence that he did? If not, and you want someone to help, you will need to give a detailed description of everything that led up to the issue you have, from the time the phone was operating normally. It would also be helpful to know what your phone was running before this happened.
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I have an i337 and i flashed the AOSP Kt kernel intern it rebooted and was stock on boot black screen and vibrating trying to turn on or or recovery does the same thing i can get in dl mode and odin says pass nothing stays the same kies wont read it and it dont come up in device manger it is on ether the mdb boot loader or mdl it was running liquid smooth 3.2 ive seem some where it can be fixed with an sd card but i need the debrick image if anyone could help id appreciate it thank you

[Q] New To Android

Hi all,
I recently switched over from apple to Android, it was all going really well until recently my phone soft bricked....
Ill try and be as detailed as i can, and respond as quickly as possible.
The phone specs
Canadian 16gb Samsung galaxy s4, Telus.
The phone boots and sticks at the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen.
I cant access the recovery mode.
I can access Odin.
I would love to get the phone rooted and maybe a mod on it, but as of right now its incapable of doing anything, ive read around the forums for the past 2 nights on how to fix the phone but all have come up fairly dry.
Would love some fresh input and help
Thanks Guys and Gals!
Scott

sdawg1010 said:
Hi all,
I recently switched over from apple to Android, it was all going really well until recently my phone soft bricked....
Ill try and be as detailed as i can, and respond as quickly as possible.
The phone specs
Canadian 16gb Samsung galaxy s4, Telus.
The phone boots and sticks at the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen.
I cant access the recovery mode.
I can access Odin.
I would love to get the phone rooted and maybe a mod on it, but as of right now its incapable of doing anything, ive read around the forums for the past 2 nights on how to fix the phone but all have come up fairly dry.
Would love some fresh input and help
Thanks Guys and Gals!
Scott
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Flash a stock .tar with ODIN, and start over

L Chupacabra said:
Flash a stock .tar with ODIN, and start over
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Is there any reliable soures for a stock .tar...
Also I cant get the phone to access recovery.
" Kernal is not seandriod enforcing"
"Set warranty bit: Kernel"
Thanks again.

sdawg1010 said:
Is there any reliable soures for a stock .tar...
Also I cant get the phone to access recovery.
" Kernal is not seandriod enforcing"
"Set warranty bit: Kernel"
Thanks again.
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Goto sammobile download for i337m, they are all Bell based but they will get you going. Make sure you download the right one, 4.3 or 4.4 if you took the update before you started messing around. You say you can't get into recovery, would be helpful to know what it was you were trying to do to get here....

Gage_Hero said:
Goto sammobile download for i337m, they are all Bell based but they will get you going. Make sure you download the right one, 4.3 or 4.4 if you took the update before you started messing around. You say you can't get into recovery, would be helpful to know what it was you were trying to do to get here....
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Thank you, and it was on 4.3, and the phone would randomly restart itself, that started probably a week ago, and then it started doing it more often till it got to the point where, i was like screw it, ill factory reset, and after the factory reset, it has appeared to get stuck in a bootloop, but the bootloop wont allow me to enter recovery mode either...
Ive been through multiple tutorials and what not on how to access the recovery, i had accessed the recovery before it stopped allowing access to it.
Very frustrating..but thanks for a pointer in the right direction.
Scott

desperate help finding the right stock rom please.

My phone just suddenly stopped working earlier today.it was running the latest omega rom with the latest modem and boot loader. ...
I cant get into recovery either. When I try it just reboots and goes to the samsung boot screen.my phone is a sim free insurance replacement and im not sure what stock rom to flash...
Could some nice soul just tell me the exact rom thats needed.
Its a uk based I9505 .
Please some one help as im away from home atm and have no way of contacting anyone.i have laptop and a dongle so can at least download and flash.
What ever has happened has corrupted it somehow.
I can still get into download mode how ever.
Id be eternally grateful if there is some nice soul to.help me

Just download and flash this with the latest Odin. Boot in download mode.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33356
This is the latest German FW that Omega is based. It has the "OXA" Multi-CSC, which also includes BTU (United Kingdom)
After flash you will not have any problem retrieving all your data, as long as you don't factory reset.

iJo09 said:
Just download and flash this with the latest Odin. Boot in download mode.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=33356
This is the latest German FW that Omega is based. It has the "OXA" Multi-CSC, which also includes BTU (United Kingdom)
After flash you will not have any problem retrieving all your data, as long as you don't factory reset.
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thanks ill try that buddy i really hope it works....
im getting worried that its really broken,,,,,,
ill have to wait till tomorrow when i have wifi

i only have a broad band dongle here so are there any other ideas if after flashing this it just sits at the sumsung screen?
cheers

Gavin01 said:
thanks ill try that buddy i really hope it works....
im getting worried that its really broken,,,,,,
ill have to wait till tomorrow when i have wifi
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No problem man
Gavin01 said:
i only have a broad band dongle here so are there any other ideas if after flashing this it just sits at the sumsung screen?
cheers
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If it remains on the Samsung boot logo, then try to flash the same firmware with the .pit file and "Re-Partition" flag checked in Odin.
If still doesn't boot, then you have to enter recovery mode to wipe data/factory reset the device

iJo09 said:
No problem man
If it remains on the Samsung boot logo, then try to flash the same firmware with the .pit file and "Re-Partition" flag checked in Odin.
If still doesn't boot, then you have to enter recovery mode to wipe data/factory reset the device
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where do i find a .pit file? i have a feeling thats what ill have to do as i cant get into recovery

Gavin01 said:
where do i find a .pit file? i have a feeling thats what ill have to do as i cant get into recovery
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Hi,
Here you go.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

MAX 404 said:
Hi,
Here you go.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
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mate your being brilliant! downloaded the firmware which took hours lol over a mobile connection.
phone just restarts and the sits at the samsung screen with the blue light flashing...
cant get into recovery either........
how do i go about using this pit file ive never done it?
thanks again
sorry i cant see a pit file there to download?
edit found it!

iJo09 said:
No problem man
If it remains on the Samsung boot logo, then try to flash the same firmware with the .pit file and "Re-Partition" flag checked in Odin.
If still doesn't boot, then you have to enter recovery mode to wipe data/factory reset the device
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unfortunately it still just sits at the sumsung screen with blue light flashing.....
ive left it for over 10 minutes and nothing and i still cant get into recovery....
it was working fine and all i did was download a couple of apps and then it went nuts and then wouldnt boot.
do you have any more ideas my friend?
im so desperate for this to work. im on vacation and have no phone to use for taking photos or facebook

managed to get into recovery....................
i had to hold down volume up for recovery it said it was booting into recovery then it rebooted and i had to quickly push the up button again and repeated the process a few times.
did a factory reset and i now have a basic system again! yay! although the phone is getting hot??
might just be being paranoid but i can feel the heat from it through my trousers lol

Gavin01 said:
managed to get into recovery....................
i had to hold down volume up for recovery it said it was booting into recovery then it rebooted and i had to quickly push the up button again and repeated the process a few times.
did a factory reset and i now have a basic system again! yay! although the phone is getting hot??
might just be being paranoid but i can feel the heat from it through my trousers lol
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Glad you made it mate,
Use an app like BBS to see who is running wild an making phone go hot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809

MAX 404 said:
Glad you made it mate,
Use an app like BBS to see who is running wild an making phone go hot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809
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I really appreciate ......your help......leaving it as stock for the moment after that close shave....maybe just root

Gavin01 said:
I really appreciate ......your help......leaving it as stock for the moment after that close shave....maybe just root
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I get it mate.

might just root it and go for a new launcher

right im getting this issue again so i think i need to flash everything back to stock again and go from there.
How do i know which is the exact correct latest rom from my internation i9505....thanks people.
phone is almost getting so hot its dangerous!
If anyone can point me in the right direction id be eternally grateful.
Or even a older one than i could then OTA update?

AT&T Galaxy S4 Recovery fails at 24%

My s4 was rooted about a year ago with the logo SAMSUNG and Unlocked with an open lock below it when it boots up. I gave this phone to my girlfriends daughter and forgot to tell her not to try and update it. I don't remember the way i rooted it or what software it had on it at the time.
So when I go to recovery after it loads into an AT&T logo and tries to install it and it gets to 24%. After this it bootloops. Any help would be appreciated. My phone model is SGH-I337 , also not sure of what the original firmware is.

StephenTiz said:
My s4 was rooted about a year ago with the logo SAMSUNG and Unlocked with an open lock below it when it boots up. I gave this phone to my girlfriends daughter and forgot to tell her not to try and update it. I don't remember the way i rooted it or what software it had on it at the time.
So when I go to recovery after it loads into an AT&T logo and tries to install it and it gets to 24%. After this it bootloops. Any help would be appreciated. My phone model is SGH-I337 , also not sure of what the original firmware is.
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Open lock symbol means your phone is rooted not unlocked.
If you could go to the recovery mode (voloume-up+home+power) it would tell you your firmware version. You could try clear cache, factory reset in recovery mode. If it still gives you the bootloop, you might need to flash the firmware via odin.
You can find instructions and necessary files in here and here.

No recovery options
Sorry I left that part out. When it goes to recovery i get the blue text that say recovery then it goes straight to the AT&T installing. So no recovery options. I can still get to the Odin dowloading screen though and it says im running Samsung Original software

No recovery options
sway8966 said:
Open lock symbol means your phone is rooted not unlocked.
If you could go to the recovery mode (voloume-up+home+power) it would tell you your firmware version. You could try clear cache, factory reset in recovery mode. If it still gives you the bootloop, you might need to flash the firmware via odin.
You can find instructions and necessary files in here and here.
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Sorry I left that part out. When it goes to recovery i get the blue text that say recovery then it goes straight to the AT&T installing. So no recovery options. I can still get to the Odin dowloading screen though and it says im running Samsung Original software

StephenTiz said:
Sorry I left that part out. When it goes to recovery i get the blue text that say recovery then it goes straight to the AT&T installing. So no recovery options. I can still get to the Odin dowloading screen though and it says im running Samsung Original software
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One reason I asked you to go to the recovery option was to know what version of firmware you were on before .
Do you remember you were on jelly bean or kick-kat or lollipop? If you do you can find the firmware for jelly bean and kit-kat on the links I mentioned in the previous message.
If you could not recall your firmware, the latest odin flashable firmware we have is kit-kat NB1.
You can flash that one to revive your phone. Then use twoel root to root the phone. After that you can go to lollipop if you want. All the instructions are there.

Woop Woop!
sway8966 said:
One reason I asked you to go to the recovery option was to know what version of firmware you were on before .
Do you remember you were on jelly bean or kick-kat or lollipop? If you do you can find the firmware for jelly bean and kit-kat on the links I mentioned in the previous message.
If you could not recall your firmware, the latest odin flashable firmware we have is kit-kat NB1.
You can flash that one to revive your phone. Then use twoel root to root the phone. After that you can go to lollipop if you want. All the instructions are there.
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It worked. I have tried so many different firmware and kit-kat NB1 worked perfectly. Thank you so much, my girlfriends daughter will be so happy. I think i will leave it unrooted for now. I hope this post helps someone else in the future.

StephenTiz said:
It worked. I have tried so many different firmware and kit-kat NB1 worked perfectly. Thank you so much, my girlfriends daughter will be so happy. I think i will leave it unrooted for now. I hope this post helps someone else in the future.
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I am glad that it works out for you.
Rooting is so easy from that point. Just get towel root and root it. The link also included in my previous post. After the root you might need to disable the AT&T OTA update too. The instructions are also in that post too.