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So yesterday I decided to install TWRP and installed this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356429
Well, once I loaded up wifi wouldn't work, so I tried restarting the phone. Phone now stay stuck at the GS4 load screen. I tried switching to clockwork mod, installed this rom: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23032113221600575
Wifi wouldn't work, restarted. Same thing. Wiping stuff, reinstalling, etc doesn't work.
Do I need to go back to stock? Is there a kernal issue?
I've done this on my note II without issue, so not sure what problem would be.
Any help is appreciated.
amishbobinc said:
So yesterday I decided to install TWRP and installed this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356429
Well, once I loaded up wifi wouldn't work, so I tried restarting the phone. Phone now stay stuck at the GS4 load screen. I tried switching to clockwork mod, installed this rom: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23032113221600575
Wifi wouldn't work, restarted. Same thing. Wiping stuff, reinstalling, etc doesn't work.
Do I need to go back to stock? Is there a kernal issue?
I've done this on my note II without issue, so not sure what problem would be.
Any help is appreciated.
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Only thing I can think of is if you flashed the MF9 version to an MDL phone, or vice versa.
Double check the version compatibility, do a wipe from TWRP and then reinstall the ROM. That's my opinion.
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Only thing I can think of is if you flashed the MF9 version to an MDL phone, or vice versa.
Double check the version compatibility, do a wipe from TWRP and then reinstall the ROM. That's my opinion.
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I think I did....is that bad?
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I think I did....is that bad?
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I don't know if I'd say "bad." It just won't work right lol.
Just look at what version you downloaded before, was it MF9 or MDL? If it was MF9 then download the MDL version of that ROM and try that. Remember you should always be doing TWRP full backups of cache and ROM, so you have something to fall back on if you screw up.
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I don't know if I'd say "bad." It just won't work right lol.
Just look at what version you downloaded before, was it MF9 or MDL? If it was MF9 then download the MDL version of that ROM and try that. Remember you should always be doing TWRP full backups of cache and ROM, so you have something to fall back on if you screw up.
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What about the stock MDL, if I flash that rom it should work - right?
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What about the stock MDL, if I flash that rom it should work - right?
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Any MDL ROM should work if you KNOW you're on MDL baseband. I can't tell if you are or not, only you would know that. Did you ever do the new MF9 update? If not then you're probably on MDL.
So if you download any MDL ROM, doesn't have to be a stock one unless you want it, then it will probably work.
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Any MDL ROM should work if you KNOW you're on MDL baseband. I can't tell if you are or not, only you would know that. Did you ever do the new MF9 update? If not then you're probably on MDL.
So if you download any MDL ROM, doesn't have to be a stock one unless you want it, then it will probably work.
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I'll give that a shot. The internet here at work is awful, so its going to take a while.
Also, what if I the mf9 kernal got flashed at some point? Does that make any difference?
amishbobinc said:
I'll give that a shot. The internet here at work is awful, so its going to take a while.
Also, what if I the mf9 kernal got flashed at some point? Does that make any difference?
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You can always flash an MDL kernel back, like the KT kernel. Whatever ROM you pick, it will come with the appropriate kernel (unless you're doing a stock ROM.)
I'm assuming you're running MDL modem and baseband, because your post implies you just flashed TWRP for the first time yesterday as if you just bought the phone or something.
So let's assume for all intensive purposes that you are MDL. Then you need to find a kernel and a ROM that are MDL, not MF9, and flash those via TWRP after you do a wipe of everything (also from within TWRP).
An alternate option is you could attempt to just upgrade yourself to MF9 right now... download the updated modem and stuff from noobnl's post, Odin flash it as per the instructions, when done boot back into TWRP recovery and then install a new MF9 ROM, like TriForce or something.
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You can always flash an MDL kernel back, like the KT kernel. Whatever ROM you pick, it will come with the appropriate kernel (unless you're doing a stock ROM.)
I'm assuming you're running MDL modem and baseband, because your post implies you just flashed TWRP for the first time yesterday as if you just bought the phone or something.
So let's assume for all intensive purposes that you are MDL. Then you need to find a kernel and a ROM that are MDL, not MF9, and flash those via TWRP after you do a wipe of everything (also from within TWRP).
An alternate option is you could attempt to just upgrade yourself to MF9 right now... download the updated modem and stuff from noobnl's post, Odin flash it as per the instructions, when done boot back into TWRP recovery and then install a new MF9 ROM, like TriForce or something.
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Ok so I flashed the stock kernal and then tried flashing a MDL rom. The phone now starts up, but after logging into my google account I only get a black background screen, like the launcher is missing. I CAN hover use my notification bar to turn things on and off but I can't get to settings.
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Ok so I flashed the stock kernal and then tried flashing a MDL rom. The phone now starts up, but after logging into my google account I only get a black background screen, like the launcher is missing. I CAN hover use my notification bar to turn things on and off but I can't get to settings.
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Whats the rom you are using?
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Whats the rom you are using?
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ROM | MDL & MF9 | iNTriNsiC | Simplicity is Performance | Odexed | 7/16/13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356429
I downloaded the MDL version.
amishbobinc said:
ROM | MDL & MF9 | iNTriNsiC | Simplicity is Performance | Odexed | 7/16/13
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2356429
I downloaded the MDL version.
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While you have the phone turned on, go in settings and see what your baseband version is. If it ends in MDL then you're good.
After that, I don't know. I've never used that rom personally, it could be an issue with the rom itself, nothing really wrong with your phone. You can try to wipe and reinstall, or just try a different ROM.
Ok got it!!
TWRP and clockworkmod were both NOT formatting like they said they where. I had to manually go in and erase everything except the external SD. Then I did a clean install and everything works great.
Thank you for your help!
Phone stuck on "Samsung - Custom" screen after creating TWRP backup. Help please?
I have an ATT S4, that has had CM 10.1 on it running flawlessly pretty much since nightlies started to get released. Decided to try going back to some TW based ROMs. Running the latest nightly, loaded up TWRP, created a backup, as I usually do before swapping roms. Created the backup fine, now it won't boot, it just sits at the Samsung screen with the lock and Custom message. Wiped cache\dalvic, even tried restoring from the backup I just created. Nothing. Tried it with the phone plugged into the computer and without being plugged in (I think I recall it being plugged into USB could cause issues in the past), and still nada. Tried pulling the battery and rebooting about 10 times. Can get into recovery and odin mode perfectly fine still. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks
Simonzi said:
I have an ATT S4, that has had CM 10.1 on it running flawlessly pretty much since nightlies started to get released. Decided to try going back to some TW based ROMs. Running the latest nightly, loaded up TWRP, created a backup, as I usually do before swapping roms. Created the backup fine, now it won't boot, it just sits at the Samsung screen with the lock and Custom message. Wiped cache\dalvic, even tried restoring from the backup I just created. Nothing. Tried it with the phone plugged into the computer and without being plugged in (I think I recall it being plugged into USB could cause issues in the past), and still nada. Tried pulling the battery and rebooting about 10 times. Can get into recovery and odin mode perfectly fine still. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks
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There are no less than a dozen similar threads about similar problems already. Have you looked at those threads for a possible solution yet? You can find them by using the search function or better yet just doing a visual search of the first few pages of the "General" and "Q&A" sections. Good luck.
Sounds like a ROM and kernel issue. Try flashing a ROM with a loki'd kernel.
Tylorw1
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Tylorw1 said:
Sounds like a ROM and kernel issue. Try flashing a ROM with a loki'd kernel.
Tylorw1
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I don't see how that could be the case. I didn't flash anything. I just loaded TWRP, created a backup, and rebooted my phone. No ROM\kernel change. Nothing more than creating a backup in TWRP.
scott14719 said:
There are no less than a dozen similar threads about similar problems already. Have you looked at those threads for a possible solution yet? You can find them by using the search function or better yet just doing a visual search of the first few pages of the "General" and "Q&A" sections. Good luck.
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I tried searching, the closest one I could find on the first few pages was this one. I just didn't see any specific to my situation because nothing was flashed. Like my response to Tylorw1, all I did was boot into recovery, create a backup, and reboot my phone. Didn't flash a ROM, change a kernel, format anything, etc...
I has this same problem... It happened after every single reboot after flashing various ROMs or anything.. I gave up and went back to CWM and haven't had the problem since :good:
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Simonzi said:
I have an ATT S4, that has had CM 10.1 on it running flawlessly pretty much since nightlies started to get released. Decided to try going back to some TW based ROMs. Running the latest nightly, loaded up TWRP, created a backup, as I usually do before swapping roms. Created the backup fine, now it won't boot, it just sits at the Samsung screen with the lock and Custom message. Wiped cache\dalvic, even tried restoring from the backup I just created. Nothing. Tried it with the phone plugged into the computer and without being plugged in (I think I recall it being plugged into USB could cause issues in the past), and still nada. Tried pulling the battery and rebooting about 10 times. Can get into recovery and odin mode perfectly fine still. Any suggestions or ideas? Thanks
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what version of twrp? if it is 2.6.?.? then get off of it, also, what I did was pull battery for 3min, it booted fine....go back to early version of twrp...
STVERDI said:
I has this same problem... It happened after every single reboot after flashing various ROMs or anything.. I gave up and went back to CWM and haven't had the problem since :good:
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I've wanted to go back to CWM. That's what I had on my S3. Only thing stopping me, is all my nandroid backups for my S4 are done with TWRP, and I don't want to run into a situation where I need them, and them not being compatible
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what version of twrp? if it is 2.6.?.? then get off of it, also, what I did was pull battery for 3min, it booted fine....go back to early version of twrp...
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Nope, still on 2.5.0.2. Finally, after a third complete wipe/format and restore from the back I had created (the one that started the whole issue), it works fine. Such a huge pain in the ass.
a user had to boot back into twrp and wipe data/factory reset yesterday to fix this issue.
Simonzi said:
I've wanted to go back to CWM. That's what I had on my S3. Only thing stopping me, is all my nandroid backups for my S4 are done with TWRP, and I don't want to run into a situation where I need them, and them not being compatible
Nope, still on 2.5.0.2. Finally, after a third complete wipe/format and restore from the back I had created (the one that started the whole issue), it works fine. Such a huge pain in the ass.
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And you have to be ****ing kidding me. I rebooted into recovery while typing my initial response, just to verify I was still on the 2.5.x.x TWRP. Booted up TWRP, verified that, choose "Reboot System", and same thing. Back to sitting at the Samsung screen. Nandroid backups or not, ditching TWRP as soon as I get it able to boot back up.
Even worse off now than when I started. After my last post, where my phone was doing the same "stuck on Samsung logo" thing, just from booting into TWRP, I decided to swap to a different recovery. Searched for "switch from TWRP to CWM", and found my own post I had made a few months ago, but never went through.
Following those instructions now, I decided on the PhilZ CWM. Head over to that thread, grab the loki'd zip, load up TWRP, and flash the zip. Now I can't even boot into recovery!! It just freezes on the Samsung screen with the blue "recovery booting" text.
Can still get into download mode, so I tried using ODIN to flash PhilZ jflteatt.tar.md5 file, and it fails.
At this point, waiting for the stock 1.6 firmware package to download, so I can just ODIN that.
If anyone has any other suggestions though, they'd be great. Have an hour to try while waiting for that to download
somebody had mentioned this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44629460&postcount=8
make sure you have the correct firmware and proceed as you are. likely your best bet.
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Even worse off now than when I started. After my last post, where my phone was doing the same "stuck on Samsung logo" thing, just from booting into TWRP, I decided to swap to a different recovery. Searched for "switch from TWRP to CWM", and found my own post I had made a few months ago, but never went through.
Following those instructions now, I decided on the PhilZ CWM. Head over to that thread, grab the loki'd zip, load up TWRP, and flash the zip. Now I can't even boot into recovery!! It just freezes on the Samsung screen with the blue "recovery booting" text.
Can still get into download mode, so I tried using ODIN to flash PhilZ jflteatt.tar.md5 file, and it fails.
At this point, waiting for the stock 1.6 firmware package to download, so I can just ODIN that.
If anyone has any other suggestions though, they'd be great. Have an hour to try while waiting for that to download
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Stock 1.6 firmware package?
Make sure you get the correct firmware? Go to SamMobile and get the stock firmware from there or go to Adam Outlers "Stock firmware ODIN" thread in the General section (the AMDL firmware link is in that thread you just have to look for it).
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Stock 1.6 firmware package?
Make sure you get the correct firmware? Go to SamMobile and get the stock firmware from there or go to Adam Outlers "Stock firmware ODIN" thread in the General section (the AMDL firmware link is in that thread you just have to look for it).
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Yeah, I meant 1.6gb firmware package. Just forgot the "gb". That's what I'm currently downloading, but trying to recover it with Kies while waiting.
I would like to report I had the same problem.
After changing roms and making a nandroid, and then deciding to switch roms again, I ran into the stuck at Samsung Custom with a lock boot screen. Most roms would boot up once, but a restart or power down would lead to being stuck. I was flashing through TWRP.
I went into TWRP and flashed OUDHS recovery which overrode TWRP and wiped/flashed through OUDHS a new rom.
Problem solved.
S3 at&t stuck in TWRP booting screen.
xBeerdroiDx said:
a user had to boot back into twrp and wipe data/factory reset yesterday to fix this issue.
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Im new to custom roms, I pressed ok for an update on my phone, after the update was complete my phone shut off and booted into TWRP and now I can't get back to my android screen nor make calls etc. HELPPPPPPPP PLEASSSSSEE I have been trying to fix my phone since july and I have been using this cheap phone that don't even get internet. I have an S3 1747 at&t
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Im new to custom roms, I pressed ok for an update on my phone, after the update was complete my phone shut off and booted into TWRP and now I can't get back to my android screen nor make calls etc. HELPPPPPPPP PLEASSSSSEE I have been trying to fix my phone since july and I have been using this cheap phone that don't even get internet. I have an S3 1747 at&t
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Wrong forum. Please go to the s3 section with your question.
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Had this problem just now, solved it by fixing permissions.
I am running an MDL based S4, and screwed the pooch. I was going to wipe the internal storage and made the mistake of doing it through TWRP 2.5. Now, I have the same problem of being stuck on the custom boot screen. I have tried to change from TWRP to OUDHS Recovery, but still boot loops to Custom screen. I have tried fresh installs of 4.2 ROMs and 4.4.2 Google Editions. Do I need to flash via ODIN?
Flame away....I know better than this!!!!
Help would be greatly appreciated.
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So i have the I337m, canadian model S4 on Bell Mobility network, and I"m running SlimRoms with 2.5.0.2 twrp recovery.
Every other reboot, the phone gets stuck on the splash screen, I have no problem to go into recovery mode or anything, this is simply a problem when rebooting and gets stuck on the "Galaxy S4" screen. Here's what I've tried, tried both with TWRP and CWM and TWRP seems better, I don't get stuck on the splash screen as often as CWM. I've reverted back to the "stock ROM" and rerooted and loaded the TWRP recovery, and while it seems better at first, it slowly gets stuck more and more at the splash screen.
I'm running out of ideas, no knowing what do to to improve this problem...
Anyone else having this problem? I'm positive this is not a "ROM" related problem but a recovery problem, yet maybe it's just my phone that's being the problem.
JP
I'll also add that I've never formated data on TWRP... since I've read it gives that problem.
jproy12 said:
I'll also add that I've never formated data on TWRP... since I've read it gives that problem.
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You have to do a factory reset, wipe data, or you will get a boot loop. Do that and I'm sure you'll get past the boot loop. If you're concerned about the version of twrp you're on, update it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41010145
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You have to do a factory reset, wipe data, or you will get a boot loop. Do that and I'm sure you'll get past the boot loop. If you're concerned about the version of twrp you're on, update it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41010145
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I'm not getting boot loops actually, I get stuck on the "splash screen" and when I hold the "power" button for +/-10sec it reboots and most of the time it's fine.
When I install any roms, I always do a factory reset... So I doubt it's that
i had the same issue. im running the same s4 on koodo/telus. how i got it to work took a while but it fixed the problem. full back up through recovery but i wasnt gona use it..i only had it for safety. used titanium to back up all the apks. then grabbed a stock rom from the Canadian stock roms page and used odin to flash it. rooted and added recovery (twrp). downloaded my rom to the sd, wiped everything and installed the rom. once done then used titanium to restore the apks. im still learning the basics to all this so in no way am i an expert and theres probably a better way around all this but this is what worked for me. maybe it helps who who knows
h_khan said:
i had the same issue. im running the same s4 on koodo/telus. how i got it to work took a while but it fixed the problem. full back up through recovery but i wasnt gona use it..i only had it for safety. used titanium to back up all the apks. then grabbed a stock rom from the Canadian stock roms page and used odin to flash it. rooted and added recovery (twrp). downloaded my rom to the sd, wiped everything and installed the rom. once done then used titanium to restore the apks. im still learning the basics to all this so in no way am i an expert and theres probably a better way around all this but this is what worked for me. maybe it helps who who knows
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Yea, I had done this before, but I'm giving it another shot tonight to see if it'll fix my problem for good...
Still having the same problem... Running out of ideas
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Still having the same problem... Running out of ideas
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I was having a similar problem to your's. I found the cause of my issue. It was TWRP 2.6.0.0. More specifically, it was using TWRP 2.6 to format my /data partition. After doing some trouble shooting, I found that my /data partition was the cause of my S4 hanging at the S4 splash screen. Like you, I was able to get into Android on the first boot, but if I tried to reboot, I was get stuck at the splash screen. So, long story short (solution), I restored one of my nandroid backups, got into Google Play, downloaded ROM Manager and installed CWM. I used CWM to format my /data partition and ONLY my /data partition. Once I did this, I rebooted my phone. Android loaded, I had to go through the initial setup process since I formatted the /data partition, but after this, I was able to reboot my phone 5 times in a row without issue and shut down twice with no problems booting back up.
Here is my thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45448596#post45448596
There's a bit of reading. Hope this helps.
So my issue was caused by TWRP 2.6.0.0 and using it to format my /data partition.
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Still having the same problem... Running out of ideas
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i think the rom is the cause of this issue. i myself am running goldeneye rom which is the best rom ive used so far...perfectly balanced performance and battery life. id definitely recommend it.
Talabis said:
I was having a similar problem to your's. I found the cause of my issue. It was TWRP 2.6.0.0. More specifically, it was using TWRP 2.6 to format my /data partition. After doing some trouble shooting, I found that my /data partition was the cause of my S4 hanging at the S4 splash screen. Like you, I was able to get into Android on the first boot, but if I tried to reboot, I was get stuck at the splash screen. So, long story short (solution), I restored one of my nandroid backups, got into Google Play, downloaded ROM Manager and installed CWM. I used CWM to format my /data partition and ONLY my /data partition. Once I did this, I rebooted my phone. Android loaded, I had to go through the initial setup process since I formatted the /data partition, but after this, I was able to reboot my phone 5 times in a row without issue and shut down twice with no problems booting back up.
Here is my thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45448596#post45448596
There's a bit of reading. Hope this helps.
So my issue was caused by TWRP 2.6.0.0 and using it to format my /data partition.
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Thanks, I'll give that a try, but it seems like this is/was my problem, is your problem fixed for good now? No getting stuck on the "boot screen"?
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i think the rom is the cause of this issue. i myself am running goldeneye rom which is the best rom ive used so far...perfectly balanced performance and battery life. id definitely recommend it.
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I've been running Slim for a year now, and won't go back to anything else, it's stable and fast, I doubt it's a ROM problem, but a recovery problem.
i think you're right. a problem with the recovery makes more sense.
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Thanks, I'll give that a try, but it seems like this is/was my problem, is your problem fixed for good now? No getting stuck on the "boot screen"?
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So it seems like this wasn't exactly my problem... I've reverted back to stock and I'm doing a couple shutdowns and reboot and see if I still get stuck at the splash screen.
I've been doing reboots and shutdowns on the "stock" rom and "stock" recovery, and all is good, so I can rule out the fact that it's the phone and it's hardware issues...
Now, just need to figure out the actual problem
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Thanks, I'll give that a try, but it seems like this is/was my problem, is your problem fixed for good now? No getting stuck on the "booscreen"?
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So far so good. I rebooted many times since I made the post in this thread. Haven't got stuck on the splash screen yet.
I'm still having the problem, being on either the TWRP, CWM or Philz recovery, so I'm really not sure what it could be. I'm on the latest modem and still have the problem, is none else having these issues?
I'm getting annoyed and really want to get this fixed.
I think any ROM built on AOSP or CyanogenMod have this issue. It's already a known issue to CM.
Use CWM and you'll have to deal with it less.
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I think any ROM built on AOSP or CyanogenMod have this issue. It's already a known issue to CM.
Use CWM and you'll have to deal with it less.
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I've never seen anyone really mentionning this for the Galaxy S4 from my numerous searches...
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I've never seen anyone really mentionning this for the Galaxy S4...
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If you look in the cyanogenmod thread, it's located in the known bug (post #2)
Any custom roms built on top of CM10 will probably have this issue.
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If you look in the cyanogenmod thread, it's located in the known bug (post #2)
Any custom roms built on top of CM10 will probably have this issue.
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You are right! I guess it's one of those bugs, just never noticed anyone really mentioning anything about it
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You are right! I guess it's one of those bugs, just never noticed anyone really mentioning anything about it
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Yeah, but I don't think its a big deal anyway. How many times do you turn off your phone and turn it back on in a day?
Normally I take for granted that the answer is out there in a forum or some tech blog. I've looked everywhere and unfortunately every guide I followed or Google combination I've tried didn't help.
Just can't get any custom rom to install and boot up, they all hang at the Samsung logo with text in the upper right corner telling me the kernel isn't senforcing.
I have a sgh i337m, it's an mk6 build number if that helps. Currently on stock 4.3 and rooted using saferoot. My carrier is telus and the phone is Sim locked still (is that the issue?)
I have twrp 2.6.1 installed and have flashed multiple roms for the jfltecan which I trust is the right model I need based on goo.manager
I've tried cm11, cm10, gummyrom for 4.4.2, omnirom also for 4.4.2 and they all hang at the splash screen. My method for flash is based on the ultimate guide that is stickied which is to wipe system, data and both the caches. Then flash the zip and the gaaps. I even tried the lokidoki zip in other combinations
Then I tried using cwmod recovery thinking perhaps it is twrp's fault and got the same hanging at the splash screen
I'm now just back to rooted stock 4.3 after restoring my nandroid
Any insights out there that can be deciphered from my rambling would be very much appreciated!!! Frustrated as hell. My nexus 7 was such a breeze and did not expect this to happen on my s4.
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Normally I take for granted that the answer is out there in a forum or some tech blog. I've looked everywhere and unfortunately every guide I followed or Google combination I've tried didn't help.
Just can't get any custom rom to install and boot up, they all hang at the Samsung logo with text in the upper right corner telling me the kernel isn't senforcing.
I have a sgh i337m, it's an mk6 build number if that helps. Currently on stock 4.3 and rooted using saferoot. My carrier is telus and the phone is Sim locked still (is that the issue?)
I have twrp 2.6.1 installed and have flashed multiple roms for the jfltecan which I trust is the right model I need based on goo.manager
I've tried cm11, cm10, gummyrom for 4.4.2, omnirom also for 4.4.2 and they all hang at the splash screen. My method for flash is based on the ultimate guide that is stickied which is to wipe system, data and both the caches. Then flash the zip and the gaaps. I even tried the lokidoki zip in other combinations
Then I tried using cwmod recovery thinking perhaps it is twrp's fault and got the same hanging at the splash screen
I'm now just back to rooted stock 4.3 after restoring my nandroid
Any insights out there that can be deciphered from my rambling would be very much appreciated!!! Frustrated as hell. My nexus 7 was such a breeze and did not expect this to happen on my s4.
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I too have been plagued by this same issue,
but only on a blue moon so to speak, I kept rebooting
and eventually my phone booted through that silly splash screen!
wondakson said:
Normally I take for granted that the answer is out there in a forum or some tech blog. I've looked everywhere and unfortunately every guide I followed or Google combination I've tried didn't help.
Just can't get any custom rom to install and boot up, they all hang at the Samsung logo with text in the upper right corner telling me the kernel isn't senforcing.
I have a sgh i337m, it's an mk6 build number if that helps. Currently on stock 4.3 and rooted using saferoot. My carrier is telus and the phone is Sim locked still (is that the issue?)
I have twrp 2.6.1 installed and have flashed multiple roms for the jfltecan which I trust is the right model I need based on goo.manager
I've tried cm11, cm10, gummyrom for 4.4.2, omnirom also for 4.4.2 and they all hang at the splash screen. My method for flash is based on the ultimate guide that is stickied which is to wipe system, data and both the caches. Then flash the zip and the gaaps. I even tried the lokidoki zip in other combinations
Then I tried using cwmod recovery thinking perhaps it is twrp's fault and got the same hanging at the splash screen
I'm now just back to rooted stock 4.3 after restoring my nandroid
Any insights out there that can be deciphered from my rambling would be very much appreciated!!! Frustrated as hell. My nexus 7 was such a breeze and did not expect this to happen on my s4.
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First off I am hoping you are flashing from recovery and not trying something through goo manager. Second, it sounds as though you are skipping the wiping step before installing a new rom, you absolutly have to wipe cache/dalvik/ and factory reset all before flashing any rom.... also I wipe the system too to make it a clean install, make sure you put the rom of choice on the external sd and make sure you have a nanroid backup with your installed recovery twrp or cwm.....
PS lokidokie and saftey starp only apply to US versions (I337) not the Canadian I337M use only the roms build of this model.... I haven't had very good luck with cm based roms in the past so I tend not to flash those... I flashed one rom and the phone got super hot ... not sure what the issue was ... nand back to stock starter over with a differnet rom
Adizzzle said:
I too have been plagued by this same issue,
but only on a blue moon so to speak, I kept rebooting
and eventually my phone booted through that silly splash screen!
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How long did you wait at the splash screen before booting again and again? After a new installation does the phone take extra time at the splash screen or is it at a different screen?
wondakson said:
How long did you wait at the splash screen before booting again and again? After a new installation does the phone take extra time at the splash screen or is it at a different screen?
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Please... you need to provide some more info for people to help you..... rom you tried to install and the steps.. not tryin to be mean just hard to help without details....
Ahh I know the problem if your flashing all of them from the att section. It could be that all of those roms you tried have loki built into the kernel and is stopping you from booting. Are u choosing ones that say they are specifically for the Canadian model or the ones for att?
I would also suggest booting once first before flashing gapps. I am using this Carbon rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568699 and it's universal, for US or CA models. I highly recommend it.
so i got my g2 back from lg after getting the screen repaired. and of course they set it back to stock. now i expected this and made a backup of cyanogenmod thinking i could just root put on a recovery and reflash the backup and be done super quick.
well i had a hell of a time getting the recovery on but its on there now running newest philz however after I flashed my backup i got stuck in a boot loop. luckily i also kept a copy of the original download of the rom. i checked the md5 and its good however even after doing a clean wipe and install of the base rom i still get stuck in a boot loop. this has been a huge headache and i have no idea what i did wrong.
omega52390 said:
so i got my g2 back from lg after getting the screen repaired. and of course they set it back to stock. now i expected this and made a backup of cyanogenmod thinking i could just root put on a recovery and reflash the backup and be done super quick.
well i had a hell of a time getting the recovery on but its on there now running newest philz however after I flashed my backup i got stuck in a boot loop. luckily i also kept a copy of the original download of the rom. i checked the md5 and its good however even after doing a clean wipe and install of the base rom i still get stuck in a boot loop. this has been a huge headache and i have no idea what i did wrong.
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is the one you flashed from here http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=ls980 and also did you flash gapps after flashing rom?
XxZombiePikachu said:
is the one you flashed from here http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=ls980 and also did you flash gapps after flashing rom?
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yes it is the 03-08 snapshot... no i did not flash gapps... and i can't get an up-to-date one on there either because i can't figure out how to get the thing to mount to my computer while in recovery
still scratching my head on why i don't have KK gapps though...
edit hang on ive got a 10.2 nightly and jb gapps i might have something here will report shortly... nvm i think... it locks up saying "using legacy property environment for update-binary...please upgrade to latest binary"
omega52390 said:
yes it is the 03-08 snapshot... no i did not flash gapps... and i can't get an up-to-date one on there either because i can't figure out how to get the thing to mount to my computer while in recovery
still scratching my head on why i don't have KK gapps though...
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well naturally after flashing cm you have to flash a gapps also did you make a nandroid backup
XxZombiePikachu said:
well naturally after flashing cm you have to flash a gapps also did you make a nandroid backup
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but cm should still at least boot w/o gapps i've done that with this phone before (when i first got it) and of course i didn't do a nandroid because thats the smart thing to do T_T i was running low on space and figured this was going to be so easy but of course murphy's law got the better of me.
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but cm should still at least boot w/o gapps i've done that with this phone before (when i first got it) and of course i didn't do a nandroid because thats the smart thing to do T_T i was running low on space and figured this was going to be so easy but of course murphy's law got the better of me.
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well unless you have adb access to push a zip to your device then that means another trip back to stock(I know what it means to be out of space which is why I actually have an otg with pendrives as my backup) and after that you might want to try one of the latest nightly's and if it still bootloops then there just might be something broken in the builds, you would have to get support from someone who uses the same device/cm
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well unless you have adb access to push a zip to your device then that means another trip back to stock(I know what it means to be out of space which is why I actually have an otg with pendrives as my backup) and after that you might want to try one of the latest nightly's and if it still bootloops then there just might be something broken in the builds, you would have to get support from someone who uses the same device/cm
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thats the thing i've only ever had trouble with adb coudl never wrap my head around it let alone get it to work
w00h0000 i figured it out after a bunch of reading and failing i figured out that my problem was the ZVA radio had reasserted itself however the fix others were talking about wasnt' working then i remember i had a stock rom backed up in twrp so i tried sideloading twrp (btw i got adb working XD) and boom still nothing then after a bunch of stressing i tried installing a zv8 radio and boom back into a stock rom and i am now reinstalling cm at least now if it fails I have a fall back XD
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w00h0000 i figured it out after a bunch of reading and failing i figured out that my problem was the ZVA radio had reasserted itself however the fix others were talking about wasnt' working then i remember i had a stock rom backed up in twrp so i tried sideloading twrp (btw i got adb working XD) and boom still nothing then after a bunch of stressing i tried installing a zv8 radio and boom back into a stock rom and i am now reinstalling cm at least now if it fails I have a fall back XD
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I completely forgot about the zva radio(I had helped someone in the past with a similar issue) and that's great news you by adb working that will make things easier since it gives you more options to fall back on, awaiting to see if you managed to get cm running
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
XxZombiePikachu said:
I completely forgot about the zva radio(I had helped someone in the past with a similar issue) and that's great news you by adb working that will make things easier since it gives you more options to fall back on, awaiting to see if you managed to get cm running
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
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for some reason cm is still failing to load im going to try installing cm then putting on furnace kernel
edit i remember and succeeded in recreating my secret recipe. first i have an old twrp and 10.2 unofficial nightly thats where i am now. next ill put on a new CWM philz and try putting my CM backup on
another update i finally got my cm 11 backup running however it appears there is damage to the install from back when i made the backup do you know of anyway of repairing an install w/o having to do a reset? really the only noticable problem right now is that i can't use any live wallpapers :/