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Stuck at google logo (bootloop) on 4.3-4.4 stock/ROMs

I searched all the internet and can't find any soliution to this.
Here are some examples (didn't find any of N4, but these are the same):
Some additional information:
It happens only on 4.3 or later (including 4.4 port) ROMs or stock OS.
It started when 4.3 came, i updated it officialy (my phone wasn't rooted/unlocked yet)
There were some times on 4.3 stock when it booted after half an hour, but I couldn't boot it again after next shutdown.
I can get to the recovery mode.
I tried to wipe everything, bring it back to factory state, but this thing still, happens. The only way I can use my phone is to have 4.2.2 ROMs/stock (I use cyanogenmod).
Any ideas on how to fix it?
EDIT: Solved by:
1. Flashing stock 4.2.2
2. Trying to officially update
3. Phone doesn't install the update, but goes to recovery instead?!?
4. Flashing official 4.3 with flash-all.bat

Man, you are lucky I saw this. This just happened to me today too and I freaked out. You need to download the radio from 4.2.2. Then manually fastboot install. Once you've done that everything works again and no more bootloop. I guess I accidentally wiped the firmware when installing 4.4. Anyways look for that and I promise you'll find it. I'll look for the post I found and post the link. I promise that's the issue.

I would recommend to download the toolkit and flash stock image. Make sure to backup all your files; it will wipe out everything.
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nikeman513 said:
Man, you are lucky I saw this. This just happened to me today too and I freaked out. You need to download the radio from 4.2.2. Then manually fastboot install. Once you've done that everything works again and no more bootloop. I guess I accidentally wiped the firmware when installing 4.4. Anyways look for that and I promise you'll find it. I'll look for the post I found and post the link. I promise that's the issue.
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Nope, doesn't work

badboy47 said:
I would recommend to download the toolkit and flash stock image. Make sure to backup all your files; it will wipe out everything.
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This one doesn't work too

00Justas said:
This one doesn't work too
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Does your baseband show "Unknown" in the phone settings?
I had the same problem some weeks ago. Fixed it by flashing the stock 4.3 image again and again. The 3rd time it worked.

Here is a photo of my Fastboot screen :crying:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p5xdyftiv9ua0c3/IMG_20131103_223244.jpg
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Does your baseband show "Unknown" in the phone settings?
I had the same problem some weeks ago. Fixed it by flashing the stock 4.3 image again and again. The 3rd time it worked.
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Hello,
thahts My first post/replay but i hope it will be fine.
I have the same problem for 2 day's now.
My baseband is: M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0.1700.84
I've flashed the stock 4.2.2 and 4.3 with Wug's toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469&page=94 sevral time's and it did't work
Now i'm stuck on the X logo after Google boot...
Any idea's how to get Nexus back to work ???

!!!!!! I DID IT !!!!!! :victory::victory::victory:
I just got to work My Nexus after following this steps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
IMPORTENT - please follow the instructions writen in RED color as a NOTE after flashing stock. It starts like that: "Note that some users indicate that they can't get past the X on boot...."
PS
Now back to customizing My Nexus
barteekn said:
Here is a photo of my Fastboot screen :crying:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p5xdyftiv9ua0c3/IMG_20131103_223244.jpg
Hello,
thahts My first post/replay but i hope it will be fine.
I have the same problem for 2 day's now.
My baseband is: M9615A-CEFWMAZM-2.0.1700.84
I've flashed the stock 4.2.2 and 4.3 with Wug's toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015469&page=94 sevral time's and it did't work
Now i'm stuck on the X logo after Google boot...
Any idea's how to get Nexus back to work ???
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use the guide "ubrick your nexus 4 as long you can get in the bootloader" it reformats everything in download mode or something like dat.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Does your baseband show "Unknown" in the phone settings?
I had the same problem some weeks ago. Fixed it by flashing the stock 4.3 image again and again. The 3rd time it worked.
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No, it shows the one I flash. Did you flash using flash-all.bat or in recovery or using adb, and which one jwr666y or jwr66v?

00Justas said:
Did you flash using flash-all.bat or in recovery or using adb?
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Flash-all.bat. The other way is through Fastboot. You can't install images through adb or recovery directly.

opssemnik said:
use the guide "ubrick your nexus 4 as long you can get in the bootloader" it reformats everything in download mode or something like dat.
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If you are talking about this, tried, didn't work.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Flash-all.bat. The other way is through Fastboot. You can't install images through adb or recovery directly.
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After many re-installs still not working...
EDIT: Working

[Q] 4.3 update frozen on Odin screen

I downloaded the official OTA update. When I went to install it the phone needed to reboot and now I've been stuck looking at the Green Android screen saying Downloading... Do not turn off target!!! and in very small writing could not do normal boot, Odin mode. I am rooted. Please help

What version is the phone? I'm reading up on things in preparation of updating myself. I'm on MF3 and for what I've read I need to Odin back to stock before updating since I'm rooted. This may not be your case figured I'd toss it out there.
brought to you by my not so sexy GS4 MF3

padgaland said:
I downloaded the official OTA update. When I went to install it the phone needed to reboot and now I've been stuck looking at the Green Android screen saying Downloading... Do not turn off target!!! and in very small writing could not do normal boot, Odin mode. I am rooted. Please help
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Same with me. I'm stuck at the emergency firmware recovery screen. My phone was at 4.2 and it did the OTA to 4.3.3 and froze. What do I need to do to go back to stock rom?
SGH-I337 16GB.

schreiber37 said:
Same with me. I'm stuck at the emergency firmware recovery screen. My phone was at 4.2 and it did the OTA to 4.3.3 and froze. What do I need to do to go back to stock rom?
SGH-I337 16GB.
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You i think you should use Kies to go back they actually have a feature for that. Mine won't even be recognized by the computer or anything.

I am rooted and I was running 4.3 GoldenEye v 11 rom BTW awesome ROM and Dev support best I've ever seen on xda. Any way today I installed my nandroid back up of stock ROM 4.2 Att gs4 sgh 1337 let it boot up any settle in 10 min..when I looked at phone I saw the Att redwhite arrows in task bar I quick shut down WiFi and now under settings status it says update continue or something .now my back up is mdb never ota before. so is this update mf3 the one u that is bootlocked or is it the 4.3 update?? I read some were Att was to start with 4.3 update yesterday what u guys think I should do? Thanks in advance ..
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Ok I am going to try to go back to stock by using a firmware DL and Odin v3.07 If it works I will tell everyone. If not I may be screwed.

I'm currently on MF3 and had rooted my device previously and would like to upgrade to the new OTA. Would someone be so kind to link me to ODIN and the stock file,so I may return to stock and apply the OTA.
Thank you,

Did anyone go to recovery and factory reset?
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Andrew149 said:
Did anyone go to recovery and factory reset?
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I'd recommend it but it's to late for me.

This worked for me to unroot.
To unroot, try this. It worked for me. I'm back to "official". However, I've downloaded 4.3 like 5 times already. I can download 100%, but when it reboots to install it stops at 30% then says update failed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45301834

Ditto
silrosriv said:
To unroot, try this. It worked for me. I'm back to "official". However, I've downloaded 4.3 like 5 times already. I can download 100%, but when it reboots to install it stops at 30% then says update failed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45301834
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Same exact problem!
wading through threads for answer!

Ok I have my phone working again. I am not on 4.3 but its back to where it was before I started, which is better than nothing. After running Odin once and it failing like it always does (I have never seen it work) I was able to get the holding down volume, home and power button option to work and I just said no and to reboot and it worked. I then went into SuperSU app and unrooted. I will try to update to 4.3 at a later time. I am glad I wasn't the only one having issues. I usually pride myself on knowing technology and being able to figure it out.

silrosriv said:
To unroot, try this. It worked for me. I'm back to "official". However, I've downloaded 4.3 like 5 times already. I can download 100%, but when it reboots to install it stops at 30% then says update failed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45301834
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I had the same problem. The only way I was finally able to upgrade to 4.3 was to use Odin to revert to stock (unrooted) 4.2.2 MF3 using the files on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502003 Once I did that I ran the OTA update to 4.3 and it worked without any problems.

So if I oden to stock again don't root Then hit the update it should go? Weird thing is I installed my back up today and it a stock backup fresh rich from a oden wipe and it stared DL on its own before I stopped it with killing WiFi. I s this 4.3 update or is it mf3 since I never did that update. ..help. Thanks
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tried that..didnt work
padgaland said:
Ok I have my phone working again. I am not on 4.3 but its back to where it was before I started, which is better than nothing. After running Odin once and it failing like it always does (I have never seen it work) I was able to get the holding down volume, home and power button option to work and I just said no and to reboot and it worked. I then went into SuperSU app and unrooted. I will try to update to 4.3 at a later time. I am glad I wasn't the only one having issues. I usually pride myself on knowing technology and being able to figure it out.
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Tried unrooting through SuperSU and managed to still be rooted after reboot, and OTA 4.3 still didnt work
SIGH

Read that u have to oden to stock dint root and the try ota they say this worked gunna oden back to stock and try..
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thanks
ralphie1267 said:
Read that u have to oden to stock dint root and the try ota they say this worked gunna oden back to stock and try..
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could you point me in the right direction for that procedure? Im trying to do it on my mac using hiemdall but I think im about to go try odin on a PC.

MasterShakeMan said:
Tried unrooting through SuperSU and managed to still be rooted after reboot, and OTA 4.3 still didnt work
SIGH
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Take it to Best Buy. "Kies broke your phone" *wink*wink* and they can flash it back to stock without messing up your data. You can do it yourself. Plus they have this mysterious awesome SMART tool. Lol
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MasterShakeMan said:
could you point me in the right direction for that procedure? Im trying to do it on my mac using hiemdall but I think im about to go try odin on a PC.
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Use the link in my previous post (post #13). That has the files and procedures for using Odin to get back to stock 4.2.2 and then you can do the OTA upgrade from there.

Droid Razr M xt907 Kitkat Update Failed

I'm using a droid razr m xt907 by verizon. Yesterday an update was released for 4.4.2 kitkat, my phone is still rooted and i can't find the safest way to unroot it so i can get the update. Does anyone know the best way to unroot and make sure everything's normal again so that the 4.4 update will work this time? It stops at around 25% into the update. Thanks for any help.
Edit: I've tried a factory restore, i unrooted completely. My kernell is normal, my stock recovery is normal. The update just isn't working, and i don't know the best way to fix it. My bootloader is locked, so there was never any custom recovery or ROM's installed.

I'm having the same problem. I unrooted before the update but still not working. The update get's to about 25% of install then fails. I've tried about 4 or 5 times today. Factory rest and uninstalling root didn't help either

mikegt11 said:
I'm having the same problem. I unrooted before the update but still not working. The update get's to about 25% of install then fails. I've tried about 4 or 5 times today. Factory rest and uninstalling root didn't help either
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Exactly, i can't figure out what i'm supposed to do. Ive tried about that many times, and i've tried factory restoring, i've wiped the cache, etc.

Factory reset.
RSD to stock 4.1.2 in case some system app is missing.
Skip setup.
Try the update again.
Or just RSD to the new version.
Those would be my next steps.
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Coronado is dead said:
Factory reset.
RSD to stock 4.1.2 in case some system app is missing.
Skip setup.
Try the update again.
Or just RSD to the new version.
Those would be my next steps.
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I'll try this tomorrow when i have a chance, thank you for responding.

Coronado is dead said:
Factory reset.
RSD to stock 4.1.2 in case some system app is missing.
Skip setup.
Try the update again.
Or just RSD to the new version.
Those would be my next steps.
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do you know any good tutorials for how to use rsd for this? cuz i want to just rsd to the new version if you can help me find the files to do that, i have rsd lite already.

help
shadowwolfsl said:
do you know any good tutorials for how to use rsd for this? cuz i want to just rsd to the new version if you can help me find the files to do that, i have rsd lite already.
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i got same problem. after download 446 mb update. try to instal. work about for 30 percent then suddenly restart and says that update failed
my device is rooted. then i remove root from the SU menu and keep failed to update
what should i do?

supercahyo said:
i got same problem. after download 446 mb update. try to instal. work about for 30 percent then suddenly restart and says that update failed
my device is rooted. then i remove root from the SU menu and keep failed to update
what should i do?
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Personally i just modified the .xml file and loaded it via RSDLite.

shromy said:
Personally i just modified the .xml file and loaded it via RSDLite.
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same thing that i did

Im mid process but heres the only answer ive found....
THERE IS HOPE HERE LOLZ
If ya all do let me know how the full strip and downgrade went....
If u find another way pls share info w me as well...
Lj-
Sorry all being a new user they would not let me post a link so I cut it up.......Still would not le5 me send it but u can email me directly and I'll gladly send u a direct copy or look on andromods the answer is there
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supercahyo said:
i got same problem. after download 446 mb update. try to instal. work about for 30 percent then suddenly restart and says that update failed
my device is rooted. then i remove root from the SU menu and keep failed to update
what should i do?
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Step by step on andromods...and how to reroot there as well
Lj-
Sorry won't let me post links yet....

droid razr M kitkat update fail
I would like to know a solution, I'm tired of trying and do not get even with rsd lite.
this is my mail: [email protected]

galestz said:
I would like to know a solution, I'm tired of trying and do not get even with rsd lite.
this is my mail: [email protected]
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because you have not modified the xml file after decompressing the entire zip.

It just won't work !
shadowwolfsl said:
I'm using a droid razr m xt907 by verizon. Yesterday an update was released for 4.4.2 kitkat, my phone is still rooted and i can't find the safest way to unroot it so i can get the update. Does anyone know the best way to unroot and make sure everything's normal again so that the 4.4 update will work this time? It stops at around 25% into the update. Thanks for any help.
Edit: I've tried a factory restore, i unrooted completely. My kernell is normal, my stock recovery is normal. The update just isn't working, and i don't know the best way to fix it. My bootloader is locked, so there was never any custom recovery or ROM's installed.
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I also had a Razr M. i unroot it by SuperSU, but it won't update properly, same like others, 25%, then fail.

Steve977 said:
I also had a Razr M. i unroot it by SuperSU, but it won't update properly, same like others, 25%, then fail.
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i got it functioning after rsd lite back to stock after a factory restore

shromy said:
because you have not modified the xml file after decompressing the entire zip.
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I have found the solution, you have to edit the XML file that is in the ROM. and delete the lines containing the words ("oem" and "var"). then you put the phone in fastboot mode and use the rom with the modified file will have only about 18 steps then when the last file billboards will ask you turn on the phone manually and status, restart your phone and enter mode fastboot again and finished well. NOTE: remember to put the usb debugging before starting everything. everything you do will be at your own risk, but so what I Realize, and it worked and I have my razr m with kitkat and before I could not for the same reason of the root. thank you all

shadowwolfsl said:
I'm using a droid razr m xt907 by verizon. Yesterday an update was released for 4.4.2 kitkat, my phone is still rooted and i can't find the safest way to unroot it so i can get the update. Does anyone know the best way to unroot and make sure everything's normal again so that the 4.4 update will work this time? It stops at around 25% into the update. Thanks for any help.
Edit: I've tried a factory restore, i unrooted completely. My kernell is normal, my stock recovery is normal. The update just isn't working, and i don't know the best way to fix it. My bootloader is locked, so there was never any custom recovery or ROM's installed.
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:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
I can resolve if u want reply me

Does it work while it is Rooted ?
galestz said:
I have found the solution, you have to edit the XML file that is in the ROM. and delete the lines containing the words ("oem" and "var"). then you put the phone in fastboot mode and use the rom with the modified file will have only about 18 steps then when the last file billboards will ask you turn on the phone manually and status, restart your phone and enter mode fastboot again and finished well. NOTE: remember to put the usb debugging before starting everything. everything you do will be at your own risk, but so what I Realize, and it worked and I have my razr m with kitkat and before I could not for the same reason of the root. thank you all
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I'm sorry, but dows it work while my phone is rooted ? before i noticed your solution, i had to delete all root apps and SuperSU (along with the root) to update it. And Failed.

galestz said:
I have found the solution, you have to edit the XML file that is in the ROM. and delete the lines containing the words ("oem" and "var"). then you put the phone in fastboot mode and use the rom with the modified file will have only about 18 steps then when the last file billboards will ask you turn on the phone manually and status, restart your phone and enter mode fastboot again and finished well. NOTE: remember to put the usb debugging before starting everything. everything you do will be at your own risk, but so what I Realize, and it worked and I have my razr m with kitkat and before I could not for the same reason of the root. thank you all
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im getting phone returned fail y

solution
Adriantech said:
:victory::victory::victory::victory::victory:
I can resolve if u want reply me
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plz help me iwant your help

djdrews4357 said:
im getting phone returned fail y
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plz help me iwant your help
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We can't help either of you, if you don't give us details.
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Deadliest bootloop ever. Nothing seems to fix it.

I recently fixed an infamous bootloop i had by letting the battery die 100% (yeah I know it is bad), and then it booted. Well i went to flash a new rom and it never rebooted. I then went to flash stock from google. Still a bootloop. tried like 3 roms, still a loop. I then tried the killing my battery thing. Still a loop. Please, i know the phone isn't hard bricked, is there anything else i can do to boot it other than just flashing stock and factory resetting. Thanks.

Another thing, when i try to flash 4.2.2 the phone doesn't go to the boot logo.

Anybody? I need to fix this phone soon.

Wrong thread sorry

YFBanana said:
Anybody? I need to fix this phone soon.
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Fastboot flash the factory image. Then boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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jd1639 said:
Fastboot flash the factory image. Then boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset.
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unfortunately that doesn't work, i have tried it many times.

YFBanana said:
unfortunately that doesn't work, i have tried it many times.
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Then you have an issue with your device. What happens if you lock the bootloader and then reboot? Does it stay locked or is it still unlocked?
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jd1639 said:
Then you have an issue with your device. What happens if you lock the bootloader and then reboot? Does it stay locked or is it still unlocked?
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It stays locked. I am guessing thats a good thing?

YFBanana said:
It stays locked. I am guessing thats a good thing?
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Yep, if it didn't your emmc flash memory would be bad. I'd try re-downloading the factory image and trying again. Are you using the flash-all.bat to flash? You might try flashing all the components separately and see if any of them fail.
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You flashed stock firmware and it didn't work? What did it do when you flashed it?
Sent from my Moto G running Carbon ROM 4.4.4

jd1639 said:
Yep, if it didn't your emmc flash memory would be bad. I'd try re-downloading the factory image and trying again. Are you using the flash-all.bat to flash? You might try flashing all the components separately and see if any of them fail.
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None of the flashes failed. I have tried redownloading and i have also checked the md5's, so i dont think that would be it. I have also tried reformatting through twrp, and then flashing stock. Still nothing.

flashing 4.4.4 separately got me on the starting apps step, but that seems to be the place where it gets stuck.

I need to decide if i wanna take another month trying to fix the nexus 4 or just get the nexus 5. Nothing is working and i think i should just leave it now. But at the same time, i just wanna fix it so i don't have to spend money on a new phone. I have run out of things to try and revive the phone so i don't know what to do anymore.

YFBanana said:
I need to decide if i wanna take another month trying to fix the nexus 4 or just get the nexus 5. Nothing is working and i think i should just leave it now. But at the same time, i just wanna fix it so i don't have to spend money on a new phone. I have run out of things to try and revive the phone so i don't know what to do anymore.
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so now you can boot to 4.4.4 ROM but your phone stuck at the "Starting apps" box rite?

groovepeppy said:
so now you can boot to the ROM? but never pass the "Starting apps"?
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I think it was just the order i flashed the img files that made it go to that point, but i am pretty sure starting apps is where it gets stuck every time.

YFBanana said:
I think it was just the order i flashed the img files that made it go to that point, but i am pretty sure starting apps is where it gets stuck every time.
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You can fastboot your phone i believe, you should try [HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
Start from point C
I hope you haven't tried it yet

groovepeppy said:
You can fastboot your phone i believe, you should try [HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
Start from point C
I hope you haven't tried it yet
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I have tried it. Still no boot.

YFBanana said:
I have tried it. Still no boot.
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there's must be a way cause you can boot on 4.4.4 but unfortunately i'm not that good in these kind of problems
but i hope you can find the cure soon

You can obviously get into flashboot, have you tried booting the latest twrp, wiping /system /data /cache and sideloading something different, like Paranoid Android?

Bootloop fix
First thing is that you have use Wug's Tool and flash the 4.3 stock image. In the Wug's tool select the option 'SOFT BRICK or BOOTLOOP' option and then flash the stock image in the fastboot mode. Definitely, I hope the phone will launch without any problem. The same problem I had faced with my nexus 4 and I flash the 4.3 stock image with the help of Wug's tool. Try it I hope it will fix the problem.

[q] should not have rooted help please

So recently I rooted my S4 with Kingo and went fine. After a few weeks, I decided to uproot to get the Lollipop OTA. Unrooted through SuperSU app then factory reset. Finished OTA download with no issueand then it failed after two attempts, saying error and I should try using Kies.
That's strange I thought. Then after looking through the phone again, I discovered GSam Root companion is now a system app that can't be uninstalled. Other than re rooting and re uprooting or flashing stock firmware, is there another option. My computer is currently under repair for a broken LCD, so any fix that doesn't need that would help. Thanks!

Not much you can do without a pc

theDman68 said:
Not much you can do without a pc
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So I guess bring it in to Samsung to flash stock firmware?

AB__CD said:
So I guess bring it in to Samsung to flash stock firmware?
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Is your phone working or isn't it working? I can't figure it out based on your posts.

Lennyz1988 said:
Is your phone working or isn't it working? I can't figure it out based on your posts.
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It is working just with an annoying "system" app and can't upgrade. May have over exaggerated a bit...

AB__CD said:
It is working just with an annoying "system" app and can't upgrade. May have over exaggerated a bit...
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I then assume that you still run an old version of kitkat (because of the kingo root).
Why not reroot and delete the file? I think you can still use Towelroot because I think you are on an old version. That's an app that you need to install.
Do you have a custom recovery? And did you factory reset before trying to update ota?

Lennyz1988 said:
I then assume that you still run an old version of kitkat (because of the kingo root).
Why not reroot and delete the file? I think you can still use Towelroot because I think you are on an old version. That's an app that you need to install.
Do you have a custom recovery? And did you factory reset before trying to update ota?
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Can't use towelroot and don't have a custom recovery. I'll re root once I get the update on Kies(borrowed a friend's laptop) , which currently isn't available yet.

AB__CD said:
Can't use towelroot and don't have a custom recovery. I'll re root once I get the update on Kies(borrowed a friend's laptop) , which currently isn't available yet.
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What i don't understand is why you are so stuck on getting this OTA update... just borrow your friends laptop, and flash the Lollipop that you want through ODIN. Then factory reset, DONE...

theDman68 said:
What i don't understand is why you are so stuck on getting this OTA update... just borrow your friends laptop, and flash the Lollipop that you want through ODIN. Then factory reset, DONE...
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Took it to Samsung and let them do that for me. Didn't lose any data either, and GSam Root let me Uninstall it afterward, which was something I didn't expect. Anyway, thanks for the effort guys!