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HELP i9500 wont boot!

Hey guys, my phone will boot past the i9500 logo, but it wont get past the Samsung logo. This happened after I installed a custom rom, but after I flashed it back to stock, it continued to do this. I live in America, and I haven't been able to find an American kernel, so I flashed the open kernel. So let me know if you could help or know how to fix it. Thanks,

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first try to wipe dalvik-cache and /cache in recovery. if it doesn't work wipe whole /data and it will definitely work
and what do you mean by open kernel?? the one from stock rom ? pls tell me you didn't flash any i9505 kernel

prolexic said:
Hey guys, my phone will boot past the i9500 logo, but it wont get past the Samsung logo. This happened after I installed a custom rom, but after I flashed it back to stock, it continued to do this. I live in America, and I haven't been able to find an American kernel, so I flashed the open kernel. So let me know if you could help or know how to fix it. Thanks,
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no problem. find a stock rom for you device from samsung-updates.com. flash it with odin.

broodplank1337 said:
first try to wipe dalvik-cache and /cache in recovery. if it doesn't work wipe whole /data and it will definitely work
and what do you mean by open kernel?? the one from stock rom ? pls tell me you didn't flash any i9505 kernel
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no, It wasn't a i9505 kernel, but I tried to wipe everything multiple times, and It still wont work.

I flashed it to stock again, and it still wouldn't work, but I noticed that it says it cant mount efs or data when im in recovery. that and while its stuck on the Samsung logo, the blue led stays on.

prolexic said:
I flashed it to stock again, and it still wouldn't work, but I noticed that it says it cant mount efs or data when im in recovery. that and while its stuck on the Samsung logo, the blue led stays on.
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Have you tried flashing stock formware with pit file try that should work check my sign for firmware and u have your EFS backup??
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123hiten said:
Have you tried flashing stock formware with pit file try that should work check my sign for firmware and u have your EFS backup??
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I don't have an efs backup, that's the problem, and I have already tried flashing with pit files

Just install stock rom with odin, do not check repartition or use pit. just regular flash, should work.

Major Problem using TWRP

Hey guys, I am not new to this scene and have been running, flashing, roms since the S2. Today I ran into a major problem I cant seem to fix. I am running TWRP 2.5.0.2, always have for about 4 months with no issues. Today I did a complete Titanium Backup + recovery backup of my rom. After that I wiped for a fresh new rom install and noticed the rom I placed onto my internal storage is not there (it was def there in its own folder but through TWRP its not there). No biggie right? Just mount USB storage and put it somewhere else that TWRP can get to, but then USB wont mount on Windows now. No biggie right? Ill just restore the rom, put it in another directory, then wipe and reflash. However none of my backups are showing up when I hit restore, I had like 3 backups and everything is gone.
At this point what do I do? I tried everything to mount usb from recovery but windows wont take it (win 7). Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

doesntmatterx said:
Hey guys, I am not new to this scene and have been running, flashing, roms since the S2. Today I ran into a major problem I cant seem to fix. I am running TWRP 2.5.0.2, always have for about 4 months with no issues. Today I did a complete Titanium Backup + recovery backup of my rom. After that I wiped for a fresh new rom install and noticed the rom I placed onto my internal storage is not there (it was def there in its own folder but through TWRP its not there). No biggie right? Just mount USB storage and put it somewhere else that TWRP can get to, but then USB wont mount on Windows now. No biggie right? Ill just restore the rom, put it in another directory, then wipe and reflash. However none of my backups are showing up when I hit restore, I had like 3 backups and everything is gone.
At this point what do I do? I tried everything to mount usb from recovery but windows wont take it (win 7). Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Nevermind guys I was able to get around it by putting the SD card from my S4 into the S2 and putting the rom files into another location. Once that was done placed it back into the S4, booted into recovery and flashed it. (phew!)

doesntmatterx said:
Nevermind guys I was able to get around it by putting the SD card from my S4 into the S2 and putting the rom files into another location. Once that was done placed it back into the S4, booted into recovery and flashed it. (phew!)
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xBeerdroiDx said:
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I take it back, stuck in a boot loop even after 2 fresh ODIN unroot tasks. Nothing I do gets me out of this, been a long day getting longer now

Can anyone help? Been at it for hours, I have tried everything, phone still reboots at the Samsung logo (the bluish one )
Unrooted 3 times
Launched stock recovery, wiped factory reset
wiped partition cache
removed battery
Cannot connect to Kies for Emergency restore.

Did you do an internal 'sd card'/media data wipe?
Best bet would be to Odin back to stock and start from scratch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
Then from there just use casual to root and install TWRP in one easy step and you're back:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297900

seanpr123 said:
Did you do an internal 'sd card'/media data wipe?
Best bet would be to Odin back to stock and start from scratch:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
Then from there just use casual to root and install TWRP in one easy step and you're back:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297900
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I know what I did, I was using Touchwiz and instead of doing a regular wipe I did a format and input "YES". I heard TW has major issues with this and thus screwed me up completely.
To add to my list above I tried this method and also did not work. http://androidfannetwork.com/2013/05/02/fix-your-soft-bricked-att-samsung-galaxy-s4/
Sean, I flashed from Odin like 3 times, how can I install TWRP if I cant get the phone to load up (boot loop)- Ill read up on casual. Thanks.

doesntmatterx said:
I know what I did, I was using Touchwiz and instead of doing a regular wipe I did a format and input "YES". I heard TW has major issues with this and thus screwed me up completely.
To add to my list above I tried this method and also did not work. http://androidfannetwork.com/2013/05/02/fix-your-soft-bricked-att-samsung-galaxy-s4/
Sean, I flashed from Odin like 3 times, how can I install TWRP if I cant get the phone to load up (boot loop)- Ill read up on casual. Thanks.
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Did you do a factory reset in the stock recovery after Odin? That'll usually get you past the boot loop.

Should I ODIN with the RE-Partition Option?

Just Odined again and no dice. I booted into stock recovery and noticed after wiping factory I get "Can't open /efs/log/boot_cause" which pointed me to this fix someone on the Galaxy note forum said they did and it worked but I dont understand the steps, need some elaboration.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39523753&postcount=4

jd1639 said:
Did you do a factory reset in the stock recovery after Odin? That'll usually get you past the boot loop.
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Yep did that mulitple times, also did wipe cache partition in the same stock recovery. I get to the Samsung logo where the blue halo spins around the name, then it freezes there and reboots.

Hmm, never had to mess with EFS stuff on our phones before.
Did you make a backup ever in TWRP by chance?
Sorry if you tried the stock recovery options there's not much more I'm familiar with.
The good news is since you were able to Odin and get 3e back, you are technically warrantied again and could work with AT&T to get a new phone since your phone just stopped working out of the blue one day

seanpr123 said:
Hmm, never had to mess with EFS stuff on our phones before.
Did you make a backup ever in TWRP by chance?
Sorry if you tried the stock recovery options there's not much more I'm familiar with.
The good news is since you were able to Odin and get 3e back, you are technically warrantied again and could work with AT&T to get a new phone since your phone just stopped working out of the blue one day
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LOL thanks, yes I may have to do that. I had a backup and it was wiped.

Anyone have any suggestions at all? I can't be the only one who has had this boot-loop / partition problem without a fix... or maybe I am lol.

doesntmatterx said:
Anyone have any suggestions at all? I can't be the only one who has had this boot-loop / partition problem without a fix... or maybe I am lol.
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Try flashing using cwm. It'll probably work fine. Then you can go back to twrp. That's worked on other devices. Seems one you flash it once with cwm then twrp works from that point forward. Idk why

doesntmatterx said:
Anyone have any suggestions at all? I can't be the only one who has had this boot-loop / partition problem without a fix... or maybe I am lol.
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Did your odin flashes include the pit files ? Have you tried flashing twrp or cwm with odin?
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jds3118 said:
Did your odin flashes include the pit files ? Have you tried flashing twrp or cwm with odin?
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I tried flashing with a PIT file I found online but it fails through ODIN everytime. I tried on multiple versions of ODIN as well. I also cant seem to find readily available PIT files to test as well, (perhaps the one I used does not work). Also I did try to flash a CWM through ODIN but failed, but again there isnt anything that I have read that says "hey you can do this that way and it will work".
From what I understand I need to be rooted to install CWM or TWRP, and since I unrooted to try and fix the problem I cannot root myself through conventional methods. Everything I found online requires the phone to completely start up. (to the menu screen etc)

What stock firmware are you flashing with odin? I get firmware from sammobile.com. since you had a custom recovery I'm guessing you where on mdl firmware to start with.

jd1639 said:
What stock firmware are you flashing with odin? I get firmware from sammobile.com. since you had a custom recovery I'm guessing you where on mdl firmware to start with.
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I never flashed a custom recovery through Odin < I can try that though, where can I get one? Im assuming this firmware will have root with CWM or TWRP?
Ive only flashed using official Samsung firmware from sammobile.com I tried both that are available for SGH-I337 with the PIT file as well and no dice.

doesntmatterx said:
I never flashed a custom recovery through Odin < I can try that though, where can I get one? Im assuming this firmware will have root with CWM or TWRP?
Ive only flashed using official Samsung firmware from sammobile.com I tried both that are available for SGH-I337 with the PIT file as well and no dice.
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Do you know what firmware you were on? Was it mdl or mf3?

Is this brick situation? -HELP-

Here is the newbie situation.
1)i just root my N4 JWR66Y successfully then
2)Flash a custom rom and reboot successfully
3)was playing around the new roms n reboot THEN this happen
4)it bootloop and i power off the phone then it comes to TWRP 2.6.0
5)try to reboot and there is no OS install
6)i still able to boot into recovery and bootloader but cant BOOT
Please help me guys:crying:

Just flash the ROM again.
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If you can get to the bootloader/recovery you're not bricked.

The moment you can't do anything with your phone except throw it at somebody is the moment its bricked. You are ok my friend as posted above just flash another rom but I am confused if your phone would only go into recovery why would you not try and restore backup or just flash another rom?
Edit: Hopefully you made a backup of your original rom? Also what recovery are you using

playya said:
The moment you can't do anything with your phone except throw it at somebody is the moment its bricked. You are ok my friend as posted above just flash another rom but I am confused if your phone would only go into recovery why would you not try and restore backup or just flash another rom?
Edit: Hopefully you made a backup of your original rom? Also what recovery are you using
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:good:so its not bricked. nothing is inside the storage so do my backup file.it seems the internal memory is EMPTY.
SOLVED heres the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376681
Thanks guys for replying

Help me! ive soft bricked my boys S5360....

Hi,
I'm having a problem with my boys Galaxy Y S5360, it's stuck in a boot loop i can still get into both revovery and upload modes and still have access to the sd card.
I tried reinstalling factory software but that just removed CWM 5 and i'm still stuck with the boot loop help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :crying:

When you post things like this in the development section don't expect any help.
Post in the right section.
Thread reported.

Get stock rom and reflash your phone with odin.
Edit: You can get the info on how to do it in the correct section.
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jammychap said:
Hi,
I'm having a problem with my boys Galaxy Y S5360, it's stuck in a boot loop i can still get into both revovery and upload modes and still have access to the sd card.
I tried reinstalling factory software but that just removed CWM 5 and i'm still stuck with the boot loop help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :crying:
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you can either format data in cwm or in stock recovery format data/reset
or if that doesnt sort the boot loop quickest way to solve it is just to flash stock rom via odin
Remember next time before you do anything like flashing a mod or trying out something different to always make a nandroid backup in cwm - this way if you get into a boot loop or want to revert what you have done you just have to restore your nandroid backup
anyway stock rom firmware is found on my thread below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853

HellBoy.007 said:
When you post things like this in the development section don't expect any help.
Post in the right section.
Thread reported.
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Yep sorry, my mistake consider me told off

marcussmith2626 said:
you can either format data in cwm or in stock recovery format data/reset
or if that doesnt sort the boot loop quickest way to solve it is just to flash stock rom via odin
Remember next time before you do anything like flashing a mod or trying out something different to always make a nandroid backup in cwm - this way if you get into a boot loop or want to revert what you have done you just have to restore your nandroid backup
anyway stock rom firmware is found on my thread below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853
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Hi ya mate,
I'm following your instructions but it's hanging on setup connection, i am using odin 3.07 in admin mode, not sure whats going on here, by the way there is no CWM installed at the mo it's reset to factory boot menu after trying someone elses method

jammychap said:
Hi ya mate,
I'm following your instructions but it's hanging on setup connection, i am using odin 3.07 in admin mode, not sure whats going on here, by the way there is no CWM installed at the mo it's reset to factory boot menu after trying someone elses method
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follow the instructions fully on my thread
you need to install the usb drivers
you need to put your phone into download mode (vol down home button power button)
cwm is not required and not used to flash stock rom via odin - you must be in download mode NOT recovery mode

marcussmith2626 said:
follow the instructions fully on my thread
you need to install the usb drivers
you need to put your phone into download mode (vol down home button power button)
cwm is not required and not used to flash stock rom via odin - you must be in download mode NOT recovery mode
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ok we got there in the end, i had 2 versions of odin in the same folder and it was locking it up some how, separated, rebooted windows and it worked thanks.
now back to the start, ive just rooted it again now need to add some recovery, what one would you guys recommend?

jammychap said:
ok we got there in the end, i had 2 versions of odin in the same folder and it was locking it up some how, separated, rebooted windows and it worked thanks.
now back to the start, ive just rooted it again now need to add some recovery, what one would you guys recommend?
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if on stock kernel use a tempory cwm zip in stock recovery to get to cwm (need to do it each time you want to enter cwm
http://d-h.st/u2m
or flash any kernel that has a perminant cwm - your choice dont ask me to suggest

Ok thanks, I've got a kernel installed and a rom, got a couple of issues but I'll take that to the correct thread now
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All sorted now, installed Hyperion 9 rom, got one happy lad

[Q] HELP phone soft bricked

Hello Everyone,
This is my situation.... I want Unrooting my Sprint S4 using Mobile Odin .... and now my phone only boots up to the Samsung Logo. On that screen it also says Recovery Booting however it turns off after 10 Secs. I can get my phone into download/odin mode but that is about it. I can not boot into recovery.
I would imagine someone either has experience or expertise on this matter.
PLEASE HELP
Thank you in advance,
V.E.

If possible what bootloader, modem and ROM were/are you on, also do you care about tripping knox (or is it already).

You have to wipe data to get it to boot. This will wipe EVERYTHING on internal memory. Or you could reroot and install install recovery over Odin and boot into recovery and wipe data which will be like wiping to do a clean Install for custom ROM install. Which wknr wipe everything. Once it boots up apply the stock unrooted tar via Odin with a COMPUTER.
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I HAD Twrp recover... Had CWM recovery... phones acting like it doesn't have custom recovery (pain in my ass.)..... thought i used rom manger to put cwm back on it.
IDK the modem
I was on a Slim ROM (which was giving me problem as well; Great Rom but it just recently kept crashing.)
I already tripped knox forsure ..... and dont care..... i wanted to get it on a stock kernel by unrooting (Wasnt as brillant as I thought)
Don't even know if thats it possible (If it is show me the promise land! :angel: I wanted root again so I could get triangle away working on root.
However that is how I got here. So getting my phone operational would be a win, start; challenge accepted! :good:

s4 problems unite
daniel4653 said:
You have to wipe data to get it to boot. This will wipe EVERYTHING on internal memory. Or you could reroot and install install recovery over Odin and boot into recovery and wipe data which will be like wiping to do a clean Install for custom ROM install. Which wknr wipe everything. Once it boots up apply the stock unrooted tar via Odin with a COMPUTER.
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Oh and I dont mind if it deletes the internal memory..... I live on my external brah. :cyclops:

Then if your phone is still stuck right now, boot into stock recovery and perform a factory reset and it should boot up. drink up!
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ruh roh.
daniel4653 said:
Then if your phone is still stuck right now, boot into stock recovery and perform a factory reset and it should boot up. drink up!
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How would i go about that ? How do i get into stock recovery? (Magical Recovery Combo GIVE ME THE SECRET! )
I cant boot into customer recovery mode(Volume UP+ Power +Home.. Combo...phone shuts off when i do that)
I can only get download mode.

Its only volume down and power when the phone is shut off.
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