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Canadian S4 Bricked after LCD Density?

Okay here's the deal, I just got the Galaxy s4 bell canada SGH-I337M couple weeks ago, and I rooted it recently 2-3 days ago using the motochopper method, succcessful, I downloaded LCD Density Modder because I was googling up nifty apps, and later the day I forgot how to use it... so I just winged, and set the DPI I think it is, from 480 DPI to 520 DPI, I let the phone reboot and it turned on and showed the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo then just went completely black, and the blue LED light would stay on steady... I then attempted to go into recovery and did a hard reset, wiping everything cache and data, noticed that the the red triangle error was in recovery mode also... still didn't work
I decided to try and flash a custom recovery and root it with TWRP and I flashed it with odin and it is now successfuly with twrp, but it still not working and now I have no idea what to do from here, I tried googling and searching but no one has had problems with galaxy s4 yet....
If I recall on the Galaxy S3 a black screen and blue steady led light is whats called sudden death??
Can anybody help me? I tried downloading multi odin but it always closes whenever I use the stock firmware for the package portion..

Get into twrp recovery and wipe everything, system, data, dalvik/cache, preload, then format data. when that's done power off and go into download mode and Odin flash the stock ROM. you should be good to go after that
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thatsupnow said:
Get into twrp recovery and wipe everything, system, data, dalvik/cache, preload, then format data. when that's done power off and go into download mode and Odin flash the stock ROM. you should be good to go after that
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I think its working but still not sure..
the flash was good, and when it rebooted it was tsuck on the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo for 10 minutes so I just turned it off then booted it back up, it went past the logo then on to the animation samsung boot, with the blue led on steady then it vibrated twice and rebooted again, and is now back to the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo screen again.
Oh and just rebooted it into recovery mode and there's a red triangle android... along with the reboot menu

i337M google edition

Just flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
to Canadian I337M.
wiped cache
I get the samsung galaxy s4 logo, then the spinning 4 color google logo, and thats it, it's stuck on that spinning logo, tried reflashing a few times.
ideas?

You may have to wipe data/factory reset to continue.

xBeerdroiDx said:
You may have to wipe data/factory reset to continue.
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after doing what you suggested the galaxy s4 logo shows for a few seconds then powers off, and repeats.
i am now unable to load recovery as the phone shuts off too quickly
download mode works fine, and i tried going back to stock, but it still won't boot
is this a strange kind of brick mode?

Try flashing a Canadian kernel
Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk 2

just tried flashing official rogers kernel via odin.
this time the phone went through the samsung boot animation & sound, but stayed on flashing samsung for 5 minutes then powered off

mlkemac said:
Just flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
to Canadian I337M.
wiped cache
I get the samsung galaxy s4 logo, then the spinning 4 color google logo, and thats it, it's stuck on that spinning logo, tried reflashing a few times.
ideas?
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I had the same thing. I would recommend using odin to go back to bare bones stock, then go through the procedure. I'm fortunate that i have like 4 i377m's on my desk at the moment, so i took a new one out of the box, used odin to flash a custom recovery, booted into the phone, transferred the zip file, rebooted into the recovery, flashed, and booted.
it booted, but everything was crashing, i did a full wipe, and now i have a sweet google phone.
Now that i've moved phones, I'll odin to stock my problem phone and put it back in the box.
The only other odd thing i tried was to use the "golden backup" to unlock my phone (failed), wondering if that might have had something to do with it?

Samsung Galaxy S5 Stuck at Samsung Logo

Hi guys first i want you to know that my english is bad...
My phone is G900K - SpaceX Rom 5.0
I am using SpaceX Rom 5.0 for weeks and it is buggy, i experience random boot,app crash,fast battery drain and freezes.
Yesterday i reboot my phone and after "Android is Starting" i got message that System Crash or System UI i am not sure what it is but it has System word in error report. Then my phone didn't start so i remove the battery and put it again. After pressing on the Power on Button my S5 starts and i notice the Blue Light in Upper Left didn't Light Up and my phone didn't boot to 2nd Samsung Logo. When i press Power On Button my S5 will turn on and 1st Samsung Logo will appear then It will Turn Off then Vibrates then goes back to 1st Samsung Logo it keeps repeating. Also i try Recovery Mode but i can't enter to it my phone will repeat the same process as i Turn On my phone. I can go to Download Mode, And i flash Stock Rom and after flashing Stock Rom there's a blue text in upper left Recovery Booting... but its not booting into recovery, It will just turn off again then vibrates then goes to 1st Samsung Logo.
If anyone experiencing the situation right now you can comment​

Same issue here. My phone is stuck at RECOVERY BOOTING. Is there anyone who can fix this issue? Thanks.

Boot to download mode (Vol down & Home & Power)
Flash stock ROM from sammobile .com with ODIN
Instructions under the download on their site

Go into download mode and do a firmware upgrade and initialisation through kies3. You will need your serial number and model number( on the white sticker behind the battery. in kies3 go tools> firmware upgrade and initialisation, then follow the on screen steps. I used this when I soft bricked my note 2 when I had it, I personally find it's the best way to restore a samsung device.

You should try first with kies3, it did help me to recover from custom ROM installation.
If it fails, flash stock with Odin3 from phone download mode is your last option.

I'm having the exact same issue! Been trying to flash the stockfirmware, but still stuck in recovery booting loop! Even trying to get into recovery mode has it looping. Kiess 3 says that my serial number is invalid, so matter which number I put in too. Hoping for some help!

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Boot to download mode (Vol down & Home & Power)
Flash stock ROM from sammobile .com with ODIN
Instructions under the download on their site
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This Doesn't Work !! Odin Shows PASS message. But the phone dosn't boot. Gonna try usng Kies

boomie0123 said:
I'm having the exact same issue! Been trying to flash the stockfirmware, but still stuck in recovery booting loop! Even trying to get into recovery mode has it looping. Kiess 3 says that my serial number is invalid, so matter which number I put in too. Hoping for some help!
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Mine is the SM-G900W8 with Telus, so if we have the same model, I could probably give you my serial number cause I never had issues with mine. I know I have read places that sometime when people get stuck in recovery like that, they do a factory wipe and cache wipe in the stock recovery to get it to boot.

This same thing is happening with my s5 Verizon.. Need help to fix this i've tried flashing via odin, factory reseting..nothing worked
Can anybody help me please....thanks

Weird boot loop - Black Screen of Death

In my T-Mobile Galaxy S4, I am getting weird loot loop. When I power on the device, It shows Samsung logo, and then go black. When I connect to charger, It shows "charging" for one second and go black. When I try boot into recovery menu, it shows it for a split second and go black. The Only place where I can see the display is "downloading" mode. I managed to put in downloading mode and flash stock ROM twice using Odin, and it was completed successfully, but then when I try boot device, it shows Samsung logo and go black, the whole cycle repeats.
I couldn't understand what is the problem at all. The Display looks fine in "Odin" downloading mode, and since I reflashed firmware, I am going nuts trying to understand.
Please help.

Hi,
Re-flash stock firmware should fix this (I hope it).
Sent from my GT-I9500

Try flashing stock again but don't check anything except f.reset time. After flashing and you see the word "reset" in the status window, remove USB cable, remove battery, replace battery, use button combination to boot to recovery, and perform a factory wipe.
Btw, the T-Mobile s4 forum is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile

S8 not booting, Help!

I installed a theme using substratum and synergy and when I went to apply the theme on galaxy themes my phone suddenly showed the Samsung logo and turned off. Now it's not booting. When I press the power button the galaxy s8 logo comes up and next is the installing system updates then Android recovery comes up. I've also tried flashing the stock firmware using the home csc but it didn't solve the issue. Please help me to fix this issue and I don't want to erase the data inside.

I have the same issue. Phone start with installing update and boots to recovery. After a minute or two it hangs up their. I was able to factory reset but still it boots into recovery. Also flash firmware successfully via Odin, it does the normal boot but then hangs on erasing blue screen for the 1st time after Odin flash and upon force restart boots back to recovery. Mine is bootloader locked and full stock rom no modification. Looks me the motherboard issue.i may be wrong.
Hope anyone has work around to this problem.
Thanks

mridul001 said:
I installed a theme using substratum and synergy and when I went to apply the theme on galaxy themes my phone suddenly showed the Samsung logo and turned off. Now it's not booting. When I press the power button the galaxy s8 logo comes up and next is the installing system updates then Android recovery comes up. I've also tried flashing the stock firmware using the home csc but it didn't solve the issue. Please help me to fix this issue and I don't want to erase the data inside.
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Try flashing substratum uninstaller through twrp recovery, if the above method didn't work try flashing with normal CSC not home CSC your data will wipe