[Q] Failed to root s4 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I´m new here and I'm hope in the correct forum. Sorry my English isn't the best but I´ll try to explain, maybe someone can help me.
I've never rooted a phone before. I was just trying to root my Samsung Galaxy S4 4G(Australia) with ODIN and my phone now stuck with the blue colour legend Recovery booting for at least 6 hours now. i think i put the wrong tar. file in PDA. i unplugged the battery and put it back in but once i press the power button it switch to the blue colour legend Recovery booting again >!<is there any chance that i can fix it and can anyone help me plz..i'm freaking out

Pull out the battery and see if you can boot into download mode by holding power and down volume. If so some warning screen will pop up and continue. If this works you should be able to recover the phone with the right tar rile.
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Just to be sure you have the SPRINT Samsung Galaxy S4. Known as the SPH-L720?
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daniel4653 said:
Pull out the battery and see if you can boot into download mode by holding power and down volume. If so some warning screen will pop up and continue. If this works you should be able to recover the phone with the right tar rile.
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Just to be sure you have the SPRINT Samsung Galaxy S4. Known as the SPH-L720?
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is it possible for me to factory data reset?
i can boot into download mode and restart the phone, but once i tried to factory reset, my phone turn back to the blue colour legend Recovery booting plz help!!

sarahui27 said:
is it possible for me to factory data reset?
i can boot into download mode and restart the phone, but once i tried to factory reset, my phone turn back to the blue colour legend Recovery booting plz help!!
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First list what exact model number your galaxy s4 is. If the phone doesn't boot it should say on the back of the phone when you take off the battery.
Once you do that you should boot into download mode and Odin the correct tar. That should boot you right up then you can perform a factory reset.
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daniel4653 said:
First list what exact model number your galaxy s4 is. If the phone doesn't boot it should say on the back of the phone when you take off the battery.
Once you do that you should boot into download mode and Odin the correct tar. That should boot you right up then you can perform a factory reset.
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my model number is GT-I9506. does that mean rooting it is the only way to fix it?? case i dun want to root it anymore, i'm so scared that i will end up bricking my phone.crying:

sarahui27 said:
my model number is GT-I9506. does that mean rooting it is the only way to fix it?? case i dun want to root it anymore, i'm so scared that i will end up bricking my phone.crying:
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You're in the Sprint S4 forums. You need to look for the International S4 thread that has your Odin tar file then flash that. You should be just fine. Either search here for it or Google " xda i9505" and that'll find it for you.
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Here's a pretty good thread on your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701681
Nor sure if an Odin file is there but looks like recoveries , roms and root info definitely is. Plus they can answer your questions better
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[HELP] My phone Stuck in Galaxy y Model screen..

Help my Phone stuck in Galaxy y model screen..
The power+volume up+home is not working?
How to fix this?
Is Anybody here encountered it?
After I Apply U.S.S.Rv5 rom it stuck in model screen??
If anyome help i will pay you via PAYPAL.. NOT JOKE! I will pay you..
Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465800 , download firmware for your location. Go to thread #2 and follow the steps, and then you will recover your phone.
1st switch off your phone,then start your phone by pressing volume down+menu+power buttons. if your phone shows a warning then relax. you can still flash your firmware via odin mode.
chose your firmware from docky73 thread here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465800 in that thread u will found how to flash via odin.
i dont need your donation,only one thanks will be enough for me,if u got help frm me.
Its kernel problem flash only kernel restore ur nandroid backup if u created......or flash stock firmware ........ Check dev section sticky thread....... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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manoranjan2050 said:
Its kernel problem flash only kernel restore ur nandroid backup if u created......or flash stock firmware ........ Check dev section sticky thread....... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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he is not able to go in the rfcovery mode.so how he will restore his backup??,,,,,:thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:
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hmahadi98 said:
he is not able to go in the rfcovery mode.so how he will restore his backup??,,,,,:thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:
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Read My Post .... First flash kernel ..if u created nandroid backup ..restore it.... :good::good:
Thats why reads the instructions carefully
Boot to cwm
Do data wipe and cache
Then flash the rom.zip
Wait till it done (dont reboot)
Choose advanced
Then reboot recovery
Do data wipe and cache again in this stock recovery
Reboot system
Wait till it boot first boot need time
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hmahadi98 said:
1st switch off your phone,then start your phone by pressing volume down+menu+power buttons. if your phone shows a warning then relax. you can still flash your firmware via odin mode.
chose your firmware from docky73 thread here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465800 in that thread u will found how to flash via odin.
i dont need your donation,only one thanks will be enough for me,if u got help frm me.
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I cant get to Recovery mode and download mode.. Its almost 30mins but nothing happens Im stuck in galaxy y Model Screen?
noscarl said:
I cant get to Recovery mode and download mode.. Its almost 30mins but nothing happens Im stuck in galaxy y Model Screen?
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if u can't go to download mode,than it is a Hard Brick. you should go to a nearest Samsung customer care or any good servicing center. you can't do nothing to fix your gy,just let them to fix it.
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evanlocked said:
Thats why reads the instructions carefully
Boot to cwm
Do data wipe and cache
Then flash the rom.zip
Wait till it done (dont reboot)
Choose advanced
Then reboot recovery
Do data wipe and cache again in this stock recovery
Reboot system
Wait till it boot first boot need time
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dude.don't you see, he can't even boot into recovery or in download then how he will boot into CWM??? did u invent any new method??
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hmahadi98 said:
if u can't go to download mode,than it is a Hard Brick. you should go to a nearest Samsung customer care or any good servicing center. you can't do nothing to fix your gy,just let them to fix it.
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dude.don't you see, he can't even boot into recovery or in download then how he will boot into CWM??? did u invent any new method??
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Why u soo mad
Here the solutions for noobs
Turn on odin mode(pc)
Pull out the baterry from the phone
Connect the phone to pc without baterry then press home,power,vol- (download mode)its calls usb jig mode then when u enter download mode dont even pull the usb just place the baterry and u are good to flash it?!!!!be cool as the owner of the rom thats my responsibility to help user
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evanlocked said:
Why u soo mad
Here the solutions for noobs
Turn on odin mode(pc)
Pull out the baterry from the phone
Connect the phone to pc without baterry then press home,power,vol- (download mode)its calls usb jig mode then when u enter download mode dont even pull the usb just place the baterry and u are good to flash it?!!!!be cool as the owner of the rom thats my responsibility to help user
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+1..
my also stuck like that but solution i did was (if want to install u.s.s.r v5):
go cwm
wipe catch and data
choose install from zip
choose u.s.s.r v5_evan.zip
after installation dont reboot
go in advance
select reboot recovery
than in stock recovery, wipe data and wipe cache
phone will turn on in u.s.s.r v 5 rom
noscarl said:
Help my Phone stuck in Galaxy y model screen..
The power+volume up+home is not working?
How to fix this?
Is Anybody here encountered it?
After I Apply U.S.S.Rv5 rom it stuck in model screen??
If anyome help i will pay you via PAYPAL.. NOT JOKE! I will pay you..
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hey bro,removed the sd card and the sim from your galaxy y.try if u can go to odin mode.if the odin mode appears flashed it thru odin with stockrom.
evanlocked said:
Why u soo mad
Here the solutions for noobs
Turn on odin mode(pc)
Pull out the baterry from the phone
Connect the phone to pc without baterry then press home,power,vol- (download mode)its calls usb jig mode then when u enter download mode dont even pull the usb just place the baterry and u are good to flash it?!!!!be cool as the owner of the rom thats my responsibility to help user
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ok,sorry bro... first u told to boot in cwm so i don't understand.
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Bricked N4, stuck on bootloop(Tried clearing caches)

Hello guys, bear with me please.
i was trying to root my N4 and followed the procedures to manually do that as toolkits are not good as they say here.
Everything went fine, i unlocked the bootloeader, flashed the CWM and when i rebooted it got stuck into bootloop of Nexus logo,
Then i cleared all caches, dalvik caches and tried but again got stuck on the same place.
Now i cant even get into the bootloader menu
Tried all the things, now what can i do?
Does your pc recognise the phone?
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Neefy said:
Does your pc recognise the phone?
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somehow i managed to get into bootloader mode again hew:
now what should i do? how to flash stock rom? pls help me out here
Yeah, have you tried wiping all?
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And just find a thread with stock, but it sounds like you were already on stock?
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ssbnasa said:
somehow i managed to get into bootloader mode again hew:
now what should i do? how to flash stock rom? pls help me out here
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Get in to Bootloader, once in bootloader, volume up until you get RECOVERY.
From there you'll have the Android with the Exclamation point, press the POWER keep it pressed and then Volume + . You will end up with the recovery screen. Do a factory reset from there and then reboot.
hit thanks! I just had this on my Nexus 4 too and got it to work.
all done, somehow i manage to factory reset from stock recovery heww:
Its back to 16gb again
and sorry for stupid queries last night, i guess i was freaked out xD

[Q] Galaxy S5 Stuck in Infinite Recovery Boot Cycle

I have had my S5 for two days now. I haven't done any modifications to it and have kept it completing stock. I was browsing the internet in Chrome when I got a notification saying there was a security breach and that the phone needed to restart in order to undue any changes made. So I pressed the restart button and it started to restart normally until I saw in tiny blue text "RECOVERY BOOTING....", I didn't think much of it until nothing started to happen after a minute. I let it go for another 5 minutes and then 15 minutes. I came back and still it was at the same screen. I decided to turn the device off and on to see if that would do anything, nothing happened. I took the battery out and waited a few minutes to put it back in, again nothing new. I was looking into other threads about this happening to other phones because the S5 is so new there is nothing on it doing this. But I found no useful information. So my question is, how can I fix this? I don't mind having to reset it, there's only a few apps installed. I'm tech savvy, so I'll now what you mean if you give me any tips. Thank you!
If doesn't matter if you lost the installed apps, then boot to recovery and choose wipe data reset factory and then wipe data cache.then restart your mobile it should solve your problem.
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ra_eng said:
If doesn't matter if you lost the installed apps, then boot to recovery and choose wipe data reset factory and then wipe data cache.then restart your mobile it should solve your problem.
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I should have mentioned this in the post but I have tried that, nothing happens. It's already trying to boot into recovery, I wonder if I can get it out of trying to do that.
Try to boot into download mode then restart normally, maybe it gets you out of the recovery booting loop.
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And if this didn't work.
I think you should download the stock rom from sammobile or samsung-updates.com sites and reinstall it again.
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ra_eng said:
Try to boot into download mode then restart normally, maybe it gets you out of the recovery booting loop.
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And if this didn't work.
I think you should download the stock rom from sammobile or samsung-updates.com sites and reinstall it again.
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Alright so I tried putting it into download mode and restarting it from there. I got into download mode and then restarted but nothing happened. I am going to trying reinstalling the stock rom right now. Thanks for the help!
ra_eng said:
Try to boot into download mode then restart normally, maybe it gets you out of the recovery booting loop.
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And if this didn't work.
I think you should download the stock rom from sammobile or samsung-updates.com sites and reinstall it again.
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So I reinstalled the stock rom and now the recovery boot text is gone, but it still doesn't actually boot up into Android. Looks like I will have to take the phone back to the store and hope I can get a replacement. Thanks for your help!
Why don't u just take it for warranty.Why use a phone which has problems
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TechxCentral said:
So I reinstalled the stock rom and now the recovery boot text is gone, but it still doesn't actually boot up into Android. Looks like I will have to take the phone back to the store and hope I can get a replacement. Thanks for your help!
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Does you got a replacement? I'm having the exact same problem right now
flash the firmware
Flash the firmware and bootloader and pit for partition with odin look in xda for the pit for ur device modell
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First install the drivers for Samsung
Did you get an answer? Am having the same issue

[Q] No signal RED X All info in status shows as UNKNOWN

Hello! Long story short, I got sprint to unlock the handset for international use and sent it overseas to my brother. It worked for a while but then it stopped so he took it to a phone repair place and they messed with it for a while and couldn’t figure it out and gave back. Now I have the phone back in the US and want to use it but its completely effed up, theres no signal AT ALL.. its in the latest firmware NG2 I even ODIN the whole phone with the NG2.tar ..
It won’t respond to ##72786” it tries to pull the screen but everything is blank. The Status screen shows “unknown” to everything. The APN screen shows “LTE / SPRINT OTA” as otasn but its not checked and its grayed out so can’t select it.
What should/can I do? Please see screenshots. Everything works (bluetooth/wifi/etc) except the radio. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Did you try just flashing the modem with Odin?
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Or have you ever made a back up that you could try restoring?
churchey360 said:
Did you try just flashing the modem with Odin?
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Or have you ever made a back up that you could try restoring?
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Thanks for the suggestion. Just ODIN the modem and no luck. Got it from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54882332&postcount=58
I sent the phone over a year ago, I think I did backed it up but those files are long gone
so no solution? this sucks
eurominican said:
so no solution? this sucks
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The only thing to do is just reflash the whole ng2 tar and do a factory reset on stock recovery. Or also when you flash untick the reboot and just manually reboot the phone cause the modem isnt sticking.
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
The only thing to do is just reflash the whole ng2 tar and do a factory reset on stock recovery. Or also when you flash untick the reboot and just manually reboot the phone cause the modem isnt sticking.
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I've tried everything you suggest except manually rebooting. So to confirm, I leave everything as default (in ODIN 3.07) but un-tick the "Auto Reboot" checkmark which would leave only "F Reset Time" and flash the whole NG2 tar. Once its done I unplug the phone and pull the battery and then hold the home-volup-power to go into recovery and the rest is history? Tia!
eurominican said:
I've tried everything you suggest except manually rebooting. So to confirm, I leave everything as default (in ODIN 3.07) but un-tick the "Auto Reboot" checkmark which would leave only "F Reset Time" and flash the whole NG2 tar. Once its done I unplug the phone and pull the battery and then hold the home-volup-power to go into recovery and the rest is history? Tia!
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Yes and for the phone never have the check mark on f reset time.
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Didn't work. Thanks though

Please Help. Worried I've bricked

So a couple of days ago I purchased a new galaxy s6 edge+ from t-mobile. When I got home I immediately wanted to root and install a ROM without the bloatware. I downloaded a rooted kernel and went to Odin to flash it. When it flashes it reboots to the Samsung logo screen and stays there. The top of the screen reads than the kernel is not seandroid enforcing. I can boot into download mode still but nothing I have tried will get it to boot back up. I made sure that I unlocked developers options on my phone before I went to do anything. All I want to do it just take it back to stock at this point. Someone please help.
You need to flash a recovery first. Then arter97s kernel from recovery. Then I would clear cache and dalvik cache.
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How can I boot into recovery? I hate that I can't pull the battery on the phone. Right now it is just stuck at the logo screen. I can use volume down and power to hard reset it but then it just goes back to the logo screen. Anyway you could drop me the links for what I need? This whole thing is a lot different than what I had to do for my note 3
Volume up + home + power. But it can be a bit tricky I've noticed. Check out arter97s kernel thread below android development.
There you can find recovery and kernel.
Flash recovery trough Odin and flash kernel trough recovery.
Pretty much exactly as the note 3 done it several times.
You need to somehow get the kernel on the phone tho. And as you can't boot it. Google ADB sideload to install it via a db and cable. Or reinstall stock rom and transfer the kernel.
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Okay I spent a good 5 hours on this tonight and I think I only made it worse. I got a kernel and a recovery made to be flashed in Odin. Flashed the recovery. Rebooted. Flashed the kernel. Now when I turn the phone onumber it just loops over and over on the Samsung logo. I can't really turn it off, my only 2 option are infinite bootloop or putting the phone in download mode. I really am starting to feel more and more screwed in this situation. Thank you for any help or advice, it makes it very difficult when there is one else I can go to see for help on the issue.
What can I flash from Odin that can take me back to how it was out of the box. Knox is already tripped.
Go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ site. Search for your phone. I got a 928f. But you gotta find out what model you got.
Then download the firmware and flash It with Odin!
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That's a fully stock rom. Tho it will take a few hours to download. Good luck!
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i had the exact same problem, what got it to boot was that i flashed though odin the stock firmware. here is the link to it. http://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G928T/ now i have another problem, after i flashed back to stock, i wanted to downgrade to UVU1AOGD snd now all the flashing process says it passed and everything but the phone wont boot passed the s6 ed plus logo. i can boot into recovery and flash stuff but it just wont boot. i try reseting it through recovery but it gives me an error. i think that it cant mount the internal storage, dont know why so i would recommend you not to flash downgrade to UVU1AOGD because you wont be able to boot. maybe if i can get a pit file.. or update to UVU1BOH6 , it will be able to boot
Don't play with pit files. There is a big chance that things can go wrong. Just download the latest firmware for your phone and don't risk it! happy flashing!
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i flashed back to UVU1BOH4 but phone just wont boot. do you think that by upgrading to UVU1BOH6 will fix the problem, it just wont go pass the black samsung galaxy s5 edge + logo, ive done everything
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thank you, i got it to boot up now!! thanks
Great! Have fun with your phone!
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When I go to flash in Odin I get an error after nand write start, then it says cm.bin then FAIL. Why is this happening
Mind giving a screenshot of Odin?
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Also try change to another USB port..
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dssb said:
When I go to flash in Odin I get an error after nand write start, then it says cm.bin then FAIL. Why is this happening
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Maybe check out this thread mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=62803584
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