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I have a "small" problem. My friend just gave me this g 900m galaxy s5 he can't get to boot up. He tried to root it and it went wrong. So I gave it a try. I got philpz touch recovery installed and tried to flash a stock rooted Rom on it. And then it booted to boot animation. And stuck at the animation. I tried to flash to stock rom with Odin. No luck there. So I tried to flash with pit still no luck. I got a system. Some error in Odin when I tried using that. I hope you guys have some ideas the can help us out. :/
in this case, you should use kies to recovery your phone. click on firmware upgrade and initialisation, follow the instructions and finger crossed it would work.
Didn't try that. I will try it out later. Thanks. I keep you updated.
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Hello Im having some trouble with my s4. I flashed a kernel that didnt agree with the system very well and now the phone is not working.
It will not boot into recovery
It will no get past the ATT splash screen when its booting
I have used oden to flash the stock rom and i still cant get it to boot. Im not sure what I should do from here
Seeing how I can get into download mode I was thinking that I should probably see if there is a TAR file of cwm and flash it through oden, but I cant find one for ATT s4
Pl
ease help!
Thanks for your time.
what version are you on now? MDL?
And if you can get into recovery try a different kernel first.
Also, go here and get the tar MDL and try odin back.
google....samsung-updates
Did the kernel include Loki?
If it didn't, or you don't know what that is, that's probably what happened. In that case, I don't think there's much hope for the phone (unless you can get your computer to recognize the device)
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I installed cyanogenmod & clockworkmod yesterday and it appeared to work fine. But this morning, it was bricked and when I try to boot it up, it quickly flashes the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen and then shuts off again. It does not boot into recovery mode at all, but it does boot into download/odin mode. When i tried to install the stock rom through download/odin mode it kept coming up with fail messages in the odin pc application. I tried multiple versions of odin yet it continued to fail, when I took it to the Sprint store they said there was nothing they could do but have me send it back to Samsung, and since it is rooted with a custom rom Samsung may not honor the warranty. What, if any, are my options for installing a working rom and getting it to at least boot into recovery mode? Thank you.
What Android version Were you on before, I have a feeling you were odining the wrong file.
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daniel4653 said:
What Android version Were you on before, I have a feeling you were odining the wrong file.
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I was on 4.4.2 before root and I was running cyanogenmod 11 before it, well...
So you will have to Odin the NAE tar.
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So you will have to Odin the NAE tar.
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Um, this is awkward but after many attempts to re-install clockworkmod, so I could boot into recovery mode, it finally, magically, worked! I had to use some mac software and push the file onto my phone through download mode but it somehow worked, thank you for your help but I already have cyanogenmod running again. Thanks again! :victory:
same thing happened to me, ODIN wasn't letting me flash anything, then I realized I accidentally screwed up my bootloader and I found the most updated version that no one had posted on the forums. I still couldn't get my phone to boot (boot loop), so I just took the SIM card out and it booted just fine.... I put the card back in and everything was okay. I don't know wtf happened, but I thought I screwed up my phone the first hour I had it.
Hi I rooted my brothers Verizon Samsung Note 3 which was on 4.4.2 NC4, Installed the safestrap recovery and have setup Hyperdrive on rom slot 1. My problem is when I try to access the stock rom slot it hangs at the Verizon logo. I've pulled the battery and same result time after time. I flashed a prerooted de-odexed 4.4.2 nc4 stock rom to the stock slot and it still hangs at the Verizon screen. Today I tried to do a factory wipe on the stock rom slot to see if I could flash another rom to it and it said it could not mount /system and /systemorig. Can anyone provide some info as to how I go about fixing this so he can have his stock rom back? Thank you.
Odin back to a stock ROM, non-rooted. If you want to, you'll have to start the root process from scratch.
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That's what I figured the answer would be. I do have a 4.4.2 NC4 non rooted stock to flash. Thank you for your help.
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One thing you might try first. I don't know about your initial problem getting stuck at the boot screen. But I tried the other day to do a complete wipe and wound up with the "unable to mount" errors. I had to go into the Mount screen in safestrap and uncheck all boxes, then recheck everything. For some reason, I had to click the System box several times to get the checkmark to show up. Might be worth a shot. Helped me avoid the hassle of having to odin back to anything
When I setup the 1st custom rom on the sd card I accidentally did a full wipe and after that I've been getting unable to mount errors like you stated. I will try that this weekend when I see him. Thanks again for the help and I'll report back with the results.
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Clicked system for 10 minutes and the check mark will not show up.
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Sorry to hear that. I wish I knew more about the error. Or the "mounting process" that seems to have failed. It was only by luck that I figured it out on mine. I was already downloading the files to odin my phone back and start over when I lucked out. Figured I would pass it along before you had to lose all you had done. But I'm not sure what else you can do at this point. Maybe someone else will chime in.
I was able to successfully recover from a "hang at the Verizon logo" soft-brick on my NC4 4.4.2 Note 3 by following the directions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2483380 It seems like it might be worth a shot.
I tried flashing 4.4.2 NC4 non rooted and now it just hangs at the Verizon screen. When it boots up it still shows the custom logo under the Samsung Note III logo as well. What can i do or is it time to get a new phone? Thanks.
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MustangCobraGTMan said:
I tried flashing 4.4.2 NC4 non rooted and now it just hangs at the Verizon screen. When it boots up it still shows the custom logo under the Samsung Note III logo as well. What can i do or is it time to get a new phone? Thanks.
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i'm having all the same issues you are... I cant even install new custom modified or non note 3 apks... you may have to factory reset one more time after ODIN.
I can't even get into recovery to factory reset it. We destroyed it. Lol. Just going to buy a new phone.
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Replaced the phone but I'd still like to see if I can fix this one.
Does anyone have a prerooted 4.4.2 NC4 tar.md5 or other tar.md5 that I could flash in Odin? I have tried the stock 4.4.2 NC4 tar.md5 and it still just hangs at the Verizon screen and it just reboots when I try to enter recovery to factory wipe it. I have the 32g pit file already. Thanks.
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Ok so i cant find any solution to my problem... I have a Galaxy s4 SCH-i545 and it was running 4.4.2 and then i rooted it.. i installed safestrap and everything else i made a backup in safestrap and everything and then installed a ROM. after installing the ROM it loads the first samsung screen and just boot loops.. i tried clearing the cache and doing a factory reset.. i also cant get back into safestrap it goes into the default recovery by holding power, volume up and home.. I tried to re-install stock rom and im not sure if im downloading wrong one or what but when using odin or whatever it is called it fails everytime.. Someone please help there is money in it for you.. :crying:
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Ok so i cant find any solution to my problem... I have a Galaxy s4 SCH-i545 and it was running 4.4.2 and then i rooted it.. i installed safestrap and everything else i made a backup in safestrap and everything and then installed a ROM. after installing the ROM it loads the first samsung screen and just boot loops.. i tried clearing the cache and doing a factory reset.. i also cant get back into safestrap it goes into the default recovery by holding power, volume up and home.. I tried to re-install stock rom and im not sure if im downloading wrong one or what but when using odin or whatever it is called it fails everytime.. Someone please help there is money in it for you.. :crying:
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No need for the bounty brother...
But then check sammobile.com for the correct firmware of your phone and download only 4.4.2.
Not a version less. I.e DO NOT FLASH 4.3 or 4.2.2.
They wont work at all and will brick your device too..
So stay calm..download your 4.4.2 firmware from sammobile.com and flash it via odin ^_^
Nothing more in that..
Report if some error occurs again.
Plus if you are carrier specific as i can see...
This might work for you...
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28866
Flash at your own risk brother..
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DeepankarS said:
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No need for the bounty brother...
But then check xxxxxxxx for the correct firmware of your pgone and download only 4.4.2.
Not a version less. I.e DO NOT FLASH 4.3 or 4.2.2.
They wont work at all and will brick your device too..
So stay calm..download your 4.4.2 firmware from xxxxxxxxx and flash it via odin ^_^
Nothing more in that..
Report if some error occurs again.
Plus if you are carrier specific as i can see...
This might work for you...
Flash at your own rish brother..
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Dude no homo but i love you! thanks for helping. now i need to kmow how to properly intall roms...
goninkedup said:
Dude no homo but i love you! thanks for helping. now i need to kmow how to properly intall roms...
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Haha..nothing great in that too..
●Flash philz recovery.
●deknox it first, then root it and then update supersu by turning the phone on.
●Now flash any rom by using philz ^_^
This long method is just to avoid complications..
Otherwise you can directly flash a rom via philz without deknoxing your phone..most roms a pre-deknoxed.
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DeepankarS said:
Haha..nothing great in that too..
●Flash philz recovery.
●deknox it first, then root it and then update supersu by turning the phone on.
●Now flash any rom by using philz ^_^
This long method is just to avoid complications..
Otherwise you can directly flash a rom via philz without deknoxing your phone..most roms a pre-deknoxed.
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Ok im not familiar with any of that lol. Ive been using safestrap and just tried to install hyperdrive but when it finishes it starts to boot ant i just get a black screen. Also when i select reboot in safestrap on my stock ROM it says no OS found even though it boots fine. Ideas??
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Ok im not familiar with any of that lol. Ive been using safestrap and just tried to install hyperdrive but when it finishes it starts to boot ant i just get a black screen. Also when i select reboot in safestrap on my stock ROM it says no OS found even though it boots fine. Ideas??
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Not much though.
But have you tried downloading towelroot from towelroot.com?
It is a one touch rooting app.
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Not much though.
But have you tried downloading towelroot from towelroot.com?
It is a one touch rooting app.
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Yea I used that and I think that was the issue.. not sure.
i have the samsung galaxy s4 i9500. Ive only had the phone for about a month now. I decided i wanted a bit more customization so i rooted my phone. I had found out that you could get rid of all the bloatware on the phone so i moved some of my seemingly bloatware apps to user so i could remove them. Halfway through the process my sister canceled it on accidednt and my phone crashed. It is stuck at the blue glowing samsung logo. The device will boot into recovery and download mode. I was stupid and forgot to turn USB debugging on before i did somthing to my phone and now im stuck. Im not sure what to do. I have tried flashing stock rom using odin on a pc. Not sure if i got a bad dl or what. Im running 4.2 and could really use some help.
Thanks
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lolatyou206 said:
i have the samsung galaxy s4 i9500. Ive only had the phone for about a month now. I decided i wanted a bit more customization so i rooted my phone. I had found out that you could get rid of all the bloatware on the phone so i moved some of my seemingly bloatware apps to user so i could remove them. Halfway through the process my sister canceled it on accidednt and my phone crashed. It is stuck at the blue glowing samsung logo. The device will boot into recovery and download mode. I was stupid and forgot to turn USB debugging on before i did somthing to my phone and now im stuck. Im not sure what to do. I have tried flashing stock rom using odin on a pc. Not sure if i got a bad dl or what. Im running 4.2 and could really use some help.
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Mate easiest way out is to flash stock 4.2.2 again from odin and start all over.....
PS did you try from recovery , clear dalvik and cache ......if not helping try factory reset
Your best option is to reflash a stock rom. A factory reset won't help because you deleted the apps.
Lennyz1988 said:
Your best option is to reflash a stock rom. A factory reset won't help because you deleted the apps.
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i tried flashing stock rom it didnt work
lolatyou206 said:
i tried flashing stock rom it didnt work
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Did Odin pass successfully? Or is there a fail log?
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lolatyou206 said:
i tried flashing stock rom it didnt work
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You current stock rom?
If you were on 4.3 flash 4.3 or higher.
If you were on 4.4.2 flash 4.4.2.
Uncheck auto reboot. Let it flash and remain idle for 5 mins.
Then start your phone.
There can be no way this does not work.
+1 with @Lennyz1988
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