S4 got wet / now fully wiped / only download mode - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi to all,
my galaxy S4 got wet and stopped working. After cleaning it with several fluids and 12h in the oven it works again!! ( )
The phone kepps showing the S4 logo and then restarting again.
**I can enter the download mode!
What i'v done so far
apply CF root with ODIN
installed CWM via odin (failed) - i get "Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing" when trying to enter
installed TWRP via odin (failed) - i get "Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing" when trying to enter
currently i have no chance to install a ROM in .zip format using the recovery mode.
Does anyone of you has usefull tipps for me ? I would really like to get my S4 back into working mode!
thanks and best regards
chris

Did you tried to install original samsung ROM through Odin?
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phsnake said:
Did you tried to install original samsung ROM through Odin?
Odoslané z GT-I9505 pomocou Tapatalku
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i have not so far, alle ROMs i found for donwload are only in ZIP format. Do you have one in the suitable .TAR or md5 on hand??

unfortunately no. Try to look in i9505 original android development thread
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i guys!
i managed to find a stock rom version with the needed mD5 file for ODIN. i flashed it using ODIN and after the flash there small "android" came to the final installation steps.
after rebooting the the S4 the Samsung loto appreas and start "shine" as it normaly does but thats it. After removing the battery i can restart it but it does not load more than the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen - loop
maybe the water damaged some parts of the flash memory?
any idea?

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deereper1 said:
i guys!
i managed to find a stock rom version with the needed mD5 file for ODIN. i flashed it using ODIN and after the flash there small "android" came to the final installation steps.
after rebooting the the S4 the Samsung loto appreas and start "shine" as it normaly does but thats it. After removing the battery i can restart it but it does not load more than the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen - loop
maybe the water damaged some parts of the flash memory?
any idea?
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If you could go to the recovery mode and then wipe, factory reset and try?
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Nic2215 said:
If you could go to the recovery mode and then wipe, factory reset and try?
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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hi! unfortunately i have no chance to enter recovery mode as written in my first post. I installed the ROM using ODIN

deereper1 said:
hi! unfortunately i have no chance to enter recovery mode as written in my first post. I installed the ROM using ODIN
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1. Flash new firmware through ODIN in DOWNLOAD MODE (uncheck autoreboot).
2. Shutdown ur phone when the process finish.
3. Reboot in STOCK RECOVERY then.
4. Wipe all/factory reset.
5. Flash again stock firmware (same as step 1).

Look. If it got wet and now malfunctions, then you have damaged your hardware.
Trying to flash roms is pointless, because it's not a software problem.

Lennyz1988 said:
Look. If it got wet and now malfunctions, then you have damaged your hardware.
Trying to flash roms is pointless, because it's not a software problem.
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hi, seems legit but still i have to give it a try. What would you do if your phone got wet but is able to boot into recovery and communicate with your pc?

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Galaxy s4 stuck on boot screen

hi i have a smelly blert...
I own a S4 which i rooted and out a custom rom on it but when i tried to flash it back to the stock rom when it rebooted its stuck on the samsung boot screen with the flashing blue light in corner.
It wont allow me to go into recovery mode but does allow me to get into download mode.
Anyone know how to fix this?
much appreciated
Fanny Head
darrellj88 said:
hi i have a smelly blert...
I own a S4 which i rooted and out a custom rom on it but when i tried to flash it back to the stock rom when it rebooted its stuck on the samsung boot screen with the flashing blue light in corner.
It wont allow me to go into recovery mode but does allow me to get into download mode.
Anyone know how to fix this?
much appreciated
Fanny Head
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Odin? I assume you've tried odin stock yes?
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Yea I used Odin nd it said pass nd now its jus stuck in the boot screen!! Any ideas?
darrellj88 said:
Yea I used Odin nd it said pass nd now its jus stuck in the boot screen!! Any ideas?
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You still can't load into recovery? You used the right odin file?
You should be able to load recovery then wipe data/factory reset and it should work.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 2
_Dennis_ said:
You still can't load into recovery? You used the right odin file?
You should be able to load recovery then wipe data/factory reset and it should work.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 2
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Just got S 4. Same problem. Where do I find recovery and how do I flash With Odin?
realgadawg said:
Just got S 4. Same problem. Where do I find recovery and how do I flash With Odin?
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Hi,
Just flash stock firmware.
Recovery is included.
Read about ODIN HERE
Get the stock firmware HERE
malybru said:
Hi,
Just flash stock firmware.
Recovery is included.
Read about ODIN HERE
Get the stock firmware HERE
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Thanks!! Rooted and booted!!!
i have the same problem i flashed stock it passed but just stuck in recovery boot with blue at the top

[Q] Accidentally flashed 9500 on my 9500

Accidentally i flashed 9500 rom on my 9505.Now it stucks on recovery screen and odin says, "Complete(Write) operation failed"
What should i do?
edit:yes,i shouldnt have done that :/
Meraklis56 said:
Accidentally i flashed 9500 rom on my 9505.Now it stucks on recovery screen and odin says, "Complete(Write) operation failed"
What should i do?
edit:yes,i shouldnt have done that :/
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I think you can't fix that, im almost sure the phone will need a motherboard and/or screen replacement because the digitizer being damaged when flashing a wrong rom.
0mega007 said:
I think you can't fix that, im almost sure the phone will need a motherboard and/or screen replacement because the digitizer being damaged when flashing a wrong rom.
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How much are you sure? in other threads they say its just bricked and they recommend to install stock rom with .pit
damn
I don't know, I just know that if you use the wrong root file that happens, i hope in your case it can be fixed.
Meraklis56 said:
Accidentally i flashed 9500 rom on my 9505.Now it stucks on recovery screen and odin says, "Complete(Write) operation failed"
What should i do?
edit:yes,i shouldnt have done that :/
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Are u able to go to download mode ?
If so try flashing the correct firmware and see what's the result
Link for firmware can be found on the link my Sign has
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yes,thanks god i can go to download mode.
i am downloading it now.(damn hotfile).I also i am trying kies right now
Meraklis56 said:
yes,thanks god i can go to download mode.
i am downloading it now.(damn hotfile).I also i am trying kies right now
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Tell me did the flash process completed while u tried the wrong firmware ?
If not
Go to stock recovery u try reset and wipe cache partition and reboot
.
it stuck,it said "wrong binary executed" and i rebooted.
I had flashed twrp recovery,and i cant get into that,now.I can only get into, download mode (power+menu+down button) and the normal download mode.
Complete(Write) operation failed.
Now?
I'm not saying this is exactly the solution in your case, but perhaps you can take a look at this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
I can only assume the same principle could apply in this case if you say you can get the phone into download mode.
well, i closed kies,i changed usb port and now, i made to install the stock rom.Now appears "Samsung galaxy s4 i9505" and it stucks there.I made to install recovery again.And now i am trying to install a rom,besides stock
Meraklis56 said:
well, i closed kies,i changed usb port and now, i made to install the stock rom.Now appears "Samsung galaxy s4 i9505" and it stucks there.I made to install recovery again.And now i am trying to install a rom,besides stock
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Sir, flash stock rom with I9505 PIT FILE here, then make the wipe with recovery.
i got in the CWM.
and it says "failed to mount /data".Lets see what happens,i am wiping
yeap,eveything works.Booted!
Except on the cwm,when i pressed "clear cache" it rebooted.But now ok!
Meraklis56 said:
yeap,eveything works.Booted!
Except on the cwm,when i pressed "clear cache" it rebooted.But now ok!
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Lucky one
.

SOLVED recovery is not seandroid enforcing set warrenty bit : recovery --> loop

after I had succesfully rooted my phone, I wanted to install a custom rom.
I am sure I did something wrong ofcource otherwise I wouldn't be here.
#1 Battery in
#2 power on
#3 vibrate
#4 screen on RECOVERY BOOTING
Recovery is NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warrenty Bit : recovery
Samsung
GALAXY Note3
SM-N9005
#5 screen off--> reboot -->goto #3
how to brake in the loop so I can use odin ( or whatever ) to install (at least) a normal boot again?
Which custom recovery did you flashed Twrp or Cwm?
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fwberg said:
after I had succesfully rooted my phone, I wanted to install a custom rom.
I am sure I did something wrong ofcource otherwise I wouldn't be here.
#1 Battery in
#2 power on
#3 vibrate
#4 screen on RECOVERY BOOTING
Recovery is NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warrenty Bit : recovery
Samsung
GALAXY Note3
SM-N9005
#5 screen off--> reboot -->goto #3
how to brake in the loop so I can use odin ( or whatever ) to install (at least) a normal boot again?
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You installed a 4.3 recovery on a 4.4 phone.
Most likely you downloaded the TWRP on the main page and did not download the latest 4.4 compatible one.
Please flash this in Download Mode: http://techerrata.com/bigbiff/hlte-recovery.img.tar
To get into Download Mode, remove the battery, wait a few minutes then put it back, Hold the Download Mode Combination then it would boot directly into Download Mode.
hey nicho, thank you very much
so that was the trick. REMOVE THE BATTERY --> PRESS THE DOWNLOAD KEYS AND HOLD THEM --> THEN ENTER THE BATTERY BACK.
it costed me the whole day yesterday searching for a solution.
at least now I can continue to install a new rom
Thanks man
TWRP
during twrp it told me, there was a newer one. 2.x.x.9
so stupid me, if I had sticked to the plan, nothing would happend.
I used twrp b4 some days ago, for my samsung note 10.1 (2014) without trubbles,
I guess, I overread something
but I'm happy it is all fixed now.
thx for show ur interest
greetz, fred
thank you
nicholaschum said:
You installed a 4.3 recovery on a 4.4 phone.
Most likely you downloaded the TWRP on the main page and did not download the latest 4.4 compatible one.
Please flash this in Download Mode: techerrata.com/bigbiff/hlte-recovery.img.tar
To get into Download Mode, remove the battery, wait a few minutes then put it back, Hold the Download Mode Combination then it would boot directly into Download Mode.
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this solved my recovery problem, i clicked thank you!!!
nicholaschum said:
You installed a 4.3 recovery on a 4.4 phone.
Most likely you downloaded the TWRP on the main page and did not download the latest 4.4 compatible one.
Please flash this in Download Mode: http://techerrata.com/bigbiff/hlte-recovery.img.tar
To get into Download Mode, remove the battery, wait a few minutes then put it back, Hold the Download Mode Combination then it would boot directly into Download Mode.
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You just saved my phone i readed so much almost one week 12hours without stop before i try custom recovery,rom and so on.
But well since i decided that im ready to, and first thing i tried to do was custom recovery wich leaded to this problam Now im afraid to enter revovery mode xD
Idiots
You're really the dumbest person I've ever seen in my life. See if this is solution to some kind of problem your beast
Worked for me
Thank you.
remove the battery then press download buttons keep them pressed and put the battery back. choose volume down to continue....
Solution To Loop SM-N900P
I am new to XDA and have only been with android for 6 months but i figure this will help new comers to this issue. Power+Volume Down+Home at the same time to enter download mode. Flash CWM via ODIN. This should work to fix the loop. I found out the hard way but it only took me an hour. I am not sure if this will work if you have not already rooted your phone but it should (since this is the major step in rooting). I believe i deleted my CWM file (accidentally) when i was trying to clear space for my recovery with ROM Manager. Be sure to download the Samsung drivers if you had not already done so during the rooting process.
Hope this helps.
Gives me same error message
But after that it boots into recovery.
Should I proceed installing custom rom or is there anything else to be taken care of
Thanks!
Thank you very much,you save me a lot of trouble.
hey_joe said:
Which custom recovery did you flashed Twrp or Cwm?
Sent from my SM-N900W8 using xda app-developers ap
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hey joe im getting the same problem but im using the note 3 SM-N900W8 and I flash the CWM straight from the app and not using odin. My phone is already rooted using towelroot
billygun118 said:
hey joe im getting the same problem but im using the note 3 SM-N900W8 and I flash the CWM straight from the app and not using odin. My phone is already rooted using towelroot
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Which android os do you have on your phone and which cwm version did you flashed?
hey_joe said:
Which android os do you have on your phone and which cwm version did you flashed?
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im using version 4.4.2 jellybean. The rom manager is v5. 5.3.7/ current recovery 6.0.4.6
billygun118 said:
im using version 4.4.2 jellybean. The rom manager is v5. 5.3.7/ current recovery 6.0.4.6
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Based on my experience, using rom manager to flash recovery always results in a problem. I suggest you use odin to flash this in download mode.
Btw, 4.4.2 is Kitkat
hey_joe said:
Based on my experience, using rom manager to flash recovery always results in a problem. I suggest you use odin to flash this in download mode.
Btw, 4.4.2 is Kitkat
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should I root my phone first using cf-root. Then flash the cwm recovery. What happens if I get stuck in a bootloop after flashing the recovery
billygun118 said:
should I root my phone first using cf-root. Then flash the cwm recovery. What happens if I get stuck in a bootloop after flashing the recovery
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The way I did this is, first install the cwm recovery then flash cf-root after. You can always use odin to flash back the original firmware.
hey_joe said:
The way I did this is, first install the cwm recovery then flash cf-root after. You can always use odin to flash back the original firmware.
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so there is nothing else I have to do before flashing the recovery?
what boxes should be checkmarked in odin
billygun118 said:
so there is nothing else I have to do before flashing the recovery?
what boxes should be checkmarked in odin
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Just make sure reactivation lock is off.
When you first start odin, F.Reset Time and Auto Reboot are ticked off so let them be and make sure only those are checked and nothing else.
You probably know this but just to make sure, load the recovery on the AP slot before hitting start.

Galaxy S4 bricked?

Hey guys,
I got jamals google edition installed on my S4 and when I forgot to charge it and I started the device I got a bootloop. I dont know why, but I also could´t get into the recovery mode, so I flashed an originial Samsung firmwar via Odin on my S4 (4.4.2)
After that, it restarted but I got a "android.process.acore has stopped" message and I couldn't use the S4 because the message kept popping up and the S4 automatically restarted and when it restarted the message appeared again, so i had a very strange loop i couldnt interrupt. So i flashed another 4.4.2 firmware and also again the same firmware, but nothing helped, I still got the message and the S4 kept restarting.
So I flashed the Omega Pre-rooted 4.4.2 firmware via odin (and the exact same thing happened). But whats strange is, that before it started it said "updating 1 of 172 apps) so that must mean, that even though I flashed 3 firmwares via Odin, my apps somehow stayed on the S4? And also the wallpaper was the same wallpaper I had before, what was very strange.
Then I installed Philz CWM Recovery because I waned to perform a factory reset. But after I installed it and tried to get into recovery mode, I couldn't and only this was displayed :
Recovery Booting...
Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing
Set Warranty Bit: recovery
So it seems like nothing works and I'm getting really desperate, does anyone of you has an idea how to fix this? Otherwise I guess my S4 is bricked
Regards and thanks for your help
Flash latest firmware via odin with auto reboot option unchecked and before u boot into os simply open stock recovery and perform a factory reset.. hope it will help u..
Sent from my GT-I9500
coolkoushik07 said:
Flash latest firmware via odin with auto reboot option unchecked and before u boot into os simply open stock recovery and perform a factory reset.. hope it will help u..
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Thx, I'll give it a try! Could you maybe tell me, where I get the latest firmware?
coolkoushik07 said:
Flash latest firmware via odin with auto reboot option unchecked and before u boot into os simply open stock recovery and perform a factory reset.. hope it will help u..
Sent from my GT-I9500
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Thx man it worked :good:
thomas333 said:
Thx man it worked :good:
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Glad to know that it worked...
Sent from my GT-I9500
I'm assuming you know about KNOX now that you've flashed an official firmware you will have KNOX and you've already tripped KNOX by installing recovery but you won't be able to use a lower version firmware just bare that in mind when flashing official stock again.
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[Q] GT-I9505 stuck at boot screen, No Recovery

Hi all.
I have big problems with a Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505).
A friend gave it to me becouse it doesnt start anymore. He was licen to Musik whan the screen turn black and the phone doesnt start anymore.
So it stucks at Bootscreen. I can start Odin mode and i tryied to flash CWM and TW Recovery. Also i tried to flash original Rom from Sammobile.
Odin passes with the recoveries but it doesnt work. The rom failed.
I got a error message when i try to start recovery mode.
Recovery Booting
Recovery is not seandroid enforcing
Set Warranty Bit: recovery
I cant get into fastboot mode. The informations in the Internet are that there is no fastbootmode for the gt-i9505.
Is there anybody who can help me? And sorry for my bad english
ScO_oT said:
Hi all.
I have big problems with a Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505).
A friend gave it to me becouse it doesnt start anymore. He was licen to Musik whan the screen turn black and the phone doesnt start anymore.
So it stucks at Bootscreen. I can start Odin mode and i tryied to flash CWM and TW Recovery. Also i tried to flash original Rom from Sammobile.
Odin passes with the recoveries but it doesnt work. The rom failed.
I got a error message when i try to start recovery mode.
Recovery Booting
Recovery is not seandroid enforcing
Set Warranty Bit: recovery
I cant get into fastboot mode. The informations in the Internet are that there is no fastbootmode for the gt-i9505.
Is there anybody who can help me? And sorry for my bad english
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Hi mate,
Some more information would be nice.
Which was the latest firmware and which version did you want to flash?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Take a look at this, especially to the "Odin troubleshooting" part.
Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk
DarkerTimes said:
Hi mate,
Some more information would be nice.
Which was the latest firmware and which version did you want to flash?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Take a look at this, especially to the "Odin troubleshooting" part.
Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk
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Hey. Thank you for the answere.
I tried to flash I9505XXUGNF6_I9505DREGNF2_I9505XXUGNF6_HOME.tar
The latest firmware was 4.2.2 (Austria 3)
I tried now another Odin version and i flashed it with PID file. The only result is that i get a recovery booting
in the top left corner but it still stucks... i cannot open recovery to wipe cache / factory reset.
The last thing i tried was to flash the original recovery. <- back to the 3 errors.
now i try another odin software with another usb port. odin passes with everything but i cannot open recovery. just stuck at Recovery Booting
ScO_oT said:
Hey. Thank you for the answere.
I tried to flash I9505XXUGNF6_I9505DREGNF2_I9505XXUGNF6_HOME.tar
The latest firmware was 4.2.2 (Austria 3)
I tried now another Odin version and i flashed it with PID file. The only result is that i get a recovery booting
in the top left corner but it still stucks... i cannot open recovery to wipe cache / factory reset.
The last thing i tried was to flash the original recovery. <- back to the 3 errors.
now i try another odin software with another usb port. odin passes with everything but i cannot open recovery. just stuck at Recovery Booting
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Hi,
does Odin give a fail log? Or does it finish successfully?
Which Odin versions did you try?
And the firmware you want to flash now is a Austria 3 one as well? You can also take another version (but still with the same csc) in case that your current one is damaged or something like this.
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DarkerTimes said:
Hi,
does Odin give a fail log? Or does it finish successfully?
Which Odin versions did you try?
And the firmware you want to flash now is a Austria 3 one as well? You can also take another version (but still with the same csc) in case that your current one is damaged or something like this.
Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk
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Hi again.
I used Odin 3.04 and 1.85. Also i tried diffrent USB Ports.
I tried to flash CWM 6.0.4.7 Touch and Non Touch, also twrp.
It passes with all the recoverys as well with the rom from sammobile and the stock recovery rom from the other tread.
i tried with and without pit file. Odin passes everytime.
Afther restarting the phone i just get the blue (booting recovery) or the 3 error messages in the top left corner and it stucks for hours.
Iam not able to boot recovery and wipe the cache... and iam not able to boot into the system do something else.
the only thing working is the download mode.
iam out of ideas.
ScO_oT said:
Hi again.
I used Odin 3.04 and 1.85. Also i tried diffrent USB Ports.
I tried to flash CWM 6.0.4.7 Touch and Non Touch, also twrp.
It passes with all the recoverys as well with the rom from sammobile and the stock recovery rom from the other tread.
i tried with and without pit file. Odin passes everytime.
Afther restarting the phone i just get the blue (booting recovery) or the 3 error messages in the top left corner and it stucks for hours.
Iam not able to boot recovery and wipe the cache... and iam not able to boot into the system do something else.
the only thing working is the download mode.
iam out of ideas.
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You can try to flash a three or four part firmware with Odin 3.09, it will wipe your device itselfs
Sent from my Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk
Try flashing the recovery again with auto-reboot unchecked.
But it sounds more like a hardware failure to me.
Thank you all for your help.
And yes. It was a Hardware failure.

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