I messed up need help - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot

I installed the gpe rom on my s4 using cwm and I don't think it supports it so I have no data on my phone.
I want to install twrp recovery how can I do this and delete cwm without data? I don't have wifi

Download to sdcard from a computer or friends phone, tablet, laptop. Insert card, boot to recovery, install twrp from card. Reboot to recovery. Now you should be on twrp.
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HPferoxCraft said:
Download to sdcard from a computer or friends phone, tablet, laptop. Insert card, boot to recovery, install twrp from card. Reboot to recovery. Now you should be on twrp.
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I got it working, thanks
the rom burns battery quite fast though.

sah0724 said:
I got it working, thanks
the rom burns battery quite fast though.
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Cool, you will want to let your setup sit a few days to settle whenever changing roms or kernels , they will burn fast for a bit. If you have stuff to auto sync all the time and gps on that will drain it fast
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Stuck at splash screen

I flashed one of the gb radios, following the instructions, and when i rebooted my phone its stuck at the splash screen. I would just try to put a different radio on the sd card and flash that through fastboot, since i cant get to recovery, but my computer wont pick up my sd card even on my wifes phone. Any ideas?
Will it boot without the card or with a different card?
Did you verify the md5 of the radio before you flashed it?
Got it working
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Supamike88 said:
Got it working
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Care to share in case someone else has this issue?
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estallings15 said:
Care to share in case someone else has this issue?
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When I booted into recovery I couldn't select recovery from fast boot since the radio file was still on the root of the sd card and my only two options were to update or reboot. I fixed it by putting my wife's sd card in my phone, booting to recovery, wiped cache and dalvik cache, put my sd card back in, booted back into recovery and flashed the radio file on my sd card through fast boot again. It seems the big mistake I made originally was just not wiping the caches before flashing the radio
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[Q] [Fixed] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1

okay guys so i recently destroyed my headphone jack and received a new XT907 via mail today. immediately i obtained root access (verified with root checker) and installed safestrap 3.12 succussfully. installed recovery, partitioned 1 gb for data and created rom slot one successfully. wiped cache/dalvik and installed the eclipse rom successfully. rebooted and now i bootlooped on the eclipse boot animation. so i thought no problem ill just reboot and wipe system and try again. so i did so and again, wiped cache/dalvik and re-installed Eclipse on rom slot 1. finally i get past the eclipse boot animation and got to the screen where it says "android is upgrading" and lists the apps '"/128 yeah i think there was 128 of them but anyways so it successfully upgrading them and now i am on the screen displaying "Android is upgrading" "starting apps." with the little loading wheel next to starting apps. i am currently stuck on this screen. Its been over 7 full minutes since i was typing this out and waiting for something to happen. i wiped everything and tried one more time and once again i am stuck at this part... any suggestions on why this might be occurring? I had absolutely no problem installing eclipse on my old phone and i am doing nothing different what-so-ever... i could really use your assistance guys! thanks
jarzy00 said:
okay guys so i recently destroyed my headphone jack and received a new XT907 via mail today. immediately i obtained root access (verified with root checker) and installed safestrap 3.12 succussfully. installed recovery, partitioned 1 gb for data and created rom slot one successfully. wiped cache/dalvik and installed the eclipse rom successfully. rebooted and now i bootlooped on the eclipse boot animation. so i thought no problem ill just reboot and wipe system and try again. so i did so and again, wiped cache/dalvik and re-installed Eclipse on rom slot 1. finally i get past the eclipse boot animation and got to the screen where it says "android is upgrading" and lists the apps '"/128 yeah i think there was 128 of them but anyways so it successfully upgrading them and now i am on the screen displaying "Android is upgrading" "starting apps." with the little loading wheel next to starting apps. i am currently stuck on this screen. Its been over 7 full minutes since i was typing this out and waiting for something to happen. i wiped everything and tried one more time and once again i am stuck at this part... any suggestions on why this might be occurring? I had absolutely no problem installing eclipse on my old phone and i am doing nothing different what-so-ever... i could really use your assistance guys! thanks
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Did you factory reset and wipe system both times?
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timpohladthomas said:
Did you factory reset and wipe system both times?
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Yes I did
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Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
Any other ideas? I'm very stuck. It just get stuck at that screen everytime I've wiped everything and repeated install but no go..
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jarzy00 said:
Any other ideas? I'm very stuck. It just get stuck at that screen everytime I've wiped everything and repeated install but no go..
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Does it do the same thing with a ROM like BDH?
Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
Yes I literally just tried bdh to check. I am using safe strap v3.11 (TWRP v2.2.2.1) just want to confirm I'm okay with that right? I am all out of ideas.
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jarzy00 said:
Yes I literally just tried bdh to check. I am using safe strap v3.11 (TWRP v2.2.2.1) just want to confirm I'm okay with that right? I am all out of ideas.
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Where did you get the safestrap from? The RAZR Forum? or here?
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...ery-v31-0104-312-stock-flashing-all-versions/
Because the one from xda RAZR forum is not the most recent for the RAZR M...
The RAZR M is 3.12 not 3.11...
This link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391900) is not correct.
Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
timpohladthomas said:
Where did you get the safestrap from? The RAZR Forum? or here?
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...ery-v31-0104-312-stock-flashing-all-versions/
Because the one from xda RAZR forum is not the most recent for the RAZR M...
The RAZR M is 3.12 not 3.11...
This link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391900) is not correct.
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I downloaded it from here http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/scorpion_mini and downloaded the RAZR m 3.12 file is that not correct? It says RAZR m in front of it
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Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
Yeah, that's it...Hmmm
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Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
timpohladthomas said:
Yeah, that's it...Hmmm
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I'll literally go through step by step what I did in a nutshell. I know I mentioned most above but I really wanna solve this. Got the phone. Got root, installed safe strap with the link I just posted. Installed recovery. Put eclipse and bdh on root SD.partitioned 1gb. Wiped data/cache and wiped dalvik. Navigated to eclipse. Installed successfully. Wiped cache/dalvik once again (wiped data too after many tries) rebooted phone. I immediately bootloop on the eclipse animation. I hold volume down + power to power off. I go back to safe strap and wipe dalvik/cache once more. It then s
Gets passed the boot loop but then I'm stuck on "starting apps" as mentioned above... wtf is going on!! Lol
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jarzy00 said:
I'll literally go through step by step what I did in a nutshell. I know I mentioned most above but I really wanna solve this. Got the phone. Got root, installed safe strap with the link I just posted. Installed recovery. Put eclipse and bdh on root SD.partitioned 1gb. Wiped data/cache and wiped dalvik. Navigated to eclipse. Installed successfully. Wiped cache/dalvik once again (wiped data too after many tries) rebooted phone. I immediately bootloop on the eclipse animation. I hold volume down + power to power off. I go back to safe strap and wipe dalvik/cache once more. It then s
Gets passed the boot loop but then I'm stuck on "starting apps" as mentioned above... wtf is going on!! Lol
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Sounds like you are missing wiping the system...you want to wipe the top 4 (cache/dalvik/reset/system) twice before doing anything and just cache/dalvik after...
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Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
timpohladthomas said:
Sounds like you are missing wiping the system...you want to wipe the top 4 (cache/dalvik/reset/system) twice before doing anything and just cache/dalvik after...
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Did that and a boot loop still occurs... I am so confused on why I am having trouble : / like I'm literally doing nothing different than last time. The only difference is the version of safe strap.. that's it
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Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
jarzy00 said:
Did that and a boot loop still occurs... I am so confused on why I am having trouble : / like I'm literally doing nothing different than last time. The only difference is the version of safe strap.. that's it
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Sorry I couldn't help. Maybe someone with more insight will chime in.
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timpohladthomas said:
Sorry I couldn't help. Maybe someone with more insight will chime in.
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No problem at all I appreciate it. That's the thing.. I like to consider myself moderately knowledgeable about this stuff and I rarely ask big questions like this but I really simply don't understand why its not working.. like its getting ridiculous. Also very annoying
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make sure that the only custom recovery you have installed is safestrap 3.12, people have been having trouble installing ROMs because they have more then one recovery installed..
if it helps, delete slot 1 and start fresh again.
if that doesn't work.. launch the safestrap application and uninstall recovery (make sure you've deleted slot 1 first)
and then uninstall the app, and then you can install safestrap again... open the app install recovery and now you can try installing Eclipse again. hope it helps.
Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
ktracho13 said:
make sure that the only custom recovery you have installed is safestrap 3.12, people have been having trouble installing ROMs because they have more then one recovery installed..
if it helps, delete slot 1 and start fresh again.
if that doesn't work.. launch the safestrap application and uninstall recovery (make sure you've deleted slot 1 first)
and then uninstall the app, and then you can install safestrap again... open the app install recovery and now you can try installing Eclipse again. hope it helps.
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I only have one recovery and I have already tried deleting the slot and re trying but I'll try deleting the app and reinstalling. I'll keep updating because I really wanna solve this
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Re: [Q] struggling flashing Eclipse v1.1
Still no luck I keep boot looping in the same spot. Any other ideas?
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jarzy00 said:
Still no luck I keep boot looping in the same spot. Any other ideas?
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Are you flashing the zip file from internal storage or SD card?
try flashing it from internal storage. sorry that's all I can think of.
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Originally Posted by jarzy00
Still no luck I keep boot looping in the same spot. Any other ideas?
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Are you flashing the zip file from internal storage or SD card?
try flashing it from internal storage. sorry that's all I can think of.
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I'm downloading the file as is onto my computer. I'm not touching it/extracting anything. I then put it on the root of SD card like your supposed to and flashing from there.
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jarzy00 said:
I'm downloading the file as is onto my computer. I'm not touching it/extracting anything. I then put it on the root of SD card like your supposed to and flashing from there.
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Yeah well I put the zip file from my computer into the phone's internal storage, I went into safestrap recovery wiped all data.. flashed Rom and it worked fine
choosing the external storage option did not work.
so yeah make sure that you put it in the internal storage and then choose the internal storage option.

Bricked Galaxy S4

This is extremely frustrating.
I successfully rooted my galaxy s4.
I then downloaded CMW and touch, and downloaded this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
I then booted into recovery, and wiped etc and then installed the rom. I read on the later part of that page that there wasn't a need for loki so I did not download loki.
I then rebooted, and got the yellow triangle sign saying that the software is not approved by ATT.
This is where I am stuck. I have a mac and am running vmware windows 8.
I tried downloading kies on the mac, and it does not recognize the phone. I did not try kies for windows yet, nor do I know what to do after if I am able to get kies to recognize the s4.
I also downloaded odin, and the firmware, but odin is not recognizing the phone under windows even when I select to use the phone under windows.
I tried the stock usb cable, and a different usb cable, and 2 different usb ports. I do not have a regular windows computer. Is there a way to do this with a mac?
Guess I should have downloaded the loki, is not downloading the loki the whole reason this is happening?
I appreciate everyones help! I just wanted stock android! :good:
I do not have a s4 but have a s2 but its like the same.
1. Why would you not already have Odin installed and kies?! Just in case
2. No backup made?...
3. Can you still get into recovery and download mode if so then you have hope.. wait for someone to give you steps to get out of this
4. If you can't get into either... well :banghead:
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XxlemonxX said:
I do not have a s4 but have a s2 but its like the same.
1. Why would you not already have Odin installed and kies?! Just in case
2. No backup made?...
3. Can you still get into recovery and download mode if so then you have hope.. wait for someone to give you steps to get out of this
4. If you can't get into either... well :banghead:
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Thanks,
1. I have odin and kies installed, they are just not recognizing the phone.
2. I made a backup using titanium backup but not really sure how it works... I've never restored from a backup using titanium
3.Yes I am able to get into download mode by holding the volume, home and power key...
drew1204 said:
Thanks,
1. I have odin and kies installed, they are just not recognizing the phone.
2. I made a backup using titanium backup but not really sure how it works... I've never restored from a backup using titanium
3.Yes I am able to get into download mode by holding the volume, home and power key...
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Mmm alright... Go into download mode and take out your SD card and download the Loki file in the ROM thread then transfer to sdcard on PC. Then place back in phone.. Then go intro recovery and flash the file and it should work.
But wait before anything can you get into recovery? If so then you go to mounts and storage and mount sdcard and transfer the Loki file from your PC right there.
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I have installed kies on the windows version and it notices the phone is connected, but it just keeps saying "connecting..." and a little thing spinning. Not sure how long it should take to connect...
why not download the loki zip to sd card, then put back on phone, reboot to recovery and install from sd card...
XxlemonxX said:
Mmm alright... Go into download mode and take out your SD card and download the Loki file in the ROM thread then transfer to sdcard on PC. Then place back in phone.. Then go intro recovery and flash the file and it should work.
But wait before anything can you get into recovery? If so then you go to mounts and storage and mount sdcard and transfer the Loki file from your PC right there.
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Yes I can boot into recovery.
Wow I didn't even think of that... Sorry I am a noob.
Okay I fixed it (you fixed it thank you so much!) I booted into recovery, and then into the zip file and installed loki, and all is well.
STOCK ANDROID!!! Whew that was scary...
drew1204 said:
Yes I can boot into recovery.
Wow I didn't even think of that... Sorry I am a noob.
Okay I fixed it (you fixed it thank you so much!) I booted into recovery, and then into the zip file and installed loki, and all is well.
STOCK ANDROID!!! Whew that was scary...
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Welcome
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XxlemonxX said:
Welcome
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Because noobs don't get it.
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jd1639 said:
Because noobs don't get it.
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Cool
drew1204 said:
Cool
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You could thank him for helping you. Or is that too hard for you? There's even a thanks button to make it easy
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jd1639 said:
You could thank him for helping you. Or is that too hard for you? There's even a thanks button to make it easy
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Mate don't be so arrogant, he did thank him.
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ozgame said:
Mate don't be so arrogant, he did thank him.
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Mate,I don't see that
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drew1204 said:
Yes I can boot into recovery.
Wow I didn't even think of that... Sorry I am a noob.
Okay I fixed it (you fixed it thank you so much!) I booted into recovery, and then into the zip file and installed loki, and all is well.
STOCK ANDROID!!! Whew that was scary...
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the OP of that ROM lists these specific installation instructions:
HOW TO INSTALL:
* Download the ROM (NO NEED FOR GAPPS)
* Reboot to Recovery
* Wipe data/factory reset
* Flash the ROM
* U.S. MODELS - Flash Loki Patch - http://tau.shadowchild.nl/files/loki-doki.zip (CANADIAN USERS DO NOT INSTALL)
* Reboot your Galaxy S4
* Enjoy
remember to read everything first and understand what you are doing before proceeding. cheers
And only 5 simple steps. One sec of reading. And it matters. Or kaboom.

[Q] [HELP] Bricked RAZR M computer won't recognize and deleted the OS

I tried to install the PACman ROM on my RAZR M. I was rooted, had safestrap recovery and did everything right untill it came to actually flashing. I wiped everything (cache, dalvik, system, and reset). Then I went to install, I Couldn't find the file that need to be flashed. I went through every thing in what I downloaded but it wouldn't except anything. Then i decided to reboot, not knowing I had deleted the OS. I thought "whatever, I can still get into fastboot and flash back to normal." Oh boy was I wrong! Now I can't get into fastboot OR safestrap. Also, the computer won't recognize my phone.
I used this PACman ROM download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2306377
Can you guys help with this? This is the first time tried to flash a custom ROM
ImStillLearning said:
So I'm freaking our right now.
I tried to install the PACman ROM on my RAZR M. I was rooted, had safestrap recovery and did everything right untill it came to actually flashing. I wiped everything (cache, dalvik, system, and reset). Then I went to install, I Couldn't find the file that need to be flashed. I went through every thing in what I downloaded but it wouldn't except anything. Then i decided to reboot, not knowing I had deleted the OS. I thought "whatever, I can still get into fastboot and flash back to normal." Oh boy was I wrong! Now I can't get into fastboot OR safestrap. Also, the computer won't recognize my phone.
I used this PACman ROM download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2306377
Can you guys help with this? This is the first time tried to flash a custom ROM
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PAC can only be installed via TWRP.
see if you can add it to your external SD card via your PC, then insert the card into your phone and try flashing it that way.
Try downloading a lower OS of android for your phone and flash that, then do a system update. Also PAC can be installed with Clockwork mod because I'm running PAC right now, flashed using clockwork mod.
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btb971 said:
Try downloading a lower OS of android for your phone and flash that, then do a system update. Also PAC can be installed with Clockwork mod because I'm running PAC right now, flashed using clockwork mod.
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jco23 said:
PAC can only be installed via TWRP.
see if you can add it to your external SD card via your PC, then insert the card into your phone and try flashing it that way.
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How can I do that if my computer won't recognize the phone? Safestrap also says its disabled so i can't go into safestrap recovery.
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How can I do that if my computer won't recognize the phone? Safestrap also says its disabled so i can't go into safestrap recovery.
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So you have no way of accessing recovery at all? I was going to say that you could put the OS on a SD card and flash. But I'll look it up. I'm not exactly sure. I've never had the issue like this. Rom flashed perfect for me.
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btb971 said:
So you have no way of accessing recovery at all? I was going to say that you could put the OS on a SD card and flash. But I'll look it up. I'm not exactly sure. I've never had the issue like this. Rom flashed perfect for me.
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Yup, no way of accessing my recovery. The only way of powering on is to hold the power/volume up/ down, then I get the bootloader warning message. After that I get the safestrap boot logo which says "Safestrap Disabled". When I push recovery it shuts off again, and when I push continue it shuts off again because their is no OS.
Isn't PACman rom for unlocked bootloaders?
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Isn't PACman rom for unlocked bootloaders?
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Yes, are you running the PACman rom as well?
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ImStillLearning said:
Yup, no way of accessing my recovery. The only way of powering on is to hold the power/volume up/ down, then I get the bootloader warning message. After that I get the safestrap boot logo which says "Safestrap Disabled". When I push recovery it shuts off again, and when I push continue it shuts off again because their is no OS.
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Oh boy you might be stuck this time.. I have no clue how to fix this.. As I recall PACman rom is for unlocked bootloaders, but your bootloader is locked correct?
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WillisD said:
Isn't PACman rom for unlocked bootloaders?
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Yes, my bootloader was unlocked though...
If your bootloader was unlocked, why were you using safestrap? And can you get into fastboot?
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Right.. That could have caused the issue because PACman is for unlocked.. I'm running clockwork mod recovery mainly because for some reason team win doesn't work.. Either way if your phone gets fixed get a new recovery.. Safestrap is for locked bootloaders.
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btb971 said:
Yes, are you running the PACman rom as well?
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Oh boy you might be stuck this time.. I have no clue how to fix this.. As I recall PACman rom is for unlocked bootloaders, but your bootloader is locked correct?
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Yes, my bootloader is unlocked. I did not know that you didn't kneed safestrap if your bootloader was unlocked.
If you can get into fast boot flash a recovery and put the PAC man rom on your sdcard and flash in recovery
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WillisD said:
If you can get into fast boot flash a recovery and put the PAC man rom on your sdcard and flash in recovery
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Or flash a recovery and then put on a older os of android like 4.0 stock, then use a carrier update (if you don't want a custom rom)
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When pressing power/volume up/volume down... As the phone starts to reboot, release all but volume down...will take you to fastboot...then flash twrp
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ImStillLearning said:
How can I do that if my computer won't recognize the phone? Safestrap also says its disabled so i can't go into safestrap recovery.
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take the SD card out, stick in your computer, then copy the ROM files to the card. then, stick the card back in the phone.
jco23 said:
take the SD card out, stick in your computer, then copy the ROM files to the card. then, stick the card back in the phone.
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Will this still work if I didn't have an SD card in their in the first place?
brizzle1986 said:
When pressing power/volume up/volume down... As the phone starts to reboot, release all but volume down...will take you to fastboot...then flash twrp
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Didn't work
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Didn't work
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Should.....when you are holding all 3 buttons down as the screen turns off try releasing all but volume down
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ImStillLearning said:
Will this still work if I didn't have an SD card in their in the first place?
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yup. SD card is just a memory storage. just places the files on the root directory.

[Q] Help Bricked I9505

I think I've bricked my I9505. I accidentally wiped phone without putting new ROM on SD card. Now I can only go to TWRP or download mode. Also my SD Card isn't showing up on my computer, is there anything i can do?
MDi24 said:
I think I've bricked my I9505. I accidentally wiped phone without putting new ROM on SD card. Now I can only go to TWRP or download mode. Also my SD Card isn't showing up on my computer, is there anything i can do?
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connect via download mode, and flash original rom via odin
connect via download mode, and flash original rom via odin
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I tried it but it said failed
is there any way to get my computer to recognize my phone?
Put a ROM on ext SD card using computer and a card reader and flash in TWRP
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Obagleyfreer said:
Put a ROM on ext SD card using computer and a card reader and flash in TWRP
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I tried that and now after restarting my phone i cant get into TWRP. when i try get into recovery it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue please select recovery mode in kies".
The only thing i can do is get in download mode, but my computer wont recognize the phone.
Has your computer got samsung driver correctly installed if not reinstall them then try again. ..or use another computer
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frnkly said:
Has your computer got samsung driver correctly installed if not reinstall them then try again. ..or use another computer
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tried a different usb port and my computer recognised it, however i could only add TWRP with odin i couldn't flash the stock rom, it says failed. It also fails when i try to flash in TWRP itself.
Its very strange that you can goto recovery or download mode but phone not complete flash....good news is you have not completey bricked your phone phone cause you can still flash and enter recovery try lastest firmware na5 is leaked but newest. ...or try custom rom...philz recovery may work....also what rom are you trying to flash
Also a screen capture of odin when you get error as well wil help...
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frnkly said:
Its very strange that you can goto recovery or download mode but phone not complete flash....good news is you have not completey bricked your phone phone cause you can still flash and enter recovery try lastest firmware na5 is leaked but newest. ...or try custom rom...philz recovery may work....also what rom are you trying to flash
Also a screen capture of odin when you get error as well wil help...
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I was trying to install Galaxy S4 stock rom, i'd been using Jamal's 4.3 Google Edition rom. I tried flashing the 4.3 rom again and that was succesful and it seems to be working..
Excellent then hopes all goes well
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Excellent then hopes all goes well
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thanks,
only thing is it says i have only 3.06GB / 9GB available storage and there is nothing listed that is taking up 6GB of space

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