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[Q] i9505 wont boot.

I got my S4 i9505 yesterday and straight away I started having issues, Random hangs resets flikering etc.
I thought it was a faulty firmware, Hence I installed a custom recovery and installed wanamlite. During the process I cleared cache etc resulting in E: something something errors.
Trying to fix them I flashed a couple of roms ( Stock/ semi stock) via Odin. However that has even made the problem worse now my phone wont boot at all it passes the galaxy S4 screen then sound comes and the phone gets stuck on flashing samsung logo.
Please Help

itschemistry said:
I got my S4 i9505 yesterday and straight away I started having issues, Random hangs resets flikering etc.
I thought it was a faulty firmware, Hence I installed a custom recovery and installed wanamlite. During the process I cleared cache etc resulting in E: something something errors.
Trying to fix them I flashed a couple of roms ( Stock/ semi stock) via Odin. However that has even made the problem worse now my phone wont boot at all it passes the galaxy S4 screen then sound comes and the phone gets stuck on flashing samsung logo.
Please Help
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wipe data and cache from recovery, pull out battery, insert it, boot into download mode, flash official stock firmware with odin, when it pass, pull out battery, insert it, wipe data and cache from recovery, reboot.

samersh72 said:
wipe data and cache from recovery, pull out battery, insert it, boot into download mode, flash official stock firmware with odin, when it pass, pull out battery, insert it, wipe data and cache from recovery, reboot.
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I have tried the above twice but still no luck. device still stuck on the samsung logo after soung.

itschemistry said:
I have tried the above twice but still no luck. device still stuck on the samsung logo after soung.
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did you try with pit file?
did you try with another stock firmware?

I have the same problem with my i545 use custom recovery twrp wipe internal phone install rom should reboot
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samersh72 said:
did you try with pit file?
did you try with another stock firmware?
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I have not tried with the pit file, I will give that a try.
I used
United Kingdom BTU (April 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAMDM
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2
provided by you in the unroot/unbrick topic. Assuming it will be the right firmware for the UK i9505.
Can you suggest any other firmware.
I appreciate the help Samersh

itschemistry said:
I have not tried with the pit file, I will give that a try.
I used
United Kingdom BTU (April 2013)
PDA: I9505XXUAMDM
CSC: I9505OXXAMDB
Version 4.2.2
provided by you in the unroot/unbrick topic. Assuming it will be the right firmware for the UK i9505.
Can you suggest any other firmware.
I appreciate the help Samersh
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it can be a bad download. select one of new MEA firmware if you want.

samersh72 said:
it can be a bad download. select one of new MEA firmware if you want.
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The pit+firmware flashing worked. Now the phone boots up fine but still facing the restarts and hangs every 3 4 mins
Can it be a hardware issue ?

itschemistry said:
The pit+firmware flashing worked. Now the phone boots up fine but still facing the restarts and hangs every 3 4 mins
Can it be a hardware issue ?
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if it was a software issue it must be ok after flashing stock.
yes, i think it is a HW issue, since, also, before you begin to mess with it, it had issues

itschemistry said:
The pit+firmware flashing worked. Now the phone boots up fine but still facing the restarts and hangs every 3 4 mins
Can it be a hardware issue ?
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dude did as u do before just wipe cache and dalvik and factory reset flash rom and then go to recovery and format system and thats it enjoy

Wifi PROBLEM

I have S4 i9505 .... I just updated my phone to 4.3 (I9505EXXUEM7) .. And Wifi is not turning on what should i do??? I TRIED EVERYTHING ( FACTORY RESET, Wipe cache still nothing happened PLEASE HELP ME

Saadasif1 said:
I have S4 i9505 .... I just updated my phone to 4.3 (I9505EXXUEM7) .. And Wifi is not turning on what should i do??? I TRIED EVERYTHING ( FACTORY RESET, Wipe cache still nothing happened PLEASE HELP ME
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Wrong forum buddy. This is for the s4 active i537

I stupidly bricked my s4 T.T

Hi guys,
I bought this s4 few months back and i rooted it with CF auto root. Just as I wanted to unroot it, i stupidly went to reset factory setting via the "power", "volume up" and "home" button. After that they prompt me for software update and i clicked YES!!! >.< after rebooting it stuck at the samsung logo screen. I've tried clearing cache and resetting to factory but no luck at all. Please anyone know how to fix this issue?
Thank you

SaveMi said:
Hi guys,
I bought this s4 few months back and i rooted it with CF auto root. Just as I wanted to unroot it, i stupidly went to reset factory setting via the "power", "volume up" and "home" button. After that they prompt me for software update and i clicked YES!!! >.< after rebooting it stuck at the samsung logo screen. I've tried clearing cache and resetting to factory but no luck at all. Please anyone know how to fix this issue?
Thank you
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Oh dear, not sure if this would help, but there's an excellent guide by @samersh72 here -> on how to unbrick your phone and get it back to stock firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477

kenshi08 said:
Oh dear, not sure if this would help, but there's an excellent guide by @samersh72 here -> on how to unbrick your phone and get it back to stock firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
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yeah i'm looking at it now and downloading the stock firmware from hotfile which is so slow!! hopefully it'll work.. >.< thank you..

You cant get into recovry?

SaveMi said:
Hi guys,
I bought this s4 few months back and i rooted it with CF auto root. Just as I wanted to unroot it, i stupidly went to reset factory setting via the "power", "volume up" and "home" button. After that they prompt me for software update and i clicked YES!!! >.< after rebooting it stuck at the samsung logo screen. I've tried clearing cache and resetting to factory but no luck at all. Please anyone know how to fix this issue?
Thank you
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That's not a brick; a brick wouldn't let you switch on your phone. Just download any 4.2.2 stock ROM if you previously had 4.2.2 non knox, or 4.3 if you previously had 4.3 with knox. Enter download mode (pwr+hmoe+vol-) and use odin 3.07 (3.09 if you have i9505) to fhash the downloaded rom.

[Q] Lollipop random reboots

Hi
I just got this phone for my wife and all is well, but I have heard that the Lollipop update is quite bugged.
We are experiencing random reboots.. With twenty or thirty minutes interval...
Is the random reboots a known problem for lollipop or is it just this phone being a candidate for repairs?
Any other bugs I should be worrying about?
All best and thanks in advance..

Did you factory reset the phone yet? Upgrading to Lollipop from Kitkat leaves rubbish files behind that a factory reset fixes, myself included have reset and it has fixed just about everything

I'm running Lollipop and never had any random reboots. Its running very smooth here. If you updated from kitkat perform a factory reset after update.

*Detection* said:
Did you factory reset the phone yet? Upgrading to Lollipop from Kitkat leaves rubbish files behind that a factory reset fixes, myself included have reset and it has fixed just about everything
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Hi
Yes it was factory resetted yesterday... For some reason it continues... Hopefully there will come an update soon, if that does not help then I will have it changed I think...

cooperke said:
I'm running Lollipop and never had any random reboots. Its running very smooth here. If you updated from kitkat perform a factory reset after update.
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Mine is lagging, having hiccups and reboots / turns off..And i have already done a factory reset as of yesterday

Which model of S5 is yours?

sp3d00 said:
Which model of S5 is yours?
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Hi
It is the G900F nordic...
And The battery drain is insane...

What I would do; reflash the actual Rom via Odin.
If this doesnt work: downgrade to KitKat and back to lollipop again.
Afterwords everything should be fine. Dont forget to wipe after every flashing process.

sp3d00 said:
What I would do; reflash the actual Rom via Odin.
If this doesnt work: downgrade to KitKat and back to lollipop again.
Afterwords everything should be fine. Dont forget to wipe after every flashing process.
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Thanks.. I will try that if repairs has not helped.

[Q] GT-I9505 suddenly turning off

Hi, I'm kind of desperate here and hope you guys can help me: since about 2 weeks my phone is ramdomly turning off and then it just doesn't want to turn on, does it when it wants or shows the initial Samsung Galaxy S4 logo and turns off again, I mean it just goes dark suddenly, not showing the Samsung boot animation nor anything, it just goes black. Initially it was only when I turned on the mobile data so I flashed another modem but now it is at any moment, Wi-Fi, mobile data... Even in safe mode. At first I thought it was the ROM beacuse I was in Lollipop BTU but I've changed it about a million times with full wipes/factory resets each time and the problem stays. I'm starting to think it's a hardware problem but I can't tell and I have no clue. Thank you for your help guys. I'm currently on Lollipop stock 5.0.1 I9505XXUHOE1-I9505OXXHOD2. I've cleaned cache, dalvik cache, done wipe/factory reset and nothing. Thank you guys, I'm lost here. Sometimes it just doesn't happen and it stays working fine but somtimes it doesn't. It is not related with any app that I've noticed.
If someone with more experience can help be I would deeply appreciate it, really, thanks in advance, I'm kind of about to throw it against the wall, thanks a million.

Did you try another battery? That would be my first guess.

Lennyz1988 said:
Did you try another battery? That would be my first guess.
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I did and didn't work. I searched in the troubleshooting forum and didn't find any similar, that's why I started this thread

Lennyz1988 said:
Did you try another battery? That would be my first guess.
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Apparently it was a software issue, I just flashed another ROM after wipe/factory reset and it hasn't turned off, right now it's restoring from titanium. The last time it started turning off after a few days tho...

droidcol said:
Apparently it was a software issue, I just flashed another ROM after wipe/factory reset and it hasn't turned off, right now it's restoring from titanium. The last time it started turning off after a few days tho...
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It could be caused by Knox. If you root make sure to delete Knox.

Lennyz1988 said:
It could be caused by Knox. If you root make sure to delete Knox.
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Today it's happened twice . Just did, thanks!
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Lennyz1988 said:
It could be caused by Knox. If you root make sure to delete Knox.
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It has happened again twice since I deleted Knox thanks anyway.