So its been a while since I tried flashing and rooting....HTC Evo while.
My Problem: Tried installing custom recovery (TWRP), when it rebooted it is stuck on Samsung logo screen.
Tried through Odin flashing the stock firmware nothing...
My S4 is older from earlier 2013, but I`ve done all the OTA updates.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Agent Droid said:
So its been a while since I tried flashing and rooting....HTC Evo while.
My Problem: Tried installing custom recovery (TWRP), when it rebooted it is stuck on Samsung logo screen.
Tried through Odin flashing the stock firmware nothing...
My S4 is older from earlier 2013, but I`ve done all the OTA updates.
Any ideas or suggestions?
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Don't think you can revert back to older than NAE if that was your last ota. Flash stock NAE. Did you use cfautoroot? Guess knowing exactly what you did before the problem might help narrow it down
pontif said:
Don't think you can revert back to older than NAE if that was your last ota. Flash stock NAE. Did you use cfautoroot? Guess knowing exactly what you did before the problem might help narrow it down
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I finally got it fixed and going. I did use CFAUTOROOT, which seemed to work okay, gave me the super user app. It was the recovery i keep having problems, when i tried to flash a rom it just gets stuck in bootloop.
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So I downloaded the latest UK firmware (MH8) from Sammobile and flashed using Odin, all went well and Odin passed and phone rebooted.
However now it just sits on Samsung logo FOREVER! I have reflashed firmware 3 times (every time it passes in Odin but still wont boot up)
I tried to reflash older firmware but that fails in Odin on bootloader section.
So I thought, all good I'll just flash Philz and restore my backup but now philz cant unmount System and I can't restore anything or even wipe system.
I'm pretty stuck it seems.
Does anyone have any ideas to help please
Flash mh8 in odin. Then boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset.
I tried that 3 times but just tried it again and for some reason the 4th time it worked!!!
Still cant restore my old back up in Philz recovery for some reason.
Keeps failing on mounting system. Damn.
looks like I'm stuck on a stock ROM for the time being
Obagleyfreer said:
I tried that 3 times but just tried it again and for some reason the 4th time it worked!!!
Still cant restore my old back up in Philz recovery for some reason.
Keeps failing on mounting system. Damn.
looks like I'm stuck on a stock ROM for the time being
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Yep, that's the theory at the moment but if you go here - https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/5ggu7naWtaW
you should be able to re-root the phone.. Not sure if I'd try to flash a new rom just yet but at least you should get back root...
All reports are you can't flash an older version through ODIN because of the new bootloader...
Thanks again Chainfire...
ultramag69 said:
Yep, that's the theory at the moment but if you go here - https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/5ggu7naWtaW
you should be able to re-root the phone.. Not sure if I'd try to flash a new rom just yet but at least you should get back root...
All reports are you can't flash an older version through ODIN because of the new bootloader...
Thanks again Chainfire...
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Yeah at least we can root it now.
Still keeping my fingers crossed that someone will find a way to unlock the System partition.
I wish I'd never updated now, Samsung should of warned us that if we do this we pretty much lock down our phone
Look here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45312896
Tapatalked.
Hi i had a stock rooted 4.2.2 mf9, then i saw the ota update that came out popped up on my notification bar so i deecided to find out how to update.
Ended up flashing that 4.4 gummy rom decided i didnt like it and tried to flash a stock rom onto it through clockwork again. the flash finished but it stopped after the boot where it says "Samsung Galaxy S4" and rebooted a few times...i couldnt get it to go to recovery so i decided i should flash it again this time through odin. got my stock rooted rom again but it keeps saying failed on odin and it always stops at the bootloader. plz help
not sure if there is a way to get a bootloader that will work or even a rom that will do the trick but im stuck without a phone atm
dmindlessflawd said:
Hi i had a stock rooted 4.2.2 mf9, then i saw the ota update that came out popped up on my notification bar so i deecided to find out how to update.
Ended up flashing that 4.4 gummy rom decided i didnt like it and tried to flash a stock rom onto it through clockwork again. the flash finished but it stopped after the boot where it says "Samsung Galaxy S4" and rebooted a few times...i couldnt get it to go to recovery so i decided i should flash it again this time through odin. got my stock rooted rom again but it keeps saying failed on odin and it always stops at the bootloader. plz help
not sure if there is a way to get a bootloader that will work or even a rom that will do the trick but im stuck without a phone atm
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It sounds like you had the 4.3 update, because it sounds you like you are trying to install an older bootloader over the the locked MJA bootloader. So the update went through, now you cannot go back to MF9. The bootloader isn't corrupt, its locked and only the MJA bootloader can be flashed through Odin. You'll have to go to http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and search for the 4.3 MJA file to flash to your fone, the cf-auto root, then flash a custom recovery...
I tried to flash a new rom and something went wrong. It booted to galaxy splash screen, rebooted and then loaded stock recovery. I tried to odin back and I get the same results. Help
dakoop said:
I tried to flash a new rom and something went wrong. It booted to galaxy splash screen, rebooted and then loaded stock recovery. I tried to odin back and I get the same results. Help
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did you enter download mode when you tried ODIN?
dakoop said:
I tried to flash a new rom and something went wrong. It booted to galaxy splash screen, rebooted and then loaded stock recovery. I tried to odin back and I get the same results. Help
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Boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset then try using Odin again.
I tried that and it did not work. I was on nc4, can you verify what i should be flashing via odin
dakoop said:
I tried that and it did not work. I was on nc4, can you verify what i should be flashing via odin
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Were you on 4.3 or 4.4.2 when you started?
4.4.2
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4.4.2
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You need to flash the NC4 full tar in Odin, you can find it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524572
airmaxx23 said:
You need to flash the NC4 full tar in Odin, you can find it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524572
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Thank you so very much. I have my phone back up and running. Looks like I need to research how to reroot this bad boy
Assistance needed as well
dakoop said:
Thank you so very much. I have my phone back up and running. Looks like I need to research how to reroot this bad boy
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I used Odin to install NC4, now when it restarts it sits at the Note 3 screen that says custom, forever. Is there a fix for this?
Ammoguy36 said:
I used Odin to install NC4, now when it restarts it sits at the Note 3 screen that says custom, forever. Is there a fix for this?
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Boot into the stock recovery by holding down Volume Up, Home and Power then do a factory reset, it may work.
You may have a corrupted file.
I have the same problem
I tried to flash the eclipse rom for galaxy note3 while on nc4 now stuck on galaxy note 3splash with custom at the bottom is this fixable?
noctis211 said:
I have the same problem
I tried to flash the eclipse rom for galaxy note3 while on nc4 now stuck on galaxy note 3splash with custom at the bottom is this fixable?
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Did you clear everything but the microsd card?
I fixed it already all you have to do is flash the stock firmware on odin but the stock fw from before it happened on pda and just in case flash the pit for the model and it should be fixed
I was able to downgrade the phone to NB1 and root it with Towelroot, and used Safestrap in order to get recovery on the device.
After that, I booted into recovery and installed the GPE 5.0.1 ROM.: http://galaxys4root.com/t-mobile-galaxy-s4-roms/gpe-android-5-0-1-lollipop-rom-for-galaxy-s4/
Now the phone will not go past the S4 splash page, reboots and then goes into the stock recovery. Ive tried factory reset, clearing cache and removing the battery.
Any help is appreciated. I bought this phone for my fiance and am wanting to give it to her soon as a present.
Thank you so much in advance.
I think the problem is that you downgraded.
GDReaper said:
I think the problem is that you downgraded.
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I couldnt install towelroot on the 4.4.4 version it came with since it said device wasnt supported.
I was following these instructions: http://www.droidviews.com/root-att-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337-android-4-4-4-kitkat-firmware-i337ucufnj4/
It states to downgrade, then root, then go back to the 4.4.4. I thought after the steps I took, I could go straight to a custom ROM.
Thanks
I used CF-Auto-Root to root my device. Since towelroot didn't work for me either.
Maybe the rom did not flash right. Try flashing again.
problem in installing lollipop rom india to samsung i9500
I have installed the newly released lollipop rom to my samsung i9500 through odin. it was successfully flashed but the phone cant restart, it stuck with samsung written on the screen and blue light on...what i should do???
HI, I have tried to root my S5 900I but failed badly, have done other phones in the past but somehow stuffed this.
The phone is stuck on downloading screen and cannot do normal boot.
I Started with flashing "recovery.tar.md5" 1st which passed in Odin but phone stuck on downloading screen, then I went into recovery and tried reset and flash CF Auto Root but still not working.
Then flashed twrp.kit.tar and still no normal boot but I can get into recovery Team Win, have tried numerous wipes and installing more CF Auto Root's and also tried flashing Miui Rom.
I believe I have screwed up the stock rom and don't know what to do next.
appreciate any help
brendy79 said:
HI, I have tried to root my S5 900I but failed badly, have done other phones in the past but somehow stuffed this.
The phone is stuck on downloading screen and cannot do normal boot.
I Started with flashing "recovery.tar.md5" 1st which passed in Odin but phone stuck on downloading screen, then I went into recovery and tried reset and flash CF Auto Root but still not working.
Then flashed twrp.kit.tar and still no normal boot but I can get into recovery Team Win, have tried numerous wipes and installing more CF Auto Root's and also tried flashing Miui Rom.
I believe I have screwed up the stock rom and don't know what to do next.
appreciate any help
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Same happened to my wife's Galaxy Grand Prime months ago; stuck at downloading mode after rooting and installing TWRP recovery. The problem was with the version of TWRP recovery I was installing. Looks like I was installing the wrong one (although the website I downloaded it from states that it's the correct one for the device model). I tried different versions from different websites and was about to wipe everything and flash the stock rom but finally I got the correct one and that fixed the problem. Hope that helps.
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Same happened to my wife's Galaxy Grand Prime months ago; stuck at downloading mode after rooting and installing TWRP recovery. The problem was with the version of TWRP recovery I was installing. Looks like I was installing the wrong one (although the website I downloaded it from states that it's the correct one for the device model). I tried different versions from different websites and was about to wipe everything and flash the stock rom but finally I got the correct one and that fixed the problem. Hope that helps.
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Thanks, I'll keep trying different TWRP, have tries so many but have changed the outcome yet