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Flashing Rom always ends in boot loop?

I have had my N7 for a week now, and have unlocked and rooted it. I flashed the jr5 rom and it worked ok, but i decided I wanted to try the pure AOSP rom, so I did a data/cache/dalvik wipe and flashed the rom. It proceeded to boot and freeze at the Google screen. I rebooted into recovery, and attempted to restore from my backup (failed), flash the jr5 rom (failed), and reflash the AOSP rom (failed). I then decided to follow the instructions on ROOTZwiki and restore back to stock (although still unlocked). I restored to the factory image, and attempted to flash the CM10 AOKP rom, and was again met with the frozen Google screen. I made sure to wipe data and both caches each time i tried to flash a rom, but I always end up stuck at the Google screen. What could be causing this? I would really like to know if anyone has any idea, because I fully plan on running the full version of CM10 when it is released.

By wipe Data you did factory reset in cwm? And what version of cwm are you using?
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redmonke255 said:
By wipe Data you did factory reset in cwm? And what version of cwm are you using?
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yes i did a factory data reset each time. I am currently running v5.8.0.2 of cwm

could that be the problem? that my cwm is just outdated already?

No that shouldn't be causing your problems, although I would recommend flashing TWRP recovery through goo manager.
I would first download a ROM on your computer and check the MD5. Then mount your nexus over USB and copy the new ROM over to the nexus sdcard directory and while its connected use your computer to check the MD5 on your ROM while its on the device. Then wipe data, cache, dalvic cache and system. Then install the ROM and Gapps and reboot. Make sure its only the to, and not a desperate kernel or anything for right now. When you reboot give it 10 minutes or so the first boots are often way long.
If that doesn't do it copy the stuff on your SD card over to your computer and then format the SD card.
To install TWRP, install goo manager from the play store, when you open the app just press menu, you don't need to browse for files or anything. Just press menu and then choose Install OpenRecoveryScript and when its done reboot or reboot to recovery, can't remember which did the trick, and it may take a couple of times.
Also remember that booting through boot loader to recovery requires the USB cord to be connected to a computer to avoid the Google screen looping.
Hope some of this was helpful.
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CharliesTheMan said:
No that shouldn't be causing your problems, although I would recommend flashing TWRP recovery through goo manager.
I would first download a ROM on your computer and check the MD5. Then mount your nexus over USB and copy the new ROM over to the nexus sdcard directory and while its connected use your computer to check the MD5 on your ROM while its on the device. Then wipe data, cache, dalvic cache and system. Then install the ROM and Gapps and reboot. Make sure its only the to, and not a desperate kernel or anything for right now. When you reboot give it 10 minutes or so the first boots are often way long.
If that doesn't do it copy the stuff on your SD card over to your computer and then format the SD card.
To install TWRP, install goo manager from the play store, when you open the app just press menu, you don't need to browse for files or anything. Just press menu and then choose Install OpenRecoveryScript and when its done reboot or reboot to recovery, can't remember which did the trick, and it may take a couple of times.
Also remember that booting through boot loader to recovery requires the USB cord to be connected to a computer to avoid the Google screen looping.
Hope some of this was helpful.
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Thank you for taking the time to help me. Before I do the goo-manager/twrp install, are there any inherent advantages or disadvantages of using twrp as opposed to cwm? Also, I hadn't thought to check md5s after moving the roms, so I will be doing that from now on.

Twrp works just fine.
In your recovery, can you mount and unmount all your partitions without any errors?
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am I finally doing it right?
I flashed EOS rom from a clean system and it worked fine. Decided to have gapps and installed via twrp. This would give me boot loop into recovery no matter wat combination of cache clearing etc used. So finally I did the counter intuitive and installed gapps zip followed by ROM zip. This seems to have worked though it seems backwards to me. Is this the correct procedure?

crache said:
am I finally doing it right?
I flashed EOS rom from a clean system and it worked fine. Decided to have gapps and installed via twrp. This would give me boot loop into recovery no matter wat combination of cache clearing etc used. So finally I did the counter intuitive and installed gapps zip followed by ROM zip. This seems to have worked though it seems backwards to me. Is this the correct procedure?
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no. did the rom already come with gapps? the rom would wipe out whatever gapps you did flash before the rom.

simms22 said:
no. did the rom already come with gapps? the rom would wipe out whatever gapps you did flash before the rom.
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I don't like Twrp not being able to boot into recovery from holding the buttons, especially running into these loops during installs. Had the sameresults with cwm though.Now I am having this boot loop with TeamEOS as well as Skanky (neither package gapps) I however only loop if installing gapps after the rom or wiping caches.
If caches and system are wiped, gapps installed, then the rom I get a functioning system.Can anyone shed some light on what trigers specific loops or how to review tje errors / panics?

I'm reviving this thread since I have a similar issue. I am using TWRP. I have no problem performing a wipe (I do a factory reset, plus dalvik cache wipe), or flashing a new ROM (I've tried SGT7 and PA2.11). I can boot into the ROM fine. Once I try to flash Gapps, I get stuck in a boot loop that ends up going back to recovery. I've tried different combinations of operations, with different versions of gapps, but nothing works. I've tried:
gapps-jb-20120719-signed
gapps-jb-20120726-signed
both from goo.im, MD5 checked, without success. I'm stuck using SGT7, because that one includes Google account, and Play Store, so that can get me going... Only thing, I haven't wiped the data partition, because that's a bigger hassle. Do you guys have any clues as to what I should try next?

spked said:
I'm reviving this thread since I have a similar issue. I am using TWRP. I have no problem performing a wipe (I do a factory reset, plus dalvik cache wipe), or flashing a new ROM (I've tried SGT7 and PA2.11). I can boot into the ROM fine. Once I try to flash Gapps, I get stuck in a boot loop that ends up going back to recovery. I've tried different combinations of operations, with different versions of gapps, but nothing works. I've tried:
gapps-jb-20120719-signed
gapps-jb-20120726-signed
both from goo.im, MD5 checked, without success. I'm stuck using SGT7, because that one includes Google account, and Play Store, so that can get me going... Only thing, I haven't wiped the data partition, because that's a bigger hassle. Do you guys have any clues as to what I should try next?
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Do you flash the rom and gapps and then reboot, or flash the rom, reboot, then flash gapps?

Did anybody get out of their bootloop? I flashed paranoid droid with twrp and I didn't select "signature verification" or "md5 check" as I read before hand on another forum that it wasn't needed and to actually not tick "signature"....so now I'm in a bootloop, volume buttons and power does get me in to a few selections, "reboot", "power off" and "recovery". When I select recovery it just takes me to the black screen with "Google" on it. No idea how to get out of this loop....I'm researching now but I am not understanding much....I'm so use to Samsung devices, getting out of bootloop with those are a piece of cake, this I'm clueless and helpless on. So does anybody have a way for me to either reflash the rom or get me to where I can go back to stock? I used wugfresh to root. Thanks.

dirtyhamster73 said:
Did anybody get out of their bootloop? I flashed paranoid droid with twrp and I didn't select "signature verification" or "md5 check" as I read before hand on another forum that it wasn't needed and to actually not tick "signature"....so now I'm in a bootloop, volume buttons and power does get me in to a few selections, "reboot", "power off" and "recovery". When I select recovery it just takes me to the black screen with "Google" on it. No idea how to get out of this loop....I'm researching now but I am not understanding much....I'm so use to Samsung devices, getting out of bootloop with those are a piece of cake, this I'm clueless and helpless on. So does anybody have a way for me to either reflash the rom or get me to where I can go back to stock? I used wugfresh to root. Thanks.
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Can you get to bootloader?

If your using an older version of cwm it will boot loop and or cuase bad flashes with new builds
Upgrade cwm or just use twrp
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Jordanooo said:
Can you get to bootloader?
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I finally got in, so I'm all set. Thanks! I have no idea why I was having a hard time...twrp wouldn't pop up once I was in boot loader. I must of tried like 20 times. Anyway....I'm in and I just reflashed and it was fine.
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armyboy11b said:
If your using an older version of cwm it will boot loop and or cuase bad flashes with new builds
Upgrade cwm or just use twrp
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I'm using twrp...for whatever reason I couldn't get it to pop up to reflash. But I'm good now. Thanks!

[Q] Problems with stock rooted rom when flashed from recovery.

Let me give you the timeline. A few days ago I rooted the device using the method outlined in this video. I verified my root status with Root Checker and my device was indeed successfully rooted. I installed BusyBox (basic) and TitaniumBackup Pro. Made a backup of my user apps+data to the external SD. I then downloaded Goomanager and used it to install the latest version of TWRP.
All of this was successful. I went into TWRP and created a NAND backup. I backed up: Boot, System, and Data. I did not back up EFS, Preload, Cache, or Recovery.
I performed a wipe and format of user data. Flashed to SlimBean, had some issues. Wiped. Flashed CM10.1. Again, some issues. I decided I'm going to wait a while for these roms to stabilize a bit before I try using any of them on a regular basis. I wiped and restored my original NAND backup of my stock rooted ROM. The restore appeared to go fine. I don't know if this will have anything to do with anything but I went ahead and ran a PRL and Profile update. The device was functioning okay until...
I noticed that the time was off. The lockscreen time was correct but the time in the upper right status bar was stuck at about an hour before. I decided I'd just try restarting the device to see if that fixed anything. Well when I did it wouldn't boot. I'd get stuck on the first Samsung Galaxy S4 logo screen. Took the battery out, waited, put it back in, restarted. Still... stuck on the logo screen. I tried booting into recovery (Vol. Up + Power). The black SGS4 logo would come up with a tiny blue notification in the upper left corner (Recovery Boot). Then the device would restart and get stuck at the SGS4 logo screen again.
Eventually I was able to get it to boot to TWRP (maybe I was just holding the power button too long?)
I wiped. It failed. I tried again. It worked. I recovered my CM10.1 setup and it's been working "okay" on CM10.1 ever since.
I want to get back to my stock rooted rom but I want to understand what happened first.

Anyone? Please?

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What version of TWRP were you on? If it was 2.5.0.3 then there's your culprit. That version of TWRP is known to have issues. You need to flash version 2.5.0.2 found here.......http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480. Scroll down to install Alternate recovery and download the 2.5.0.2 .img file.
Once you've downloaded the file, go to your Goo Manager folder and delete the file there. Then paste the file you downloaded from the above link into that same folder. After that, open Goo Manager and go to Install Recovery Script. It should see the file you have in your folder and then download it from their server. Make SURE it says you are downloading 2.5.0.2. Once Goo does its thing, reboot into Recovery and make sure you're running the 2.5.0.2 version of TWRP. Now you can flash all you want because it will function properly. I would first download a stock rom and clear out any skeletons in the closet. Then go into TWRP and wipe EVERYTHING. This includes data, dalvik cache, cache, system and then factory reset as well 3 times each. MAKE SURE you don't delete the internal or external sd cards. Flash the stock rom, set it up how you wish, make a nand of that file( Include EFS and Preload because it can't hurt to be safe) and then flash whatever you like. You should be good to go.
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Another question I have is what version of software/firmware are you on? Go to Settings/More/About Phone and check what your software and baseband versions are? If its MDC, then rooting via MotoChopper was a good method to use. If it says MDL, that could also be the reason why the phone was acting so quirky. There is a new method to rooting if you are on MDL and it's also found in Mudavo's thread found here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277480

For the record. I was using the phone stock rooted for a week or so without any problems. I hadn't had any issues until after restoring the backup I made in TWRP. When I wiped prior to installing SlimBean/CM10.1 I did the standard auto-wipe AND I wiped data
Oh yeah. To answer your questions.
TWRP Version: 2.5.0.2
Software/Baseband versions: L720VPUAMDL
Earlier today I just tried wiping (default TWRP 2.5.0.2). Then restoring the backup again. This was so I could get you the information on what software/baseband version I was on. When the restore completed I went to reboot. The phone stuck on the SGS4 logo screen. I then rebooted in recovery and wiped as before and then I wiped data. The phone was then able to boot into the stock rooted rom. I have so far noticed the times being out of sync from the lock screen and the status bar. I reset the phone again. Stuck at SGS4 logo again.
My trouble getting back into TWRP was my own fault. I was holding the buttons down too long. I can get back into TWRP no problem.
So. What are my options at this point? I would like to be on the latest stock everything... with root and stock wireless tether enabled. The way I was. If I can't restore my backup then I'm going to have to reflash the stock rom. I can't seem to find a comprehensive index of information. Every time I think I've got something figured out I stumble on new bits of information.

Stu_Gots said:
For the record. I was using the phone stock rooted for a week or so without any problems. I hadn't had any issues until after restoring the backup I made in TWRP. When I wiped prior to installing SlimBean/CM10.1 I did the standard auto-wipe AND I wiped data
Oh yeah. To answer your questions.
TWRP Version: 2.5.0.2
Software/Baseband versions: L720VPUAMDL
Earlier today I just tried wiping (default TWRP 2.5.0.2). Then restoring the backup again. This was so I could get you the information on what software/baseband version I was on. When the restore completed I went to reboot. The phone stuck on the SGS4 logo screen. I then rebooted in recovery and wiped as before and then I wiped data. The phone was then able to boot into the stock rooted rom. I have so far noticed the times being out of sync from the lock screen and the status bar. I reset the phone again. Stuck at SGS4 logo again.
My trouble getting back into TWRP was my own fault. I was holding the buttons down too long. I can get back into TWRP no problem.
So. What are my options at this point? I would like to be on the latest stock everything... with root and stock wireless tether enabled. The way I was. If I can't restore my backup then I'm going to have to reflash the stock rom. I can't seem to find a comprehensive index of information. Every time I think I've got something figured out I stumble on new bits of information.
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Honestly, at this point, you need to unroot and reroot again using the method in Mudavo's post. You used the wrong method to root with motochopper. Motochopper was only for the MDC version. That could be why you are having the issues that you are. That's all I can suggest at this point. Start with a clean slate and try it again. Trust me you aren't the only one to do this. I've done it a few times myself. It sucks but at least you know you did everything right. You're going to have to flash a stock MDC rom that came shipped with the phone via Odin. Then take the OTA to update your phone to MDL and then just follow Mudavo's post to root the proper way when you're on the MDL version.

What about the TWRP recovery I have installed? Am I going to have to deal with that in some way?
What are the advantages of Odin over TWRP? I'm not trying to question your judgment btw. I'm legit curious because I've only ever used TWRP to
Flash roms.
Sorry for all the dumb questions.
Btw . While I was waiting for your reply I tried trouble shooting a bit myself. To see if I could fix my own problem. I found a thread with MDL stock rooted and a bunch of firmware and kernel files. I flashed to it in TWRP and it's working reasonably well so far. I'm still dtf for other methods if mine is somehow flawed.

My method didn't work. When I restarted from TWRP (after no other issues) the phone for stuck.
The phone was restarted several times and booted fine. It wasn't until I restarted into TWRP then and then back into normal boot that I had issues
this time. So I'm going to do what you suggested. I just have a couple questions.
If my rom/recovery is corrupted how do I fix my problem. I would need a working rom AND recovery to flash stock rom. I'm not sure where to start since everything is all messed up.
Thank you so much for your help. You're the best!

You should do a Full Odin restore to Stock and start from scratch if you continue to have issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270065
You can also try this thread to ensure a full wipe before flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277261

gharlane00 said:
You should do a Full Odin restore to Stock and start from scratch if you continue to have issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270065
You can also try this thread to ensure a full wipe before flash
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277261
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Installed Mobile ODIN Pro from the play store for $5... I hope that's the right Odin!

Stu_Gots said:
Installed Mobile ODIN Pro from the play store for $5... I hope that's the right Odin!
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download Odin 1.85 or 3.07 on your PC don't use mobile version for something like this
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Do I need to flash the stock kernal too? Will this eliminate my TWRP recovery installation as well?

If you odin back to stock it also has the kernel and stock recovery this will start you all over. Also of it doesnt boot past galaxy s4 screen then boot into recovery and wipe data after you odin back.
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If you odin back to stock it also has the kernel and stock recovery this will start you all over. Also of it doesnt boot past galaxy s4 screen then boot into recovery and wipe data after you odin back.
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Alright... so another problem. I need the latest Samsung USB driver right? Unfortunately...
1.5.25.0 as linked to in this thread cannot be downloaded because uploaded.com or whatever says I've exceeded my allowance. Trouble is... I haven't downloaded anything from them ever. I have this problem all the time because of my ISP (Satellite Internet).
Is there a rehost? Do these drivers not install themselves automatically when the device is plugged into the PC?

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...ng_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0.exe
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I'm so freaking frustrated by this whole process. It looks like by all accounts there are a dozen different ways to do everything and I just know i'm going to mess it up.
I'm following the directions in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD5CHlrPQJQ&feature=youtu.be
When I extract the file I downloaded I get an MD5 file not an ODIN file.

Stu_Gots said:
I'm so freaking frustrated by this whole process. It looks like by all accounts there are a dozen different ways to do everything and I just know i'm going to mess it up.
I'm following the directions in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD5CHlrPQJQ&feature=youtu.be
When I extract the file I downloaded I get an MD5 file not an ODIN file.
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Follow this tutorial here
http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?p=2599
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Alright guys. I got it done a while back. Phone is back to normal stock.
Perusing the internet I found this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hXUJ-u-cw
As it happens I linked to the wrong video in my OP. The method in that video is exactly what I did to root in the first place. The proper way. I installed TWRP from GooManager.
So if I rooted correctly and I installed TWRP correctly what do you suppose caused my problem? I want to root and install custom recovery again!

If I root using the CF-Auto-Root method will I then be able to install custom recovery in goomanager or does custom recovery need to be installed in some other special way?

Stu_Gots said:
If I root using the CF-Auto-Root method will I then be able to install custom recovery in goomanager or does custom recovery need to be installed in some other special way?
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thats all there is to it.

[Q] doing something wrong?

Ok I clearly must be doing something wrong when it comes to flashing ROMs as the only I used to be able to install them was through Odin on my old gs2 and so far have been unable to install one via recovery on my new s4.
I follow the instructions exactly but yet find my self either bootloop(rarely) or most of the time stuck at the screen with white text of "Samsung Galaxys4 gt-i9505" on screen.
I have waited up to 30 mins on this screen as I have read first boot can take some time but 30mins should be enough?
Eventually I have to flash stock via odin to have my phone back working.
Loosely step by step this has been my process.
1)flash a recovery with odin(whichever recovery rom author recommends)
2)boot into recovery
3)full wipe
4)install zip from ext card
5)select rom
6)wait till installed it then asked me to install root, have tried both install and not install root
7)phone reboots, stuck on Samsung Galaxys4 gt-i9505 screen.
This is the same with omega,foxhound and wanamlite, clearly I am missing something here for it not to install correctly.
If it matters I am on t-mobile UK.
I have tried rooting the stock rom first before installing anything still no difference.
Thanks for reading

sometimes mine gets stuck on that screen as well after flashing something... i just hold the power button to restart the phone and then generally it boots up fine...
also I'm assuming you have an i9505?
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Yes i9505, I have tried long holding power button but just goes back to that screen. Just finding it quite frustrating now it must be something simple I'm missing.

igrieve said:
Ok I clearly must be doing something wrong when it comes to flashing ROMs as the only I used to be able to install them was through Odin on my old gs2 and so far have been unable to install one via recovery on my new s4.
I follow the instructions exactly but yet find my self either bootloop(rarely) or most of the time stuck at the screen with white text of "Samsung Galaxys4 gt-i9505" on screen.
I have waited up to 30 mins on this screen as I have read first boot can take some time but 30mins should be enough?
Eventually I have to flash stock via odin to have my phone back working.
Loosely step by step this has been my process.
1)flash a recovery with odin(whichever recovery rom author recommends)
2)boot into recovery
3)full wipe
4)install zip from ext card
5)select rom
6)wait till installed it then asked me to install root, have tried both install and not install root
7)phone reboots, stuck on Samsung Galaxys4 gt-i9505 screen.
This is the same with omega,foxhound and wanamlite, clearly I am missing something here for it not to install correctly.
If it matters I am on t-mobile UK.
I have tried rooting the stock rom first before installing anything still no difference.
Thanks for reading
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After flashing the ROm from recovery did u wipe cache & dalvik from recovery and reboot ?
If not pls try once and see it should work

123hiten said:
After flashing the ROm from recovery did u wipe cache & dalvik from recovery and reboot ?
If not pls try once and see it should work
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just tried for omega and foxhound and no difference just going to try the last one now.

just download a pre-rooted stock, flash via odin, then flash a recovery via odin, wipe everything, format /system and then install a custon first boot takes around 3 minutes...

Have now managed to get wanamlite up and running using the wipe cache & dalvik after installing rom, I am still none the wiser as to why the other two wouldn't install.

igrieve said:
Have now managed to get wanamlite up and running using the wipe cache & dalvik after installing rom, I am still none the wiser as to why the other two wouldn't install.
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It should work my friend give it a try again and which recovery are you using? Name
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Maybe your base rom wasen't the same as the rom you tried to flash?
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My friend has the exact same issue on his i9505 using twrp, he tried to flash various ROMs but not getting past boot screen, fortunately his back up worked but still no luck in getting a ROM to flash...very odd
Edit: he is running a 3 network supplied phone if that make any difference
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I have exactly the same!
Formatted, factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik, stock firmware using Odin, Nothing is working so far..
$%^$%
Now trying to instal FoxHound 0.5.

Well still having problems lol no idea why but I can only install two ROMS but I am happy with the one I'm currently using but your always curious to see what the others are like.

If you guys are using twrp as your recovery and you format internal sd this will happen. It is a know issue with that recovery. It messes with the partition and you need to flash a different recovery. You may need to Odin back to stock to get the partition right and go from there. Hope this helps.
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Im currentl;y using philz_touch recovery, I have been having to go back to odin and flash stock rom just to get the phone running again after trying these roms. I havent tried any roms from the original android development forum so might see if I get any joy with them, I know it must be something silly I'm missing

It happens if the base ROM you are currently on isn't the same or similar to the ROM you're trying to flash. Maybe changelog of the ROM you're trying to flash is a lot higher tan your current ROM and things get mixed up. I have always had success by performing a factory reset after flashing the ROM.
I had the exact same problem going from MDE firmware to Omega V7. After flashing Omega again I did a factory reset and it was sweet
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i9505 stuck on splash logo after flash/reboot

Hey guys im having troubles with my s4 ive flashed the google edition rom to my device with twrp. the rom works fine after i flash on first boot but when i try to power off the phone and turn it back on it freezes on the splash logo. i can get the phone to boot again if i wipe the dev cache in twrp but as soon as i power off the phone and reboot it freezes on the screen again.
Where should i go from here? i have downloaded the official firmware and have it ready to go.
Should i run triangle app to reset my flash counter and then flash official stock rom with odin?

jbomba said:
Hey guys im having troubles with my s4 ive flashed the google edition rom to my device with twrp. the rom works fine after i flash on first boot but when i try to power off the phone and turn it back on it freezes on the splash logo. i can get the phone to boot again if i wipe the dev cache in twrp but as soon as i power off the phone and reboot it freezes on the screen again.
Where should i go from here? i have downloaded the official firmware and have it ready to go.
Should i run triangle app to reset my flash counter and then flash official stock rom with odin?
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U can try wipe cache / dalvik / fix permissions from recovery u have
Incase if this does not wrk just flash the Stock firmware using odin triangle away dont have to use now use TA when u wanna visit Service centre etc to make it look official

123hiten said:
U can try wipe cache / dalvik / fix permissions from recovery u have
Incase if this does not wrk just flash the Stock firmware using odin triangle away dont have to use now use TA when u wanna visit Service centre etc to make it look official
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ok i made the rookie mistake of formating data in twrp which is probably whats causing my issues. So as i said before i have downloaded the official firmware for australia. Do i just load it under pda tab in odin and flash do i need to check any boxes or do anything differently?
thanks for your help

If you format cache, dalvik cache, system and data then you should be fine to just flash the GE Rom mate
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jbomba said:
ok i made the rookie mistake of formating data in twrp which is probably whats causing my issues. So as i said before i have downloaded the official firmware for australia. Do i just load it under pda tab in odin and flash do i need to check any boxes or do anything differently?
thanks for your help
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ya correct just point the firmware to Pda connect the phone in download mode and flash do not do any thing extra in odin let it be as its and start thr flashing

jbomba said:
ok i made the rookie mistake of formating data in twrp which is probably whats causing my issues. So as i said before i have downloaded the official firmware for australia. Do i just load it under pda tab in odin and flash do i need to check any boxes or do anything differently?
thanks for your help
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do i need to tick repartition?

Obagleyfreer said:
If you format cache, dalvik cache, system and data then you should be fine to just flash the GE Rom mate
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yeah ive done this reflashed the rom and it fires up on forst boot but when i power device off and power it on again it freezes on the boot screen. I thing wiping the data has wiped al the folders in the root directory.

jbomba said:
yeah ive done this reflashed the rom and it fires up on forst boot but when i power device off and power it on again it freezes on the boot screen. I thing wiping the data has wiped al the folders in the root directory.
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From the stock recovery reset and wipe cache all should be fine
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jbomba said:
do i need to tick repartition?
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U should never tick re-partition if the pit file is not added u myte brick it
Thats why i said on the above post do not touch anything in odin except PDA and start
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Reset the device from settings and back up and reset this will clear all ur issues

123hiten said:
From the stock recovery reset and wipe cache all should be fine
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U should never tick re-partition if the pit file is not added u myte brick it
Thats why i said on the above post do not touch anything in odin except PDA and start
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Reset the device from settings and back up and reset this will clear all ur issues
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just reflashed stock and it is stuck on the boot logo. booted into stock recover then reset and stuck on boot logo

jbomba said:
just reflashed stock and it is stuck on the boot logo. booted into stock recover then reset and stuck on boot logo
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Did u wipe cache ??

jbomba said:
just reflashed stock and it is stuck on the boot logo. booted into stock recover then reset and stuck on boot logo
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came right after trying to wipe in factory recovery thanks for your help

[Q] HELP phone soft bricked

Hello Everyone,
This is my situation.... I want Unrooting my Sprint S4 using Mobile Odin .... and now my phone only boots up to the Samsung Logo. On that screen it also says Recovery Booting however it turns off after 10 Secs. I can get my phone into download/odin mode but that is about it. I can not boot into recovery.
I would imagine someone either has experience or expertise on this matter.
PLEASE HELP
Thank you in advance,
V.E.

If possible what bootloader, modem and ROM were/are you on, also do you care about tripping knox (or is it already).

You have to wipe data to get it to boot. This will wipe EVERYTHING on internal memory. Or you could reroot and install install recovery over Odin and boot into recovery and wipe data which will be like wiping to do a clean Install for custom ROM install. Which wknr wipe everything. Once it boots up apply the stock unrooted tar via Odin with a COMPUTER.
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I HAD Twrp recover... Had CWM recovery... phones acting like it doesn't have custom recovery (pain in my ass.)..... thought i used rom manger to put cwm back on it.
IDK the modem
I was on a Slim ROM (which was giving me problem as well; Great Rom but it just recently kept crashing.)
I already tripped knox forsure ..... and dont care..... i wanted to get it on a stock kernel by unrooting (Wasnt as brillant as I thought)
Don't even know if thats it possible (If it is show me the promise land! :angel: I wanted root again so I could get triangle away working on root.
However that is how I got here. So getting my phone operational would be a win, start; challenge accepted! :good:

s4 problems unite
daniel4653 said:
You have to wipe data to get it to boot. This will wipe EVERYTHING on internal memory. Or you could reroot and install install recovery over Odin and boot into recovery and wipe data which will be like wiping to do a clean Install for custom ROM install. Which wknr wipe everything. Once it boots up apply the stock unrooted tar via Odin with a COMPUTER.
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Oh and I dont mind if it deletes the internal memory..... I live on my external brah. :cyclops:

Then if your phone is still stuck right now, boot into stock recovery and perform a factory reset and it should boot up. drink up!
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ruh roh.
daniel4653 said:
Then if your phone is still stuck right now, boot into stock recovery and perform a factory reset and it should boot up. drink up!
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How would i go about that ? How do i get into stock recovery? (Magical Recovery Combo GIVE ME THE SECRET! )
I cant boot into customer recovery mode(Volume UP+ Power +Home.. Combo...phone shuts off when i do that)
I can only get download mode.

Its only volume down and power when the phone is shut off.
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