Tried to boot into recovery and got stuck in a bootloop. At the top left corner it says "RECOVERY BOOTING. . . ." in blue but it keeps restarting on its own. I was initially trying to get into safestrap to do my first backup of the rom but I can't get into safestrap. I also tried connecting my phone to Odin but it is not being recognized. Can anyone help?
Armyrj127 said:
Tried to boot into recovery and got stuck in a bootloop. At the top left corner it says "RECOVERY BOOTING. . . ." in blue but it keeps restarting on its own. I was initially trying to get into safestrap to do my first backup of the rom but I can't get into safestrap. I also tried connecting my phone to Odin but it is not being recognized. Can anyone help?
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Try booting into download mode (Vol. Down, Home and Power) then hit cancel and reboot.
airmaxx23 said:
Try booting into download mode (Vol. Down, Home and Power) then hit cancel and reboot.
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That's exactly what I ended up doing. Thanks.
Armyrj127 said:
That's exactly what I ended up doing. Thanks.
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If you'd like to reboot to safestrap, settings>custom settings>power menu, change it there and you'll reboot straight to safestrap and not bootloop.
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My S4 only boots into stock recovery with blue text 'recovery booting'. I cannot get into download mode or boot normally. I've tried to data factory reset but the same thing occurs and also I cannot clear the cache as it ends in an error. I have managed by fluke a couple of times to boot the phone up in normal. but cannot install superuser to get root. I also restored with kies but again reboots into recovery mode. please help as I don't want to keep booting into recovery. any questions ill try and answer them.
spongerob500 said:
My S4 only boots into stock recovery with blue text 'recovery booting'. I cannot get into download mode or boot normally. I've tried to data factory reset but the same thing occurs and also I cannot clear the cache as it ends in an error. I have managed by fluke a couple of times to boot the phone up in normal. but cannot install superuser to get root. I also restored with kies but again reboots into recovery mode. please help as I don't want to keep booting into recovery. any questions ill try and answer them.
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Try and use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803
spongerob500 said:
My S4 only boots into stock recovery with blue text 'recovery booting'. I cannot get into download mode or boot normally. I've tried to data factory reset but the same thing occurs and also I cannot clear the cache as it ends in an error. I have managed by fluke a couple of times to boot the phone up in normal. but cannot install superuser to get root. I also restored with kies but again reboots into recovery mode. please help as I don't want to keep booting into recovery. any questions ill try and answer them.
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Have you tried flashing a pure stock using Odin?
jaythenut said:
Try and use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803
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thanks, but wont I have to get into download mode to use odin?
spongerob500 said:
thanks, but wont I have to get into download mode to use odin?
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Have a look here http://galaxys4root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries/
You are holding down power home and volume down to get to download mode
jaythenut said:
Have a look here http://galaxys4root.com/clockworkmodtwrp-recoveries/
You are holding down power home and volume down to get to download mode
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yes it doesn't display the booting recovery blue text but the screen goes blank and reboots
kingzain900 said:
Have you tried flashing a pure stock using Odin?
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I cannot get into odin mode or download mode.
spongerob500 said:
I cannot get into odin mode or download mode.
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That's weird. Can you install the Android SDK or ADT and get adb.
Then plug your S4 to the computer (I assume the drivers are installed?) and open up cmd. Set adb to your path variables or just browse over to the adb where you installed your SDK and run
Code:
adb devices
to see list of devices and check if yours is there. Then type
Code:
adb reboot download
Let me know if that works.
kingzain900 said:
That's weird. Can you install the Android SDK or ADT and get adb.
Then plug your S4 to the computer (I assume the drivers are installed?) and open up cmd. Set adb to your path variables or just browse over to the adb where you installed your SDK and run
Code:
adb devices
to see list of devices and check if yours is there. Then type
Code:
adb reboot download
Let me know if that works.
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This is what I get:
List of devices attached
b81172a6 offline
spongerob500 said:
This is what I get:
List of devices attached
b81172a6 offline
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Did you connect the phone to the PC? Seems that it cannot detect your phone. Bad drivers maybe? Try installing these:
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=US&CttFileID=4132034&CDCttType=SW&ModelType=C&ModelName=SGH-T959HABTMB&VPath=SW/201212/20121213040816385/Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0.exe
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Did you connect the phone to the PC? Seems that it cannot detect your phone. Bad drivers maybe? Try installing these:
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=US&CttFileID=4132034&CDCttType=SW&ModelType=C&ModelName=SGH-T959HABTMB&VPath=SW/201212/20121213040816385/Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.14.0.exe
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managed to flash this recovery - i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2-4. installed ok, but it got stuck on reboot with recovery booting and Samsung boot screen, and just hung. I'm gonna try and flash a rom using odin and report back, to what happens next.
now the phone boots into recovery mode now but iits clockwork recovery. what should I do next?
spongerob500 said:
now the phone boots into recovery mode now but iits clockwork recovery. what should I do next?
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Well if CWM works, and you flashed a stock ROM using Odin, does the issue persist? If so, it could be a hardware issue then.
EDIT: Although the issue in the OP seems to be solved partially no? Can you boot normally to your ROM? Can you boot to recovery (vol-up + power)? Download mode (vol-down + power)? Anyone of them through adb?
kingzain900 said:
Well if CWM works, and you flashed a stock ROM using Odin, does the issue persist? If so, it could be a hardware issue then.
EDIT: Although the issue in the OP seems to be solved partially no? Can you boot normally to your ROM? Can you boot to recovery (vol-up + power)? Download mode (vol-down + power)? Anyone of them through adb?
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I am in a situation where the phone boots but only into clockwork recovery. cannot boot phone or download mode.
spongerob500 said:
I am in a situation where the phone boots but only into clockwork recovery. cannot boot phone or download mode.
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Do you get a bootloop? Download a zip of a ROM and flash it through CWM.
Can you still access download mode through the hardware buttons or through adb?
kingzain900 said:
Do you get a bootloop? Download a zip of a ROM and flash it through CWM.
Can you still access download mode through the hardware buttons or through adb?
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Every time I boot the phone it has the blue text saying booting recovery and boots into clockwork. I cannot access download through either adb or pressing the buttons. When I press down power and menu the phone freezes on samsung black screen.
spongerob500 said:
Every time I boot the phone it has the blue text saying booting recovery and boots into clockwork. I cannot access download through either adb or pressing the buttons. When I press down power and menu the phone freezes on samsung black screen.
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You're supposed to press vol-down and power. Not menu. I guess that's a typo?
Anyway, if it doesn't work in those ways, I'm not sure what's left besides taking it to the shop and getting it replaced.
Does adb devices detect the phone as online? If so, you can try this toolkit and maybe that boots you to download mode?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226263
kingzain900 said:
You're supposed to press vol-down and power. Not menu. I guess that's a typo?
Anyway, if it doesn't work in those ways, I'm not sure what's left besides taking it to the shop and getting it replaced.
Does adb devices detect the phone as online? If so, you can try this toolkit and maybe that boots you to download mode?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226263
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No its not. You push in down volume, home(menu) and power button for ODIN and up volume, Home(menu) and power for recovery. Have NEVER got into download or recovery by holding volume up\down and power. Not since my Gtab 7" 1st edition....
ultramag69 said:
No its not. You push in down volume, home(menu) and power button for ODIN and up volume, Home(menu) and power for recovery. Have NEVER got into download or recovery by holding volume up\down and power. Not since my Gtab 7" 1st edition....
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What. That is totally weird. You are right but I can get into both recovery and download mode without touching the home button.
@spongerob500: Try what ultramag69 suggested with Menu button. Sorry about the wrong info in that regard, but on my phone I don't press the Menu/Home button.
EDIT: Sorry @ultramag69, it seems that both methods work. So no need to hold the Home button!
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What. That is totally weird. You are right but I can get into both recovery and download mode without touching the home button.
@spongerob500: Try what ultramag69 suggested with Menu button. Sorry about the wrong info in that regard, but on my phone I don't press the Menu/Home button.
EDIT: Sorry @ultramag69, it seems that both methods work. So no need to hold the Home button!
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update - cannot get into download or odin mode with the buttons. what im gonna try to do is install a custom rom. where can I find stock roms also please? can I flash the stock ones through recovery too? thanks.
I was using the latest Safestrap, v3.72, and ran across a bootloop. It happened when I was in SS recovery and went to Reboot and accidentally pressed Recovery instead of System. After that my phone began rebooting into the Recovery. That blue message saying "Recovery Booting..." appeared in the top left corner, but after a few seconds I felt some haptic feedback and the phone rebooted, only to display the blue message again. I took out the battery and booted up the phone, but the blue message persisted. I figured that the only way out would be to boot into download mode and use Odin, so I then tried to boot into download mode (power, home, and volume down keys), but it only rebooted with the blue message again. I pulled the battery out and waited. After a few tense minutes, I inserted the battery and instead of powering up the phone normally I tried to boot into download mode and it worked. I'm currently waiting for the MJE stock tar to finish downloading. I'm sure I'll be able to Odin my way back.
Try to press where whee recover icon would normally be or the home button as it's booting
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Bern612 said:
Try to press where whee recover icon would normally be or the home button as it's booting
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It doesn't work. As soon as I turn the phone on it goes straight to the "Recovery Booting..." screen. The stock tar just finished downloading, so I'll report back after I use Odin.
I just finished flashing the stock tar with Odin. It went well. Now I just have to reroot, install safestrap, and restore my backup.
So my phone is bootlooping whenever my battery is attached. I can't go into recovery mode nor download mode. I try to push the combo buttons and the yellow triangle comes up. But when I push the vol up button it didn't load to download mode and keep rebooting. Help?
This happened after i flashed the new 5.0.1 Lollipop OS and try to put CWM recovery.
billy505 said:
So my phone is bootlooping whenever my battery is attached. I can't go into recovery mode nor download mode. I try to push the combo buttons and the yellow triangle comes up. But when I push the vol up button it didn't load to download mode and keep rebooting. Help?
This happened after i flashed the new 5.0.1 Lollipop OS and try to put CWM recovery.
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Hi mate
Check the power button..It may be stuck
i wiped sd card in recovery mode including eveything else( wiped dalvik , device cache and all) then my samsung gt i9500 got soft bricked then tried wiping device cache and hard reset but couldnt boot then to my bad luck tried to root via odin and it show pass remark but again couldnt be booted ..
now wt shld i do???
samsung care guys says only option to install firmware ... but 50% chance of device getting dead at my own risk !!!
I am having the same problem. Is there a way to definitely know if the power button is the issue?
UwaisKhan said:
I am having the same problem. Is there a way to definitely know if the power button is the issue?
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If you have the same symptons then it's your powerbutton.
So basically, im a noob. i tried flashing stock lollipop on my galaxy s4 from CyanogenMod with odin, but it says not responding everytime pda is clicked. Now, when i try to boot up the phone with recovery mode (vol up home button and lock) it says "Recovery Booting" in the corner and vibrates twice. Then it tries to boot normally but of course fails with the cyanogenmod splash screen eternally spinning. PLZ HELP :crying: :crying: :crying: i have no other phone
pavee2000 said:
So basically, im a noob. i tried flashing stock lollipop on my galaxy s4 from CyanogenMod with odin, but it says not responding everytime pda is clicked. Now, when i try to boot up the phone with recovery mode (vol up home button and lock) it says "Recovery Booting" in the corner and vibrates twice. Then it tries to boot normally but of course fails with the cyanogenmod splash screen eternally spinning. PLZ HELP :crying: :crying: :crying: i have no other phone
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Boot with DOWNLOADE MODE (Vol down+ home button + lock... Vol up then) and reflash the STOCK ROM via ODIN.
haha 1337. Thats a pretty cool model number
exppanda said:
haha 1337. Thats a pretty cool model number
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xD leet
Joku1981 said:
Boot with DOWNLOADE MODE (Vol down+ home button + lock... Vol up then) and reflash the STOCK ROM via ODIN.
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Odin doesn't work. When I click PDA/AP it freezes up. I've tried waiting it out for more than an hour before, so it doesn't work...
First, have u closed all kies procceses at task manager?
Second, does the pc recognizing the device when it in downlad mode?
If it does
Try 2 things:
1) redownload the stock rom. And try again
2) download a differenet version of odin
If not recognizing install the samsung usb drivers first.
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I installed Saber CM12.1 on my I9505.
Installed Gapps then did a factory reset in settings menu.
Phone is now stuck rebooting on the TEAMWIN splash screen.
Phone is not showing up in Odin or Kies and adb devices from command prompt isnt showing my phone.
Any ideas on how to solve this?
Pull the battery. Try booting again.
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Pull the battery. Try booting again.
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Tried that Orcam. No luck.
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Tried that Orcam. No luck.
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Can you boot into recovery at all? If you can. Wipe everything and flash the rom again.
Orcam said:
Can you boot into recovery at all? If you can. Wipe everything and flash the rom again.
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Can't boot into recovery. When phone starts it just shows the TEAMWIN screen and then restarts and does the same.
Ive tried different USB cables and ports but makes no difference.
blackgator said:
Can't boot into recovery. When phone starts it just shows the TEAMWIN screen and then restarts and does the same.
Ive tried different USB cables and ports but makes no difference.
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Try reflash a new recovery.
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Try reflash a new recovery.
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How? Phone not booting and not showing up in Odin.
blackgator said:
How? Phone not booting and not showing up in Odin.
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Try download the USB adb drivers
Its here->
http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117#none
then,power off your device
when is turned off,press again to power on.
immidiatelly remove ur finger from power button and "press and hold " HOME + VOL DOWN.
You will be in a new menu.press vol up to continue.
Now you are in download mode.connect your device to USB and use odin
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Try download the USB adb drivers
Its here->
http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117#none
then,power off your device
when is turned off,press again to power on.
immidiatelly remove ur finger from power button and "press and hold " HOME + VOL DOWN.
You will be in a new menu.press vol up to continue.
Now you are in download mode.connect your device to USB and use odin
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Same. Still not recognised in Odin. Tried in v3.10 and v1.85
blackgator said:
I installed Saber CM12.1 on my I9505.
Installed Gapps then did a factory reset in settings menu.
Phone is now stuck rebooting on the TEAMWIN splash screen.
Phone is not showing up in Odin or Kies and adb devices from command prompt isnt showing my phone.
Any ideas on how to solve this?
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Gave up, then restarted phone before going to bed and it booted up perfectly.
No idea why
Rebooted a few times and everything working fine.
Still not showing up in Oddin or Kies so could be driver or PC problem but phone is now working.
Thanks for your help guys
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Gave up, then restarted phone before going to bed and it booted up perfectly.
No idea why
Rebooted a few times and everything working fine.
Still not showing up in Oddin or Kies so could be driver or PC problem but phone is now working.
Thanks for your help guys
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its ok !