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[Q] Help my s4 not booting! Even download mode freezes

I have galaxy s4 i9500 running arrow rom v11 which is android 4.3
And Presus kernel. No changes have been made everything (including CPU) is stock. My phone is working for a few months and suddenly yesterday while I was texting it turned and reeboted. Since then it reebots itself automatically whenever I insert battery. Plus it stuck on samsung logo and makes boot loops. It doesn't let me enter recovery mode and when I go to download mode, it says warning then I click volum up(continue) and then it freezes for 2 secs and reebots itself(I can't see the download mode.. Is it normal? Why?) I don't know what to do what happened plz help

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darixtorento said:
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remove battery for a while
boot in DL mode and see

what to do?? helpppppp

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darixtorento said:
I have galaxy s4 i9500 running arrow rom v11 which is android 4.3
And Presus kernel. No changes have been made everything (including CPU) is stock. My phone is working for a few months and suddenly yesterday while I was texting it turned and reeboted. Since then it reebots itself automatically whenever I insert battery. Plus it stuck on samsung logo and makes boot loops. It doesn't let me enter recovery mode and when I go to download mode, it says warning then I click volum up(continue) and then it freezes for 2 secs and reebots itself(I can't see the download mode.. Is it normal? Why?) I don't know what to do what happened plz help
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first of all, before you flash this arrow room, which version of samsung android u had?, if u had 4.2.2 u can still flash official rooms via odin, from 4.3 u cannot, the only way would be if you make a backup of ur sgs4..., customs roms can brick your phone (for me the safest one is cyanogenmod, but in a sgs4 only when the phone never were updated with android 4.3 on 4.4.2), try JTAG to fix it(not u, an expert needs to do this...)
PS: sorry for my bad english(still learning)

[Q] Sudden shutdown, phone won't boot.

I had just finished flashing and configuring crash rom v19, when my phone suddenly powered off.
Now it's not the first time I flash a new rom to my note 3 by any means, but this is a first.
Now my phone won't power on if not plugged in, and even then it powers on for less than a second, long enough to see the battery charging picture or the note 3 logo.
Recovery won't boot, but download mode works flawlessly, I pulled out odin3 with the stock ROM for my sm-n9005, checked the regin was right and everything, and after flashing using odin all I got was my phone rebooting over and over again trying to access recovery, then it booted no problem to the samsung logo, played the tune and even showed me my lockscreen for a second, and it's back to rebooting itself every 3 seconds.
Anybody have any idea what I'm facing here?
Edit: First thing tomorrow morning I'm going to take it to a store to try a new battery

@E-Chan42.
You can try this out.
I am not sure will this fix your problem.
First, charge your phone for 3 hours. Second, hard reset your phone then flash Stock firmware using ODIN.

amk19 said:
@E-Chan42.
You can try this out.
I am not sure will this fix your problem.
First, charge your phone for 3 hours. Second, hard reset your phone then flash Stock firmware using ODIN.
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I've had my phone plugged in for a short while, but since it keeps vibrating, showing an empty battery picture turning off, vibrating and so on every second I'm not sure charging will actually difference to my issue, still thanks for the input and I'll give it a try.

Ohm....
Then I guess it must be a Battery issue.
Give it a shot. Let's see if that works.

Took it in to my retailer and samsung guy restored the original ROM with Odin just as I did, when it didn't work he sent it off under garantee, thanks for your help! I'll update when I get a word back!

Galaxy S4 i9500 bootloop

Hi, I have a Galaxy S4 I9500 and I'm using GEAR CM13
The ROM was working fine until a while ago, but now suddenly there's a bootloop. Last thing I remember doing was accidentally holding the power button a bit long (while trying to lock the phone) so the power off/reboot menu came up and and then I tried to exit from it, but the menu didn't go away and the phone entered into a boot loop
Now, the Samsung i9500 logo just keeps flashing every 5 seconds. I'm unable to enter into recovery mode. I can enter download mode but it just exits out of that after 5 seconds and starts flashing i9500 logo again. I read about a hack to remove battery as soon as I enter download mode and it worked. It stays on download mode now. ODIN recognizes the device. What can I do using ODIN to fix the bootloop? Is there any ODIN flashable zip? I'm on the latest [20160711] build. I have important data in my device. Please help me recover it
I know I can reflash stock ROM and from there, reflash GearCM13 but I do not want to lose data as much as possible. I'm trying for fixes which do not wipe my data partition. I will go ahead with the standard method if I do not find a fix to recover from bootloop without losing data.

Hi,
I would suspect the power button first (probably stuck). Some hits to the power button using a solid, hard surface will help.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using XDA Labs

Samsung Galaxy J5 starts to go green after Smart Switch PC update.

I installed the 6.0 Marshallow Update on my Samsung Galaxy J5 Smartphone from Smart Switch on my PC. At first everything was OK. I plugged it, and it started downloading. Nothing unusual. When it ended, it said that the phone is restarting, so I should unplug it and plug it again, to see if it worked. The first unusual thing was that the phone didn't restart. It was just turned off. And I passed that because I thought I misread. So I unplug the phone from the PC and try to power it on. This is when the REAL weird stuff comes. At first, the "Samsung Galaxy J5 Powered by Android" logo shows up. Nothing special. Then a yellow-blue line shows up below the logo. I don't give it enough attention. After that, the screen starts to go green. Slowly turning green. . .The logo didn't disappear. My first reaction was to remove the battery, wait 10 seconds and put it back. I now try to charge it, to see if it happens again. AGAIN THE SAME! The yellow-blue line shows up, the screen starts to slowly turn green. I then wait to see what happens. The screen goes green. Completly. The screen needed a few more seconds to turn COMPLETLY GREEN. But I was soooo scared I took the battery and the charger off. I put it back up but this time, I wanted to go to recovery mode, so I can simply click "Reboot Phone". I couldn't. There was nothing I can do. I now have the phone without the battery and I want to know what is happening and how to fix it. I am really scared so I need help ASAP!

androider05 said:
I installed the 6.0 Marshallow Update on my Samsung Galaxy J5 Smartphone from Smart Switch on my PC. At first everything was OK. I plugged it, and it started downloading. Nothing unusual. When it ended, it said that the phone is restarting, so I should unplug it and plug it again, to see if it worked. The first unusual thing was that the phone didn't restart. It was just turned off. And I passed that because I thought I misread. So I unplug the phone from the PC and try to power it on. This is when the REAL weird stuff comes. At first, the "Samsung Galaxy J5 Powered by Android" logo shows up. Nothing special. Then a yellow-blue line shows up below the logo. I don't give it enough attention. After that, the screen starts to go green. Slowly turning green. . .The logo didn't disappear. My first reaction was to remove the battery, wait 10 seconds and put it back. I now try to charge it, to see if it happens again. AGAIN THE SAME! The yellow-blue line shows up, the screen starts to slowly turn green. I then wait to see what happens. The screen goes green. Completly. The screen needed a few more seconds to turn COMPLETLY GREEN. But I was soooo scared I took the battery and the charger off. I put it back up but this time, I wanted to go to recovery mode, so I can simply click "Reboot Phone". I couldn't. There was nothing I can do. I now have the phone without the battery and I want to know what is happening and how to fix it. I am really scared so I need help ASAP!
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Hello!
I think you flashed other firmware than your phone model. Thats how it happened on my J500FN when i tried 6.0.1 firmware from J500F since J500FN didnt have official update.
Download a firmware for your phone model, 5.1.1 or 6.0.1 and flash through ODIN, then the problem should be gone.

This happened on my phone when I put 6.1 on via odin but then I simply tried a different recovery and the recovery was the problem
John

Anyone know how to fix this problem? I cant use odin because it wont let me go to recovery or download mode

This is happening to my phone with the exact same situation, but now I can't seem to connect to the pc with the cable - what should I do?

Squido234 said:
Anyone know how to fix this problem? I cant use odin because it wont let me go to recovery or download mode
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It happen because you use latest odin. flash again using odin 3.07 and see how it goes. It fixed mine. Had to double flash. First flash was giving me green screen. It won even pass the bootloader. Then enter download mode and reflash it using odin 3.07, it works like a charm now.

When i flash any custom rom sutable to my phone j500f . A green screen comes.so i cant flash custom roms.what is the solution??

MANAS RAMESH said:
When i flash any custom rom sutable to my phone j500f . A green screen comes.so i cant flash custom roms.what is the solution??
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It's happen when you flash ur custom rom (only for bootloader lollipop) using bootloader marsmallow. The solution is ur phone must be support the requirements of ur custom rom.

Samsung A40 Infinity Bootloop

Everyone please help me my samsung a40 (Indian version) goes on infinity Bootloop. When I switch on the mobile it's on boot then automatically swich off then automatically swich on booting then switch off and continueing same thing . Then If I trigger the power key for long time it shuts down. The phone don't opening recovery mode nor download mode nor hard resetting and no resetting. Odin can't find my device nor 300k from computer. Can't use adb because of I haven't enabled usb debugging in developer mode when I am using the mobile before. When the problem have started I visited samsung care they replaced my battery after some time same problem again I visited samsung care they replaced motherboard after some time again same problem. While charging the phone gets on bootloop Please please please help meeeee...

DazzG said:
Everyone please help me my samsung a40 (Indian version) goes on infinity Bootloop. When I switch on the mobile it's on boot then automatically swich off then automatically swich on booting then switch off and continueing same thing . Then If I trigger the power key for long time it shuts down. The phone don't opening recovery mode nor download mode nor hard resetting and no resetting. Odin can't find my device nor 300k from computer. Can't use adb because of I haven't enabled usb debugging in developer mode when I am using the mobile before. When the problem have started I visited samsung care they replaced my battery after some time same problem again I visited samsung care they replaced motherboard after some time again same problem. While charging the phone gets on bootloop Please please please help meeeee...
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Had the some problem when battery on mine run flat to 0% and min voltage. Only helped replacing battery with another one. Than i put it on charge for some time, put the old battery back on, plugged to charger, tried few times pressing power buttons and other combination and it started working.
BTW I didn't know there's an indian version of this phone. What is your exact model number and what software do you use?

Try inserting an USB in your computer, then try to go into recovery mode. Worked for me with Android 11.

DazzG said:
Everyone please help me my samsung a40 (Indian version) goes on infinity Bootloop. When I switch on the mobile it's on boot then automatically swich off then automatically swich on booting then switch off and continueing same thing . Then If I trigger the power key for long time it shuts down. The phone don't opening recovery mode nor download mode nor hard resetting and no resetting. Odin can't find my device nor 300k from computer. Can't use adb because of I haven't enabled usb debugging in developer mode when I am using the mobile before. When the problem have started I visited samsung care they replaced my battery after some time same problem again I visited samsung care they replaced motherboard after some time again same problem. While charging the phone gets on bootloop Please please please help meeeee...
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Did you manage to solve this problem? I have the same! Nothing works