Phone stuck in boot loop - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok so i cant find any solution to my problem... I have a Galaxy s4 SCH-i545 and it was running 4.4.2 and then i rooted it.. i installed safestrap and everything else i made a backup in safestrap and everything and then installed a ROM. after installing the ROM it loads the first samsung screen and just boot loops.. i tried clearing the cache and doing a factory reset.. i also cant get back into safestrap it goes into the default recovery by holding power, volume up and home.. I tried to re-install stock rom and im not sure if im downloading wrong one or what but when using odin or whatever it is called it fails everytime.. Someone please help there is money in it for you.. :crying:

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goninkedup said:
Ok so i cant find any solution to my problem... I have a Galaxy s4 SCH-i545 and it was running 4.4.2 and then i rooted it.. i installed safestrap and everything else i made a backup in safestrap and everything and then installed a ROM. after installing the ROM it loads the first samsung screen and just boot loops.. i tried clearing the cache and doing a factory reset.. i also cant get back into safestrap it goes into the default recovery by holding power, volume up and home.. I tried to re-install stock rom and im not sure if im downloading wrong one or what but when using odin or whatever it is called it fails everytime.. Someone please help there is money in it for you.. :crying:
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No need for the bounty brother...
But then check sammobile.com for the correct firmware of your phone and download only 4.4.2.
Not a version less. I.e DO NOT FLASH 4.3 or 4.2.2.
They wont work at all and will brick your device too..
So stay calm..download your 4.4.2 firmware from sammobile.com and flash it via odin ^_^
Nothing more in that..
Report if some error occurs again.
Plus if you are carrier specific as i can see...
This might work for you...
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=28866
Flash at your own risk brother..
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DeepankarS said:
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No need for the bounty brother...
But then check xxxxxxxx for the correct firmware of your pgone and download only 4.4.2.
Not a version less. I.e DO NOT FLASH 4.3 or 4.2.2.
They wont work at all and will brick your device too..
So stay calm..download your 4.4.2 firmware from xxxxxxxxx and flash it via odin ^_^
Nothing more in that..
Report if some error occurs again.
Plus if you are carrier specific as i can see...
This might work for you...
Flash at your own rish brother..
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Dude no homo but i love you! thanks for helping. now i need to kmow how to properly intall roms...

goninkedup said:
Dude no homo but i love you! thanks for helping. now i need to kmow how to properly intall roms...
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Haha..nothing great in that too..
●Flash philz recovery.
●deknox it first, then root it and then update supersu by turning the phone on.
●Now flash any rom by using philz ^_^
This long method is just to avoid complications..
Otherwise you can directly flash a rom via philz without deknoxing your phone..most roms a pre-deknoxed.
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DeepankarS said:
Haha..nothing great in that too..
●Flash philz recovery.
●deknox it first, then root it and then update supersu by turning the phone on.
●Now flash any rom by using philz ^_^
This long method is just to avoid complications..
Otherwise you can directly flash a rom via philz without deknoxing your phone..most roms a pre-deknoxed.
Press Thanks if I helped
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Ok im not familiar with any of that lol. Ive been using safestrap and just tried to install hyperdrive but when it finishes it starts to boot ant i just get a black screen. Also when i select reboot in safestrap on my stock ROM it says no OS found even though it boots fine. Ideas??

goninkedup said:
Ok im not familiar with any of that lol. Ive been using safestrap and just tried to install hyperdrive but when it finishes it starts to boot ant i just get a black screen. Also when i select reboot in safestrap on my stock ROM it says no OS found even though it boots fine. Ideas??
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Not much though.
But have you tried downloading towelroot from towelroot.com?
It is a one touch rooting app.
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DeepankarS said:
Not much though.
But have you tried downloading towelroot from towelroot.com?
It is a one touch rooting app.
Press Thanks if I helped
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Yea I used that and I think that was the issue.. not sure.

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AT&T Galaxy S4 Wont Boot into Recovery

I have a client's Atnt galaxy s4 that will not boot up normally and will not boot into recovery also.
when i try to boot into recovery i get the blue lettering in the top left and it just sits there i have let it sit for sometime like that with no change.
this is not my first go around with flashing android devices so please even give me Dev only options if that is what you think will fix it. i feel bad because he just bought this phone 2 weeks ago and cant use it. not sure what the other guy that tried to root it did and neither does he so i am shooting in the dark so any help would be great.
I have tried flashing the stock Odin package with no luck.
Also tried Kies Firmware upgrade with no luck
Most of the custom recovery for this phone from what i read are not flashed threw odin anymore, but if i am wrong please link me and i will give it a shot.
Dose anyone have any ideas someone told me to use the .PIT file and re-partition the device and reflash the stock odin package. but i have had no luck locating the .pit file for the I337 galaxy S4 could anyone grab it from there phone and upload it for me or any ideas on how i could possibly fix this issue.
Thanks in advance
Since you already tried ODIN, why don't you try KIES.
I tried that allrdy just forgot to add it to the list updated first post
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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ok i will have him give it a try
and yes it goes into downloading mode with no issues at all.
if the os isnt hosed just download goomanager and install the recovery then download a touchwiz rom that has an extended reboot menu, you can then just boot into recovery from the OS.
C13v3r0n3 said:
if the os isnt hosed just download goomanager and install the recovery then download a touchwiz rom that has an extended reboot menu, you can then just boot into recovery from the OS.
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The OS wont boot that is why we are having such a issue cause we have to get into the recovery to fix the phone
thanks thou
If you can get into download mode and odin it should wipe everything, it should work. Maybr its hardware?
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In addition to letting go of the power button after the vibrate, here are a couple of other things that appear to have worked for other forum members. I didn't discover any of these fixes, I just did a lot of reading and saw where others have had similar problems and found ways to solve them. That is what makes the XDA community great:
Uppercuticus said:
I've had this happen to me several times while playing around with flashing. Basically (without fail in my experience), hold power+volume up+home as you'd normally do until you see the booting recovery message and let go. It will do one of two things - boot into recovery- or - restart and vibrate-. If it restarts and vibrates, immediately hold power+volume up+home until the booting recovery message pops up again and let go. It should then boot into recovery and you shouldn't have trouble in subsequent attempts.
It took me a while to figure this out and I actually thought I had permanently bricked my phone as the phone wouldn't boot and I couldn't get into recovery. Hope this helps.
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RiNo808 said:
Those trying to boot into recovery mode, dl quick reboot from the play store. That's what I use and it works great.
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Just flash a different custom recovery tar in odin. If ur using CWM, then flash TWRP, or vice versa.
C13v3r0n3 said:
If you can get into download mode and odin it should wipe everything, it should work. Maybr its hardware?
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After using ODIN, make sure to do a software (factory reset) to get rid of any data and settings that stayed behind. The firmware packages that we have for Odin, do not wipe everything on their own.
C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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Thanks - was having the same problem. At last somebody explains it properly. It worked.
(Why on earth is the script on the stock recovery screen so small. You need a microscope to read it. I am going to install CWM right away....)
Cheers LJ
S4 on veriozon only boots into download mood
Im having the same problem. I can ONLY get into download mood! Everytime I go and try to reboot all it does is vibrates. I was installing a rom before and it was installed fine then it says I lost my root and turned off. Now i can't turn my phone back on. I try to the NAND erase all but that does not work. Is my phone bricked? I have Verizon BTW. Could some body please help me ASAP!
Yankeetim92 said:
Im having the same problem. I can ONLY get into download mood! Everytime I go and try to reboot all it does is vibrates. I was installing a rom before and it was installed fine then it says I lost my root and turned off. Now i can't turn my phone back on. I try to the NAND erase all but that does not work. Is my phone bricked? I have Verizon BTW. Could some body please help me ASAP!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2316
any luck? im having the same problem after enabling the t-mobile aws bands on my i337. i could only get into odin mode, recovery boot sits there on end and i have no access to the phone settings. ive tried the odin with stock firmware but nothing.
xBeerdroiDx said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2316
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you are not playing fair sir...but a good one.
TheAxman said:
you are not playing fair sir...but a good one.
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My unrooted s4 phone gets stuck with the blue colour legend Recovery booting with any mentioned method. I am unable to enter safe mode, any ideas? been surfing google for 6hrs with no proper answer. Thanks!!
C13v3r0n3 said:
Copied this from another thread, guy was having same issue.
EDIT: Problem solved by scott14719. Here it is: As soon as you feel the phone vibrate, immediately let go of the power button but continue to hold the other buttons until the recovery boots, then let go of them.
Phone goes into download mode ok?
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Thanx bro, This is solve my problem.
Having allmost the same problem with my S4...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2498285
continuation of SGH_1337 will not boot into recovery
norml said:
Just flash a different custom recovery tar in odin. If ur using CWM, then flash TWRP, or vice versa.
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here are all the details;
Rooted ATT Galaxy S4 MK2 with Busybox. all went well until I tried to flash and boot into recovery. Installed ClockworkMod Recovery, tried to reboot into recovery...permission error. Installed Team Win Recovery, same problem.
investigated... Superuser.apk for some reason is NOT present in app directory. hmm. checked for root, have root.
installed ClockworkMod Superuser from play store... asks to update superuser... fails with signature error.
There seems to be no way to flash this phone. I have the original backup I made with ClockworkMod but restore fails with signature error.
The phone works fine, has root but I am concerned I will not be able to update to 4.4 when it's available. I am also NOT able to flash any alternative ROM. frustrating.
I see there are relatives to this issue all over xda but as far as I can tell after a weekend of trying is there's NO WAY to boot into recovery with write permissions being allowed.

[Q] Help!!!! Please!!!! I BRICKED MY GALAXY S4!!!! AND I CANT GET IT UNBRICKED!

Hey my name is rj and im in bit of a pickle i bricked my galaxy s4 trying to install a dsp mangaer now its just stuck on samsung logo!....i tried getting a stock kernel file and flashing it wit odin the flash was successful but its still bricked its like it didn't work the forcefeild was t strong!! So that's why i come here asking to get help from some pf the greatest!!^_^ thanks and advance people! OHHH YEA! AND I GOT THE TAR FILE FROM SAMSUNG-UPDATES.COM SHOULD I TRY REFLASHING!?
First try access stock recovery and factory reset they may help if not then dwnload the stock firmware from samware and flash via odin if u get a bootloop or jus the logo after this factory rest like before
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deron37129 said:
First try access stock recovery and factory reset they may help if not then dwnload the stock firmware from samware and flash via odin if u get a bootloop or jus the logo after this factory rest like before
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Alright i dont have stock i still have cwm and i tried flashing(twice) and factory res(twice) and still no luck but i still have cwm and still can access it
TRoPiCaL_No.OB said:
Alright i dont have stock i still have cwm and i tried flashing(twice) and factory res(twice) and still no luck but i still have cwm and still can access it
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If you have CWM and can still access it, flash a ROM made for your phone (you never said what model). Just make sure it is a ROM / Kernel that is made for your phone and make sure it is LOKIed (or use LOKI-DOKI) if it is an AT&T S4. Or you can always go to SamMobile and get the factory firmware for your phone's version and flash it via ODIN, once it successfully flashed, do a factory reset in stock recovery.
If you don't understand any part of what I am telling you, it is because you haven't read enough, so before asking any more questions or doing anything else to your phone, take a while to search, read, and learn. If you have read, and you understand what I have said, Good luck.
scott14719 said:
If you have CWM and can still access it, flash a ROM made for your phone (you never said what model). Just make sure it is a ROM / Kernel that is made for your phone and make sure it is LOKIed (or use LOKI-DOKI) if it is an AT&T S4. Or you can always go to SamMobile and get the factory firmware for your phone's version and flash it via ODIN, once it successfully flashed, do a factory reset in stock recovery.
If you don't understand any part of what I am telling you, it is because you haven't read enough, so before asking any more questions or doing anything else to your phone, take a while to search, read, and learn. If you have read, and you understand what I have said, Good luck.
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Thank you Sir it worked Great!
You really need to read everything before you try just flashing something. Otherwise you will have issues like this all the time. Or search.

Help phone is stuck in bootlogo

i have the samsung galaxy s4 i9500. Ive only had the phone for about a month now. I decided i wanted a bit more customization so i rooted my phone. I had found out that you could get rid of all the bloatware on the phone so i moved some of my seemingly bloatware apps to user so i could remove them. Halfway through the process my sister canceled it on accidednt and my phone crashed. It is stuck at the blue glowing samsung logo. The device will boot into recovery and download mode. I was stupid and forgot to turn USB debugging on before i did somthing to my phone and now im stuck. Im not sure what to do. I have tried flashing stock rom using odin on a pc. Not sure if i got a bad dl or what. Im running 4.2 and could really use some help.
Thanks
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lolatyou206 said:
i have the samsung galaxy s4 i9500. Ive only had the phone for about a month now. I decided i wanted a bit more customization so i rooted my phone. I had found out that you could get rid of all the bloatware on the phone so i moved some of my seemingly bloatware apps to user so i could remove them. Halfway through the process my sister canceled it on accidednt and my phone crashed. It is stuck at the blue glowing samsung logo. The device will boot into recovery and download mode. I was stupid and forgot to turn USB debugging on before i did somthing to my phone and now im stuck. Im not sure what to do. I have tried flashing stock rom using odin on a pc. Not sure if i got a bad dl or what. Im running 4.2 and could really use some help.
Thanks
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Mate easiest way out is to flash stock 4.2.2 again from odin and start all over.....
PS did you try from recovery , clear dalvik and cache ......if not helping try factory reset
Your best option is to reflash a stock rom. A factory reset won't help because you deleted the apps.
Lennyz1988 said:
Your best option is to reflash a stock rom. A factory reset won't help because you deleted the apps.
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i tried flashing stock rom it didnt work
lolatyou206 said:
i tried flashing stock rom it didnt work
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Did Odin pass successfully? Or is there a fail log?
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lolatyou206 said:
i tried flashing stock rom it didnt work
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You current stock rom?
If you were on 4.3 flash 4.3 or higher.
If you were on 4.4.2 flash 4.4.2.
Uncheck auto reboot. Let it flash and remain idle for 5 mins.
Then start your phone.
There can be no way this does not work.
+1 with @Lennyz1988
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[Q] I tried to update rooted phone?

Hi,
So...I have a rooted samsung s4 for att running stock android rom and i've been wanting the lollipop update and i was looking into cyanogenmod 12 but i am still very inexperienced and I got a notification for the lollipop update and i tried to install it (just saying i know it wasn't a good idea i had a bad feeling about it from the start) and it downloaded and said it had to reboot so i hit install and reboot. It turned off and when it turned on it turned on into downloading mode. its been in download mode for a few hours now and i tried taking out the battery and booting up normally and i tried booting into recovery mode but that wouldn't work just kept on going into download mode...PLEASE HELP!!!!
Thank you
Mojo-jojo25 said:
Hi,
So...I have a rooted samsung s4 for att running stock android rom and i've been wanting the lollipop update and i was looking into cyanogenmod 12 but i am still very inexperienced and I got a notification for the lollipop update and i tried to install it (just saying i know it wasn't a good idea i had a bad feeling about it from the start) and it downloaded and said it had to reboot so i hit install and reboot. It turned off and when it turned on it turned on into downloading mode. its been in download mode for a few hours now and i tried taking out the battery and booting up normally and i tried booting into recovery mode but that wouldn't work just kept on going into download mode...PLEASE HELP!!!!
Thank you
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Do you know what firmware version you're on? Do you have a custom recovery, twrp or cwm, on your device?
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im not sure
jd1639 said:
Do you know what firmware version you're on? Do you have a custom recovery, twrp or cwm, on your device?
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I believe im on 4.4.4 or 4.4.5 but im not sure its been some time since ive checked and i believe i do have a custom recovery but im not sure which kind it is a touch based one i think it might be safestrap but like i said im still very inexperienced and i had someone who is a genius flash the rom because i had some trouble with that as well
Mojo-jojo25 said:
I believe im on 4.4.4 or 4.4.5 but im not sure its been some time since ive checked and i believe i do have a custom recovery but im not sure which kind it is a touch based one i think it might be safestrap but like i said im still very inexperienced and i had someone who is a genius flash the rom because i had some trouble with that as well
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Ok, I'm trying to make sense of what your current device configuration is before I tell you what to do. There is no lollipop for the s4 and cm won't work if you're using safestrap. I'm going to assume you have safestrap and you're on 4.4.4. If that's the card you'll need to flash the nb1 tar file in Odin to get your device working again.
Edit, see this on how to flash the nb1 tar file and return to stock.
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failed flashing Resurrection-Remix-LP-v5.5.9-20151121-jfltexx.zip ROM

Hi. Today I wanted to flash my s4 I9505 device with this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/rom-resurrection-lollipop-v5-5-5-t3195202 but at the end the problem has popped out. I had an android 5.0 lollipop don't remember which one exactly. First I've rooted my phone with odin 3.07. Then I've downloaded ROM Manager (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager) from Play and installed recovery. It looked like this: http://www.pocketpc.ch/attachments/...ry-fuer-galaxy-s4-mini-gt-i9195-wp_000062.jpg. Then I wiped cache and data. It appeared with totally clear phone. Then I installed superuser from the recovery level and then problem appeared. The phone is booting up normally but after all the starting logos it comes with black screen and multiple crashed of Multimedia, Camera, Interface and so on. Is it bricked? I don't know what to do, I have to say I am kinda newbie. Hope that someone will help.
pg_ar said:
Hi. Today I wanted to flash my s4 I9505 device with this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/rom-resurrection-lollipop-v5-5-5-t3195202 but at the end the problem has popped out. I had an android 5.0 lollipop don't remember which one exactly. First I've rooted my phone with odin 3.07. Then I've downloaded ROM Manager (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager) from Play and installed recovery. It looked like this: http://www.pocketpc.ch/attachments/...ry-fuer-galaxy-s4-mini-gt-i9195-wp_000062.jpg. Then I wiped cache and data. It appeared with totally clear phone. Then I installed superuser from the recovery level and then problem appeared. The phone is booting up normally but after all the starting logos it comes with black screen and multiple crashed of Multimedia, Camera, Interface and so on. Is it bricked? I don't know what to do, I have to say I am kinda newbie. Hope that someone will help.
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Flash recovery through ODIN as well. Then wipe your mobile and then flash your ROM
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a602820922 said:
Flash recovery through ODIN as well. Then wipe your mobile and then flash your ROM
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thanks man it helped me so much
I flashed on my tmobile SGS4 and only one issue, not being able to send and receive text messages... Otherwise, everything else works! Everything! Great job devs! ?
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pg_ar said:
thanks man it helped me so much
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Great you got it working.
Just a small tip for in the future. Make sure you use TWRP recovery. CWM and Philz is outdated.

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