[Q] !!!Assistance needed!!! Problems with almost every ROM! - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am trying to install the Sammy Deluxe Custom Rom, but when i did it got stuck on the boot animation and kept restarting again and again with 2 fast vibrations.
I tried installing a diferent S5-like ROM and ended up with the screen showing Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 and not going any further than that.Note that i installed a less consuming, 459 MB ROM 4.4.4 AOSP and worked fine. Now i unrooted and went back to stock for the moment, but i would really like to make Sammy Deluxe work.
That being said, here are the steps i followed:
1.Root the phone via the galaxys4root*[email protected] method via the motochopper application. It installed superuser but it didnt give me access to it, telling me it had to update and giving the options Cancel/Install/Recovery Install. Neither worked.
2.Root the phone via an apk found here on xda. Worked like a charm and Superuser updated.
3.Install Twrp. Put the .img file in the sdcard and typed command on Android Emulator. Flashed the .tar file via Odin.
4.Go to recovery, follow the guide steps(Full wipe, Advanced wipe, Install Rom), choose the settings i wanted in installer and reboot the system.
After i rebooted i got to what i typed on the first row, boot animation crash and double vibration restart.
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So what did i do wrong?How can i install the ROM correctly?

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no boot, no recovery mod after kernel upgrade via Rom Manager

Hello,
my phone was working like a charm with cm 7.1 , Siyah Kernel, clockworkmod recovery mod 5.0.2.
I decided to upgrade my Siyah Kernel from 2.0 beta 8 to v2.
I used the QR code from Xda forum. Phone downloaded kernel, then once download finished, opened Rom Manager app, then invite me to install the new .zip file.
I usually do it manually, in rebooting in recovery and installing the .zip file in recovery mod, but I wanted to try this way.
Now my phone doesn't boot, hanf on on Samsung logo. No recovery mod available, only download mod.
Tried to reinstall ClockworkMode recovery 5 with Odin, but nothing happens. The yelow box stays yellow, and message hans on at Setup connection.
I alos tried to flash P-SBL.tar with odin, but it failed.
So, what can I do??
EDIT : Issue solved. Retried with Odin and ClockworkMod. This time I booted in recovery, phone booted in it and installed new kernel, and the booted in cm 7.1. I do think this issue came from Rom Manager.
So far as i know, using rom manager with the S2 is a mistake.
The S2 dosnt like rom manager much, and it can end up in a lot of problems up to a semi bricked phone.
Glad you solved it , but i recommend to avoid rom manager for now

A500 recovery stuck "loading recovery kernel image"

Hi awesome XDA dudes
I've searched the forums, and even posted in the basic QA section to no avail. I may have just missed it somewhere, but here is the issue.
Tablet will work fine in Lightspeed 4.8 ROM. No issue there. But, when I try to get into the recovery (power and volume down) I get "booting recovery kernel image," forever.
I recently changed from the Clockwork to TWRP recovery and that is when the recovery function would no longer load.
How can I get back to Clockwork or smililar so that I can put a different ROM on my tab?
Thanks in advance!
Tom
Fixed this problem, only to find another.
So, since my tablet would still function normally (aside from recovery) I downloaded the Acer Recovery Installer App. And this did what everything else failed to do. It installed Clockwork Mod and I was actually able to get into the recovery. Whew!
So I went to install Flex shockwave ROM but the install froze at the Aroma 2.56 stage...forever. Tried again unsuccessfully and gave up. I did properly wipe and format beforehand. I then tried installing CM10 Rom, same exact problem.
So, I used Acer Recovery installer and loaded the TWRP recovery. Here is where things get interesting. I booted into recovery, wiped data and caches, and tried to install the aforementioned ROMs. Each time, Aroma installer worked fine and I was presented with all the install options, all the bells and whistles. After completing my selections, I was prompted to reboot.....
And each time the tablet hangs on the Acer spalsh screen.
So now my problem is reversed. I have access to recovery, but no ROM. :crying:
SOLVED !!
tfbielawski said:
So, since my tablet would still function normally (aside from recovery) I downloaded the Acer Recovery Installer App. And this did what everything else failed to do. It installed Clockwork Mod and I was actually able to get into the recovery. Whew!
So I went to install Flex shockwave ROM but the install froze at the Aroma 2.56 stage...forever. Tried again unsuccessfully and gave up. I did properly wipe and format beforehand. I then tried installing CM10 Rom, same exact problem.
So, I used Acer Recovery installer and loaded the TWRP recovery. Here is where things get interesting. I booted into recovery, wiped data and caches, and tried to install the aforementioned ROMs. Each time, Aroma installer worked fine and I was presented with all the install options, all the bells and whistles. After completing my selections, I was prompted to reboot.....
And each time the tablet hangs on the Acer spalsh screen.
So now my problem is reversed. I have access to recovery, but no ROM. :crying:
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Ok, so I had a working ROM but my recovery was fried. So, using Acer Recovery Installer I was able to get a working recovery going.
Then the next problem was that I could not get CM10 to install. When I realized I needed to flash the bootloader (and yes fellow noobs this is different than the recovery) I was unsuccessful.
I tried the automated route using the Blackthund3r app, but the process would just hang at Entering bootloader.
I tried the manual NVFlash route provided by Dibbs and it would get past this point and then hang.
So Dibbs (thanks dude) helped me out via email and suggested I download babsector.rar
After I extracted the rar file, I saw the A501 A.bat file and flashed it. This provided me with hope as it flashed the tablet and the screen atcually read "PASS." But, I wasn't done yet as I still could not install CM10. So, back to APX mode and back into the babsector rar folder. I flashed the Tab with A501 B.bat and followed that immediately with flashing the v8.bat file. In the V8.bet file I chose the Thor 1.7.3 recovery (as suggested by Dibbs and others) and WOOHOOO.....PASS on the tablet again.
Feeling ever more confident, I booted into recovery and flashed the CM10 Rom....SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you are having trouble....don't give up. Thanks again for the help to Dibbs and OKAstro!!

i9505 - jflte - Installation aborted

Sup,
got a S4 from a mate to root. Already rooted my own S3, so I know what to do.
I flashed the newest CF Auto Root from chainfire via Odin
flashed the newest CWM via Odin too
then went into the recovery
Wiped everything (data, factory reset, dalvik and even system)
But as soon as I want to install a custom rom, it tells me "installation aborted".
Tried different roms, but none has worked.
Also tried Philz Touch 6 and TWRP but still getting the same problem.
Why does the recovery say that there's no root access if I want to shut down the device?
"Root access is missing. Root device now?"
This appears everytime I shut down from recovery. Could this be the problem?
I appreciate every kind of help
E3: uh.. After a few hours I finally got the solution.
- I installed this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824) (Stockrom)
- Flashed root again
- Flashed CWM again
- and finally I am able to install a custom rom !
I was going to say reflash root. But I see you did it yourself. Nice thinking
Sent from my GT-I9506 using Tapatalk

[Q] Can't flash ROM or restore backup

Hello there.. I normally don't have a problem figuring out what to do but I'm totally stuck here. I have a Sprint Galaxy S4 SPHL720T. I was rooted and running a custom ROM. I was having issues with the wifi so I decided to flash back to GPE 5.0.1 here from the xda forums. I am running twrp v2.8.4.0. I made a backup and wiped system/data/cache and dalvik. I went to install JFLTE-GPE-20150303 (LRX22C) from ultimarom.com via here at XDA. It said zip is corrupt. So i redownloaded on my PC and transferred it to my sd card. Still said corrupt. So I downloaded a different ROM on my PC and moved to SD. Still said corrupt. I tried to flash a GAPPS package and it worked but no ROMS I tried would. I tried to install my latest backup through recovery. It said MD5 doesn't match. If I hit reboot in twrp it prompts to install superuser because the phone doesn't appear to be rooted. If I hit that it runs the script for about 2 seconds then reboots. It won't boot into the OS as there is no OS and if I reboot into recovery it still gives me the "install su" prompt at the reboot screen. So then I hooked up into ODIN and download mode and flashed "CF-Auto-Root-jflterefreshspr-jflterefreshspr-sphl720t.tar.md5" and "openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-jfltespr.tar". Still having the same issues. I have no idea what to do at this point. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated as I need my phone for work and play .
Thanks,
Aaron

no bootloader(/fastboot) menu, rooted stock rom lolipop. cannot install custom rom

Hello,
I am having some problems since today i flashed the su binaries over my completely new lineageos install. (a14.4, fully wiped before).
it was stuck during boot at the android logo(let it boot for half an hour, multiple times, no progress). so naturally i wanted to boot to recovery, though it would not boot into recovery with any imaginable key combo.
so i went into bootloader mode (which, in my case, is jsut download mode, no fastboot whatsoever, and yes, i checked fastboot devices, (also adb), nothing to be found there)
next, knowing i had no other choide at that moment, i flashed a stock rom, via download mode. worked so far.
stock rom was running (ics), bootloader was still download mode only, and recovery was now stock android rec.
my next step was flashing a custom rom, since this was the most important thing to get to working then.
via adb sideload i fashed lineageos, once again. was working fine, so recovery next. but nothing worked.
included with lineageos is root access, so i enabled all the stuff, incl. adb, on my phone. but adb sideload always spit out errors (code 7 or 255) on rec install (twrp 2.8.something touch.zip) [some error about /tmp/update.zip] trying cwm resulted in the same thing, like did flashing gapps.
pushing the files to the internal memory (/sdcard) did not help, since 'flash from sdcard' resulted in an empty sdcard folder with no files to install (in recovery. in the file explorer while running the os, the files where there)
then i tried rashr (not sure exactly which app it was) to install rec. it said everything worked fine, trying to install cwm. so i rebooted
and nothing worked. the rom would not boot anymore (again, stuck at android logo) since the stock recovery only allows for adb access in form of sideload, no push whatsoever, and sideload did not let me install the os via zip, it was back to flashing a stock rom once again.
so i did that again (this time lolipop)
this is where i am now:
the rom boots perfectly, like does the kinda stock recovery, but again: no files in the sdcard path within the rec menu, though i pushed them there, and they appear there in the file manager.
i installed root, for those neat apps, that maybe one would work, but they need root and the stock rom does not know how to give those rights to apps, no option found for this whatsoever.
also, download mode is gone. (still no fastboot)
when i try to boot the bootloader, i just goes on to usual os boot (key combo and adb reboot bootloader result in the same thing)
recovery is still working, but pretty useless still. when i try to sideload a file, it quits with failed verification of the file. which is no surprise to me, since it shows the message halfway through the send process (observed from the adb terminal on my pc, never gets even close to 100% before the message appears on the phone which also cuts the connection therefore the file send process.)
i have absolutely no idea what the hell will get this working again. i dont really care about the download mode, but what i really need is a custom recovery to finally work, so i can install all of my stuff again.
does anyone have any idea on what i could try next?
hopefully yours,
azyrael
SOLVED
so i noticed for root apps i need to install supersu (or something like this) to give root access to apps if there is no native way within the rom to do this stuff.
install supersu and found out i somehow had no root access at all. tried ioroot etc, did not work
so i installed a stock jb android rom, rooted the device via ioroot, install recovery via autorec, and it finally worked!
this took me only two days.
thx xda for providing all of the tools i needed for this <3
kinda unsolved
so, it got recovery to work. installation of lineageos also worked perfectly., though this bricks my device.
no matter what i wipe, installing a custom rom will stop it from booting. this could only be fixed by installing a stock rom again, which also reverses root and install a stock recovery. since i only need root and the rec for installing a custom rom, which does not work anymore, i wont bother with this anymore. i have abosutely no idea whatsoever, and tried everything even barely coming to my mind.
still open for suggestions, but the stock rom will have to suffice for now.

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