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my galaxy s4 is always boot looping into Samsung galaxy s4 screen. only the download mode screen appears but it reboots again after 5 seconds and keeps on rebooting . any help ?
Do you run with stock or custom recovery? Have you tried to (re-)flash a custom recovery (CWM highly recommended)?
slytidar said:
my galaxy s4 is always boot looping into Samsung galaxy s4 screen. only the download mode screen appears but it reboots again after 5 seconds and keeps on rebooting . any help ?
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I had this problem once. I had to clear all user data,cache,dalvik and intall everything again
Chalao said:
Do you run with stock or custom recovery? Have you tried to (re-)flash a custom recovery (CWM highly recommended)?
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thanks for the replay
i flashed a custom recovery. this happened later on. but now that the download mode is rebooting it slef and recovery isnt coming, i dont think i can flash a recovery..
MarceloSiciliano said:
I had this problem once. I had to clear all user data,cache,dalvik and intall everything again
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cannto do it :/
slytidar said:
thanks for the replay
i flashed a custom recovery. this happened later on. but now that the download mode is rebooting it slef and recovery isnt coming, i dont think i can flash a recovery..
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Hm, if I understand you correctly, you can boot into download mode but it just lasts a couple of seconds before it reboots on its own, right? You cannot boot into recovery as the screen simply stays black. Can you boot successfully into /system or does it bootloop as well?
Sounds like a hardbrick to me, the only thing I can think of before sending your phone in for repair is to pull out the battery for 1 hour or so, reinsert it and boot directly into download mode and see if it stays there. If it does, flash a custom recovery using Odin and check whether you can boot into it afterwards.
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Hm, if I understand you correctly, you can boot into download mode but it just lasts a couple of seconds before it reboots on its own, right? You cannot boot into recovery as the screen simply stays black. Can you boot successfully into /system or does it bootloop as well?
Sounds like a hardbrick to me, the only thing I can think of before sending your phone in for repair is to pull out the battery for 1 hour or so, reinsert it and boot directly into download mode and see if it stays there. If it does, flash a custom recovery using Odin and check whether you can boot into it afterwards.
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well i cannot boot into download mode long enough to flash a recovery and i cant boot into system either .. maybe a hardware problem ?
slytidar said:
well i cannot boot into download mode long enough to flash a recovery and i cant boot into system either .. maybe a hardware problem ?
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Looks like it, did you try pulling out the battery for 1 hour and follow the steps as suggested above?
Chalao said:
Looks like it, did you try pulling out the battery for 1 hour and follow the steps as suggested above?
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now trying
I'm having the same problem here
dead phone, can't boot into recovery, automatically restarts seconds after going into download mode, it doesn't even charge, battery logo comes out aaaand restart, and it keep going
any help?
Im also having the same problem as of this last night.
cannot boot into recovery.
boots to download mode first screen but when I attempt to press volume up to accept, it reboots.
as soon as i put the battery in it cycles through the samsung logo.
tried removing memory card but didnt help.
tried keeping battery out overnight, nothing.
last thing i changed was flashing --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860. did this about 2 days ago.
not sure if that has anything to do with it?
Ares1000101 said:
Im also having the same problem as of this last night.
cannot boot into recovery.
boots to download mode first screen but when I attempt to press volume up to accept, it reboots.
as soon as i put the battery in it cycles through the samsung logo.
tried removing memory card but didnt help.
tried keeping battery out overnight, nothing.
last thing i changed was flashing --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860. did this about 2 days ago.
not sure if that has anything to do with it?
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I think it has nothing to do with it
I'm, I was actually, on stock everything, rom, kernel and recovery
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OK so I left my phone without a battery in it for the afternoon, just got back home and gave it a try.
It booted. No idea why or what actually went wrong.
Lets hope it doesn't happen again!
OK, So the point that the phone just start booting just the moment the battery is inserted got me thinking
IS IT THE POWER SWITCH?
and indeed it's, the power switch is stuck on, although I can feel the click when I push, still, seems like something is wrong with it
so I tried to suck it out, hit the phone softly few times while the power switch is facing the ground
inserted the battery, aaaand, it didn't start booting, pressed the power softly, and horaaaaay, it's working
Had the same issue and indeed I knocked the power button several times and it worked very well. Thank you! You saved my day
black heart said:
I'm having the same problem here
dead phone, can't boot into recovery, automatically restarts seconds after going into download mode, it doesn't even charge, battery logo comes out aaaand restart, and it keep going
any help?
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same problem please help!
vaibhav2296 said:
same problem please help!
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I have similar problem... and identified its power button.
How i identified is as phone switched on i hold menu button and volume down button together and
it booted in download mode, for download mode you have to keep pressing power button, volume
down button and menu button but it went without pressing power button.. so i assume that its power
button.
Try it... hope will identify your problem
same Problem
Hello!
I have the same problem, and disassemble the cell and saw that the button will operate properly .
Someone has managed to get out of this problem?
thanks a lot... i was facing same problem... i hit ma phn near power switch...again n again... it worked... love u xda
whoa, I just got this problem recently, because some of bezel around my phone has cracked, then I try to glue it roughly.
at the other hand, I tried to install new kernel. I tought that kernel make my phone bricked. then I found this thread. so I open my case. and found my glue sticked to the power button, remove it and. voilaaaa~
thank you XDA. you never cease to amaze me. lol
I let my sister use my phone and she did a factory reset. Now my phone boots up to the Samsung logo with custom at the bottom says booting into recovery at the top and then shuts off and does it all over again. I even tried holding up home and power. Is there anything I can do to fix it or am I screwed? It was rooted with 4.4.2
Kawaiius said:
I let my sister use my phone and she did a factory reset. Now my phone boots up to the Samsung logo with custom at the bottom says booting into recovery at the top and then shuts off and does it all over again. I even tried holding up home and power. Is there anything I can do to fix it or am I screwed? It was rooted with 4.4.2
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2834419
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Try pulling the battery
Reboot into download mode. Then reboot from there. Typical bootloop likely
bmwh0r3 said:
Reboot into download mode. Then reboot from there. Typical bootloop likely
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This worked! Thanks man
Kawaiius said:
This worked! Thanks man
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Are you on nc2 or nc4?
Galaxy S4 I9505
Phone was second hand to me at the start of this year, though had been well looked after, always in a case etc
I flashed it with the newest stock ROM in January this year
I9505XXUHOJ2_I9505BTUHOJ1_I9505XXUHOJ2
& rooted with CF AutoRoot
It has worked fine until about 2 weeks ago, when it randomly shut down. After restarting, it kept bootlooping.
Left it off & charging overnight, & the next morning it booted ok. Managed to use spotify for a few hours.
Then it started bootlooping again, sometimes getting all the way but then crashing after a few minutes.
Managed to boot into recovery & do a 'wipe cache', that didnt fix it.
'Wipe data' didnt fix it
Have flashed the PIT file & ROM (via odin), no errors in odin, done it twice now
wiped cache & data
still wont boot past the white splash screen, only sometimes boots into recovery
(also, only the menu button lights up, not the back button.)
I've checked the power button (clicks & dosnt stick)
Dont think the batteries the issue (charges fine, dosnt get warm, isnt bulging)
What else could stop it booting?
Have you tried booting into safe mode?
Safe mode, from what I read, can be accessed by holding the menu button while the phone boots.
But you should also do some reading about it, in case I'm wrong.
The other idea would be to try a custom ROM.
GDReaper said:
Have you tried booting into safe mode?
Safe mode, from what I read, can be accessed by holding the menu button while the phone boots.
But you should also do some reading about it, in case I'm wrong.
The other idea would be to try a custom ROM.
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Can't boot into safe mode
(& having read up on it, it would only not run apps that arn't already in the ROM)
Any suggestions for a custom ROM
& why would it work when the original official one won't?
Well, it's booted far enough to get into android & add a google account, then it bootloops again.
Then after leaving it off for a while, it will boot & let me look at settings etc, then bootloop
however
the menu soft key stays lit all the time after a boot
the top half of the phone, around the camera, gets very warm
Does that indicate it's a hardware issue?
Could it be the battery?
If it's the top half warming up without you doing anything, it's the motherboard.
Boot into recovery and and let it stand by, see if it reboots.
xedge said:
Well, it's booted far enough to get into android & add a google account, then it bootloops again.
Then after leaving it off for a while, it will boot & let me look at settings etc, then bootloop
however
the menu soft key stays lit all the time after a boot
the top half of the phone, around the camera, gets very warm
Does that indicate it's a hardware issue?
Could it be the battery?
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The battery can't prevent the ROM from booting. It would have to turn off during the boot, which it doesn't. So, by my logic, it isn't the battery.
Try official CM.
GDReaper said:
The battery can't prevent the ROM from booting. It would have to turn off during the boot, which it doesn't. So, by my logic, it isn't the battery.
Try official CM.
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Hello Reaper, I have exactly same problem. Please help. In my case leds are working fine, rest is exactly the same problem. And It all happened suddenly on its stock rom. I never rooted my phone before.
kingpin090 said:
Hello Reaper, I have exactly same problem. Please help. In my case leds are working fine, rest is exactly the same problem. And It all happened suddenly on its stock rom. I never rooted my phone before.
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Try this.
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Try this.
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I am not able to go into recovery after firmware flash. The recovery bot appears and when the blue loading bar goes to half, the phone reboots and then again boot loop. I just noticed this always happened when i flashed a rom. I was never able to enter recovery on first boot.
kingpin090 said:
I am not able to go into recovery after firmware flash. The recovery bot appears and when the blue loading bar goes to half, the phone reboots and then again boot loop. I just noticed this always happened when i flashed a rom. I was never able to enter recovery on first boot.
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Does phone go into download mode ?
gosha98_ said:
Does phone go into download mode ?
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Yes it goes normally into download mode. Firmware always flashed without any error. But i noticed I can't enter recovery on first boot to do factory wipe.
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kingpin090 said:
Yes it goes normally into download mode. Firmware always flashed without any error. But i noticed I can't enter recovery on first boot to do factory wipe.
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Why do you want to do factory wipe after one boot?
Its the only thing i didn't tried till now, my phone crashes and reboots everytime during boot.
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Ok, it's been about 5 hours now and I have gotten no where with this phone.
My wife was complaining about her S5 being too slow. Trying to squeeze the life out of her phone for just a couple of more months, I thought that installing Lineage OS would give the old phone a good speed boost.
I got as far as getting TWRP to boot, but other than that the phone was in a boot loop. So I gave up and downloaded the latest factory odin flash. It's the T-mobile variant (SM-G900T) and I made sure to get the right image. I flashed it using Odin3 v3.12.
The problem is that after flashing the factory image, the phone is still in a boot loop. Now I can't even get into recovery holding power + vol up + home. I can still get into download mode.
I am at a lost right now. I promised my wife that I would have her phone working by the morning, and we can't really afford to get her a new phone right now. Please help if you can.
You have two options:
1. Either get into recovery and do a factory reset. Just try to hold Vol+, Power and Home long enough.
2. Or flash a factory low_ship firmware from download mode via Odin. It will erase everything.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5WdcBhSEt-_MW15TS14UmlzbzA/view?usp=sharing
Will keep it for a while there.
There are 4 files, be sure to put them to appropriate slots in Odin.
bbsc said:
You have two options:
1. Either get into recovery and do a factory reset. Just try to hold Vol+, Power and Home long enough.
2. Or flash a factory low_ship firmware from download mode via Odin. It will erase everything.
Will keep it for a while there.
There are 4 files, be sure to put them to appropriate slots in Odin.
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The factory low ship firmware did not work. It is still stuck in a boot loop. I'm getting a feeling that the phone is done for.
Have you applied 4 files in Odin?
The first boot may take up to 15 minutes so be patient.
bbsc said:
Have you applied 4 files in Odin?
The first boot may take up to 15 minutes so be patient.
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Yes, I applied all 4. When the phone rebooted it said it was entering recovery, but after 30 seconds it restarts and continues to boot loop. I am not even able to enter recovery by holding vol up and home when it powers on.
zstabile15 said:
When the phone rebooted it said it was entering recovery, but after 30 seconds it restarts and continues to boot loop.
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It's normal after low_ship firmware that it enters recovery and reboots again.
But what do you mean by "boot loop"?
The phone must continue to boot, you should see the logo for rather a long time and a blue LED light.
Just wait for 15 min.
bbsc said:
It's normal after low_ship firmware that it enters recovery and reboots again.
But what do you mean by "boot loop"?
The phone must continue to boot, you should see the logo for rather a long time and a blue LED light.
Just wait for 15 min.
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It never enters recovery, it reboots before that happens.
I flashed TWRP and rebooted into it. Everything was working fine until I rebooted my phone from TWRP and now it's stuck on the Sony logo screen and I can't get it to do anything. It's been like this for about 40 minutes, is there anything I can do?
Edit: Apparently I'm dumb and forgot to try holding power and volume up. It still won't boot normally but I can get it into recovery.
NumberSyx said:
I flashed TWRP and rebooted into it. Everything was working fine until I rebooted my phone from TWRP and now it's stuck on the Sony logo screen and I can't get it to do anything. It's been like this for about 40 minutes, is there anything I can do?
Edit: Apparently I'm dumb and forgot to try holding power and volume up. It still won't boot normally but I can get it into recovery.
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What did you do when in recovery?
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What did you do when in recovery?
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I didn't do anything the first time. The second time I got in I flashed the kernel and Magisk and that fixed my problem.