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Hello,
I've been reading as much regarding this issue before I've posted this thread. Please don't attack me because of my lack of knowledge, I'm trying. Thanks.
I recently rooted and installed a custom rom on my SGH-I337, Slimrom was the name of the rom. It worked perfectly, until I decided to upgrade the rom version. I downloaded the update on my phone, rebooted to recovery and flashed the zip. Rebooted my phone, and I'm stuck in a boot loop. No Logo, No recovery, I do have download mode.
I had read that odin flashing the stock rom would fix my issue, so I had done that. I flashed I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_ATT successfully. Odin auto-rebooted....to a boot loop. No recovery, No image on my screen while charging, etc.
I had also read that odin flashing TWRP might fix the soft brick I'm experiencing, I downloaded the latest .img from TWRP and converted it to a tar using Cygwin. Attempted to flash it to have Odin tell me it failed.
Does anyone have any idea's or advice how I could get back to a working environment recovery?
Thank you for your time reading this.
tr10 said:
Hello,
I've been reading as much regarding this issue before I've posted this thread. Please don't attack me because of my lack of knowledge, I'm trying. Thanks.
I recently rooted and installed a custom rom on my SGH-I337, Slimrom was the name of the rom. It worked perfectly, until I decided to upgrade the rom version. I downloaded the update on my phone, rebooted to recovery and flashed the zip. Rebooted my phone, and I'm stuck in a boot loop. No Logo, No recovery, I do have download mode.
I had read that odin flashing the stock rom would fix my issue, so I had done that. I flashed I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_ATT successfully. Odin auto-rebooted....to a boot loop. No recovery, No image on my screen while charging, etc.
I had also read that odin flashing TWRP might fix the soft brick I'm experiencing, I downloaded the latest .img from TWRP and converted it to a tar using Cygwin. Attempted to flash it to have Odin tell me it failed.
Does anyone have any idea's or advice how I could get back to a working environment recovery?
Thank you for your time reading this.
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when you flashed the rom update, did you do any sort of wipe as well?
when you flash the stock firmware via odin, you have to boot into the stock recovery afterwards and wipe data/factory reset to complete the process or you will be unable to continue. you may want to try that process again.
xBeerdroiDx said:
when you flashed the rom update, did you do any sort of wipe as well?
when you flash the stock firmware via odin, you have to boot into the stock recovery afterwards and wipe data/factory reset to complete the process or you will be unable to continue. you may want to try that process again.
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Thank you for the speedy response.
When I originally flashed the rom update, I did NOT wipe anything.
When I flashed stock firmware, I could not get into stock recovery via three buttons.
Thank you.
tr10 said:
Thank you for the speedy response.
When I originally flashed the rom update, I did NOT wipe anything.
When I flashed stock firmware, I could not get into stock recovery via three buttons.
Thank you.
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Pull the battery, put it back in and try recovery again.
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jd1639 said:
Pull the battery, put it back in and try recovery again.
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Thank you for the advice, I have done that countless times. I'm hoping that it changes one of these times though.
I took your advice regarding re-flashing the image and ticking the bootloader update option, odin stated it was successful and auto-rebooted. I pulled the battery and tried to enter recovery, no cigar.
Perhaps try the Heimdall route: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2374441
When attempting to flash TWRP recovery, my phone says in the top right hand corner:
Odin Mode
Product name: SGH-I337
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Custom
CSB-OEM_CONFIG_LSB: 0x30
WRITE PROTECTION: Enabled
START [224, 1440]
SECURE CHECK FAIL: recovery
Don't know what that means.
I haven't tried the heimdall method yet, not sure if I wanna give it a shot because it seems a lot more complex only to accomplish the same thing odin would. I can imagine something is stopping odin from putting a bootloader, or kernel. That same thing would stop heimdall. But, I have no idea what I'm talking about. Waiting to hear more advice before I make the hole I dug deeper.
Thank you for your time guys.
Try flashing the loki patched recovery from this thread. Link is in OP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322682
Just extract the img and make it a odin file.
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After flashing stock via Odin, when you use the 3 button combo to access recovery, are you releasing just the power button when the device vibrates?
Febby said:
Try flashing the loki patched recovery from this thread. Link is in OP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2322682
Just extract the img and make it a odin file.
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Thank you for the advice Febby, I have downloaded the file you suggested. This was actually the first recovery I had when I had tried to update my rom version. I converted it successfully to a tar and attempted to odin it over to my phone. I'm receiving the same error I had earlier, Secure Check Fail: Recovery.
Thank you for the suggestion though, as I think this is in the right direction of what I need to do, I don't know how to get past that secure check though.
xBeerdroiDx said:
After flashing stock via Odin, when you use the 3 button combo to access recovery, are you releasing just the power button when the device vibrates?
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Correct, I am.
I am receiving absolutely no image on my screen other than when I enter Download mode.
Thank you for the suggestion.
tr10 said:
Thank you for the advice Febby, I have downloaded the file you suggested. This was actually the first recovery I had when I had tried to update my rom version. I converted it successfully to a tar and attempted to odin it over to my phone. I'm receiving the same error I had earlier, Secure Check Fail: Recovery.
Thank you for the suggestion though, as I think this is in the right direction of what I need to do, I don't know how to get past that secure check though.
Correct, I am.
I am receiving absolutely no image on my screen other than when I enter Download mode.
Thank you for the suggestion.
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damn im sorry it didn't work. Samsung is just making this device more and more unpleasant to own. I actually considered switching to a ONE today.
You can always try exchanging it via att warranty (free).
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Indeed the "easiest" way to correct this would be via a warranty claim... but would take a couple days.
Otherwise, when you said "updated the ROM" ... How did you go about updating it? I assume you downloaded a .zip from the forums here, and installed it through recovery. But if you somehow, by some miracle, managed to download the MF3 update OTA... that would explain many things.
Also, there's an MDL recovery located over in this post. It's odin-flashable, and works on my device pretty well. Maybe it will get you back to at least having a recovery?
Also, Odin will reject the installation of TWRP like that. Tried it myself once.
Febby said:
damn im sorry it didn't work. Samsung is just making this device more and more unpleasant to own. I actually considered switching to a ONE today.
You can always try exchanging it via att warranty (free).
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No no, no need to apologize, I have been looking in the ONE as well haha, but I'm already looped into two years, so its probably not going to happen. I have a tiny cracked screen so they won't allow me to exchange it. =( Thank you for your ideas though!
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Indeed the "easiest" way to correct this would be via a warranty claim... but would take a couple days.
Otherwise, when you said "updated the ROM" ... How did you go about updating it? I assume you downloaded a .zip from the forums here, and installed it through recovery. But if you somehow, by some miracle, managed to download the MF3 update OTA... that would explain many things.
Also, there's an MDL recovery located over in this post. It's odin-flashable, and works on my device pretty well. Maybe it will get you back to at least having a recovery?
Also, Odin will reject the installation of TWRP like that. Tried it myself once.
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Correct, I did update my rom via a zip file, I'm pretty sure it wasn't a MF3 update as I am familiar with the problems that's been causing.
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/d...mo/3774-slim-d2att-4-2-2-build-7-5-weekly-596
That would be the link to the exact download I tried to update too.
I'll give that a shot with your link and let you know.
Thanks again guys.
EDIT: Tried the MDL Recovery, No Cigar. Though that thread is pretty interesting, gonna give it a read when I have the time. I need to get out of the house, this problem is driving me bonkers. Thank you guys very much for your advice and support, I would have went crazy hours ago if it wasn't for the intelligence provided by this forum.
Hey, don't despair! Last time I was here I used Odin to reflash my stock firmware, and also the stock kernel. Did you try reflashing the stock kernel yet? That got me right out of it.
Strange that you can't get into any sort of recovery menu.
Te3k said:
Hey, don't despair! Last time I was here I used Odin to reflash my stock firmware, and also the stock kernel. Did you try reflashing the stock kernel yet? That got me right out of it.
Strange that you can't get into any sort of recovery menu.
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Does kinda sound like a kernel problem, I think... Might try just flashing to Kernel to see if it gets any further. You could do that via Heimdall (if you have it setup), or by modifying a copy of the MDL Odin package (e.g. delete everythine but the "boot.img" kernel file, and remove the .md5 extension).
I hope your break is refreshing.
Febby said:
I actually considered switching to a ONE today.
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that would be the worst mistake of your life. my wife has a One. stock, its like an iphone. rooted, there isnt 10% of the activity/development in the One boards that there are here so that makes life with a rooted htc device even more boring than a regular day with an htc device.
Aou said:
Does kinda sound like a kernel problem, I think... Might try just flashing to Kernel to see if it gets any further. You could do that via Heimdall (if you have it setup), or by modifying a copy of the MDL Odin package (e.g. delete everythine but the "boot.img" kernel file, and remove the .md5 extension).
I hope your break is refreshing.
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What I did is just google around for my stock kernel, which came in a .TAR file, and was immediately Odin-flashable. That might be even easier.
Te3k said:
What I did is just google around for my stock kernel, which came in a .TAR file, and was immediately Odin-flashable. That might be even easier.
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Either way. Also, if one fails, try the other of course.
Te3k said:
What I did is just google around for my stock kernel, which came in a .TAR file, and was immediately Odin-flashable. That might be even easier.
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I converted the .img to a .tar and I sadly had the same results =( Thank you for the idea though, definitely helped.
Aou said:
Does kinda sound like a kernel problem, I think... Might try just flashing to Kernel to see if it gets any further. You could do that via Heimdall (if you have it setup), or by modifying a copy of the MDL Odin package (e.g. delete everythine but the "boot.img" kernel file, and remove the .md5 extension).
I hope your break is refreshing.
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Thank you, I attempted to reflash the stock kernel included in the MDL package. No avail. Same problem. Good advice though!
Te3k said:
Hey, don't despair! Last time I was here I used Odin to reflash my stock firmware, and also the stock kernel. Did you try reflashing the stock kernel yet? That got me right out of it.
Strange that you can't get into any sort of recovery menu.
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I just reflashed the stock kernel, no cigar =( It is very strange to me that I can't get the phone to respond to anything other than download mode. Especially considering that I odin'd to stock. I'm starting to think I made it worse by going back to stock after flashing slimbean's weekly update.
Thank you for your time guys, keep the ideas coming, I'm definitely trying to come up with my own ideas.
I have so far done the following:
Odin'd MDL, MDB, Stock Kernel, Stock Recovery (All through download mode, as I don't have access to recovery.)
I've also tried to odin TWRP but I fail in Odin since download mode blocks the illegal recovery.
Thank you again for your time.
tr10 said:
No no, no need to apologize, I have been looking in the ONE as well haha, but I'm already looped into two years, so its probably not going to happen. I have a tiny cracked screen so they won't allow me to exchange it. =( Thank you for your ideas though!
Correct, I did update my rom via a zip file, I'm pretty sure it wasn't a MF3 update as I am familiar with the problems that's been causing.
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/d...mo/3774-slim-d2att-4-2-2-build-7-5-weekly-596
That would be the link to the exact download I tried to update too.
I'll give that a shot with your link and let you know.
Thanks again guys.
EDIT: Tried the MDL Recovery, No Cigar. Though that thread is pretty interesting, gonna give it a read when I have the time. I need to get out of the house, this problem is driving me bonkers. Thank you guys very much for your advice and support, I would have went crazy hours ago if it wasn't for the intelligence provided by this forum.
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Im not so sure how everyone just over looked this but the rom in that link is for the att S3. So you flashed an S3 rom to your S4.
D2att is the s3 for att.
Jflteatt is the att variant.
http://www.slimroms.net/index.php/downloads/all/viewcategory/620-jflteatt
Thats the correct link to weekly roms for slim rom for our device. your partitions might just be corrupted in case maybe having a jtag or using the pit file for MDL would fix? :/ im not an expert haha just observations.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
that would be the worst mistake of your life. my wife has a One. stock, its like an iphone. rooted, there isnt 10% of the activity/development in the One boards that there are here so that makes life with a rooted htc device even more boring than a regular day with an htc device.
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You sure? On the att one majority of devs dont post on the att htc one section but eather "HtC one" section since all roms work vice versa on that phone international roms > works on all models of the one.
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Greetings. My buddy tried to root his phone last night, and did so, but failed to unlock the boot loader. Today he tried to flash TWRP and now is stock on the downloading screen pre boot.
I have found the instructions for flashing the stock rom via odin, but need to verify what version of the software i need to get for his phone. Unfourtunately I cant get into ABOUT on his phone but via the sticker his model is SGH-I337. His wife purchased her s4 the exact same time together with him. I had her check build info and it was JDQ39.I337UCUAM53.
Can someone point me to a place to get the correct rom to flash via Odin to fix his device? Once I have it back up for him I will worry about getting it completely unlocked, if possible.
As always, thank you in advance for any help provided.
Pretty sure the build number you posted ends in mf3. There is no odin flashable firmware. Your best bet is to take it to best buy which had a Samsung experience. They can flash the firmware there. But you'll have to all real nicely. You can get the phone to boot by canceling the download mode, vol down, when it boots to that.
Edit you ready need to read a lot more before you do anything with his phone. There is no unlocked boot loader and you can't flash roms like you may be used to with an unlocked boot loader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2360859
This helped me.
cnmsales said:
Greetings. My buddy tried to root his phone last night, and did so, but failed to unlock the boot loader. Today he tried to flash TWRP and now is stock on the downloading screen pre boot.
I have found the instructions for flashing the stock rom via odin, but need to verify what version of the software i need to get for his phone. Unfourtunately I cant get into ABOUT on his phone but via the sticker his model is SGH-I337. His wife purchased her s4 the exact same time together with him. I had her check build info and it was JDQ39.I337UCUAM53.
Can someone point me to a place to get the correct rom to flash via Odin to fix his device? Once I have it back up for him I will worry about getting it completely unlocked, if possible.
As always, thank you in advance for any help provided.
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Are you sure the firmware version is JDQ39.I337UCUAM53, or is it JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3.
Not possible to unlock the MF3 bootloader yet so if you flashed TWRP you likely need to go to Best Buy to get the phone fixed.
rayburne said:
Are you sure the firmware version is JDQ39.I337UCUAM53, or is it JDQ39.I337UCUAMF3.
Not possible to unlock the MF3 bootloader yet so if you flashed TWRP you likely need to go to Best Buy to get the phone fixed.
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From what im reading shouldn't we be able to flash the stock rom again via Odin?
cnmsales said:
From what im reading shouldn't we be able to flash the stock rom again via Odin?
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There is no odin flashable firmware available. I should add for a device on mf3. You can't flash an earlier version either
jd1639 said:
Pretty sure the build number you posted ends in mf3. There is no odin flashable firmware. Your best bet is to take it to best buy which had a Samsung experience. They can flash the firmware there. But you'll have to all real nicely. You can get the phone to boot by canceling the download mode, vol down, when it boots to that.
Edit you ready need to read a lot more before you do anything with his phone. There is no unlocked boot loader and you can't flash roms like you may be used to with an unlocked boot loader.
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Thanks for the info.
As I said, my buddy did this, im just trying to fix it.
FYI. I did the VLM down and we are not booted into the phone, thanks for that!!!!
Phone is MF3. So is TWRP installed? Is the recovery good now? Is there anything else I need to do?
cnmsales said:
Thanks for the info.
As I said, my buddy did this, im just trying to fix it.
FYI. I did the VLM down and we are not booted into the phone, thanks for that!!!!
Phone is MF3. So is TWRP installed? Is the recovery good now? Is there anything else I need to do?
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Twrp is not installed. Trying to install it is what borked the recovery. You can't install a custom recovery on mf3 firmware.
cnmsales said:
Thanks for the info.
As I said, my buddy did this, im just trying to fix it.
FYI. I did the VLM down and we are not booted into the phone, thanks for that!!!!
Phone is MF3. So is TWRP installed? Is the recovery good now? Is there anything else I need to do?
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The boot loader is locked so you can't install or boot to a secondary recovery on MF3.
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Twrp is not installed. Trying to install it is what borked the recovery. You can't install a custom recovery on mf3 firmware.
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Right, but wanted to make sure the boot loader on it isnt messed up now.
Thanks for the quick response!
Were you able to get it to a samsung experience shop?
It would be better to get your "buddy" to do a little reading instead of asking questions on his behalf. Is there a reason you are asking these questions and your buddy isn't responding himself? Well, you can tell your buddy it would be good to read the "pinned" threads in the General and Q & A sections. There is a lot of information and links in those threads that will help your buddy to learn about the phone and what he is doing to it before it becomes a brick. Good luck to your buddy.
I have an i337 NC1 build Galaxy S4 (AT&T). I'm totally new to custom roming, but I wanted to give it a shot for fun. I tried using towelroot along with SuperSu, and TWRP Manager to flash TWRP onto my phone because it supposedly worked on NC1. Apparently I did something wrong because I no longer have a recovery mode. It just gives the downloading/target screen when I try to access it. Am I screwed or is there some possible way for me to fix this? Thanks!
Nebni said:
I have an i337 NC1 build Galaxy S4 (AT&T). I'm totally new to custom roming, but I wanted to give it a shot for fun. I tried using towelroot along with SuperSu, and TWRP Manager to flash TWRP onto my phone because it supposedly worked on NC1. Apparently I did something wrong because I no longer have a recovery mode. It just gives the downloading/target screen when I try to access it. Am I screwed or is there some possible way for me to fix this? Thanks!
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im also now suffering with this problem, rom just stopped working and ive been trying for 3 days to get it back ......
cant get into recovery but can get into download mode.............stock rom doesnt work even with a pit flash.....
ive even tried that qhusb repair thing.
if anyone knows how to get a recovery back it would be great??
Tried using ODIN to flash a recovery (TWRP for example) through download mode?
Example, google up: odin twrp recovery I9505
Also, using volume up or down to enter recovery mode?
Nebni said:
I have an i337 NC1 build Galaxy S4 (AT&T). I'm totally new to custom roming, but I wanted to give it a shot for fun. I tried using towelroot along with SuperSu, and TWRP Manager to flash TWRP onto my phone because it supposedly worked on NC1. Apparently I did something wrong because I no longer have a recovery mode. It just gives the downloading/target screen when I try to access it. Am I screwed or is there some possible way for me to fix this? Thanks!
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You can't just install a recovery just like that because at&t has a locked bootloader. You will probably need something like safestrap.
Go to the proper forum for help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/help
Gavin01 said:
im also now suffering with this problem, rom just stopped working and ive been trying for 3 days to get it back ......
cant get into recovery but can get into download mode.............stock rom doesnt work even with a pit flash.....
ive even tried that qhusb repair thing.
if anyone knows how to get a recovery back it would be great??
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That's a completely different problem. Sounds more like a hardware failure. But you should make your own thread with way more information if you want people to take a closer look.
Lennyz1988 said:
You can't just install a recovery just like that because at&t has a locked bootloader. You will probably need something like safestrap.
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Ah, right. Forgot about AT&T not exactly being so customize friendly, unlike the non-AT&T phones. Scratch what I said in my above post. AT&T phones have more restrictions (security) when it comes to flashing, etc. Use the link above and make sure you find a proper thread that will help you out.
Hey all,
I really messed up, and I know it, so please don't lecture me, I'll never do it again, I swear. I'm a complete N00B, and I should most definitely know better....
My phone was rooted, and I got that "intermediary" OTA update between 4.4.4 and 5.0 today, and lost my root, as well as not being able to update to 5.0. So, I downloaded Odin, and attempted to follow these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880 It didn't go well, as I was stuck at the Verizon screen. So I attempted to flash back to the NK2, again using Odin, and got stuck at the Android boot screen. Now, after messing around with it some more, that's where I'm at.
Please help! Thank you!
Tony
Toekneetwo said:
Hey all,
I really messed up, and I know it, so please don't lecture me, I'll never do it again, I swear. I'm a complete N00B, and I should most definitely know better....
My phone was rooted, and I got that "intermediary" OTA update between 4.4.4 and 5.0 today, and lost my root, as well as not being able to update to 5.0. So, I downloaded Odin, and attempted to follow these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784880 It didn't go well, as I was stuck at the Verizon screen. So I attempted to flash back to the NK2, again using Odin, and got stuck at the Android boot screen. Now, after messing around with it some more, that's where I'm at.
Please help! Thank you!
Tony
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Have you tried flashing the retail NK2, since you're already starting over?
Rapunzl said:
Have you tried flashing the retail NK2, since you're already starting over?
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I believe I did try that already, but I'm trying it again right now.... aaaand.... still stuck on the Samsung Galaxy s5 start screen after reboot. After about a minute, it goes to the Android system recovery menu.
Tony
Toekneetwo said:
I believe I did try that already, but I'm trying it again right now.... aaaand.... still stuck on the Samsung Galaxy s5 start screen after reboot. After about a minute, it goes to the Android system recovery menu.
Tony
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You have to boot into download mode to flash the retail NK2 from Odin. (Volume Down+Power+Home)
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You have to boot into download mode to flash the retail NK2 from Odin. (Volume Down+Power+Home)
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Yes, I tried that... I know just enough to get myself into trouble, but not enough to get myself out of it.
Tony
Oh, I see why you said that... Yes, after booting into download mode, and running Odin and flashing the NK2 kernel, the phone reboots and THEN I'm stuck on the start screen. Thanks!
Tony
Toekneetwo said:
Oh, I see why you said that... Yes, after booting into download mode, and running Odin and flashing the NK2 kernel, the phone reboots and THEN I'm stuck on the start screen. Thanks!
Tony
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Not just the kernel. You want the NK2 retail tar. That's the full package.
Rapunzl said:
Not just the kernel. You want the NK2 retail tar. That's the full package.
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Yes, that did it... I was on that page earlier, and didn't scroll down far enough to see the .tar files. Thank you so much for your help!!
Actually, it does still get stuck at the red Verizon screen.
Tony
*Scratch that, I figured it out....thanks again!
ok heres the issue....im not sure what i did wrong. i flashed a rom and got boot looped, so i said what the heck and went to odin thinking id flash stock firmware back...i did and still bootloop, then i deleted dalvik cache...still boot loop...so i flashed twrps and tried reflashing new rom...still bootloop.....wtf... so i tried odin again...bootloop...i need to fix this asap...any help..obviously this is serious if i cant get the bootloop to stop. recovery and download mode are working so no hard brick.
Primal instinct said:
ok heres the issue....im not sure what i did wrong. i flashed a rom and got boot looped, so i said what the heck and went to odin thinking id flash stock firmware back...i did and still bootloop, then i deleted dalvik cache...still boot loop...so i flashed twrps and tried reflashing new rom...still bootloop.....wtf... so i tried odin again...bootloop...i need to fix this asap...any help..obviously this is serious if i cant get the bootloop to stop. recovery and download mode are working so no hard brick.
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Hi,
I have reported this thread to be moved to the right Q & A section where you might be able to get help quickly.
Good luck.
You flashed a custom rom?
well did you check the bootloader and modem?
example: your old firmwara was based on a coh4 and the new custom is based on coj3.. then you get bootloops.
In this case please download the fitting bl & modem to your rom!
Primal instinct said:
ok heres the issue....im not sure what i did wrong. i flashed a rom and got boot looped, so i said what the heck and went to odin thinking id flash stock firmware back...i did and still bootloop, then i deleted dalvik cache...still boot loop...so i flashed twrps and tried reflashing new rom...still bootloop.....wtf... so i tried odin again...bootloop...i need to fix this asap...any help..obviously this is serious if i cant get the bootloop to stop. recovery and download mode are working so no hard brick.
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what version are you from the start before you flashed? please provide complete information
Its easy as anything
Download your phones official firmware from sammobile.com
Flash through odin in pda/ap tab
ankahuja said:
Its easy as anything
Download your phones official firmware from sammobile.com
Flash through odin in pda/ap tab
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well ive done that like 3 times and it still wont come out of bootloop. its as if the phones bricked...turns on then tries to start up but turns right back off. it sometimes goes as far as saying android is starting and optimizes a few apps and shuts off
kerbiii said:
what version are you from the start before you flashed? please provide complete information
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I originally was on android 5.1.1 cog5 build for sprint...then went to cm 12.1 remix by sabermod....when i used odin to flash back to original firmware, it kept bootlooping. anything helps
Primal instinct said:
I originally was on android 5.1.1 cog5 build for sprint...then went to cm 12.1 remix by sabermod....when i used odin to flash back to original firmware, it kept bootlooping. anything helps
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Trying going back to a 5.0.1 firmware
N910PVPU3BOF5 ( I pulled that from N910P) Didn't remember Sprint model number.
So if I'm wrong find the correct model of sammobile and download 5.0.1.
See what that does. Bootloader should not be locked so it should be possible,
Primal instinct said:
I originally was on android 5.1.1 cog5 build for sprint...then went to cm 12.1 remix by sabermod....when i used odin to flash back to original firmware, it kept bootlooping. anything helps
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what version where you trying to get back?? if its lower 5.1.1 it might be impossible for now since the new bootloader wont let you downgrade,, if not just try wipe cache and factory reset
kerbiii said:
what version where you trying to get back?? if its lower 5.1.1 it might be impossible for now since the new bootloader wont let you downgrade,, if not just try wipe cache and factory reset
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I was on the correct firmware. but for some reason even if I use odin to flash newer firmware coj6 it still doesn't boot up.
kerbiii said:
what version where you trying to get back?? if its lower 5.1.1 it might be impossible for now since the new bootloader wont let you downgrade,, if not just try wipe cache and factory reset
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update: i can use cyanogenmod for a few minutes but then it shuts off again. my sprint sim card is not readable which is wierd since its a sprint rom cog5 baseband. any ideas :crying::crying:
deroyabun said:
You flashed a custom rom?
well did you check the bootloader and modem?
example: your old firmwara was based on a coh4 and the new custom is based on coj3.. then you get bootloops.
In this case please download the fitting bl & modem to your rom!
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i downloaded and installed the correct bootloader and modem but still no bueno. i got cyanogenmod for trltespr to work and boot up but sim card not readable and it shuts down after a few minutes. thats really wierd considering its a sprint based rom. any ideas
I having a similar issue for a few months now. Nobody seems to have a clear answer. I am not a noob and have flashed back to factory a million times on other phones.. I have spent hours trying everything with no luck. Sprint store will not help... pretty frustrating. Let me know if you find a solution.
Have you tried a new battery yet?
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amongunz said:
I having a similar issue for a few months now. Nobody seems to have a clear answer. I am not a noob and have flashed back to factory a million times on other phones.. I have spent hours trying everything with no luck. Sprint store will not help... pretty frustrating. Let me know if you find a solution.
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me too, i also have a bootloop for a couple of months now. tried literally every single combination of bootloaders/modems/kernels/ROMs . i can't even get into recovery, but can get into download mode.
do you guys think trying another battery may seriously help? how could a new battery help getting out of a bootloop if download and/or recovery mode work fine?
I don't think another battery will do anything. I think it is all software. I can flash CM11 btw, so you should try that. But my system is extremely unstable... it works... but is beyond frustrating. my smart watch wont work.. have to restart phone throughout day.... so many problems I cant even list them all.
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Chasef254 said:
Have you tried a new battery yet?
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A battery? How in the world would that help? That makes no sense... no offense, just sounds like you are asking someone to unnecessarily to spend $$$ when it is clearly software.
I'm having the same problems and want to know if op has tried it so I'll know if it's been ruled out of the problem thats why. Ok so it's software. You have the solution. No offense.
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d0p3t said:
me too, i also have a bootloop for a couple of months now. tried literally every single combination of bootloaders/modems/kernels/ROMs . i can't even get into recovery, but can get into download mode.
do you guys think trying another battery may seriously help? how could a new battery help getting out of a bootloop if download and/or recovery mode work fine?
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I think this is a samsung issue. I am going to try and see if i can replace motherboard bc thats the only logical option. I can remarkably download and run (for a few minutes) cm12.1 but my sprint sim card is unrecognized (wierdly). I dont think its the modem or bootloader....ill update yall if i find a fix. Thanks P.I
amongunz said:
I having a similar issue for a few months now. Nobody seems to have a clear answer. I am not a noob and have flashed back to factory a million times on other phones.. I have spent hours trying everything with no luck. Sprint store will not help... pretty frustrating. Let me know if you find a solution.
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The only solution i can find is to replace the motherboard or replace phone all together.
Primal instinct said:
I think this is a samsung issue. I am going to try and see if i can replace motherboard bc thats the only logical option. I can remarkably download and run (for a few minutes) cm12.1 but my sprint sim card is unrecognized (wierdly). I dont think its the modem or bootloader....ill update yall if i find a fix. Thanks P.I
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Were you able to get it fixed? I'm probably going to go to a phonerepair shop this weekend or next week and see what they say or can do.