[Q] Random rebooting - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Help needed please. I am on stock rooted ROM, and phone has started randomly rebooting during the day, often leading to a big battery loss. I've tried factory reset ; clear cache; and 2 other stock ROM, but it still does the same. Any help or suggestions please?

amilboa said:
Help needed please. I am on stock rooted ROM, and phone has started randomly rebooting during the day, often leading to a big battery loss. I've tried factory reset ; clear cache; and 2 other stock ROM, but it still does the same. Any help or suggestions please?
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Dial *#1234# and attach what appears.

Super su screen, then
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amilboa said:
Super su screen, thenView attachment 3038558
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1. Factory reset your phone.
2. Make a backup of your data and Wipe all in Custom Recovery (this will delete all your data!! CAUTION!!!).
3. Reflash the firmware. In your case: HERE

this is for the black edition, which I have flashed already. Where is the firmware for UK unbranded please? This was what I had originally..
What do you mean also by
Wipe all in Custom Recovery
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please? Screen shot if possible??

Here you go, latest i9505 non-black edition.
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/34317/I9505XXUGNG8_I9505BTUGNG2_BTU.zip/

Don't want to speak too soon, but this seems to have worked. Thank you!

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[Q] Stuck at Samsung logo after trying to upgrade my note to N7000XXLPY

Hello,
I wanted to update my Note to official german ICS (N7000XXLPY) using Odin. After going through th whole process:
extracting, wiping, putting in download mode, chosing N7000XXLPY in PDA and starting, it took some 5 to 8 minutes until odin finished with
"REMOVED!" and the phone restarted with new ICS boot animation.
Now it's stucked on SAMSUNG logo. I've tried to reboot a few times but nothing changes. ANy help would be apreciated.
Thanks,
BruXav
ps: the rookie I am forgot to enable debug mode before going through this :-(
BruXav said:
Hello,
I wanted to update my Note to official german ICS (N7000XXLPY) using Odin. After going through th whole process:
extracting, wiping, putting in download mode, chosing N7000XXLPY in PDA and starting, it took some 5 to 8 minutes until odin finished with
"REMOVED!" and the phone restarted with new ICS boot animation.
Now it's stucked on SAMSUNG logo. I've tried to reboot a few times but nothing changes. ANy help would be apreciated.
Thanks,
BruXav
ps: the rookie I am forgot to enable debug mode before going through this :-(
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Reboot to the stock recovery with button combo and do a factory reset/ data wipe then reboot
and this is General section, please post in relevant forum
BruXav said:
Hello,
I wanted to update my Note to official german ICS (N7000XXLPY) using Odin. After going through th whole process:
extracting, wiping, putting in download mode, chosing N7000XXLPY in PDA and starting, it took some 5 to 8 minutes until odin finished with
"REMOVED!" and the phone restarted with new ICS boot animation.
Now it's stucked on SAMSUNG logo. I've tried to reboot a few times but nothing changes. ANy help would be apreciated.
Thanks,
BruXav
ps: the rookie I am forgot to enable debug mode before going through this :-(
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You could aleast hit thanks for his quote and helping you. Always do a factory wipe after using cwm app ore odin.
i have the same problem, factory reset / clear cache does not help me. have re-flashed twice.
maidenone said:
i have the same problem, factory reset / clear cache does not help me. have re-flashed twice.
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Have u waited enough? It takes some minutes to first boot.
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robertberma said:
You could aleast hit thanks for his quote and helping you. Always do a factory wipe after using cwm app ore odin.
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Wow wtf? give him a chance, He only posted it less than two hours before your post.
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eitama said:
Have u waited enough? It takes some minutes to first boot.
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Is 15 min enugh?
I also have the same problem. Stuck at samsung logo, tried reflash and factory resets, nothing works.
Tried to flash 2.3.6 and it worked fine, then reflash with 4.0.3 but it did not work, still same problem, factory reset / wipe cache does not help
Go to cwm
Do full wipe
Wipe dalvik
Wipe cache
Reset
Should be fine
Worked for me
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amirbd said:
Go to cwm
Do full wipe
Wipe dalvik
Wipe cache
Reset
Should be fine
Worked for me
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Yup this will definitely work... Mine was stuck too until i did this.
amirbd said:
Go to cwm
Do full wipe
Wipe dalvik
Wipe cache
Reset
Should be fine
Worked for me
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Whats davlik? is it root?
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[Q] Rooted, CM 10.1, clean rom, now stuck...need help!

Hey, I could really use some guidance here. I'll present the information as simply as I can:
I bought a Galaxy s4 AT&T a few days ago. I've been interested in rooting and flashing different roms, but I think I may have done a bit too much.
I rooted using the motochopper method - great, worked like a charm.
I made a backup of my original rom using CWM. I even took that backup and saved a copy of it on my Mac - perfect.
I thought I'd try Cyanogenmod 10.1, so I downloaded the latest nightly build and flashed it using CWM - so far so good.
Everything was working fine, but my LTE (or any data) was not working at all. I could use Wifi, but once I turned wifi off, I had no data, no gps, no 3g, no 4g, no LTE. I tried the *#*#4636*#*# method, the LTEOnOff app, and changing my APN based on the recommendations provided in this thread - I just couldn't get it to work.
I thought I'd try restoring my original backup, but when I went into CWM to do so, it said that my backup could not be found...(I still have a backup on my computer, just in case)
I needed my phone to work, and badly needed LTE to do so. So, I downloaded this rom: [ROM] CleanROM 1.0 -★| Clean and Smooth! | The Way Nature Intended! |★-
So far, this rom was working fine - it's just a debloated version of TouchWiz - which I like. But, here's my problem now - If my phone reboots, it stays frozen on the Samsung logo (with unlocked lock logo underneath), and I can't get past it. I'd have to go BACK into recovery, and flash the CleanROM all over again, and set my phone up as new with all data wiped.
I really need my phone to work again, and I don't know where to go from here. What options do I have left? What can I do to get out of that frozen Samsung loading screen? Can't I just reset my phone to the way it was? Can't the CM10.1 rom work with LTE?
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Your best option is to flash the stock MDB firmware via odin . After you get the PASS on Odin go ahead and manually boot into stock recovery and wipe data factory reset again then reboot. You will have to re root and reinstall recovery but this will take care of any issues you had from a bad flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
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mavverick said:
Hey, I could really use some guidance here. I'll present the information as simply as I can:
I bought a Galaxy s4 AT&T a few days ago. I've been interested in rooting and flashing different roms, but I think I may have done a bit too much.
I rooted using the motochopper method - great, worked like a charm.
I made a backup of my original rom using CWM. I even took that backup and saved a copy of it on my Mac - perfect.
I thought I'd try Cyanogenmod 10.1, so I downloaded the latest nightly build and flashed it using CWM - so far so good.
Everything was working fine, but my LTE (or any data) was not working at all. I could use Wifi, but once I turned wifi off, I had no data, no gps, no 3g, no 4g, no LTE. I tried the *#*#4636*#*# method, the LTEOnOff app, and changing my APN based on the recommendations provided in this thread - I just couldn't get it to work.
I thought I'd try restoring my original backup, but when I went into CWM to do so, it said that my backup could not be found...(I still have a backup on my computer, just in case)
I needed my phone to work, and badly needed LTE to do so. So, I downloaded this rom: [ROM] CleanROM 1.0 -★| Clean and Smooth! | The Way Nature Intended! |★-
So far, this rom was working fine - it's just a debloated version of TouchWiz - which I like. But, here's my problem now - If my phone reboots, it stays frozen on the Samsung logo (with unlocked lock logo underneath), and I can't get past it. I'd have to go BACK into recovery, and flash the CleanROM all over again, and set my phone up as new with all data wiped.
I really need my phone to work again, and I don't know where to go from here. What options do I have left? What can I do to get out of that frozen Samsung loading screen? Can't I just reset my phone to the way it was? Can't the CM10.1 rom work with LTE?
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
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Factory Reset
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik
Format /system
Flash ROM or ROM and gapps if AOSP
Reboot
KingKongDingDong said:
Factory Reset
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik
Format /system
Flash ROM or ROM and gapps if AOSP
Reboot
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Having the same issue so I figured I'd give these steps a shot. Followed them exactly and phone (AT&T S4, TWRP) would won't even reboot the first time into CleanROM. I'm stuck on the Samsung screen with the lock.
edit: I've noticed that now, when I reboot into TWRP, it prompts me for a password. Hitting cancel takes me to the regular home screen, but I had not been getting the password prompt before attempting to install CleanROM. A permissions issue, perhaps?
edit 2:
I've just spent some time trying a bunch of things with bits of good luck surrounded with tons of bad. Below are the steps I've taken to try to get CleanROM to boot (and reboot) without any issues. Hopefully they help figure out the issues we're having.
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik
Wipe /system
Flash CleanROM
Reboot
---- Failed
Reboot into Recovery
Prompted for password, hit cancel
Fix permissions
---- Failed
Reboot to recovery
Prompted for password, hit cancel
Format data (type yes)
Reboot
---- Successfully booted to CleanROM
Ran through phone / account setup
Saw home screen
Powered off and then back on (not using reboot)
---- Failed
Reboot to Recovery
No longer prompted for password
Factory Reset
Attempt to Fix Permissions: failed
Restore default settings
Reboot system
---- Failed
Reboot to Recovery
Prompted for Password, hit cancel
Format Data (type yes)
Reboot System
--- Successfully booted to CleanROM
Ran through phone / account setup
Saw home screen
Reboot (using reboot, not power off / on)
---- Failed
Reboot to Recovery
Prompted for password, hit cancel
Factory Reset: failed
Restore Default settings
Prompted for password, hit cancel
Factory Reset: failed
* Internal Storage showing 0MB (as if it's not reading it correctly)
Fix Permissions
Prompted for password, hit cancel
Nothing has changed, my phone is currently chilling in TWRP
MJHawaii said:
Your best option is to flash the stock MDB firmware via odin . After you get the PASS on Odin go ahead and manually boot into stock recovery and wipe data factory reset again then reboot. You will have to re root and reinstall recovery but this will take care of any issues you had from a bad flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261573
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This. You decided to ignore this post for some reason.
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cuffed zhesea
Cataligh said:
This. You decided to ignore this post for some reason.
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I can't speak for OP, but I was hoping there was another way to rectify what has already been done without flashing stock seeing as how I'm on OSX. If that's the only option, then so be it.
Hey. Thanks for the feedback in this thread. I flashed factory through Odin, and everything is working fine. I then factory reset my phone through factory recovery. I'm back to standard touchwiz with all the bloat lol.
I'm going to wait until there a more stable release of cm10.1 - that was a good rom.
Appreciate all the help people!
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Your best bet is do what "cataligh" mentioned... flash back to stock via odin...
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When you flashed cm10 it probably wipe the internal sdcard, you should ALWAYS do you backups to the extsdcard...period.
TheAxman said:
When you flashed cm10 it probably wipe the internal sdcard, you should ALWAYS do you backups to the extsdcard...period.
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Yeah, absolutely! I always backed up and flashed roms from my external SD.
mavverick said:
I'm going to wait until there a more stable release of cm10.1 - that was a good rom.
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waiting is for simpletons. get aokp and transcend...
jaboles said:
I can't speak for OP, but I was hoping there was another way to rectify what has already been done without flashing stock seeing as how I'm on OSX. If that's the only option, then so be it.
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As I mentioned before starting over is always the Best and Safe way to go. Shortcuts will only cause you headaches and possibly get you a brick that is why you see Odin stock threads. Do yourself a favor and start over I know it sucks but when your modifying your phones its gonna happen once in awhile.
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MJHawaii said:
As I mentioned before starting over is always the Best and Safe way to go. Shortcuts will only cause you headaches and possibly get you a brick that is why you see Odin stock threads. Do yourself a favor and start over I know it sucks but when your modifying your phones its gonna happen once in awhile.
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Wise words. Took your advice, installed Windows with boot camp, and got back to stock via odin.
I am going to say something about this thread, we are all giving advice on how to do this and that, and not once is it mentioned anywhere....in the OP
WHAT DEVICE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT! PLEASE STATE THE DEVICE WHEN NEEDING HELP!
The Ax says, I apologize if I missed what device.
TheAxman said:
I am going to say something about this thread, we are all giving advice on how to do this and that, and not once is it mentioned anywhere....in the OP
WHAT DEVICE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT! PLEASE STATE THE DEVICE WHEN NEEDING HELP!
The Ax says, I apologize if I missed what device.
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My original question was for the AT&T version of the Galaxy S4 - i337.
xBeerdroiDx said:
waiting is for simpletons. get aokp and transcend...
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Welllllll I just tried installing AOKP as well (Task650). Buttttttt, same issue with the LTE stuff. I tried reviewing all the APN settings, but didnt get any data connection on my phone except for wifi.
mavverick said:
Welllllll I just tried installing AOKP as well (Task650). Buttttttt, same issue with the LTE stuff. I tried reviewing all the APN settings, but didnt get any data connection on my phone except for wifi.
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What APN settings were you using?
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doktor buknasty said:
What APN settings were you using?
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Yeah, data was enabled - and I was using ATT LTE apn settings that I found on these forums. I made sure to use the right now. Plus, when I rebooted my phone, it got stuck on the Samsung lock screen again...
Juuuuust ODINed back to factory right now for the second time :crying:
Was it these settings:
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doktor buknasty said:
Was it these settings:
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Yes, those were the exact settings that I used. Is it possible that I could have a defective phone or sim card?
Right now, I am on factory touchwiz with root enabled, and my phone is working perfectly fine. I can reboot, use LTE, everything. The problem starts when I load any CM or AOKP rom...

Phone stuck booting - panicking

Hey guys, so I tried to install this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1497558 on my phone and it seemed to install and run fine until I rebooted it. Now it's stuck booting on a black screen. My phone is running 4.2 with Cyanogenmod 10.2. I'm a bit new at this and I would really appreciate any help.
Thanks!
Boot into recovery, do a full wipe and reflash the ROM and gapps.
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Also is there a way to pull files from my phone to my pc in this state? Thanks again. Hope someone can help soon- this is stressing me out.
Da Kine said:
Boot into recovery, do a full wipe and reflash the ROM and gapps.
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Thank you so much for the reply. I will do this. But before I do that, is there any way to pull files from my phone in recovery mode? I have certain files that are very important to me and can't exactly be replaced. Thanks!
kevink408 said:
Thank you so much for the reply. I will do this. But before I do that, is there any way to pull files from my phone in recovery mode? I have certain files that are very important to me and can't exactly be replaced. Thanks!
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Dont worry those file wont get replaced..
Factory reset, wipe cache & dalvik and then flash rom and gapps wipe cache and dalvck again flash supersu v1.69 reboot..
..
Rohit02 said:
Dont worry those file wont get replaced..
Factory reset, wipe cache & dalvik and then flash rom and gapps wipe cache and dalvck again flash supersu v1.69 reboot..
..
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And just like that, it worked! Thank you so much guys. I truly appreciate the help.
kevink408 said:
And just like that, it worked! Thank you so much guys. I truly appreciate the help.
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Glad you made it. :good:
Enjoy the build.

All sensors stop working

Hi,
After upgrading to KitKat and a custom ROM I have been having multiple issues with sensors. I have factory reset several times and clean flashed a few different ROMs but with the same result. The sensors do initially work but then just suddenly stop for no apparent reason.
I have also restored from my efs backup but this has not helped.
Any other suggestions?
Cheers
Any help, please?
I would suggest going back to pure stock 4.2.2 off samimobile first the full reset from Samsung recovery and wipe. You don't mention which custom roms ? Try that first though... Let me know !!
Full wipe your phone in recovery System, firmware,... Etc then reboot directly from CWM recovery in advance settings to download(odin mod) and flash the stock ROM.
make sure you back up everything.
Hope it helps
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Dahdoul said:
Full wipe your phone in recovery System, firmware,... Etc then reboot directly from CWM recovery in advance settings to download(odin mod) and flash the stock ROM.
make sure you back up everything.
Hope it helps
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Hi,
Did as both of you suggested but the problem still occurs. This is on X-note but also occurred on Omega. At a bit of a loss here as reverting to stock doesn't seem to help. I flashed the UK 02 rom as EE have not released 4.4.2 yet.
Any further suggestions?
Cheers
pinn___________ said:
Hi,
Did as both of you suggested but the problem still occurs. This is on X-note but also occurred on Omega. At a bit of a loss here as reverting to stock doesn't seem to help. I flashed the UK 02 rom as EE have not released 4.4.2 yet.
Any further suggestions?
Cheers
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For me disabling media scanner did the trick, had the same problems, and I use tasker to disable media scanner when screen turns off, never had a problem since.
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dfi2k5 said:
For me disabling media scanner did the trick, had the same problems, and I use tasker to disable media scanner when screen turns off, never had a problem since.
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Hi,
I can't find the media scanner when I go into Titanium. What's the exact name, please?
pinn___________ said:
Hi,
I can't find the media scanner when I go into Titanium. What's the exact name, please?
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Enter terminal emulator and get su access, then write:
pm disable com.android.providers.media/com.android.providers.media.MediaScannerReceiver
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dfi2k5 said:
Enter terminal emulator and get su access, then write:
pm disable com.android.providers.media/com.android.providers.media.MediaScannerReceiver
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Thanks . Tried that and for the moment sensors seem okay. Although now my wifi won't toggle on/off. Tearing my hair out here - grrrr!!!:crying:
Can this be done via Titanium backup or no? thx

Nexus 4 Stuck on boot animation (with multiple type of rom)

Good evening guys, i have my nexus 4 dead.....
I had a lollipop official factory image installed on my n4... After some week of usage (with 0 problems) I drained my battery to 0 and since then, i had the annoyng bootloop on lollipop dots on booting.
What i did:
Restored to factory and deleted cache using the recovery system, no results
Installed TWRP, cleaned the cache and all the other stuff, no results
Installed CWM, cleaned the cache and all the other stuff, no result
Installed a fresh and new factory image, no results, sometimes the device is stuck on the dots, somethimes download the app and it locks on "Android starting app"
Rooted, then installed cyanogen 12, same, sometimes the device is stuck on the blue cyanogen logo, somethimes download the app and it locks on "Android starting app"
So now, what i can try???
It can be an hardware problem?? But what kind of hw problems?
Thanks in advance for the possible solution,
Petar
No one has every kind of tips or trick for me?
PetarHolland said:
Good evening guys, i have my nexus 4 dead.....
I had a lollipop official factory image installed on my n4... After some week of usage (with 0 problems) I drained my battery to 0 and since then, i had the annoyng bootloop on lollipop dots on booting.
What i did:
Restored to factory and deleted cache using the recovery system, no results
Installed TWRP, cleaned the cache and all the other stuff, no results
Installed CWM, cleaned the cache and all the other stuff, no result
Installed a fresh and new factory image, no results, sometimes the device is stuck on the dots, somethimes download the app and it locks on "Android starting app"
Rooted, then installed cyanogen 12, same, sometimes the device is stuck on the blue cyanogen logo, somethimes download the app and it locks on "Android starting app"
So now, what i can try???
It can be an hardware problem?? But what kind of hw problems?
Thanks in advance for the possible solution,
Petar
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Did you factory reseted the phone or you flashed a factory img?
If you did flash a factory img,try another one,maybe kitkat. If not,flash factory img and see it boots.
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Stevica Smederevac said:
Did you factory reseted the phone or you flashed a factory img?
If you did flash a factory img,try another one,maybe kitkat. If not,flash factory img and see it boots.
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I flashes the 5.0 factory, then the 5.1 factory, then the CM12... I will try the 4.4.... Where i can find the kitkat img?
PetarHolland said:
I flashes the 5.0 factory, then the 5.1 factory, then the CM12... I will try the 4.4.... Where i can find the kitkat img?
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Where did you find other images?
Here,of course
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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Stevica Smederevac said:
Where did you find other images?
Here,of course
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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I will try this evening with the 4.4 but i'm very dubious on the results.... I will let you know
I just need to wipe the Cyanogen mod, then flash the factory over it, right?
Just reboot your phone in bootloader, connect it to pc and run the flash-all.bat and let it do its thing..
Flashed the 4.4.4 factory image ... Same issue, system won't boot.
It's locked on the annoying flying dots....
What can i try?????
PetarHolland said:
Flashed the 4.4.4 factory image ... Same issue, system won't boot.
It's locked on the annoying flying dots....
What can i try?????
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Go into stock recovery,do a factory reset from there and give it 5-10 min to see if it boots.
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Stevica Smederevac said:
Go into stock recovery,do a factory reset from there and give it 5-10 min to see if it boots.
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Wiped cache from recovery, factory reset, still stuck on the boot with the dots flying around..... :crying:
Now? ^^
PetarHolland said:
Wiped cache from recovery, factory reset, still stuck on the boot with the dots flying around..... :crying:
Now? ^^
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I'd try to install 4.2.2 and 4.3 as well.. just in case..
hell-zerg said:
I'd try to install 4.2.2 and 4.3 as well.. just in case..
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Nothing change.... Now the phone is stuck on the animation, it never goes on the "upgrading android app" screen
Nobody has some kind of suggestion for my problem??
How long did it take to flash? It might be possible fastboot isn't installing the ROM properly...
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