I decided to unroot my S4 seeing as though a rom I had flashed was screwing around with my system. I eventually was able to flash a stock rom via kies, but now the phone is stuck at the boot screen (Samsung logo with blue light).
I have tried booting into recovery mode, but for some reason after 5 seconds, it just ignores it and goes into standard boot, something that it has done since I flashed the bad rom.
Would anyone know a fix for this?
Thanks in advance.
An update. I managed to get into recovery mode but instead of the normal android with the blue square, the android is on the ground with a red triangle. I've wiped cache and data, but still getting stuck at the boot screen.
Some help would be appreciated.
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Pyroaves said:
An update. I managed to get into recovery mode but instead of the normal android with the blue square, the android is on the ground with a red triangle. I've wiped cache and data, but still getting stuck at the boot screen.
Some help would be appreciated.
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There is a 50/50 chance that if you go back into twrp/cwm custom recovery
and do a "factory reset" it would boot up normally unless you also wiped
"system".
Good luck!
Pyroaves said:
I decided to unroot my S4 seeing as though a rom I had flashed was screwing around with my system. I eventually was able to flash a stock rom via kies, but now the phone is stuck at the boot screen (Samsung logo with blue light).
I have tried booting into recovery mode, but for some reason after 5 seconds, it just ignores it and goes into standard boot, something that it has done since I flashed the bad rom.
Would anyone know a fix for this?
Thanks in advance.
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Flash a stock firmware using odin in download mode then see if it reboots
If not go to stock recovery after that factory reset and wipe cache reboot
Hello to you all,
I've downloaded and flashed the original samsung lolipop rom for my SM-T535, but something went wrong and it gets stuck at boot (samsung logo) and once or twice it boots up but freezes when I'm making the initial setup (google account etc.) and restarts and stops at boot indefinitely.
Now I want to go back to kitkat and I've downloaded the correct firmware for my region (Spain), but I've been unable to flash it. Odin tries flashing it (almost completing the process), but it says FAIL at the end. I try installing lolipop again (and Odin succeeds flashing it), still stuck at boot, but I can access recovery mode. I then make the factory reset and wipe cash, and try flashing kitkat again, but still Fail.
I would really appreciate some help, if anybody has an idea what could the problem be.
One other thing, when ODIN fails I try accessing recovery mode, but it says Firmware upgrade encountered an issue, please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
Can you flash a custom ROM?
Hi all,
I have a UK N910F 32GB Snapdragon Note 4, with a custom Lollipop rom that I've been using with no problems for a few months (http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/snapdragon-dev/rom-bob4-devbase-multi-csc-safe-bloat-t3033881). Yesterday the weirdness began - my Note 4 froze randomly in normal use and rebooted. It was then fine for around 5 hours, then froze again, and when it restarted it would continue to freeze on start-up. At that stage I could still boot into recovery (Clockwork Manager custom recovery), so I tried clearing cache and dalvik, which changed nothing. But now I am unable to do even that - it just gets stuck in bootloop and won't even go into recovery.
When I turn it on, it will stay on the Samsung splashscreen for 10 seconds, then reboot and vibrate twice, then go back onto splashscreen, reboots, etc. I need to remove the battery to stop this. The only thing I am able to do is boot into download mode, where the phone works with Odin fine, and I am able to flash successfully with Odin.
So far I have tried reflashing a stock UK 5.0.1 ROM - it initially gave me the ext4 error but I then got the N910F pit file and repartitioned - Odin flashing completed fine, then still got stuck on splashscreen with "Recovery booting...."). I have also tried to flash CWM and TWRP, which both flash fine, but then the phone still won't boot into recovery - I get:
#1 Battery in
#2 power on
#3 vibrate
#4 screen on RECOVERY BOOTING
Recovery is NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
and doesn't boot into recovery. I'm pretty sure I'm using the correct TWRP and CWM versions.
I've spent all day trawling XDA and the wider web with no luck. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? I'm hoping it is a softbrick but cannot work out how to get it back. I don't care about losing any data at this stage, just keen to bring my Note 4 back to life!
TL;DR: phone will stay on bootloop when powered on - not caused by failed software install, just started happening randomly. Cannot boot into recovery. Download mode works and can flash with Odin, but all attempted flashes so far haven't helped even when Odin succeeds in flashing.
Markachy said:
Download mode works and can flash with Odin, but all attempted flashes so far haven't helped even when Odin succeeds in flashing.
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Have you tried flashing your variants cf-root file with auto reboot unchecked, let it Pass, remove USB abd battery, wait 30 seconds and reboot? Sounds weird.. i know, but for a while that put many users on 5.0.1 softbricks back to their previous working ROM.
I've just done that, it flashed successfully, I took battery and cable out and then rebooted after 30 seconds - it is now booting onto Samsung bootscreen, says:
RECOVERY BOOTING
Recovery is NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
Then reboots itself, same thing happens, reboots itself - back to a bootloop, but with the above written.
What's the fix for the above? Does it mean the recovery installed is wrong for the Android Rom version I have?
Thanks for your help so far, much appreciated.
Markachy said:
I've just done that, it flashed successfully, I took battery and cable out and then rebooted after 30 seconds - it is now booting onto Samsung bootscreen, says:
RECOVERY BOOTING
Recovery is NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : recovery
Then reboots itself, same thing happens, reboots itself - back to a bootloop, but with the above written.
What's the fix for the above? Does it mean the recovery installed is wrong for the Android Rom version I have?
Thanks for your help so far, much appreciated.
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If you can still boot into the download mode and want to boot into the system as normal, using Samsung's Smart Switch tool will work. Search Google for "Samsung Smart Switch" no quotes, install the program then after finished installing, in the application, click MORE at the Smart Switch window, then click Emergency software recovery and initialization, then follow on-screen steps.
phongpan355 said:
If you can still boot into the download mode and want to boot into the system as normal, using Samsung's Smart Switch tool will work. Search Google for "Samsung Smart Switch" no quotes, install the program then after finished installing, in the application, click MORE at the Smart Switch window, then click Emergency software recovery and initialization, then follow on-screen steps.
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Just tried that, same issue. When it boots after installation, it says "Recovery booting..." in top left corner, then goes into bootloop. Thanks for the tip though.
Any other ideas out on the grapevine? Or is it time for a return?
I'm having the same issue. Tried stock ANK4, BOB4 and BOC3. Only bootloops and can't reach recovery mode.
Than I tried TWRP 2.8.7.0 and "philz_touch_6.59.0-trlte" but they don't work either.
Don't know what to do now. Never had this issue before on any Samsung device
EDIT: Tried Samsung Smart Switch and it dowloaded PDA: OC3 / CSC: OB6 / PHONE: OC3 (DTM). But my Note bootloops furthermore
Saw 2 other guys with the same Problem and no solution here.
And I found this. This could be the same issue we are facing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
Hope there is a dev that can make this for our 910F
Hi all
This is now also happening to me...
Have Odind back to stock and it works for about 4 hours,
Then issue starts...
Reboots randomly
Then reboots to blank screen... No recovery
Again uk note 4. 910f
Hi, I am a noob. My Samsung S5 got stuck in a boot loop at the logo page. I flashed the firmware (G900TUVS1GPG2_G900TTMB1GPG2_G900TUVS1GPG2_HOME.tar.md5 - 6.0.1), and the problem was fixed. Then, when my battery was about to die, I turned it off and switched the battery, and it restarted in the soft brick boot loop again. I am unable to get to recovery mode unless it is charging. I tried wiping the data and cache partition, but that doesn't work. So I reflashed the firmware again, first in Odin 3.09, then in 3.11.1. It always passes in Odin, but when the phone starts to reload and load the firmware, it stops in the middle, says "erasing", and then goes back to the boot loop. Any ideas? Thanks!
As a title I have an S4 in bootloop. The phone is completely stock, suddenly turned off, entering bootloop.
I tried to format, first only the cache, later both data and cache, obviously from recovery stock, but I have not solved.
So with odin I flash only the stock firmware but it was not successful.
Then I tried a deep clean flash, again from Odin, PIT, Bootloader, PDA, Modem and CSC.
The flash was successful, but on reboot, usually freeze on the bootanimation. At most the "S" of the bootanimation appears, then the phone remains locked and restarts.
The phone goes both in recovery and in download mode, the LED works and is also recharged. It would seem a simple bootloop, but it is not unfortunately.
Tips? I do not know what to try ...