i have had the galaxy s5 for a while, i had it rooted with safestrap installed, but when i used safestrap to wipe all the data on the phone it refused to boot. it just hung in the "samsung galaxy s5" screen. so i used the power, home, and volume up key to go into the phones boot recovery. i did a factory reset from there. it still will not start. i can go into the phone recovery, but that is all. what do i do?
jatgm1 said:
i have had the galaxy s5 for a while, i had it rooted with safestrap installed, but when i used safestrap to wipe all the data on the phone it refused to boot. it just hung in the "samsung galaxy s5" screen. so i used the power, home, and volume up key to go into the phones boot recovery. i did a factory reset from there. it still will not start. i can go into the phone recovery, but that is all. what do i do?
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I would use Odin to flash back to NCG and start all over.
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Just flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
to Canadian I337M.
wiped cache
I get the samsung galaxy s4 logo, then the spinning 4 color google logo, and thats it, it's stuck on that spinning logo, tried reflashing a few times.
ideas?
You may have to wipe data/factory reset to continue.
xBeerdroiDx said:
You may have to wipe data/factory reset to continue.
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after doing what you suggested the galaxy s4 logo shows for a few seconds then powers off, and repeats.
i am now unable to load recovery as the phone shuts off too quickly
download mode works fine, and i tried going back to stock, but it still won't boot
is this a strange kind of brick mode?
Try flashing a Canadian kernel
Sent from my SGH-I337M using Tapatalk 2
just tried flashing official rogers kernel via odin.
this time the phone went through the samsung boot animation & sound, but stayed on flashing samsung for 5 minutes then powered off
mlkemac said:
Just flashed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
to Canadian I337M.
wiped cache
I get the samsung galaxy s4 logo, then the spinning 4 color google logo, and thats it, it's stuck on that spinning logo, tried reflashing a few times.
ideas?
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I had the same thing. I would recommend using odin to go back to bare bones stock, then go through the procedure. I'm fortunate that i have like 4 i377m's on my desk at the moment, so i took a new one out of the box, used odin to flash a custom recovery, booted into the phone, transferred the zip file, rebooted into the recovery, flashed, and booted.
it booted, but everything was crashing, i did a full wipe, and now i have a sweet google phone.
Now that i've moved phones, I'll odin to stock my problem phone and put it back in the box.
The only other odd thing i tried was to use the "golden backup" to unlock my phone (failed), wondering if that might have had something to do with it?
hi, today, My i9505 stuck logo" samsung galaxy S4...".
I tried to start a firmware from the Odin app
When I restart my devices can't start, on display "samsung galaxy s4 GT-i9505"
I tried to do the process from rooting the phone, with odin without any luck.
I cant boot into recovery volume up + home + power. It only comes a red pirate android. And it reboots to the Samsunng logo again?
Is there any hope for me?
Please help
Terje
Hi Terje
I had almost the same issue since yesterday with my Gt-i9505, with the only exception that recovery mode was still accessable. But everytime i tried to restore a prevoius backup i was stuck again in the logo screen.
Sadly I can't provide you with a link directly since i don't have enough posts. But try to google "droidview unbrick galaxy S4"
My galaxy is finally working again. It is an easy and well written tutorial, so I hope it will help you too.
Good luck!
you don't have to go to recovery, but into download mode and try to reflash with Odin. One thing to be careful: you need to make sure that Odin recognizes the phone...
terjthor said:
hi, today, My i9505 stuck logo" samsung galaxy S4...".
I tried to start a firmware from the Odin app
When I restart my devices can't start, on display "samsung galaxy s4 GT-i9505"
I tried to do the process from rooting the phone, with odin without any luck.
I cant boot into recovery volume up + home + power. It only comes a red pirate android. And it reboots to the Samsunng logo again?
Is there any hope for me?
Please help
Terje
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flash a recovery TWRP
wipe /data /system /cache /dalvik
then flash a fresh/latest firmware through odin and remove mem card and sim card re-insert
hope it works
My samsung galaxy s4 (GT-I9500) does not go past the samsong logo with the i9500 and the samsong name.
I put a new simcard in my phone, and after my phone started it asked me to update the phone to a new release. I obviusly clicked OK.
my phone started updating, just like it normally updates, but this time the screen goes black in the middle of the update. I turn on my phone, and it starts installing, then suddenly it turns off again.
when i turn it on it loads the first boot logo, then i get a black screen like the phone was never on.
i tried everything:
- battery of and on
- wipe data/factory reset (from - volume up, home button, and power button)
- wipe cache partition
- and apply update from cache has an empty recovery folder.
- i tried to boot in safe mode.
and nothing worked
I want to reinstall jellybean(or any os that works) on the phone, but since i can go to settings and allow usb debbuging, my computer does not recognize it even when it is on doenloading mode (volume down, home, and power button) from my ubuntu turmenal.
I am willing to root my phone or anything to get it working without paying money.
How do i fix this? please help!
yoseph1998 said:
My samsung galaxy s4 (GT-I9500) does not go past the samsong logo with the i9500 and the samsong name.
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You might want to try the S4 forums as this is for Android Wear(watches).
jcollier said:
You might want to try the S4 forums as this is for Android Wear(watches).
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thank you, i was confused with the site setup.
Galaxy S4 Won't Boot
I've been unable to boot my phone past the "Samsung Galaxy S4" screen for the past few days. When I was using it a few days ago, it suddenly froze and then it got stuck on the logo-screen ever since. The phone was not rooted or modified in any way.The phone's warranty expired a few months ago, so I can't ship it to Samsung without paying ~$100. I suspect that the phone is soft-bricked, but I've been unable to un-brick it.
It's a Fido Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M.
Things that I've tried:
Flick, wiggle, and hit the power button to potentially dislodge a stuck power button
Flashing the stock firmware (I tried this several times)
Selecting "Firmware update and initialization" on Kies
I attempted to boot into recovery mode to clear the cache, but, I'm unable to boot into recovery mode. (I pressed the home, volume-up, and the power button until the blue screen on the upper-left corner appeared. Then I let go of the power button)
Flash TWRP in-hopes of being able to access recovery(It was a longshot).
Thank you for your help!
mc_2348 said:
I've been unable to boot my phone past the "Samsung Galaxy S4" screen for the past few days. When I was using it a few days ago, it suddenly froze and then it got stuck on the logo-screen ever since. The phone was not rooted or modified in any way.The phone's warranty expired a few months ago, so I can't ship it to Samsung without paying ~$100. I suspect that the phone is soft-bricked, but I've been unable to un-brick it.
It's a Fido Galaxy S4 SGH-I337M.
Things that I've tried:
Flick, wiggle, and hit the power button to potentially dislodge a stuck power button
Flashing the stock firmware (I tried this several times)
Selecting "Firmware update and initialization" on Kies
I attempted to boot into recovery mode to clear the cache, but, I'm unable to boot into recovery mode. (I pressed the home, volume-up, and the power button until the blue screen on the upper-left corner appeared. Then I let go of the power button)
Flash TWRP in-hopes of being able to access recovery(It was a longshot).
Thank you for your help!
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If it froze without you doing anything and you cannot boot it anymore then I am afraid you have hardware damage.
Lennyz1988 said:
If it froze without you doing anything and you cannot boot it anymore then I am afraid you have hardware damage.
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Thanks for your reply!
Is there anything that I can try to revive my phone?
Dealing with a Samsung Galaxy S4 that will not get past the Samsung "Custom" bootscreen.
The ROM was stock Android KitKat. It was rooted, and Safestrap recovery was installed. The Xposed Framework was also installed. The device was working fine.
Then the power button broke, so installed Power Button to Volume Button and Shutdown & Reboot.
Then used Shutdown & Reboot to reboot. The phone rebooted to the Samsung "Custom" bootscreen, but did not progress beyond that.
Have not been able to get past the Samsung "Custom" (black) bootscreen since then. :crying:
Here's what's been done:
Tried to enter Safe Mode
Pulled the SIM card out
Pulled the battery out
Put the battery back in
Pressed (and held) the volume-down button while putting the battery in
Nothing has helped or been successful.
There was no microSD card in the device, so all the data is on it's internal storage.
At the least, I would like to get all the data off.
At best, I'd like to get the phone working again.
TIA. :highfive:
Is this an AT&T sgh-i337 phone?
Stuck at the boot logo normally means you have soft bricked it. The only way to recover is to find the correct factory firmware for you device and flash it via Odin. Make sure it the correct firmware! Flashing the wrong one is a problem.