I have a Nexus 4 (8GB version), unrooted. I had 5.1.1 running on it, which was flashed manually as the OTA update failed. After having some stability issues I decided to perform a "clean" flash to "start from scratch". So I tryed flashing 5.1.1 and... It ended up in a bootloop (boot animation going on for ever). So I tryed to flash other versions, but everything above 4.4.2 is not working. I first flashed with the "flash-all" scripts (under Window 7 and under Linux), and now am using the "SkipSoft Android Toolkit". So this is how it looks like:
-4.2.2 flash successfull.
-4.3 flash successfull. The phone detects OTA update to 4.4, but the update fails - I get android lying on its back with a red explanation mark. After that, the phone reboots to 4.2.2.
-4.4 flash successfull. The phone detects OTA update to 4.4.2, but the download fails.
-4.4.2 flash successfull. The phone detects OTA update to 4.4.3, but the update fails - I get android lying on its back with a red explanation mark. After that, the phone reboots to 4.4.2.
-Flashing to 4.4.3 and 4.4.4 fails as the phone does not pass the "Google"-sign (before the boot animation).
-Flashing to 5.x fails as the phone end up in a bootloop. I tryed to wipe system/cache after installing, but it does not help.
Sideload of OTAs fails with "Status 7" error, which is strange because I flash stock ROMs. So everything higher then 4.4.2 cannot be installed.
Is there a way to fix this? Getting OTAs to work (even by sideload) would be a start. Or is it a hardware problem and the phone is hopeless?
I hope someone has an answer or at least a direction to dig into.
Thanks
Pavel
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Phone: Samsung Galaxy S4 ATT I337UCUAMDL
Model Number in settings on 4.4 ROM = GT-I9505G
As the title says, I installed dandroid's newest 4.4 ROM from WICKED v5 4.2.2 and lost root. So I attempted to update my CWM Recovery from Odus 1x to the newest using Odin which failed do to write protected I suppose all though others says that doesnt effect their installs.
Where I'm at:
Cannot boot into recovery, says booting recovery the just reboots and enters Dandroid's ROM w/o root.
I'm now lost and have been reading the forums for hours. Currently downloading STOCK Samsung firmware for my device I337UCUAMDL_I337ATTAMDL_ATT.zip
CASUAL failed.
What do I need to do to get back to WORKING custom recovery w/ rooted dandriod 4.4 kitkat rom. Should I use Odin and flash stock rom then motochopper to root and try to reinstall working CWM recovery?
Please advise best course of action. My phone had been working properly with every ROM I tried before update to 4.4 ROM and attempted CWM recovery update (thinking that would fix my root issue). Thanks all!
If you have a nandroid, and I hope you do, just restore that in your custom recovery. If you don't, then you're going to have to return to stock with odin
Tried motochopper on the phone as it sits and it fails as well.
I have a stock backup but the problem is I no longer have access to any recovery. Guess I'm just gonna have to flash the stock firmware with Odin when its finished downloading and start over.
Just finished Odin flash back to samsung factory firmware. Phone stuck at att world logo on bootup, still can't access recovery. Any ideas?
GSXRspike said:
Just finished Odin flash back to samsung factory firmware. Phone stuck at att world logo on bootup, still can't access recovery. Any ideas?
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If you flashed Odin successfully you can get into recovery.
Finally got into recovery it rebooted 3 times but just holding the req. buttons finally got me in.
Back on factory firmware and rooted w/ cwm recovery all back in place properly worrking.
I would like to use the Dandroid 4.4 ROM with this device. When I install am I going to lose root again and if so, how I do I get it back on this device since the model in the settings is going to change from I337 to I9505G after installing this ROM?
Figured it all out last night, re-flashed Dandroid's latest ROM which still caused me to loose root, then flashed SuperSU 1.51 instead of 1.80 and regained root. All is right in the world now.
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Figured it all out last night, re-flashed Dandroid's latest ROM which still caused me to loose root, then flashed SuperSU 1.51 instead of 1.80 and regained root. All is right in the world now.
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Hey, if you dont mind me asking where did you get the 1.51 zip to flash? I'm having a similar issues with same ROM where i lost root but have recovery access.
Thanks
Update: Found the file. Flashed it. Root is back. Have you let market update it automatically? If so did you lose root afterwords?
I'm having difficulties updating from 4.3 to 4.4.
So, bear with me as I am a noob at this stuff, but when I got my Nexus, I rooted and flashed LTE onto the phone. I did not install TWRP, I just did a temporary custom recovery. Now, when I receive the OTA update, it stops around 25% of the way through, with an Error! and the red yield sign and the Android laying on its side.
I reset my phone, however, that didn't do anything. I think I have to undo the LTE before 4.4 can install. Maybe.
Could anyone offer suggestions/help me with this?
Thanks in advance.
To make the OTA update work you have to be unrooted running stock kernel and stock recovery. Otherwise you will get an error when updating OTA. First backup all your files to a computer.
- Download 4.4 custom ROM and flash it via recovery. Make sure to flash the latest boot loader and kernel.
OR
- Download stock 4.4 image file; unzip and run the flash all file. This will wipe everything in your phone and install stock 4.4.
OR
- Download N4 toolkit and flash 4.4 via that.
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I was using 4.4.2, rooted. I used SuperSU to unroot and tried OTA, but it failed and went back to 4.4.2. So I did a factory reset. It was weird that it still failed at upgrading to 4.4.3.
Then I downloaded the official 4.4.4 image from Google and flashed it to my phone via USB. In the cmd everything was OKay and the phone stated rebooting, but it won't go past where the four colored dots are merging (after the Google logo, and they look like they bouncing).
Please help!! Is it because I skipped 4.4.3?
No, this issue is not caused by skipping 4.4.3. It is somehow a software issue, many people have weird problems updating to 4.4.4, too. Try to flash a factory image of a older version like 4.4.2 or even 4.3. That should let your device boot again.
So I rooted my N4 while on 4.4 and installed a custom kernel for battery improvement .. it was francos kernel. I didn't unroot it ... then ...
Then I tried to update to Lolipop and it got stuck at logo. I've tried every flash I can find ... only 4.2.0 and 4.2.2 will take. Then after adding a sim and rebooting it gets stuck on logo again. Or if I click the OTA update it gets stuck on logo.
I've tried a lot of options in the nexus root toolkit.
Maybe I have the wrong radio or kernel for anything beyond 4.2?!?!
Please, any help would be appreciated.
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So I rooted my N4 while on 4.4 and installed a custom kernel for battery improvement .. it was francos kernel. I didn't unroot it ... then ...
Then I tried to update to Lolipop and it got stuck at logo. I've tried every flash I can find ... only 4.2.0 and 4.2.2 will take. Then after adding a sim and rebooting it gets stuck on logo again. Or if I click the OTA update it gets stuck on logo.
I've tried a lot of options in the nexus root toolkit.
Maybe I have the wrong radio or kernel for anything beyond 4.2?!?!
Please, any help would be appreciated.
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BTW: when I attempt an OTA update from 4.2.2 to 4.3 it gets stuck at "Android is upgrading ... starting apps"
I think the baseband/radio is not flashing when I do "flash stock + unroot"
Any help?
Are you using the correct bootloader?
Many ROMs don't come with the bootloader and radio image. Even flashable stock ROMs.
If you want the latest lollipop I suggest this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/rom-stock-flashable-rom-t3084656
When I set up my device from scratch I did the following:
- format system, data, cache, dalvik in TWRP
- flash bootloader in TWRP
- flash radio in TWRP
- flash ROM in TWRP
- flash SuperSU in TWRP
- reboot
First reboot can take really long (up to 10 minutes may be normal still).
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I'd recommend you to flash factory image instead, with fastboot.
This will give you a clean system without problems.
have rooted s5 on 4.4.4 nk2. Have been trying to install custom roms via safestrap. Apparently i am missing a step. I wipe data, try to install twi5ted Lollipop on custom rom slot....blank screen for over 30 min after reboot, phone gets real hot, take battery out. Try to install on stock rom slot, reboot then get stuck in boot loop and keeps booting into system recovery. I then saw through my hours of searching to format instead of wipe....so i format then try to install, get stuck again, take battery out, get back to safestrap dash now when i try to wipe/format/or even restore my backup it says unable to mount system. When i click reboot system it says no OS installed. After reboot, my custom slot gets erased.
I was about to try an odin flash back to stock but some how was able to get my phone back to a system restore. Why can i not get anything installed? Do i have to have odin to do a custom rom install?????? i know every rom is different but wtf. I have seen multiple videos and threads of people flashing zip via safestrap and rebooting into new rom without flashing kernals via odin or safestrap after rom install.
Also...my phone will not let me download zip files (ex. cm12.1) says unable to create download folder....how close to F'in my phone up am i? I have successfully rooted all phones in the past...s5 is giving me hell!
I just tried installing rom after format, then flash nk2 kernel from odin, still gives boot loop....ive tried everything i have found..never this much problem with custom rom..
When you try to install twisted it needs lollipop firmware which is flashed on odin, and based on your statement it says you're on NK2, a kitkat firmware. Try flashing a stock ncg tar and rerouting, downloading apps, etc. on the phone to see if that works. Also, I noticed you mentioned a cm 12.1 zip not downloading which, while unrelated to your current problem, will cause a bootloop when flashed due to the locked bootloader on the S5, so it isn't a smart idea to even attempt an install.
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When you try to install twisted it needs lollipop firmware which is flashed on odin, and based on your statement it says you're on NK2, a kitkat firmware. Try flashing a stock ncg tar and rerouting, downloading apps, etc. on the phone to see if that works. Also, I noticed you mentioned a cm 12.1 zip not downloading which, while unrelated to your current problem, will cause a bootloop when flashed due to the locked bootloader on the S5, so it isn't a smart idea to even attempt an install.
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thanks, i will try fresh from start ncg. so you have to be on the current kernel that you are flashing a rom for, whether its CM, Twi5ted, Alliance...etc i need to be on rooted 5.0 kernel then flash rom via safestrap?
i was having problems downloading from internet on phone, not downloading rom if thats what you thought i meant. I just tried installing zip for CM 12 via safestrap and got same issue. Phone reboots, goes to black screen and eventually heats up like crazy. .... I just noticed, after my restore ...again... it says safestrap disabled in red on the boot screen, why is that? it says installed and tried reinstalling.
FIXED
So i flashed ncg from odin on the messed up phone and got messed up worse. Ended up getting stuck on first boot image of samsung android s5 boot screen. Finally found original stock firmare file and used odin to complete install stock os and got rid of root. Now back to normal... luckily i figured it out my self! thanks to the 100's who viewed and didnt help and thanks to mrjiggywiggy for giving me some input to help out!