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[Q] Deleted the system on my s4 i9505

Unfortunately I have deleted the system of my S4 i9505 from within TWRP :crying:
After having some fun with CyanogenMod I decided to try out the PAC rom. Following the installation instructions on their mod page I wiped the internal data of my phone but what as I was sliding the confirmation I realised that 'system' was checked. Too late
I have read through countless threads on this sight and others but have not had any success.
I have located the stock recovery image for my device.
When my device is first switched on I can still hit volume down + power button, and then volume up to enter the downloading mode (but if I don't the booting begins to loop at the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo and goes no further). Odin still recognises my phone and allows me to flash roms but when it does the auto re-boot at the end I don't have a system and it gets stuck on the booting at the Galaxy S4 logo.
Several threads have suggested that I Fastboot, I'm not sure if this is even an option with the S4 or not but please let me know if it you're sure that it is. I have been unsuccessful with my Fastboot attempts so far but if I just need to persevere with it then I can.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated :fingers-crossed:

In TWRP. Setting and Enable MD5 verification of backup files. (It maybe help.) Or Skip MD5 generation of backup.
And why you don´t flash stock ROM via Odin??

It's really easy.
Just reflash TWRP true Odin. Then flash the rom you want. That's all you need to do.

verny94 said:
In TWRP. Setting and Enable MD5 verification of backup files. (It maybe help.) Or Skip MD5 generation of backup.
And why you don´t flash stock ROM via Odin??
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I'm not sure what the first part of your post means but I am not even able to access TWRP, that is the problem.
I have flashed the stock ROM via Odin. After I flash the ROM it does the normal re-boot. But I my phone loops on the splash screen without every actually re-booting properly.
Lennyz1988 said:
It's really easy.
Just reflash TWRP true Odin. Then flash the rom you want. That's all you need to do.
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I have reflashed it but as described above my phone fails to reboot after the flash.
I might be missing something here. I'm not sure how to get into recovery mode after flashing the ROM. Immediately as the device begins to re-boot I've tried holding power button + volume up + home button but the screen goes black and when I let go of the buttons the phone just auto boots itself.
EDIT: My phone automatically attempts to boot whenever it is connected to USB.

Is it possible to flash an entire OS in a ROM rather than just altering the recovery??

1. Flash TWRP recovery true Odin. Make sure Auto-reboot is UNCHECKED. After it finished flashing, unplug it, reboot and try to get to recovery now.

Lennyz1988 said:
1. Flash TWRP recovery true Odin. Make sure Auto-reboot is UNCHECKED. After it finished flashing, unplug it, reboot and try to get to recovery now.
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I have done that again (now having turned off the Auto-reboot (thanks btw). I can get Odin to come up with a big green PASS for flashing TWRP. Now when I try to boot into recovery however the phone vibrates and the flash screen comes up but then it powers down again. I'm just holding power button + volume up + home button to attempt getting into recovery but it isn't working. Do I need to try and flash another ROM?
EDIT: SUCCESS!!!! I made it to recovery (apparently this post was premature). It looks like failing to un-check the auto-reboot in ODIN was the problem. Thanks a lot man, that was a massive help. From recovery I was able to flash my backup ROM.

Ethereal95 said:
I have done that again (now having turned off the Auto-reboot (thanks btw). I can get Odin to come up with a big green PASS for flashing TWRP. Now when I try to boot into recovery however the phone vibrates and the flash screen comes up but then it powers down again. I'm just holding power button + volume up + home button to attempt getting into recovery but it isn't working. Do I need to try and flash another ROM?
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No a rom has nothing to do with the recovery not working. Are you holding the buttons long enough? Just try to hold them for like 30 seconds even if it reboots 3 times.

Lennyz1988 said:
No a rom has nothing to do with the recovery not working. Are you holding the buttons long enough? Just try to hold them for like 30 seconds even if it reboots 3 times.
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Guess I didn't edit my post as quickly as I thought I had, but it's all working now, thanks for the help.

Ethereal95 said:
Guess I didn't edit my post as quickly as I thought I had, but it's all working now, thanks for the help.
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Good to hear

[Q] Could not do normal boot (Odin Mode) error - Need Help

My Note 3 - LTE (SM-N9005) screen got stuck after trying to flash the ROM through ODIN. I was on 4.3 and tried to update my phone to KK 4.4. Every time the phone turns ON, it shows the same screen and I can't use it.
I am unable to go to Recovery mode by pressing (Vol UP+Home+Power) buttons but able to go to Downloading mode by pressing (Vol Down+Home+Power).
Can someone here please help me resolve this issue?

sshamim said:
My Note 3 - LTE (SM-N9005) screen got stuck after trying to flash the ROM through ODIN. I was on 4.3 and tried to update my phone to KK 4.4. Every time the phone turns ON, it shows the same screen and I can't use it.
I am unable to go to Recovery mode by pressing (Vol UP+Home+Power) buttons but able to go to Downloading mode by pressing (Vol Down+Home+Power).
Can someone here please help me resolve this issue?
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Just remove the battery and put it back again and fire it up
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you need to reflash with stock firmware again, check if it the correct firmware to your device before download and flash it

Could not do normal boot (Odin Mode) error - Need Help
Vasastan said:
Just remove the battery and put it back again and fire it up
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Already did it multiple times but problem still persist
edit:
you need to reflash with stock firmware again said:
how to confirm that the firmware is the correct one? I've downloaded multiple firmwares from Sammobile.com site for my phone.
thanks for replying back.
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Two download modes in S4 i9500 ?

Quite strange to see something unusual with my i9500.
When I enter download mode by pressing vol down+home+power and hit vol up i get this screen -[attachment: download-mode-1.jpg]
lets call it download mode 1
when i connect it to pc and flash via odin (twrp.tar.md5 or stockrom.tar.md5) flashing starts and odin shows the green pass message but after reboot i find my phone in its original state!! Nothing was actually flashed, the phone remained untouched!!!
When i enter download mode by adb command "adb reboot download' I get this screen -[attachment: download-mode-2.jpg]
lets call it download mode 2
the same odin shows green pass after flashing the same files and after reboot i actually see my phone in its new state. Everything flashes successfully.
i tried doing this by using different odin versions (odin 3.07, 3.10, 3,10.7) but i got the same result. Then i tried doing it afer rooting, again the same result . It seems that i9500 has two download modes. I am not the only person who experienced this, check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293366
Also, in download mode 1, there is a line in blue colour "Secure Download: Enabled" . However the line disappeared after flashing cm12.1 through philz recovery
Does anyone has an explanation for this? Does i9500 really has two download modes or am i misintertpreting things?

S4 users please check this with your phone, i want to know if every s4 has similar issue. Because in future if i brick this phone i wont be able to recover it by flashing stock rom in download mode (by hardware buttons) via odin. This phone doesnt let me flash anything by odin when i enter download mode using key combinations

sziraqui said:
S4 users please check this with your phone, i want to know if every s4 has similar issue. Because in future if i brick this phone i wont be able to recover it by flashing stock rom in download mode (by hardware buttons) via odin. This phone doesnt let me flash anything by odin when i enter download mode using key combinations
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The flashing of the recovery is fixed by unchecking auto reboot in Odin. Probably same with the rom you are trying.
Regarding the different download mode. Some users reported similar cases. I think some fixed it by pulling the battery out, pressing the power button + volume down or up and then putting the battery back in. That way they could flash in download mode.

i will try this and post back.
what about the "secure download: enabled" line in download mode? i didnt see this line in other sammy devices

sziraqui said:
i will try this and post back.
what about the "secure download: enabled" line in download mode? i didnt see this line in other sammy devices
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Yes, every device has that line.

Lennyz1988 said:
Yes, every device has that line.
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no.... s3mini and s2 dont have this line, i have flashed these
and that line disappeared after flashing cm12.1

S5 SM-G900F Soft-/ Hardbrick?

Hi all,
I've tried to downgrade my S5 from most recent Kies lolipop to kitkat (G900FxxxANCE from sammobile). After odin pass the phone reboots (at leas it seems so) but does not show up on screen - so screen is black and no chance to do anything - the blued led comes up.
I tried some tutorials without success (last try: remove battery - powerbutton - wait). Do you
a) know whether it is a soft or hard brick?
b) any workaround?
If you answer to this I would be very glad since I'm currently a bit nervous.
Thank you and regards so far.

snikk said:
Hi all,
I've tried to downgrade my S5 from most recent Kies lolipop to kitkat (G900FxxxANCE from sammobile). After odin pass the phone reboots (at leas it seems so) but does not show up on screen - so screen is black and no chance to do anything - the blued led comes up.
Thank you and regards so far.
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Can you still enter Download Mode, and Recovery Mode?

Uzair40 said:
Can you still enter Download Mode, and Recovery Mode?
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No, not really. Or I don't really know since the screen doesnt show anything. I've read that the blue led stands for entering download mode.
Well, at least odin recognizes the phone when plugging in while the blue led is on.

If you had a successful odin flash, you should have a recovery.....
You need to (at least) try to get into recovery.....sometimes, in cases like this, wiping cache and factory resetting (maybe a couple of times) is enough to get the phone to reboot......
If it doesn't work, going to download mode and re flashing your LP firmware may be necessary.......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

keithross39 said:
If you had a successful odin flash, you should have a recovery.....
(...)
If it doesn't work, going to download mode and re flashing your LP firmware may be necessary.......
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The screen is plain dead. It does not react in any way. When I "start" the phone I don't see anything except the blue led in the upper left corner on the phone itself.
I'm not sure if its booting into recovery (I've read that the blue led stands for recovery mode though).
The only thing I recognize is the successfull connection in Odin but I can't flash again since it hungs in "Connecting..."-state.
Regards.

snikk said:
The screen is plain dead. It does not react in any way. When I "start" the phone I don't see anything except the blue led in the upper left corner on the phone itself.
I'm not sure if its booting into recovery (I've read that the blue led stands for recovery mode though).
The only thing I recognize is the successfull connection in Odin but I can't flash again since it hungs in "Connecting..."-state.
Regards.
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Remove the battery so you know 100% the phone is off
Replace battery
Press and hold Power Down & Home & Power until it enters download mode
If nothing appears on the screen after a few seconds (Give it about 5+ seconds of holding the buttons down), then it is likely a hardware issue
Possibly the phone itself, but also possible one of those buttons is not working

*Detection* said:
If nothing appears on the screen after a few seconds (Give it about 5+ seconds of holding the buttons down), then it is likely a hardware issue
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Thank you. It didn't work in any way. I've tried to connect via ADB and factory reset but I can't establish a ADB connection. I connect the device and windows tells me "Installing drivers" (Drivers are installed) but fails in the end. So I guess this is the fault. Whatever.
I can't tell in which state the phone boots as I only see the blue led (its just turned on - no blinking).

snikk said:
Thank you. It didn't work in any way. I've tried to connect via ADB and factory reset but I can't establish a ADB connection. I connect the device and windows tells me "Installing drivers" (Drivers are installed) but fails in the end. So I guess this is the fault. Whatever.
I can't tell in which state the phone boots as I only see the blue led (its just turned on - no blinking).
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Sounds like it's time for the old repair shop unfortunately

i have had the same problem when i downgrade to kitkat to fix it download a lollipop rom from sammobile then u have to :
-remove battery put it back
-press Home + Power + Volume Down buttons
-screen will be black no problem press up arrow to continue to download mode
-connect phone to usb
-open odin u will see it is connected
-flash lollipop and u will be back
i think it is a restriction for lollipop because u will root the phone on kitkat with tw.apk
if this not will help i have another solution just try it same problem to me and i figured my self to fix the problem

Hi all,
i have the same probleme with my sam G5.
after flashing back the lolipop stock rom 5.0 the phone seems to be working properly except for the screen that shows nothing; windows detects it as MTP device and i can get in and see all the content inside of it, also when i assimilate entering the download mode (volume down + Home + power then after few secondes Vol up) it goes well since odin detects it and flash it (but always there is nothing that shows up on the screen),
any ideas or hints ??

If you want to downgrade to kitkat from lollipop,then flash kitkat modem and bootloader for your device,you can search on the xtrestolite post,the developer put bootloaders and modems for each g900* device for kitkat and lollipop roms.

Help - Stuck at Samsung Logo - recovery/boot loop

I have S7 Edge Exynos, Marshmallow.
Successfully rooted using CF-autoroot.
Verified rooted using Root Checker.
After rooting, tried to install TWRP via Odin. Disabled the auto-reboot in Odin.
Flashed twrp-3.0.2-2-hero2lte.img.tar in Odin. Got a green PASS! in Odin.
Rebooted phone, no TWRP. Tried to reboot into recovery (TWRP), not successful.
I thought TWRP has been installed, but maybe my key combo is not correct, so I tried another way to reboot into recovery (TWRP) via app. I installed Quick Reboot app from Google Play Store, gave it Root Permission. Pressed "Boot into recovery".
Now the phone is stuck on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge logo. I pressed and hold power button - nothing. Pressed and hold Volume Up, Power and Home - nothing. I pressed and hold Volume down, Power and Home, the screen blanks for a short while, then gets stuck at the Samsung S7 Edge logo screen.
I tried connecting the phone to PC and to Odin, device not detected.
What should I do? Please help.

You need to flash via Odin.. than boot into recovery.. flash dm verity and enc.. patch.. otherwise phone wont boot

ManXXXX said:
You need to flash via Odin.. than boot into recovery.. flash dm verity and enc.. patch.. otherwise phone wont boot
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Thanks for the advice. I'm not sure how to flash via Odin. The phone is currently stuck at Samsung logo. Cant power off, cant reboot. It just stays on at that Samsung logo. When I connect the phone to my laptop, the device is not connected. Odin doesn't detect the phone.

You need to reboot into download mode to flash with odin hold the power and home button and the volume down button for a minute or so them use odin

1. get your phone into download mode. (hold power+home+v.down)
2.once in download mode connect it to your pc
3. go to sammobile.com and find the right firmware for you. (according to phone model)
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/search/galaxy s7/
4. once odin shows that your phone is connected with something like : <ID:0/003> Added!! in the log tab and 0:[COM3] above it you're ready to flash.
*I hope that by now your download is ready, and you have a zip file. click to open the zip and extract ONLY the ap file from there.
for me (SM-G935F) the file name is : AP_G935FXXU1DQE7_CL11104523_QB13505684_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5. (notice the AP before the file name).
5. now press the AP button and choose the AP_G935FXXU1DQE7_CL11104523_QB13505684_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5 or whatever you extracted and press start. after that your phone should boot and you'll be good to go.

Eightan said:
1. get your phone into download mode. (hold power+home+v.down)
2.once in download mode connect it to your pc
3. go to sammobile.com and find the right firmware for you. (according to phone model)
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/search/galaxy s7/
4. once odin shows that your phone is connected with something like : <ID:0/003> Added!! in the log tab and 0:[COM3] above it you're ready to flash.
*I hope that by now your download is ready, and you have a zip file. click to open the zip and extract ONLY the ap file from there.
for me (SM-G935F) the file name is : AP_G935FXXU1DQE7_CL11104523_QB13505684_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5. (notice the AP before the file name).
5. now press the AP button and choose the AP_G935FXXU1DQE7_CL11104523_QB13505684_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5 or whatever you extracted and press start. after that your phone should boot and you'll be good to go.
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Thank you very much for the detailed step by step instruction. I followed your instruction and managed to restore the stock rom, and the phone now works normally again. What a relief. You are a life saver!
The hardest thing was to get the phone to boot into download mode, because it just refuses to do so. It just stayed on, stuck at the samsung logo. Pressing down, home and power only make the screen flash briefly, then stuck at the logo again. The phone wont turn off. I had to leave the phone as it is to drain its battery. Once the battery is out of juice, the phone is finally off, then I connect it to PC, and pressed the key combo to enter download mode. After second try I managed to get into download mode. From there I followed the instruction to flash the stock rom again. I wouldnt know to extract and use only the AP file, as the instruction from sam mobile didnt say anything about it. But your detailed instruction did. The phone now works as normal. Thank you again! :good::good:
And thanks the rest who also provided advice in this thread as well. Much appreciated.

kevlarr said:
Thank you very much for the detailed step by step instruction. I followed your instruction and managed to restore the stock rom, and the phone now works normally again. What a relief. You are a life saver!
The hardest thing was to get the phone to boot into download mode, because it just refuses to do so. It just stayed on, stuck at the samsung logo. Pressing down, home and power only make the screen flash briefly, then stuck at the logo again. The phone wont turn off. I had to leave the phone as it is to drain its battery. Once the battery is out of juice, the phone is finally off, then I connect it to PC, and pressed the key combo to enter download mode. After second try I managed to get into download mode. From there I followed the instruction to flash the stock rom again. I wouldnt know to extract and use only the AP file, as the instruction from sam mobile didnt say anything about it. But your detailed instruction did. The phone now works as normal. Thank you again! :good::good:
And thanks the rest who also provided advice in this thread as well. Much appreciated.
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If it won't boot up to Download mode.. in the future. just leave the combination pressed like for 30sec

ManXXXX said:
If it won't boot up to Download mode.. in the future. just leave the combination pressed like for 30sec
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I didn't know that. Good info to have. Thanks.

Hi. Something just occurred to me. In sam mobile site, there are like 5 versions of 6.0.1 stock roms. I wasnt sure which ones were mine, so i just chose one. And I only installed the AP file, as per your instruction. Is it okay not to install the rest of the files like the BL, CP etc?
Then later, i decided to try out nougat, and flashed the stock nougat rom from sam mobile, again i only flashed the AP file. I didnt flashes the rest of the files like BL, CP, CSC etc. Is this okay? Or should i flashed all those files too?