Galaxy S4 I9515 VE Edition - No touch HELP! - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
I have ran into a few problems whilst flashing the stable Cyanogenmod 10.2.1-jfltetmo and im hoping someone can help me.
Problems:
1) I have no touch screen with CM
2) I am currently using CWM v6.0.4.7(no touch) and it is not letting me mount my internal SD for me to add another zip to flash and test if that works
3) The backups that i did prior to flashing are throwing an 'MD5 mismatch' at me, therefore i can't restore back to stock.
Could anyone help me with ANY of the above issues for me to have a functioning phone again :crying:

KidMarley said:
Hi all,
Could anyone help me with ANY of the above issues for me to have a functioning phone again :crying:
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Flash a stock firmware via Odin.

KidMarley said:
Hi all,
I have ran into a few problems whilst flashing the stable Cyanogenmod 10.2.1-jfltetmo and im hoping someone can help me.
Problems:
1) I have no touch screen with CM
2) I am currently using CWM v6.0.4.7(no touch) and it is not letting me mount my internal SD for me to add another zip to flash and test if that works
3) The backups that i did prior to flashing are throwing an 'MD5 mismatch' at me, therefore i can't restore back to stock.
Could anyone help me with ANY of the above issues for me to have a functioning phone again :crying:
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Why are you trying to flash highly outdated software with a highly outdated recovery?
You try to flash CM 10.2.1 which is years old and is not updated. Same applies for CWM. Do not use those.
If you want CM then here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/rom-cm12-1-galaxy-s4-ve-gt-i9515-t3172140
Flash only using TWRP recovery.

Lennyz1988 said:
Why are you trying to flash highly outdated software with a highly outdated recovery?
You try to flash CM 10.2.1 which is years old and is not updated. Same applies for CWM. Do not use those.
If you want CM then here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/rom-cm12-1-galaxy-s4-ve-gt-i9515-t3172140
Flash only using TWRP recovery.
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Thank you very much for your help!
I flashed the TWRP recovery with Odin, then mounted the SD card and flashed the ROM in that thread and everything is working great!
Again thank you. I will close the thread now.
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CWM 5.5.0.4 and 5.8.31

what is the difference between CWM 5.5.0.4 and 5.8.3.1. Why ROM manager installed CWM 5.8.3.1 in Galaxy Tab P7500 while taking backup, though CWM 5.5.04 was already installed using ODIN I.85. Is it necessary to re install CWM 5.5.0.4. If so, how to re install CWM 5.5.0.4. My galaxy TAB P7500 is running on stock ICS 4.04.
Only a few changes are made(you can't even say where)from 5.5.0.4 to 5.8.3.1...
The ROMmanager must make sure that the CWM on your device matches with the version of the APP,but upgrading does no harm i.e. it's no need to reinstall CWM...
Beware!don't go into CWM if you are on the stock ICS because it has the rolling screen issue,flash all you need with ROMmanager,don't install CWM touch when you are using stock ICS(it'll be a waste of time,mony,etc)
If you want to get out of CWM(5.5.0.4) after flashing but get confused with the rolling screen just do thisress vol down and then press the power button twice...the tab restarts with all the changes you've made...
And finally:feel free to ask questions,XDA in always here to help you!
arashtarafar said:
Only a few changes are made(you can't even say where)from 5.5.0.4 to 5.8.3.1...
The ROMmanager must make sure that the CWM on your device matches with the version of the APP,but upgrading does no harm i.e. it's no need to reinstall CWM...
Beware!don't go into CWM if you are on the stock ICS because it has the rolling screen issue,flash all you need with ROMmanager,don't install CWM touch when you are using stock ICS(it'll be a waste of time,mony,etc)
If you want to get out of CWM(5.5.0.4) after flashing but get confused with the rolling screen just do thisress vol down and then press the power button twice...the tab restarts with all the changes you've made...
And finally:feel free to ask questions,XDA in always here to help you!
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I'm using CWM 5.5.0.4 here with stock ICS. No problems at all.
5.5.0.4 is the version recommended to prevent rolling recovery.
I also followed pershoot's advice in the 2.6.36.4 thread. I did get the rolling recovery even with 5.5.0.4.
I am on stock US ICS and odined the following:
(1) US ICS 4.0.4 BL variant
(2) Recommended recovery (CWM non touch 6.0.1.2)
Now I have no flicker in the recovery or the ROM like I had experienced in the past. However, I'm rather way of CWM 6.0.1.2 because I used the previous non-touch (6.0.1.1 I think) and wasn't able to restore a Nandroid...it just hung on me. Where did you get the 5.5.0.4 that worked with stock ICS ROM/BL Jack?
Hi dj.
Can't remember now where I got 5504, read so many guides.
I have it in my drop box.
I'll post the link for it shortly.
Really
djmatt604 said:
I also followed pershoot's advice in the 2.6.36.4 thread. I did get the rolling recovery even with 5.5.0.4.
I am on stock US ICS and odined the following:
(1) US ICS 4.0.4 BL variant
(2) Recommended recovery (CWM non touch 6.0.1.2)
Now I have no flicker in the recovery or the ROM like I had experienced in the past. However, I'm rather way of CWM 6.0.1.2 because I used the previous non-touch (6.0.1.1 I think) and wasn't able to restore a Nandroid...it just hung on me. Where did you get the 5.5.0.4 that worked with stock ICS ROM/BL Jack?
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Here ya go dj
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/99900479/recovery.tar.zip
You're the man! I may go back to stock firmware just to give this a go. Thanks!!
djmatt604 said:
You're the man! I may go back to stock firmware just to give this a go. Thanks!!
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You're welcome.
Good luck.
Thank you for your nice advice and assurance. Sir I have another question/doubt. Please clarify
I am having P7500 in India. I flashed Italian stock rom 4.04 using ODIN. Later rooted the Tab using CWM 5.5.4 method. subsequently I installed ROM Manager. I did back up. It appears that CWM version was changed by ROM manager. Now I want to flash Indian stock rom 4.04 recently released and also rooting. Please suggest a mode.
Download the stock IN firmware from Sammobile and flash in Odin with PDA with your tablet in download mode. You will lose everything on your internal storage so if you want to keep your backups make sure to move them off the tablet before you flash.
You'll find lots of guides in the Q&A and Dev sections that will provide root methods for your 4.0.4 stock firmware. Or, you can skip all of this and just flash a rooted ICS ROM with a full wipe to save yourself the steps. It's really up to you.
Thank you Sir for your valuable advice.
Please clarify, If I flash INU stock ROM 4.04 on ITLY stock ROM 4.04, using ODIN, will it wipe out applications data also?
Earlier When I flashed ITLY stock ROM 4.04 on my original stock ROM 3.2 INU on my galaxy tab p7500 using ODIN, it did not wipe out any data from internal storage and all the applications were automatically installed after reboot..
It may, it may not...it depends on whether or not you boot up after the flash without issues. If you get stuck on the Samsung logo or a boot loop, you will need to boot into stock Android recovery and do a factory reset, that would format your /data partition and result in loss of apps etc.
That Thanks button works well if I have helped you makes me look like less of a noob! Good luck to you
djmatt604 said:
It may, it may not...it depends on whether or not you boot up after the flash without issues. If you get stuck on the Samsung logo or a boot loop, you will need to boot into stock Android recovery and do a factory reset, that would format your /data partition and result in loss of apps etc.
That Thanks button works well if I have helped you makes me look like less of a noob! Good luck to you
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I recommend doing a full wipe with CWM recovery before flashing with ODIN. Doing that avoids having to do a full wipe with Stock recovery which wipes the internal. Wiping before flash should avoids formatted internal. Would others confirm, this is what I have noticed on my tab.

[Q] Sprint S4 and Custom Roms

Ok I believe I'm having a huge issue but it might be something very simple.
I've rooted my stock rom through Odin using Chain fire, no problem.
I've installed Phils Touch Recovery, Still no problem.
But if I go to install any custom rom when it finally boots up I have absolutely no data whatsoever.
Can I not use any of these roms for sprint or is there some file I should be porting over so I can have this work??
guitarjockey said:
Ok I believe I'm having a huge issue but it might be something very simple.
I've rooted my stock rom through Odin using Chain fire, no problem.
I've installed Phils Touch Recovery, Still no problem.
But if I go to install any custom rom when it finally boots up I have absolutely no data whatsoever.
Can I not use any of these roms for sprint or is there some file I should be porting over so I can have this work??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=2272
the link above wil have Roms for Sprint variant
Hope this helps
Incase after flashing the rom does not boot u cab wipe cache / dalvik / fix permissions will boot up from recovery u have installed
Thanks man that is exactly what I needed
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[Q] AT&T Galaxy S4 - Freezes on Samsung Screen after Reboot

Hey all,
Just rooted my Galaxy S4 yesterday on AT&T. Rooted it using tLoki + TWRP + Motochopper CASUAL method. I have TWRP recovery installed and can get to that no problem. I have the following build of Cyanogen flashed:
cm_jflteatt-userdebug 4.3 JLS36G f65925b07a test-keys
CyanogenMod version:
10.2-2013007-NIGHTLY-jflteatt
Baseband: I337UCUAMDL
Phone works flawlessly after the flash, but as soon as I power off or reboot, it just hangs at the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen and doesn't do anything. Only way out is to boot into recovery wipe and re-flash the Cyanogen ROM.
Any thoughts? I don't even know where to start...
a.stalker22 said:
Hey all,
Just rooted my Galaxy S4 yesterday on AT&T. Rooted it using tLoki + TWRP + Motochopper CASUAL method. I have TWRP recovery installed and can get to that no problem. I have the following build of Cyanogen flashed:
cm_jflteatt-userdebug 4.3 JLS36G f65925b07a test-keys
CyanogenMod version:
10.2-2013007-NIGHTLY-jflteatt
Baseband: I337UCUAMDL
Phone works flawlessly after the flash, but as soon as I power off or reboot, it just hangs at the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen and doesn't do anything. Only way out is to boot into recovery wipe and re-flash the Cyanogen ROM.
Any thoughts? I don't even know where to start...
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Use twrp 2.5.0.2. I'm guessing you're using 2.6
jd1639 said:
Use twrp 2.5.0.2. I'm guessing you're using 2.6
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No, I am using 2.5.0.2 just verified.
a.stalker22 said:
No, I am using 2.5.0.2 just verified.
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This has been an issue on other devices. Flashing with cwm seems to have consistently worked. Once you get it up and running you can flash back to twrp for your nandroids. I've had to do this on my i727.
jd1639 said:
This has been an issue on other devices. Flashing with cwm seems to have consistently worked. Once you get it up and running you can flash back to twrp for your nandroids. I've had to do this on my i727.
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Thought maybe it was a ROM problem, but any I've tried have this same problem.
How do I go about replacing twrp with cwm? I have no idea how to replace the recovery. Any direction would be much appreciated :good:
a.stalker22 said:
Thought maybe it was a ROM problem, but any I've tried have this same problem.
How do I go about replacing twrp with cwm? I have no idea how to replace the recovery. Any direction would be much appreciated :good:
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This is already a known issue for Cyanogenmod 10.1 and 10.2. Using CWM will help it a little bit, but will still occur. There is no fix.
emckai said:
This is already a known issue for Cyanogenmod 10.1 and 10.2. Using CWM will help it a little bit, but will still occur. There is no fix.
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But it's not just happening with CM...it's any ROM that I try to use. Boots up fine the first time, but after a reboot...no luck Frozen on the Samsung screen. How do I flash cwm over my current recovery?
a.stalker22 said:
But it's not just happening with CM...it's any ROM that I try to use. Boots up fine the first time, but after a reboot...no luck Frozen on the Samsung screen. How do I flash cwm over my current recovery?
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Get a cwm zip file and flash it like you would a rom but don't do any wipes. It'll flash on top of twrp and replace it. Do the same thing to go back to twrp.
a.stalker22 said:
But it's not just happening with CM...it's any ROM that I try to use. Boots up fine the first time, but after a reboot...no luck Frozen on the Samsung screen. How do I flash cwm over my current recovery?
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Just download ROM Manager and flash CWM.
Which ROMs have you tried so far? Are they based off of CM?
Try to clear the delvik cache and the cache. I believe it will boot normal then
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emckai said:
Just download ROM Manager and flash CWM.
Which ROMs have you tried so far? Are they based off of CM?
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No, they're not all based off of CWM.
The last few I tried were BeanStalk and Task650 AOKP. The Task650AOKP booted up fine the first time, I did a reboot and then it was permanently stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S4 screen, even after I cleared cache's and factory reset with a re-flash. I tried that several times and still couldn'y get back in, so luckily I had a backup of my original rooted config and that booted up.
I did install rom manger just now and flashed cwm recovery...just afraid to reboot..haha. I wish I knew what the problem could be here...

Can't install stockmod stuck at LG bootscreen HELP!

As the title probably hints i cant seem to install stock mod i mean it says it is successful in TWRP but when i reboot it just stay on LG bootscreen
I have installed this rom before but then went to cyanogen which i didn't like as much as stock but can't seem to go back
currently running stock
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Managed to get back to stock via this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Just can't seem to install StockMOD :/
callum1986 said:
As the title probably hints i cant seem to install stock mod i mean it says it is successful in TWRP but when i reboot it just stay on LG bootscreen
I have installed this rom before but then went to cyanogen which i didn't like as much as stock but can't seem to go back
currently running stock
Edited:
Managed to get back to stock via this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Just can't seem to install StockMOD :/
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Are you formatting? Try to format /system also then flash it. if all else fails go back the the stock rom. good luck
thenewak said:
Are you formatting? Try to format /system also then flash it. if all else fails go back the the stock rom. good luck
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Thanks for reply yes i formatted and even reverted back to stock following the above link i even wiped phone where it deletes everything included sdcard but no matter what i try StockMOD rom wont boot when flashing
p.s. its the D802 i have
Well i assume i formatted as in wipe menu on TWRP i selected everything other than internal storage
callum1986 said:
Thanks for reply yes i formatted and even reverted back to stock following the above link i even wiped phone where it deletes everything included sdcard but no matter what i try StockMOD rom wont boot when flashing
p.s. its the D802 i have
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Hmm that's weird, have you tried re flashing your recovery maybe something is broken there? have you tried other roms? If using TWRP try to update it or change to CWM or vice versa
Yea I updated to 2.6.3.4 which as of my knowledge is the latest
Sorry for my noobness :/ it is really bugging me as I think it has something to do with having cyanogen installed before but then again after pursuing the flash tool and restoring back to stock I can't think what is wrong
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Double Flash seemed to fix it
I flashed the ROM after returning to stock again and before flashing it wiped all partitions and it still stuck on boot so i went straight back into recovery and flash again this time without wiping anything as i was only writing over the StockMOD install and it seems to work
So the solution for me seemed to me to flash it twice wiping before the first and after it fails to boot just flash it again without wiping.
I now have it up and running and I'm very happy with it
Thanks for those who tried to help me much appreciated

Phone doesnt like cutom roms :)

Hi my phone seems to hate custom roms like cyamogenmod and gapps because everytime i flash them a bootloop inevitably comes to haunt me. Other roms like Albe95 Ports work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/rom-albe95-lollirom-official-1-0-t3049564
My current rom is Phoenix Rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349584
The roms listed above work flawlessly.
A rom that I wanted to try was cyamogenmod 12.1 optimized by JDC team but it wouldnt boot. I followed exact instructions for each rom. Every time i used TWRP.
Could my problem be that gapps screw with the custom rom ?
Google apps are integrated in phoenix rom and albe95.
Maybe thats why they work ?
Please help.
Thank you for youre time.
JaguarBeast said:
Hi my phone seems to hate custom roms like cyamogenmod and gapps because everytime i flash them a bootloop inevitably comes to haunt me. Other roms like Albe95 Ports work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/rom-albe95-lollirom-official-1-0-t3049564
My current rom is Phoenix Rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349584
The roms listed above work flawlessly.
A rom that I wanted to try was cyamogenmod 12.1 optimized by JDC team but it wouldnt boot. I followed exact instructions for each rom. Every time i used TWRP.
Could my problem be that gapps screw with the custom rom ?
Google apps are integrated in phoenix rom and albe95.
Maybe thats why they work ?
Please help.
Thank you for youre time.
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You can easily test that theory by not flashing Gapps. Just only flash the rom and try to boot it.
Also are you running a Lollipop bootloader and modem?
Ive tried flashing only custom rom but the bootloop comes back. Right now i am running a lollipop modem and bootloader.
JaguarBeast said:
Ive tried flashing only custom rom but the bootloop comes back. Right now i am running a lollipop modem and bootloader.
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Ok do this:
Backup everything that you want to save stored on your internal storage.
1. Make sure you are running the latest TWRP. This is important because using an outdated version will not let you boot the rom.
2. Start TWRP and do a advanced wipe. Format /data (this will wipe your internal storage), format /system, format /cache and /dalvik.
3. Flash the rom.
Unfortunately that does not help. I have advanced wiped ever time before flashing rom. Maybe permisions are the problem ?
JaguarBeast said:
Unfortunately that does not help. I have advanced wiped ever time before flashing rom. Maybe permisions are the problem ?
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What version of TWRP are you using? And did you try booting it without simcard and sd card?
Im using 2.8.7.2 twrp. I havnt tried to boot without sd or sim. Would that be the problem ?
JaguarBeast said:
Im using 2.8.7.2 twrp. I havnt tried to boot without sd or sim. Would that be the problem ?
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No idea. I'm just guessing because that rom should just boot.
Are you sure the file you downloaded is not damaged? Check the MD5 signature. For example, the latest version of the JDC CM rom has MD5:
3a1af890b87c11256c943759459ec3e4
So transfer the file to your phone. Then download a MD5 checker from the market and compare it.
Md5 matches. Looks like the insides of my phone are screwed up
Reparation your device
As those are caused by a screwed partition
As a reparation fixes this
You are going to need :-
0.a PC
1.a PIT file for your Galaxy s4 (depending on your variant)
2.Odin
3.Samsung USB drivers installed in the PC
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Start with flashing the stock rom using odin. Then go for root,then recovery and then try flashing. I had the same problem but it never bothered me after flaahing the stock.

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