Hi everyone,
Yesterday I flashed CF auto root to my Samsung S4 i9505 and it worked just fine. Then I tried to give root permissions to a launcher I like to use and the phone just rebooted and it's now stuck on the samsung animated logo. The led light is blue but it's not blinking or anything.
I've tried taking the battery off then going into recovery and wiping both data and cache, but I'm still stuck.. I'm using the stock 5.0.1 lollipop and I had never messed with the phone using Odin before. I only flashed CF auto root.
I'm thinking I should maybe flash a stock rom or something, but I just wanted to check if anyone knows what to do before I break it even more.
Any help is appreciated!
Flashing a stock ROM is not a bad idea. It will restore your phone to working condition, and then you can flash CF-Autoroot again. Potentially silly question here, but why did you need to give root permissions to a launcher?
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Flashing a stock ROM is not a bad idea. It will restore your phone to working condition, and then you can flash CF-Autoroot again. Potentially silly question here, but why did you need to give root permissions to a launcher?
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It has some extra features only available with root. This is the launcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amigo.navi&hl=en
I decided to try alternative roms and now I have MIUI7 5.10.16 installed, which I love, but the gapps are broken and so far I haven't found a workaround for it..
Anyway, thanks for the help! If I got MIUI7 to boot I'm pretty sure I could have flashed a stock ROM to get rid of that problem too.
I would be a little bit leery. Based on my experience, a launcher shouldn't need root access to do its job. Right now I'm running Nova on my S4 and it has never needed root to do anything.
Install a GApps package from OpenGApps and see if that helps resolve your Google apps problems.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
I would be a little bit leery. Based on my experience, a launcher shouldn't need root access to do its job. Right now I'm running Nova on my S4 and it has never needed root to do anything.
Install a GApps package from OpenGApps and see if that helps resolve your Google apps problems.
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Funny you should mention OpenGApps, I'm actually trying that right now haha. Thanks again.
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Hay Guess im new to this so bare with me. I rooted my phone and it worked with everything i did. I bought rom tool manger installed a custom boot animation it worked fine till today i did a font install and now its stuck on the custom animation is there a way to fix that can i install a custom rom or do i have to wipe everything out and start from scratch and thanks.
Any guys can help me please.
gokou46 said:
Any guys can help me please.
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Do you have CWM or TWRP recovery installed? Did you make a nandroid back up recently? If you did you can restore it.
gokou46 said:
Hay Guess im new to this so bare with me. I rooted my phone and it worked with everything i did. I bought rom tool manger installed a custom boot animation it worked fine till today i did a font install and now its stuck on the custom animation is there a way to fix that can i install a custom rom or do i have to wipe everything out and start from scratch and thanks.
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Are you sure you are in the right forum section? This is a tablet forum not a phone forum.
Do you have the nexus phone?
I did the same thing, except with a status bar battery icon. I went into ROM Toolbox, first installed custom boot logo (worked), but then after I installed custom battery icon, Android kept giving me a "Status bar is unresponsive" kind of pop up, and would continue each time I clicked "force close".
Long story short, I had to use Nexus7 Toolkit to flash the stock image again, as I did not have a Nandroid backup at the time. I do now.
I did email the developer about it, and I was told I needed a deodexed ROM in order to customize. I'm hesitant to install a custom ROM, as I love having pure Android for the first time (I've been using CyanogenMod on my phone and my old HP Touchpad to keep me up to the latest). In time, I may give in, to have more customizations available.
Hay i got nexus root tool kit v1.5.2 and im stuck in what to do with it now. Would appreciate if someone could show me what to do i just want to restore it and i'll just root it again later on.
Ok i got it back to normal i want to thank all of you guys for taking the time to helping me out.
Coming from iphone, it is quite different when it comes to flashing.
1.) While rebooting to recovery mode, it does not boot into TWRP. Instead it goes into manual mode.. Menu is similar to rom manager where you use the side buttons and power to navigate. How do I get into TWRP?
2.) Are there any roms that support the new s4 features such as air gestures?
3.) Other than removing bloatware, are there any good features for flashing to a custom rom? I saw one I like which was app2sd. I know some roms just have bare minimum and it's purpose is just to run faster than the stock os.
4.) Currently running the stock 4.2.2 on my s4, you guys recommend any roms for me to try out? What are the popular ones out right now?
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Hey there, i just got my s4 so i havent done much with it yet, but very familiar with samsung devices so lets see if i can help.
1. TWRP has to be installed. Have you read the guides? TWRP is not default recovery, and it sounds to me like you havent made that step. Search the forums for guides and all the tools you need. Just remember, there is always a risk of soft/hard bricking.
2. Most all TW based roms should support/include the samsung features you are referring too. That being said you wont get those features in roms that arent TW based.
3. Removing bloatware, custom kernels that allow for OC/UV, different looks to the UI, there are a very large number of reasons to flash a custom rom, just remember, you will usually have to sacrifice something to gain something else, but not always. If you want a stripped out rom that runs smoother and faster than stock, you will probably lose TW and all the features that go with it.
4. You really just have to find one you like.
wertyxhts said:
Coming from iphone, it is quite different when it comes to flashing.
1.) While rebooting to recovery mode, it does not boot into TWRP. Instead it goes into manual mode.. Menu is similar to rom manager where you use the side buttons and power to navigate. How do I get into TWRP?
2.) Are there any roms that support the new s4 features such as air gestures?
3.) Other than removing bloatware, are there any good features for flashing to a custom rom? I saw one I like which was app2sd. I know some roms just have bare minimum and it's purpose is just to run faster than the stock os.
4.) Currently running the stock 4.2.2 on my s4, you guys recommend any roms for me to try out? What are the popular ones out right now?
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If you're new to Android flashing and whatnot, I would advise a simple TW based ROM that's de-bloated at least to start off with. I'd recommend Mint Jelly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2312001) which is a nice, Touchwiz based ROM, but includes the NottachXposed framework for customization and KTweaker if you want to play with the kernel settings a bit. It has all Samsung apps included but the AT&T ones removed (can be re-downloaded from google play)
I would suggest trying the GoldenEye ROM with the Domination theme, it's probably as close to stock AOSP as you can get while keeping your TW features. I honestly can't see any reason to change ROMs ever again since I've been on this combo.
Both roms are very good starters.
OP-sounds as if you do not have any recovery installed.
TheAxman said:
Both roms are very good starters.
OP-sounds as if you do not have any recovery installed.
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Just installed it through Goomanger. You all receive a Thank! I am currently browsing the roms recommended here and comparing it. Looking forward to learning more about roms.
Edit: While going into recovery, it just hangs at the Teamwin logo. Anyone know what's causing this?
wertyxhts said:
Just installed it through Goomanger. You all receive a Thank! I am currently browsing the roms recommended here and comparing it. Looking forward to learning more about roms.
Edit: While going into recovery, it just hangs at the Teamwin logo. Anyone know what's causing this?
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That is the recovery screen, you are properly rooted correct? I would pull the battery for 5min, and then try to get back into recovery.
many roms can run for you, once you accomplish getting into recovery. first thing you should do is do a complete backup in recovery, so that will be out of the way. Then try other roms.
TheAxman said:
That is the recovery screen, you are properly rooted correct? I would pull the battery for 5min, and then try to get back into recovery.
many roms can run for you, once you accomplish getting into recovery. first thing you should do is do a complete backup in recovery, so that will be out of the way. Then try other roms.
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Yes, if by properly rooted you mean using motochopper to root my phone. I am just trying to access my recovery screen, but it just hangs there. I am trying to get my first nandroid backup and hopefully flash it. I am still on my stock OS, have not flashed my phone yet.
wertyxhts said:
Yes, if by properly rooted you mean using motochopper to root my phone. I am just trying to access my recovery screen, but it just hangs there. I am trying to get my first nandroid backup and hopefully flash it. I am still on my stock OS, have not flashed my phone yet.
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You might try reinstalling your customer recovery if this is happening consistently.
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I would pull the battery for 5min, and then try to get back into recovery.
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After rooting, was going to do a Nandroid in TWRP when it just hung at their splash screen as well for me. Thanks given for solution!
bo8 said:
After rooting, was going to do a Nandroid in TWRP when it just hung at their splash screen as well for me. Thanks given for solution!
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So everything is working?
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So everything is working?
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Yup, I'm good. Got my Nandroid and EFS backups!
Thanks again!
so i got my g2 back from lg after getting the screen repaired. and of course they set it back to stock. now i expected this and made a backup of cyanogenmod thinking i could just root put on a recovery and reflash the backup and be done super quick.
well i had a hell of a time getting the recovery on but its on there now running newest philz however after I flashed my backup i got stuck in a boot loop. luckily i also kept a copy of the original download of the rom. i checked the md5 and its good however even after doing a clean wipe and install of the base rom i still get stuck in a boot loop. this has been a huge headache and i have no idea what i did wrong.
omega52390 said:
so i got my g2 back from lg after getting the screen repaired. and of course they set it back to stock. now i expected this and made a backup of cyanogenmod thinking i could just root put on a recovery and reflash the backup and be done super quick.
well i had a hell of a time getting the recovery on but its on there now running newest philz however after I flashed my backup i got stuck in a boot loop. luckily i also kept a copy of the original download of the rom. i checked the md5 and its good however even after doing a clean wipe and install of the base rom i still get stuck in a boot loop. this has been a huge headache and i have no idea what i did wrong.
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is the one you flashed from here http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=ls980 and also did you flash gapps after flashing rom?
XxZombiePikachu said:
is the one you flashed from here http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=ls980 and also did you flash gapps after flashing rom?
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yes it is the 03-08 snapshot... no i did not flash gapps... and i can't get an up-to-date one on there either because i can't figure out how to get the thing to mount to my computer while in recovery
still scratching my head on why i don't have KK gapps though...
edit hang on ive got a 10.2 nightly and jb gapps i might have something here will report shortly... nvm i think... it locks up saying "using legacy property environment for update-binary...please upgrade to latest binary"
omega52390 said:
yes it is the 03-08 snapshot... no i did not flash gapps... and i can't get an up-to-date one on there either because i can't figure out how to get the thing to mount to my computer while in recovery
still scratching my head on why i don't have KK gapps though...
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well naturally after flashing cm you have to flash a gapps also did you make a nandroid backup
XxZombiePikachu said:
well naturally after flashing cm you have to flash a gapps also did you make a nandroid backup
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but cm should still at least boot w/o gapps i've done that with this phone before (when i first got it) and of course i didn't do a nandroid because thats the smart thing to do T_T i was running low on space and figured this was going to be so easy but of course murphy's law got the better of me.
omega52390 said:
but cm should still at least boot w/o gapps i've done that with this phone before (when i first got it) and of course i didn't do a nandroid because thats the smart thing to do T_T i was running low on space and figured this was going to be so easy but of course murphy's law got the better of me.
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well unless you have adb access to push a zip to your device then that means another trip back to stock(I know what it means to be out of space which is why I actually have an otg with pendrives as my backup) and after that you might want to try one of the latest nightly's and if it still bootloops then there just might be something broken in the builds, you would have to get support from someone who uses the same device/cm
XxZombiePikachu said:
well unless you have adb access to push a zip to your device then that means another trip back to stock(I know what it means to be out of space which is why I actually have an otg with pendrives as my backup) and after that you might want to try one of the latest nightly's and if it still bootloops then there just might be something broken in the builds, you would have to get support from someone who uses the same device/cm
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thats the thing i've only ever had trouble with adb coudl never wrap my head around it let alone get it to work
w00h0000 i figured it out after a bunch of reading and failing i figured out that my problem was the ZVA radio had reasserted itself however the fix others were talking about wasnt' working then i remember i had a stock rom backed up in twrp so i tried sideloading twrp (btw i got adb working XD) and boom still nothing then after a bunch of stressing i tried installing a zv8 radio and boom back into a stock rom and i am now reinstalling cm at least now if it fails I have a fall back XD
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w00h0000 i figured it out after a bunch of reading and failing i figured out that my problem was the ZVA radio had reasserted itself however the fix others were talking about wasnt' working then i remember i had a stock rom backed up in twrp so i tried sideloading twrp (btw i got adb working XD) and boom still nothing then after a bunch of stressing i tried installing a zv8 radio and boom back into a stock rom and i am now reinstalling cm at least now if it fails I have a fall back XD
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I completely forgot about the zva radio(I had helped someone in the past with a similar issue) and that's great news you by adb working that will make things easier since it gives you more options to fall back on, awaiting to see if you managed to get cm running
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XxZombiePikachu said:
I completely forgot about the zva radio(I had helped someone in the past with a similar issue) and that's great news you by adb working that will make things easier since it gives you more options to fall back on, awaiting to see if you managed to get cm running
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
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for some reason cm is still failing to load im going to try installing cm then putting on furnace kernel
edit i remember and succeeded in recreating my secret recipe. first i have an old twrp and 10.2 unofficial nightly thats where i am now. next ill put on a new CWM philz and try putting my CM backup on
another update i finally got my cm 11 backup running however it appears there is damage to the install from back when i made the backup do you know of anyway of repairing an install w/o having to do a reset? really the only noticable problem right now is that i can't use any live wallpapers :/
hey all, I could use a little help on my phone. I tried to root it and I am stuck I have been using my old evo3d since it came out, and just picked up an HTC 10, so I am rusty on rooting and other things.
Anyway, I unlocked the bootloader on the HTC10 via htcdev,
installed twrp
flashed supersu (this where where the issue started)
so basically I thought I was rooted, did a root checker app and it said I wasn't.
I went to reflash supersu.zip and wiped everything again, but actually wiped EVERYTHING, no OS on my phone now.
Anyway, I am now asking for help. I am S-on right now, can get in to recovery, but just don't want to screw it up more. So could use a few tips. I am thinking about flashing the bad boy rom, but am wondering if I need to be s-off or anything like that? or can I just put the zip on my sd card and flash?
Thanks,
did you flash the modified su
https://tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=...perSU 2.74-2 With ForceEncrypt Set to Default
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I did use that one when I did it. It didn't seem to work, (a couple apps said that there wasn't root) so in the process of trying again, I am pretty sure I wiped EVERYTHING on the phone. Literally no android on it at all I think. I can get in to htc download and in to twrp recovery, but nothing else. So at this point, I need to figure out how to flash either a custom rom, or a stock, or what ever just to get my phone back. Thanks for any help
I do know that it does require you to format data because of encryption.
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tsbrewers said:
hey all, I could use a little help on my phone. I tried to root it and I am stuck I have been using my old evo3d since it came out, and just picked up an HTC 10, so I am rusty on rooting and other things.
Anyway, I unlocked the bootloader on the HTC10 via htcdev,
installed twrp
flashed supersu (this where where the issue started)
so basically I thought I was rooted, did a root checker app and it said I wasn't.
I went to reflash supersu.zip and wiped everything again, but actually wiped EVERYTHING, no OS on my phone now.
Anyway, I am now asking for help. I am S-on right now, can get in to recovery, but just don't want to screw it up more. So could use a few tips. I am thinking about flashing the bad boy rom, but am wondering if I need to be s-off or anything like that? or can I just put the zip on my sd card and flash?
Thanks,
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Just put the ROM.zip on the sdcard and flash, ROM is already rooted, no S-off required
Thanks for the help, I think I got it figured out. Reinstalled supersu and then flashed the badboyz rom, seems to be working as we speak, so hopefully got it all worked out.
tsbrewers said:
Thanks for the help, I think I got it figured out. Reinstalled supersu and then flashed the badboyz rom, seems to be working as we speak, so hopefully got it all worked out.
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Remember that pretty much all your custom ROMs come rooted. No need to root the stock ROM unless you plan to stay stock.
Way too many times I see people having trouble or run into problems trying to root, when all they want to do is install a custom ROM.
It was about yesterday, i saw message from supersu about the binary to be updated ,i installed it by cwm/twrp, and thats where i went wrong and .. its on bootloop,
i tried flashing supersu 2.45 to my phone via recovery , and then that didnt help and next i just flashed philz touch recovery to see if that helped but nothing so far, please help me out with issue
Thanks inadvance!
Never update the Superuser app through the play store.
This is not a recovery issue, the update messed up the OS. I guess one solution would be to re-flash the ROM.
Or if you can unroot it, that should also work.
GDReaper said:
Never update the Superuser app through the play store.
This is not a recovery issue, the update messed up the OS. I guess one solution would be to re-flash the ROM.
Or if you can unroot it, that should also work.
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Where will i find stock rom for my s4?
darkotvx said:
Where will i find stock rom for my s4?
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All over this vast virtual world that we call "internet".
Sammobile is a good place to start.