Hi Guys. I'm new to this forum so do excuse me if you find my question stupid or in the wrong thread. I have a Galaxy S5 (SM-G900W8) which I tried rooting some time back. But as a result of the rooting, it has gone into a continuous boot loop. I have tried going back into recovery mode and resetting everything along with clearing the cache but that didn't work, Then I tried unrooting the device using ODIN and the stock ROM downloaded from Sammobile. But it showed failed at the end of the process. I thought that it may be because I may used the wrong ROM so now I'm trying to download the ROM used for unknown variants. My question is if there is any other way that I can use to unbrick my boot looped phone or will I have spend money and take to a service centre?
Any help or advise will be sincerely appreciated. It is worth mentioning here that I don't know anything about whether the phone was originally a Sprint or AT&T or Rogers or Bell etc phone.
dixxi22
dixxi22 said:
Hi Guys. I'm new to this forum so do excuse me if you find my question stupid or in the wrong thread. I have a Galaxy S5 (SM-G900W8) which I tried rooting some time back. But as a result of the rooting, it has gone into a continuous boot loop. I have tried going back into recovery mode and resetting everything along with clearing the cache but that didn't work, Then I tried unrooting the device using ODIN and the stock ROM downloaded from Sammobile. But it showed failed at the end of the process. I thought that it may be because I may used the wrong ROM so now I'm trying to download the ROM used for unknown variants. My question is if there is any other way that I can use to unbrick my boot looped phone or will I have spend money and take to a service centre?
Any help or advise will be sincerely appreciated. It is worth mentioning here that I don't know anything about whether the phone was originally a Sprint or AT&T or Rogers or Bell etc phone.
dixxi22
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Try TWRP recovery and flash with ODIN and unpin autoreboot in odin
Thanks for your valuable advise senzatiOn. Much appreciated. I have read about the TWRP recovery and in fact wanted to do that but I believe that there are specific files that are used for this type of recovery. I tried finding the ones suitable for my phone (SM-G900W8) but couldn't. So now if you could please please help me with getting the files and also the procedure to do the recovery using the TWRP method, I would be sincerely obliged.
Thanks
Dixxi22
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Was running Paranoid Android ver 23/10
Tried to restore the Note back to the latest UK stock ROM via ODIN
Forgot to wipe/davlik before hand
then got stuck in boot loop
Then tried flashing a rooted GB rom in ODIN
stuck now on the Samsung Note boot screen occasionally looping.
Then tried flashing an original non-rooted GB rom in Odin
got stuck on Data.img
Now the screen shows three images and the message
firmware upgrade encountered an issue
Now with the Samsung Repair centre in Eastbourne and they are failing to be able to do anything...In fact they have just told me the phone is plugged in set in ENGINEERS MODE...???
Is there any advice I can give them, I was lead to believe it was bricked and thought they had sent it away to have a new board, but now its plugged in engineers mode.
Confused any advice would be very helpful.
THUDUK said:
Was running Paranoid Android ver 23/10
Tried to restore the Note back to the latest UK stock ROM via ODIN
Forgot to wipe/davlik before hand
then got stuck in boot loop
Then tried flashing a rooted GB rom in ODIN
stuck now on the Samsung Note boot screen occasionally looping.
Then tried flashing an original non-rooted GB rom in Odin
got stuck on Data.img
Now the screen shows three images and the message
firmware upgrade encountered an issue
Now with the Samsung Repair centre in Eastbourne and they are failing to be able to do anything...In fact they have just told me the phone is plugged in set in ENGINEERS MODE...???
Is there any advice I can give them, I was lead to believe it was bricked and thought they had sent it away to have a new board, but now its plugged in engineers mode.
Confused any advice would be very helpful.
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If they don't know nobody knows!!!
If it was in Boot loop how do you thought it was bricked. After this "latest UK stock ROM via ODIN" you told it got stuck in boot loop. There was nothing to worry, you could have gone to recovery wiped data, cache & Dalvik you should have been fine. You don't have to do all other things.
And please don't post it in "Dev" thread please take it to general section. I think you know this already :angel:
Sorry, have asked mods to move this thread
Sir ensure stickys are read and understood, Moved & Thank you.
Hello,
I am relatively new to this and clearly making some mistakes, from what I have found on these forums I can't see anyone else having the same issues with this device. Any help would be greatly appreciated. So here goes:
I recently tried installing SHOstock's rom, everything appeared successful and the phone began to boot, but hung on the samsung logo with the padlock for 10+ minutes. I tried to reboot, same thing. When booting back into recovery to do a wipe and give it another shot, I was prompted for a password (which I did not set up). So I decided I had probably screwed something up and tried to flash back to stock with Odin. Odin failed, and now all I can get is "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue..." I get this even when trying to enter recovery. I've tried connecting to Kies as well, but no such luck, as it doesn't connect to the device.Currently working on downloading another copy of the stock software to try with Odin again.
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks
What S4 do you have( model#)?
Are you sure you are using the correct firmware?
Are you sure the Kernel and ROM you tried to install were correct for your phone?
Did ODIN recognize your phone or did it fail during / after installation? Was there a specific message?
Re-downloading is good (you said you were doing that now) just to make sure it wasn't a bad download.
scott14719 said:
What S4 do you have( model#)?
Are you sure you are using the correct firmware?
Are you sure the Kernel and ROM you tried to install were correct for your phone?
Did ODIN recognize your phone or did it fail during / after installation? Was there a specific message?
Re-downloading is good (you said you were doing that now) just to make sure it wasn't a bad download.
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First, thank you for the quick response.
After redownloading from a different source, Odin's flash passed this time, and after a factory reset I am back in. Thank you again for the help.
Hi Guys,
This was my original FW:
AP: N900UBUBMI5
CP: N900UBUBMI2
CSC: N900UUBBMI2
Model: SM-N900 International version ( no carrier branding etc), FW version was from Uruguay
I flashed the wrong stock yesterday, and when I found the right one and tried to flash back it wouldn't work. I keep on getting a failed message in Odin in the system.img stage. Tried several different stock roms, tried to wipe data in recovery with no luck. Anyone know what I can do?
yoedba said:
Hi Guys,
This was my original FW:
AP: N900UBUBMI5
CP: N900UBUBMI2
CSC: N900UUBBMI2
Model: SM-N900 International version ( no carrier branding etc), FW version was from Uruguay
I flashed the wrong stock yesterday, and when I found the right one and tried to flash back it wouldn't work. I keep on getting a failed message in Odin in the system.img stage. Tried several different stock roms, tried to wipe data in recovery with no luck. Anyone know what I can do?
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You have posted the same question twice: (original link) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2489935
I have provided you instructions with a process to ROOT, install TWRP and work with the appropriate ROM files to get things operational. You responded to my PM stating you already had a recovery ROM you tried but it still fails.
Unfortunately, I have a feeling your device is glitched which is why I recommended you follow each section and each step to the letter. I understand this is redundant steps as you would be ROOTING, installing TWRP and going through a similar process as before but it's what we call process of elimination with troubleshooting in case something happened during the ROOT or with the install of your TWRP software. I have provided you with the appropriate ROM file and TWRP files for your device which should hopefully do the trick but downloading them takes time as hotfile limits your download speed.
I'm being a bit direct but your situation is more of a troubleshooting matter which takes time and has no magical/quick answer. Rather than posting twice, please try what is suggested and respond with the outcome so we can further troubleshoot.
Thank you!
Hi,
I really do appriciate all your help but it seems something else is going on. Once you told me the first time I installed TWRP already and that didn't solve the problem. I always get stuck in odin in the flashing of the system.img. I already tried everything you said many times today but it didn't work
Maybe this phone is different than other phones.
yoedba said:
Hi,
I really do appriciate all your help but it seems something else is going on. Once you told me the first time I installed TWRP already and that didn't solve the problem. I always get stuck in odin in the flashing of the system.img. I already tried everything you said many times today but it didn't work
Maybe this phone is different than other phones.
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I understand you have installed TWRP to try and do a recovery but this is what I'm saying... Maybe the ROOT went sideways and something is glitched in the device. If you follow my instructions which I provided via PM, this involves rooting the phone again, installing TWRP from scratch and going through each step as if it were a new device. It will take about 1 hour to do this process due to hotfile server speeds but once you've gone through this process, if it still hangs then another problem may be occurring. My thoughts are the ROOT itself or the TWRP recovery have become corrupt somehow causing you to get stuck during the flashing process.
Hope this helps!
cellrama said:
I understand you have installed TWRP to try and do a recovery but this is what I'm saying... Maybe the ROOT went sideways and something is glitched in the device. If you follow my instructions which I provided via PM, this involves rooting the phone again, installing TWRP from scratch and going through each step as if it were a new device. It will take about 1 hour to do this process due to hotfile server speeds but once you've gone through this process, if it still hangs then another problem may be occurring. My thoughts are the ROOT itself or the TWRP recovery have become correct somehow causing you to get stuck during the flashing process.
Hope this helps!
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You might be right, but when I tried to root my device again I got into a boot loop. My phone doesn't have a operational operating system so the root wouldn't work it just boot looped. After that I re installed TWRP and proceeded but again failed in the same place...
yoedba said:
You might be right, but when I tried to root my device again I got into a boot loop. My phone doesn't have a operational operating system so the root wouldn't work it just boot looped. After that I re installed TWRP and proceeded but again failed in the same place...
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OK, when you go into TWRP, from the touch base menus, click on format or wipe and within this menu, click on each option in a clockwise direction twice. This will wipe your device and hopefully come this time, you'll be able to ROOT the device again. Let us know how it works.
yoedba said:
You might be right, but when I tried to root my device again I got into a boot loop. My phone doesn't have a operational operating system so the root wouldn't work it just boot looped. After that I re installed TWRP and proceeded but again failed in the same place...
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Issue has been resolved as indicated by OP in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46653062#post46653062
Hi, ive been roaming around the forum for a while now, and I honeslty got to the point where I feel the urge to ask someone who really knows about the subject.
I recently tried to root my Samsung S4 1337m from Telcel Mexico's main carrier, and what I did on the start was that I tried to root using Odin and the CF Autoroot method, but i used the .tar file for gti9500, (which i tought it was my model at the moment, i later figured that i was wrong), so, since i used a diff tar file, it didint work, odin crashed and i got stuck and couldnt reboot my phone, so i downloaded a boot.img and a kernel XXUADMK for GTI9505, which i succesfuly (i dont even know if i should be using this word), patched using odin, both of them, then i got myself to samsung s4 logo, but i got stuck there...
So, basically, i need help now, to get past that samsung logo, i dont know if i screw up my phone or what, but i d really appreciate some assistance from someone now, i seriously got lost, i even tried a factory reset and a cashe wipe, which did nothing,
Help please?
da_walker said:
Hi, ive been roaming around the forum for a while now, and I honeslty got to the point where I feel the urge to ask someone who really knows about the subject.
I recently tried to root my Samsung S4 1337m from Telcel Mexico's main carrier, and what I did on the start was that I tried to root using Odin and the CF Autoroot method, but i used the .tar file for gti9500, (which i tought it was my model at the moment, i later figured that i was wrong), so, since i used a diff tar file, it didint work, odin crashed and i got stuck and couldnt reboot my phone, so i downloaded a boot.img and a kernel XXUADMK for GTI9505, which i succesfuly (i dont even know if i should be using this word), patched using odin, both of them, then i got myself to samsung s4 logo, but i got stuck there...
So, basically, i need help now, to get past that samsung logo, i dont know if i screw up my phone or what, but i d really appreciate some assistance from someone now, i seriously got lost, i even tried a factory reset and a cashe wipe, which did nothing,
Help please?
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i got it to work downloading the stock rom from samsung update, then flashing again using odin, it was a pain in the ass finding the file outside hotfiles lol, i guess this thread can be closed, i hope this helps someone though.
Hi guys,
My phone has suddenly gone into bootloop.
I tried hard resetting it using vol UP+home+power button. I wiped cache and followed it with factory reset. I didn't do any good. Its still in bootloop.
Please, help me regarding this. I can't start the phone to know any details in order to download the appropriate stock ROM.Also, if it matters, the phone has never been rooted and the warranty has expired.
You guys helped me out earlier as well. And even this time around I hope this community could get me out of this mess.
Thank you guys!
if formatting data in cwm doesn't sort the bootloop you will have to flash stock rom via odin - just choose which ever one relates to your geographical region
Link to my firmware thread is as ever accessible through the link in my signature or at the top of the dev thread
marcussmith2626 said:
if formatting data in cwm doesn't sort the bootloop you will have to flash stock rom via odin - just choose which ever one relates to your geographical region
Link to my firmware thread is as ever accessible through the link in my signature or at the top of the dev thread
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Ok! Thank you.
I'll try it in an hour and come back if face any trouble. BTW, I don't think I have enabled USB debugging. Won't that be a problem?
Thank you!
It worked.