Firstly my thanks to all the experts here - I'm a complete noob, yet I've managed to use the threads here to install a custom ROM on an old Sony Experia and more recently my Galaxy S3.
However, my S5 is sick and I'm stuck. Sorry to start yet another thread on this topic, but they mostly suggest things I've tried and in any case my head is spinning with it all so I'm starting afresh.
History: I was using the S5 as normal (RealCalc, IIRC - nothing exotic) and it became a bit non-responsive, so I restarted the phone. It hung at the 'Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by Android' screen. Tried again, same; took the battery out and tried again, same.
After much Googling and searching here, here's what I've tried:
Used Odin (various versions) to flash a recovery (can't remember which one). It appeared to work but on booting into recovery (power, home, vol-up), it hung at the 'recovery booting' screen.
Used Odin to flash a TWRP recovery. This gave me 'recovery booting (blue), recovery is not seandroid enforcing (red), set warranty bit: recovery (yellow) but still hung.
Eventually, after several attempted flashes, it booted into TWRP; the first thing I thought I should do was take a backup. It was late at night, so I left it backing up to the SD card (connected to USB power). In the morning, the screen was saying that the backup had completed ok, but the phone was completely frozen. Since then, it's never got past the initial boot screen
I also tried Odin to flash a stock ROM obtained from SamMobile. This failed right at the end (FAIL! (Ext4)).
I found a PIT file for the 900F, and with this and the stock ROM, got Odin to a PASS at the end. However, it still hangs on reboot.
The only thing that seems to work reliably is getting into download mode and flashing with Odin, but it never boots after that. I've tried other variations of the above but foolishly I didn't take notes and in any case they all had the same result.
Completely stuck. Would very much appreciate any suggestions.
Did you try flashing custom ROM?
thickymcthick said:
Firstly my thanks to all the experts here - I'm a complete noob, yet I've managed to use the threads here to install a custom ROM on an old Sony Experia and more recently my Galaxy S3.
However, my S5 is sick and I'm stuck. Sorry to start yet another thread on this topic, but they mostly suggest things I've tried and in any case my head is spinning with it all so I'm starting afresh.
History: I was using the S5 as normal (RealCalc, IIRC - nothing exotic) and it became a bit non-responsive, so I restarted the phone. It hung at the 'Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by Android' screen. Tried again, same; took the battery out and tried again, same.
After much Googling and searching here, here's what I've tried:
Used Odin (various versions) to flash a recovery (can't remember which one). It appeared to work but on booting into recovery (power, home, vol-up), it hung at the 'recovery booting' screen.
Used Odin to flash a TWRP recovery. This gave me 'recovery booting (blue), recovery is not seandroid enforcing (red), set warranty bit: recovery (yellow) but still hung.
Eventually, after several attempted flashes, it booted into TWRP; the first thing I thought I should do was take a backup. It was late at night, so I left it backing up to the SD card (connected to USB power). In the morning, the screen was saying that the backup had completed ok, but the phone was completely frozen. Since then, it's never got past the initial boot screen
I also tried Odin to flash a stock ROM obtained from SamMobile. This failed right at the end (FAIL! (Ext4)).
I found a PIT file for the 900F, and with this and the stock ROM, got Odin to a PASS at the end. However, it still hangs on reboot.
The only thing that seems to work reliably is getting into download mode and flashing with Odin, but it never boots after that. I've tried other variations of the above but foolishly I didn't take notes and in any case they all had the same result.
Completely stuck. Would very much appreciate any suggestions.
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androidtweaker1 said:
Did you try flashing custom ROM?
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No, I did download a CyanogenMod one, but I can't install it from recovery, as I can't get into any recovery now.
Are there any custom ROMs that can be flashed from Odin?
did you try to remove and format your extSD (possibly partly corrupted) and reinsert and flash again? Or change to other extSD?
Perru said:
did you try to remove and format your extSD (possibly partly corrupted) and reinsert and flash again? Or change to other extSD?
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Well, I removed the card completely and reflashed with Odin. No difference.
I can't flash from a ROM on the SD card because I can't successfully boot into recovery.
I suppose, you already tried to flash twrp-2.8.7.0-klte directly from here: https://dl.twrp.me/klte
and latest stock rom for G900F and your country directly from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900F/
via ODIN 3.10.7 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451?
Perru said:
I suppose, you already tried to flash twrp-2.8.7.0-klte directly from here: https://dl.twrp.me/klte
and latest stock rom for G900F and your country directly from here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-G900F/
via ODIN 3.10.7 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451?
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I have, yes.
And earlier stock ROMs, and with earlier ODINs too, in various combinations.
Every time, the flash appears to work but it then hangs, booting into recovery. I get the blue 'recovery booting' line at the top, on the Samsung initial boot screen.
thickymcthick said:
Firstly my thanks to all the experts here - I'm a complete noob, yet I've managed to use the threads here to install a custom ROM on an old Sony Experia and more recently my Galaxy S3.
However, my S5 is sick and I'm stuck. Sorry to start yet another thread on this topic, but they mostly suggest things I've tried and in any case my head is spinning with it all so I'm starting afresh.
History: I was using the S5 as normal (RealCalc, IIRC - nothing exotic) and it became a bit non-responsive, so I restarted the phone. It hung at the 'Samsung Galaxy S5 powered by Android' screen. Tried again, same; took the battery out and tried again, same.
After much Googling and searching here, here's what I've tried:
Used Odin (various versions) to flash a recovery (can't remember which one). It appeared to work but on booting into recovery (power, home, vol-up), it hung at the 'recovery booting' screen.
Used Odin to flash a TWRP recovery. This gave me 'recovery booting (blue), recovery is not seandroid enforcing (red), set warranty bit: recovery (yellow) but still hung.
Eventually, after several attempted flashes, it booted into TWRP; the first thing I thought I should do was take a backup. It was late at night, so I left it backing up to the SD card (connected to USB power). In the morning, the screen was saying that the backup had completed ok, but the phone was completely frozen. Since then, it's never got past the initial boot screen
I also tried Odin to flash a stock ROM obtained from SamMobile. This failed right at the end (FAIL! (Ext4)).
I found a PIT file for the 900F, and with this and the stock ROM, got Odin to a PASS at the end. However, it still hangs on reboot.
The only thing that seems to work reliably is getting into download mode and flashing with Odin, but it never boots after that. I've tried other variations of the above but foolishly I didn't take notes and in any case they all had the same result.
Completely stuck. Would very much appreciate any suggestions.
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What s u model number
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R u now able go to download mode.
tharik816 said:
What s u model number
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SM-G900F, as in the thread title. Is this what you meant?
R u now able go to download mode.
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No, nothing's changed since I last tried.
https://youtu.be/m1eRM-kSNNs
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Try this ...http://www.gsmindia.in/forum/samsun...fix-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900f-dead-boot.html
tharik816 said:
https://youtu.be/m1eRM-kSNNs
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This video just shows starting up in download mode. Not sure how this helps. I can do this, flash a stock rom or recovery with ODIN, which appears to work (get PASS at the end).
Then on reboot to recovery, it just hangs at the Recovery booting message.
http://www.gsmindia.in/forum/samsun...fix-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900f-dead-boot.html
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thickymcthick said:
This video just shows starting up in download mode. Not sure how this helps. I can do this, flash a stock rom or recovery with ODIN, which appears to work (get PASS at the end).
Then on reboot to recovery, it just hangs at the Recovery booting message.
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download mode working or not
tharik816 said:
http://www.gsmindia.in/forum/samsun...fix-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900f-dead-boot.html
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Appears to be, as I've said. It's the reboot to recovery after flashing that hangs.
I don't have access to a working G900F, unfortunately.
Well, it turned out to be hardware. Needed a replacement board, seems fine now. Thanks for the various suggestions, but none of them worked.
thickymcthick said:
Well, it turned out to be hardware. Needed a replacement board, seems fine now. Thanks for the various suggestions, but none of them worked.
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wow you have an identical problem with my device. Did you go to samsung service center or a unofficial service center? and may i know how much you spend to fix that? i'm afraid it'd be expensive for a student. thanks before.
firareza said:
wow you have an identical problem with my device. Did you go to samsung service center or a unofficial service center? and may i know how much you spend to fix that? i'm afraid it'd be expensive for a student. thanks before.
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I took it to a local (I live near London, England) Samsung authorised service centre and they replaced the board.
It cost me GBP 169... :crying:
Worse still, it turned out that it had a 2-year warranty, not the one year one that I thought it had. If I hadn't tried to reinstall Android, thereby tripping the Knox counter, it would have cost me precisely nothing...
An expensive mistake there - check your warranty carefully.
thickymcthick said:
I took it to a local (I live near London, England) Samsung authorised service centre and they replaced the board.
It cost me GBP 169... :crying:
Worse still, it turned out that it had a 2-year warranty, not the one year one that I thought it had. If I hadn't tried to reinstall Android, thereby tripping the Knox counter, it would have cost me precisely nothing...
An expensive mistake there - check your warranty carefully.
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My warranty isn't valid since i bought a mint condition second-handed G900F from SG. I'm Indonesian. My knox is 0x1 today when i tried to fix that using boot.tar (i didn't know if it'd make my knox avoid! desperately tried every possibilities. Ended up sobbing to see that 0x1).
I thought the problem is on the software, not the hardware. So i'm bit shocked reading your statement that you replace the board. Hope the local service center near the city helps. Thanks for the info!
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...So i'm bit shocked reading your statement that you replace the board.
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Well the thing is, flashing a new Recovery and booting into recovery mode isn't difficult - I've done it several times with other phones, and it's a straightforward procedure.
So the fact that the phone wouldn't boot to Recovery was (in retrospect at least) a bit of an indication that all wasn't well with the hardware. I wasn't messing with the phone when it failed initially, either - I was just using it.
Booting to the stock recovery was the first test I did on the repaired phone, and it worked fine. I'll be leaving the ROM as stock, though, till the warranty runs out.
A bit strange for the board to just stop working though - I've looked after the phone very carefully since new.
Is it common with the S5, does anyone know?
thickymcthick said:
Well the thing is, flashing a new Recovery and booting into recovery mode isn't difficult - I've done it several times with other phones, and it's a straightforward procedure.
So the fact that the phone wouldn't boot to Recovery was (in retrospect at least) a bit of an indication that all wasn't well with the hardware. I wasn't messing with the phone when it failed initially, either - I was just using it.
Booting to the stock recovery was the first test I did on the repaired phone, and it worked fine. I'll be leaving the ROM as stock, though, till the warranty runs out.
A bit strange for the board to just stop working though - I've looked after the phone very carefully since new.
Is it common with the S5, does anyone know?
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Were you able to resolve the issue?
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Were you able to resolve the issue?
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Er, did you read my earlier posts? #14 and later.
Related
Ohh, where to start. Ok so first off let me apologize in advance if this has already
been posted but I’m a noob when it comes top posting in the forums. Been using
them for years to fix my problems just new to posting. Anyway, a few nights ago I
tried to flash the newest version of the T-Mobile AOKP rom (Kit Kat 4.2.2) onto my
AT&T I337 Samsung Galaxy S4 via the latest version of TWRP recovery. After
attempting to flash AOKP, TWRP failed the flash and had an error message that said
something about the phone not being able to flash a T-Mobile rom on an AT&T
phone. I then tried to flash the AOKP rom again and mistakenly flashed the Loki
kernel instead. I was currently running Cyanogenmod 11. After the Loki kernel
attempted to flash, it once again said failed and gave me a message that said
something about me losing root and asking if I wanted to reinstall superuser. I
agreed to reinstall superuser and used the option to reboot my phone once it was
complete. But….once the phone attempted to reboot my screen went black and all
my phone would do is vibrate every two to three seconds with a blank screen. I
pulled the battery, tried to put it in recovery mode, and download mode but nothing
worked at all. It wouldn’t charge, no battery icon, no LED. After messing with it for a
few hours and randomly pushing buttons I finally got it to go into download mode. I
was so happy. I decided I would flash (Odin) a stock firmware that I had already had
and used plenty of times. But…after flashing Odin would say complete and pass but
when my phone would reboot it done the same thing as before. Black screen and
vibrates every two to three seconds wont charge, no battery icon, no LED, still won’t
go into recovery mode but will still go into download mode. I’ve used every version
of Odin, used different USB ports, different USB cords, reflashed the stock at least
20 times now and still nothing. What have I done and how could I fix this issue. :crying:
Ohhh and before I forget, It may be worth mentioning that when I finally got it in
download mode I noticed it said that I had the stock Samsung firmware, where it
usually says custom when rooted.
I'm assuming you're on MDL firmware. If so Odin flash the stock firmware. You can get it at sammobile.com
You're probably hosed though, sounds like you've tried all this.
Doesn't work
jd1639 said:
I'm assuming you're on MDL firmware. If so Odin flash the stock firmware. You can get it at sammobile.com
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Like i said in the post. Odin didnt work. It will say pass every time but doesnt fix anything. Screen still stays black and just vibrates every two to three seconds and still cant access recovery mode.
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lukethaduke88 said:
Like i said in the post. Odin didnt work. It will say pass every time but doesnt fix anything. Screen still stays black and just vibrates every two to three seconds and still cant access recovery mode.
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just try whats in my signature
lukethaduke88 said:
Like i said in the post. Odin didnt work. It will say pass every time but doesnt fix anything. Screen still stays black and just vibrates every two to three seconds and still cant access recovery mode.
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so my gs4 does the same thing how did you fix it ?
juggalo1978 said:
so my gs4 does the same thing how did you fix it ?
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First observation: nothing here says that he fixed it. If he did, which may not have happened, then he obviously didn't tell us.
I wonder if you really have the same issue. Did you read through the OP? Did your phone get where it is by doing the exact same sequence that he did? If not, and you want someone to help, you will need to give a detailed description of everything that led up to the issue you have, from the time the phone was operating normally. It would also be helpful to know what your phone was running before this happened.
creepyncrawly said:
First observation: nothing here says that he fixed it. If he did, which may not have happened, then he obviously didn't tell us.
I wonder if you really have the same issue. Did you read through the OP? Did your phone get where it is by doing the exact same sequence that he did? If not, and you want someone to help, you will need to give a detailed description of everything that led up to the issue you have, from the time the phone was operating normally. It would also be helpful to know what your phone was running before this happened.
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I have an i337 and i flashed the AOSP Kt kernel like june or before intern it rebooted and was stock on boot black screen and vibrating trying to turn on or or recovery does the same thing i can get in dl mode and odin says pass nothing stays the same kies wont read it and it dont come up in device manger it is on ether the mdb boot loader or mdl it was running liquid smooth it never got to stock recovery because when it would not boot i tried odin
3.2 ive seem some where it can be fixed with an sd card but i need the debrick image if anyone could help id appreciate it thank you
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creepyncrawly said:
First observation: nothing here says that he fixed it. If he did, which may not have happened, then he obviously didn't tell us.
I wonder if you really have the same issue. Did you read through the OP? Did your phone get where it is by doing the exact same sequence that he did? If not, and you want someone to help, you will need to give a detailed description of everything that led up to the issue you have, from the time the phone was operating normally. It would also be helpful to know what your phone was running before this happened.
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I have an i337 and i flashed the AOSP Kt kernel intern it rebooted and was stock on boot black screen and vibrating trying to turn on or or recovery does the same thing i can get in dl mode and odin says pass nothing stays the same kies wont read it and it dont come up in device manger it is on ether the mdb boot loader or mdl it was running liquid smooth 3.2 ive seem some where it can be fixed with an sd card but i need the debrick image if anyone could help id appreciate it thank you
Hello and I apologise in advance for the size of the post. I'll try to be as succinct as possible but there's a lot to say. First off, I had a Wind Note 3. Then sick of the reception I swapped to Mobilicity. I rooted the phone 8 mos. ago and it went well, but a month later when I tried to install a new rom with Odin I did something wrong. To the best of my abilities, i made sure that what I was installing was for my type of phone. My Note ended up caught in an unending rebooting process with the message 'Recovery Booting...Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing Set Warranty Bit: recovery'. So I reconnected it to Odin and let it do its thing and I had a mediocre working phone. The menu and back keys were useless. I lived like that until I saw this post. So I downloaded the first item from this site. For Gapps I got the first choice of this list . However when I went to put my mobile in recovery mode it did the same 'Recovery Booting' message as it did the last time. Then I ran Odin again with this and while the phone was still not working properly when I tried to boot on recovery mode it allowed me to. I then uploaded the new rom but I got this message: (please follow this link for pictures.
So I need some guidance in what to do even if it is to tell me to use it as a paperweight. However, I think there's still hope for it. Any input will be much appreciated it.
I suggest you start over by flashing a stock rom from sammobile.com.
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audit13 said:
I suggest you start over by flashing a stock rom from sammobile.com.
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I did found the rom as u advised. The problem still persist, Odin shows no button called PDA as a mention but AP instead. Any ideas?
Sorry for pestering you, I dont mean to spam you. Thank you kindly,
PW
AP=PDA
Sent from my SM-G925F
PDA appears in Odin 3.07. AP appears in newer versions.
Please someone help me. I've spent countless hours readying and trying different methods to fix my phone.
Background
1)Bought S5 in 2014. Rooted with towel root. Did not install any recoveries or mess with bootloader. Used phone for 2 year without a problem. Bought S7 and put S5 in a drawer for past year. Fired up the S5 a week ago and used for 2 days without a problem.
2)Phone just randomly crashed while using camera. Tried starting it up and it went to permanent boot loop (Flashing of Samsung S5 screeen). Went into recovery to factory reset but phone continued to flash start up screen and not boot.
3) I tried rooting/unlocking with odin/safestrap method in this post "https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/testers-required-easier-root-method-t3561529/post71202995#post71202995 "
4) I have 15' EMMC phone. The phone booted up after odin flash of "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar" and I made it through the rest of steps until the last step.
5) Upon flashing EMMC_15_VZW_QB2_STOCK_MAGISK_ROOT.zip the phone went into bootloop/flashing Samsung s5 screen.
6) I tried using odin to restore to PB1 stock as mentioned in this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72152905&postcount=3
7) I used odin to flash S5_KLTE_USA_VZW.pit. Then odin to flash G900V_Firmware_PB1.tar.md5. Finally, I used odin to flash G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar.md5. Again, the phone just goes into flashing the samsung s5 screen.
8) Trying to enter recovery mode, just results in looping of samsung screen with "blue recovery" in the top left corner.
9) I tried repeating step 4 above but after odin of "combination" file, it goes right back to boot loop.
10) My download mode screen says:
Current binary: Samsung official
System Status: Custom
Reactivation lock: Off
qualcom secure boot: enable (csb)
Secure download: enable
Please please help.
seanatsb said:
Please someone help me. I've spent countless hours readying and trying different methods to fix my phone.
Background
1)Bought S5 in 2014. Rooted with towel root. Did not install any recoveries or mess with bootloader. Used phone for 2 year without a problem. Bought S7 and put S5 in a drawer for past year. Fired up the S5 a week ago and used for 2 days without a problem.
2)Phone just randomly crashed while using camera. Tried starting it up and it went to permanent boot loop (Flashing of Samsung S5 screeen). Went into recovery to factory reset but phone continued to flash start up screen and not boot.
3) I tried rooting/unlocking with odin/safestrap method in this post "https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/testers-required-easier-root-method-t3561529/post71202995#post71202995 "
4) I have 15' EMMC phone. The phone booted up after odin flash of "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar" and I made it through the rest of steps until the last step.
5) Upon flashing EMMC_15_VZW_QB2_STOCK_MAGISK_ROOT.zip the phone went into bootloop/flashing Samsung s5 screen.
6) I tried using odin to restore to PB1 stock as mentioned in this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72152905&postcount=3
7) I used odin to flash S5_KLTE_USA_VZW.pit. Then odin to flash G900V_Firmware_PB1.tar.md5. Finally, I used odin to flash G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar.md5. Again, the phone just goes into flashing the samsung s5 screen.
8) Trying to enter recovery mode, just results in looping of samsung screen with "blue recovery" in the top left corner.
9) I tried repeating step 4 above but after odin of "combination" file, it goes right back to boot loop.
10) My download mode screen says:
Current binary: Samsung official
System Status: Custom
Reactivation lock: Off
qualcom secure boot: enable (csb)
Secure download: enable
Please please help.
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Sounds like my old note 4. Had a emmc failure. Could flash firmwares but would never boot. It did roughly the same. Thing you described above.
seanatsb said:
Please someone help me. I've spent countless hours readying and trying different methods to fix my phone.
Background
1)Bought S5 in 2014. Rooted with towel root. Did not install any recoveries or mess with bootloader. Used phone for 2 year without a problem. Bought S7 and put S5 in a drawer for past year. Fired up the S5 a week ago and used for 2 days without a problem.
2)Phone just randomly crashed while using camera. Tried starting it up and it went to permanent boot loop (Flashing of Samsung S5 screeen). Went into recovery to factory reset but phone continued to flash start up screen and not boot.
3) I tried rooting/unlocking with odin/safestrap method in this post "https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/testers-required-easier-root-method-t3561529/post71202995#post71202995 "
4) I have 15' EMMC phone. The phone booted up after odin flash of "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar" and I made it through the rest of steps until the last step.
5) Upon flashing EMMC_15_VZW_QB2_STOCK_MAGISK_ROOT.zip the phone went into bootloop/flashing Samsung s5 screen.
6) I tried using odin to restore to PB1 stock as mentioned in this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72152905&postcount=3
7) I used Odin to flash S5_KLTE_USA_VZW.pit. Then Odin to flash G900V_Firmware_PB1.tar.md5. Finally, I used Odin to flash G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar.md5. Again, the phone just goes into flashing the Samsung s5 screen.
8) Trying to enter recovery mode, just results in looping of Samsung screen with "blue recovery" in the top left corner.
9) I tried repeating step 4 above but after Odin of "combination" file, it goes right back to boot loop.
10) My download mode screen says:
Current binary: Samsung official
System Status: Custom
Reactivation lock: Off
Qualcomm secure boot: enable (csb)
Secure download: enable
Please please help.
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This is exactly what happened to me, after using Odin to flash G900V_Firmware_PB1.tar.md5 from the said thread you mention my phone failed to boot normally again, The phone booted up after using Odin to flash "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar" but when plugged out of the charger/system it will keep vibrating and rebooting none stop.
Please have you find the location to your own problem, if yes please kindly post how you resolved it, but if No, I think @jrkruse, @GeTex, and other dev should help us on this, please.
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TheMadScientist said:
Sounds like my old note 4. Had a emmc failure. Could flash firmwares but would never boot. It did roughly the same. The thing you described above.
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Please, how do you later resolve it? or does it mean there's no solution for it? please shed more light, Thanks
dhilariousdandy said:
This is exactly what happened to me, after using Odin to flash G900V_Firmware_PB1.tar.md5 from the said thread you mention my phone failed to boot normally again, The phone booted up after using Odin to flash "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar" but when plugged out of the charger/system it will keep vibrating and rebooting none stop.
Please have you find the location to your own problem, if yes please kindly post how you resolved it, but if No, I think @jrkruse, @GeTex, and other dev should help us on this, please.
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Please, how do you later resolve it? or does it mean there's no solution for it? please shed more light, Thanks
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If its truly a emmc failure new motherboard is only fix
TheMadScientist said:
If its truly a emmc failure new motherboard is only fix
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Oh! this is very bad, thanks anyway
dhilariousdandy said:
Oh! this is very bad, thanks anyway
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Yes I could flash any rom and or file within reason of coarse.
but would never come off sammy logo every now and then it would make it to a optimizing apps page didnt matter if it was stock roms or aosp or stock firmware unrooted through odin.
Now again this was a note 4 but does seem similar
TheMadScientist said:
Yes I could flash any rom and or file within reason of coarse.
but would never come off sammy logo every now and then it would make it to an optimizing apps page didnt matter if it was stock roms or aosp or stock firmware unrooted through odin.
Now again this was a note 4 but does seem similar
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Same here, i can flash any rom using Odin but the phone can't boot at all, it will only be vibrating and rebooting
TheMadScientist said:
If its truly a emmc failure new motherboard is only fix
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So can I flash a new motherboard? Cause I sure don't know how to replace a motherboard. (JK about flashing one)
Uggh, so I guess I'm stuck with a new paper weight. That pretty much blows.
seanatsb said:
So can I flash a new motherboard? Cause I sure don't know how to replace a motherboard. (JK about flashing one)
Uggh, so I guess I'm stuck with a new paper weight. That pretty much blows.
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Yeah that does suck if you put that pit in the pit slot and put that tar in ap and clicked start and it flashes then reboots and does nothing but stay on the Samsung screen then you have some sort of hardware issue which might require a motherboard replacement.
The PIT file isn't always necessary for flashing the stock Firmware back in a device.
When obtaining the Stock Firmware, be sure it is the equivalent or later release from what you have. Very few S5 Firmware Versions can be downgraded so be sure that yours can before attempting a downgrade or you may end up with a Soft/Hard Bricked Device.
Typically the following steps are taken:
1) Enter download mode on your device then plug it into the USB cable connected to the PC.
2) Open Odin and be sure that the it's seeing the COM port number for the device.
3) Place the Firmware image in the PDA/AP spot.
4) Be sure that the ONLY options that are selected (or checked off) is the "F. Reset Time" and the "Auto Reboot" & NOTHING ELSE.
5) Press the Start button.
That should be it and, hopefully, these steps work for you.
***EDIT: I had attached an Example screenshot of the ODIN display so that you can see an example of what's reflected in ODIN regarding what the options should be.
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I Am The Egg Man,
They Are The Egg Men.
I Am The Walrus!
Coo Coo Cachoo!
I DO NOT PROVIDE SUPPORT VIA PM UNLESS ASKED/REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
PLEASE KEEP IT IN THE THREADS WHERE EVERYONE CAN SHARE
seanatsb said:
Please someone help me. I've spent countless hours readying and trying different methods to fix my phone.
Background
1)Bought S5 in 2014. Rooted with towel root. Did not install any recoveries or mess with bootloader. Used phone for 2 year without a problem. Bought S7 and put S5 in a drawer for past year. Fired up the S5 a week ago and used for 2 days without a problem.
2)Phone just randomly crashed while using camera. Tried starting it up and it went to permanent boot loop (Flashing of Samsung S5 screeen). Went into recovery to factory reset but phone continued to flash start up screen and not boot.
3) I tried rooting/unlocking with odin/safestrap method in this post "https://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/testers-required-easier-root-method-t3561529/post71202995#post71202995 "
4) I have 15' EMMC phone. The phone booted up after odin flash of "COMBINATION_VZW_FA44_G900VVRU2APA1_VZW2APA1_2572656_REV00_user_mid_noship_MULTI_CERT.tar" and I made it through the rest of steps until the last step.
5) Upon flashing EMMC_15_VZW_QB2_STOCK_MAGISK_ROOT.zip the phone went into bootloop/flashing Samsung s5 screen.
6) I tried using odin to restore to PB1 stock as mentioned in this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=72152905&postcount=3
7) I used odin to flash S5_KLTE_USA_VZW.pit. Then odin to flash G900V_Firmware_PB1.tar.md5. Finally, I used odin to flash G900VVRU2BPB1_G900VVZW2BPB1_G900VVRU2BPB1_HOME.tar.md5. Again, the phone just goes into flashing the samsung s5 screen.
8) Trying to enter recovery mode, just results in looping of samsung screen with "blue recovery" in the top left corner.
9) I tried repeating step 4 above but after odin of "combination" file, it goes right back to boot loop.
10) My download mode screen says:
Current binary: Samsung official
System Status: Custom
Reactivation lock: Off
qualcom secure boot: enable (csb)
Secure download: enable
Please please help.
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You need to install using odin the last update avaliable for G900V. The last update is QF2. Download from updato and flash it..
If this not work. Idk what happens.
Hi so first of all im kind of a noob when it comes to this so please explain any technical jargon
It all started a few days ago when my note 4 started rebooting on its own, it did occasionally get stuck in bootloop but a battery pull fixed every time, I hadn't rooted it or did anything that could break it that way just normal media consumption. About 2 days later it started to get stuck on bootloop more than half the times it rebooted (again all without a reason) Currently it doesnt even show the boot animation and i can't access recovery mode, I can access odin mode tho but i flashing it twice didn't help
I have the uk O2 version (SM-N910F) with a powerbear battery that doesn't show any signs of wear down
Any assistance in getting my phone's software back to "out of the box" conditions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you for your time and patience
Did you flash stock rom(latest) successfully through odin? Did odin show 'success' message after finishing flashing?
Mufrad said:
Did you flash stock rom(latest) successfully through odin? Did odin show 'success' message after finishing flashing?
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yes and yes, I used the latest stock rom from sammobile and it did successfully flash but when it tries to go to recovery mode after that it just goes to bootloop again (it shows the "recovery booting..." in blue at the top)
Altrath said:
yes and yes, I used the latest stock rom from sammobile and it did successfully flash but when it tries to go to recovery mode after that it just goes to bootloop again (it shows the "recovery booting..." in blue at the top)
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I am not sure what's wrong, but I would install a custom recovery and try and install a custom rom to check if everything works right, if it does then maybe try and flash stock through odin again.
Altrath said:
Hi so first of all im kind of a noob when it comes to this so please explain any technical jargon
It all started a few days ago when my note 4 started rebooting on its own, it did occasionally get stuck in bootloop but a battery pull fixed every time, I hadn't rooted it or did anything that could break it that way just normal media consumption. About 2 days later it started to get stuck on bootloop more than half the times it rebooted (again all without a reason) Currently it doesnt even show the boot animation and i can't access recovery mode, I can access odin mode tho but i flashing it twice didn't help
I have the uk O2 version (SM-N910F) with a powerbear battery that doesn't show any signs of wear down
Any assistance in getting my phone's software back to "out of the box" conditions would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you for your time and patience
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Mate, the 910F is a Snapdragon - famous for it's eMMc problem. You may search about this and get more info.
In short, there's a big chance it's not going to get to work again.
Sorry for your loss.
The problem seems to be caused by the eMMc chip
Is there a way to fix or replace it without expensive equiepement?
Mufrad said:
I am not sure what's wrong, but I would install a custom recovery and try and install a custom rom to check if everything works right, if it does then maybe try and flash stock through odin again.
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btw flashing TWRP or any recovery doesn't work so i'm pretty sure it's the eMMc chip
If it really is your eMMC chip, you are better off trying to get a new device. The eMMC chip isn't removable without a lot of time, effort and risks. Also you'll need a head Gun or something and a new identical chip that will cost you a new device worth.
Altrath said:
The problem seems to be caused by the eMMc chip
Is there a way to fix or replace it without expensive equiepement?
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try
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/100-fix-galaxy-note-4-emmc-error-random-t3859448
Hey guys,
I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
Tried flashing the G925F with the latest firmware, but the phone is stuff on the boot logo and wont move past it.
I can ONLY access download mode, recovery mode is unavailable. I've looked for a bootloader but theres so many versions all over the place and I dont want to pick the wrong one.
G925FXXU6ERF5 is the phone with the following details:
UK XEU CSC running Android 7.0 (well supposed to be lol)
The amount of threads I've gone through end up with the end of having users PM'ing each other for the answer or 'search for the answer'
So any help would be grateful.
royds said:
Hey guys,
I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
Tried flashing the G925F with the latest firmware, but the phone is stuff on the boot logo and wont move past it.
I can ONLY access download mode, recovery mode is unavailable. I've looked for a bootloader but theres so many versions all over the place and I dont want to pick the wrong one.
G925FXXU6ERF5 is the phone with the following details:
UK XEU CSC running Android 7.0 (well supposed to be lol)
The amount of threads I've gone through end up with the end of having users PM'ing each other for the answer or 'search for the answer'
So any help would be grateful.
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OK, got some progress. After reading a similar issue I followed a guide on installing TWRP recovery and was finally able to boot into some kind of recovery mode. Now I'm just stuck with what to do hahaha. Its just strange that when I flash with Odin with the official firmware in the AP, I cant access the recovery mode, but flashing with TWRP the their recovery mode works perfectly.
Update, after a lot of searching on youtube and forums etc, was able to find out the data section was read as 0MB so wiped the storage via change the format of the storage then changing it back. This was able to make the data storage read correctly.
Installed the correct firmware which I had tried before, but this time the phone went through the update and was able to go through a full set up.
Just typing out this info for anyone else having the same issues.
My s6 edge is dead, doesnt boot stock recovery only twrp. Gets frozen after 2 minutes, I can use twrp but i have to be fast. tried reinstalling with odin nothing. IS your phone working now, if it is what did u do exactly
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xperiaking247 said:
My s6 edge is dead, doesnt boot stock recovery only twrp. Gets frozen after 2 minutes, I can use twrp but i have to be fast. tried reinstalling with odin nothing. IS your phone working now, if it is what did u do exactly
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ALSO EDIT it doesnt work AT ALL if its without usb cable
xperiaking247 said:
My s6 edge is dead, doesnt boot stock recovery only twrp. Gets frozen after 2 minutes, I can use twrp but i have to be fast. tried reinstalling with odin nothing. IS your phone working now, if it is what did u do exactly
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ALSO EDIT it doesnt work AT ALL if its without usb cable
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After I got it working it did a bunch of updates but then stopped working.. back with the boot loop and failing to get to normal recovery. Only twrp works perfectly. If yours works only with usb attached I'd say it could be the battery or something linked to the battery.