Hi, first time here so sorry if in wrong place.
so my s4 has gone into a boot loop, it wont get past the first samsung screen before rebooting.
things i have tried; going into safe mode, no luck.
going into recovery mode, no luck
trying, to wipe it by holding down volume up, home and power, still nothing.
the screen will sometimes artifact whilst stuck in the boot loop.
so i looked into trying to use odin to flash the phone back to stock, as im using lollipop. odin won't even recognise my phone.
the phone is no longer under warranty.
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For Odin to recognise your phone you need to boot into download mode. You also need the samsung drivers installed.
Also try different usb ports and cables.
GDReaper said:
For Odin to recognise your phone you need to boot into download mode. You also need the samsung drivers installed.
Also try different usb ports and cables.
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tried 9 different ports, 3 different cables, my drivers are up to date. it can connect to my gf phone.
jebbles said:
tried 9 different ports, 3 different cables, my drivers are up to date. it can connect to my gf phone.
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bought a new cable, and finnally got to connect to my pc!! twrp installed.
in the vol.up+power to get to recovery. i have 3 lines
its stuck on this.
top blue: recovery booting....
middle red; recovery is not seandroid enforcing
bottom yellow; set warranty bit : recovery
I suggest you flash a stock rom and go from there.
my phone isn't allowing me to flash a rom http://imgur.com/Lkkmqyz
ok, so i talked to samsung support, looks like the mainboard is moslty likely the culprit and they said it will need replacing $250...
funeral service for my phone will be held at 1pm gmt +10.30
thanks for your help though.
Buying an S4 with a broken screen and switching the motherboards would be cheaper.
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I too have a focus that is stuck in a loop at the Samsung logo. I bought it like that thinking I might be able to resurrect it as another toy. I have had lots of experience with Samsung, HTC and Sony droid phones, this would be the first WP.
It is a I917R on Rogers, there is no hardware revision under battery. I am assuming it is V1.3 as I have only seen software for the that version posted. I do not know how the phone got to its present state. They just said it happened during normal use?
I can get to both download mode and factory reset. I have flashed the stock rogers files without errors, but I never get the screen connecting to pc. The phone just restarts after successfully flashing, only to reboot continuously. I have been able to install MAGLDR and flashed every v1.3 ROM i could download. All without errors, just the same outcome they all just keep displaying Samung logo and then reboot. Only thing I noticed is that when I flash MAGLDR and custom ROMs it takes the phone longer to reboot.
I never get the connect to pc if I hold camera and power, nor do I ever get that screen when I flash a ROM.
Not sure if situation is similar... I am puzzled?
Your situation is very similar with other folks' here, unfortunately. It's not clear what causes it and there's no solution as of yet. For some, re-flashing worked. For others, a new battery. Most are stuck on loop...
When you connect the phone to USB when in download mode, what do you get?
When I boot to download mode I can flash Rom with WP7. I get to the yellow triangle download mode and flashes ok, no errors. Just noticed that it never goes to connect to pc mode.
Same with when I format, no connect to pc mode.
Nothing I try seems to help.
blackangel21 said:
When I boot to download mode I can flash Rom with WP7. I get to the yellow triangle download mode and flashes ok, no errors. Just noticed that it never goes to connect to pc mode.
Same with when I format, no connect to pc mode.
Nothing I try seems to help.
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I see. What messages do you get when you connect the phone to the PC via USB, in either mode?
No messages, just shows up as Samsung USB composite device, Samsung mobile modem and Samsung mobile modem diagnostic serial port in download mode.
In magldr it shows up add Microsoft USB sync.
The only thing I forgot to mention was that when I flash with WP7 it finished without error in 90 seconds, but on the phone it says it will take 10 minutes.
Not sure what more I can add...
You could try different downloaders. Please see this thread for 7.41 downloader, maybe that helps?
Tried both, same outcome... No errors, just keeps rebooting... No Connect to PC message.
Im having the same problem. And i can see many other people who are having the same issue also. So i think its time to dump those phones, not worth a penny. The one i have in here was actually working, i followed all the directions in order to flash it. And still the phone got stuck into that bootloop. Its ridiculous from what i can see. I think ive read once you put that SDmini in it the phone will use it for the OS. But the one i had was working actually without it, i could turn it off as many times as i wanted and nothing happened. But if i tried a factory reset data would stay and diagnosis mode wasnt working. So i decided to flash it. Big, huge mistake! Hope you have better luck than i did. Because im dumping this one....
Same problem here, ive checked a couple of threads and no solution so far
Im sure you all have heard this one before. But I think mine may be alittle different. Im getting the error, System software not authorized etc. I bought it off of someone. I have odin 3.07 and it doesnt show the COM ports. I got USB drivers for samsung cellphones. I also got the stock ROM downloaded. I guess the question is, is there a way to flash this back to stock from the SD Card? I noticed this. I unplug the USB cable. The phone turns off. It does not come on unless the USB cable is hooked up. So I dont know if this means anything different. This phone has never been hooked up to this computer. It shows a Unknown Device in my device manager. Its hardware ID tag is USB\UNKNOWN. It is showing the SECURE FAIL: KERNAL. Can someone point me in the corrrect direction. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Im sure you all have heard this one before. But I think mine may be alittle different. Im getting the error, System software not authorized etc. I bought it off of someone. I have odin 3.07 and it doesnt show the COM ports. I got USB drivers for samsung cellphones. I also got the stock ROM downloaded. I guess the question is, is there a way to flash this back to stock from the SD Card? I noticed this. I unplug the USB cable. The phone turns off. It does not come on unless the USB cable is hooked up. So I dont know if this means anything different. This phone has never been hooked up to this computer. It shows a Unknown Device in my device manager. Its hardware ID tag is USB\UNKNOWN. It is showing the SECURE FAIL: KERNAL. Can someone point me in the corrrect direction. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm guessing you when you bought it the phone booted is this correct?
If yes, what firmware is on it?
What have you done that no longer allows the phone the boot (did you flash something with Odin)?
The more info the better....
rayburne said:
I'm guessing you when you bought it the phone booted is this correct?
If yes, what firmware is on it?
What have you done that no longer allows the phone the boot (did you flash something with Odin)?
The more info the better....
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Ive done nothing. I can get it to the POWER, VOL DOWN, HOME BUTTON and it shows the droid Downloading .....
I have no clue what firmware is on it.
VaRMiT said:
Ive done nothing. I can get it to the POWER, VOL DOWN, HOME BUTTON and it shows the droid Downloading .....
I have no clue what firmware is on it.
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So you bought the phone and it has never booted for you?
If you have MF3 bootloader on there and someone tried to install a custom recovery it could be soft bricked.
Not sure what to suggest if you don't know what occurred to cause the phone to only go into download mode?
You could take it to best buy with a samsung experience center and have them reflash it?
The only problem with this is if you don't have MF3 bootloader, best buy will flash it and upgrade it.....
Try to Odin MDL on it first
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Try to Odin MDL on it first
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When you mean MDL. thats the stock rom correct? I do have that. When I look at Odin, it doesnt show anything on the COM part at the top left. Like its hooked up to a com port.
What I meant by the Downloading ...... (with the driod logo guy) Im saying I can get it to do that. Im at the point where I cant get the S4 to be reconized by ODIN. I have the stock rom, odin 3.07 files. I have tried to install the samsung usb drivers....
Still no reply on how to fix this? I have no clue on what to do here. I dont know what firmware etc is on it. I bought it this way. I just want to flash it back to factory, its the att version. It only stays on when the usb is hooked up. I can get it to go into download mode. But on the computer, it doesnt show a usb device being found. I can start odin up, but nothing appears on the COM to show what com port is available. Is there anything I can do here off of a SDCard? I also need to mention that I can not hold down vol up and power and home button to get it to go into recovery mode. It flashes it fast and goes to the yellow triangle.
Anyone please.....
You need to get Odin to recognize it. Try different usb cables. Use the usb ports on the back of the computer. Try a different computer. Without knowing the firmware you're on odin may not work, but it should still recognize your device. If you're on mdl firmware Odin will work. If you're on mf3 then you're sol.
Have you tried to get into the recovery and not just the download mode?
Volume up + Home + Power - If you can get into a recovery try to do a factory reset.
If you cant get into the recovery than you'll need Odin. Sometimes (rarely) kies well affect Odin. If you have kies uninstall it and than run odin.
- Open Odin without your phone connected.
- Power on your device, go into download (Odin) mode. Volume down + home + power.
- Now plug device into your computer.
- Odin should read it, unless its MF3 firmwire.
If your phone is MF3, you may need a Samsung bestbuy rep to reflash the mf3 firmwire.
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Have you tried to get into the recovery and not just the download mode?
Volume up + Home + Power - If you can get into a recovery try to do a factory reset.
If you cant get into the recovery than you'll need Odin. Sometimes (rarely) kies well affect Odin. If you have kies uninstall it and than run odin.
- Open Odin without your phone connected.
- Power on your device, go into download (Odin) mode. Volume down + home + power.
- Now plug device into your computer.
- Odin should read it, unless its MF3 firmwire.
If your phone is MF3, you may need a Samsung bestbuy rep to reflash the mf3 firmwire.
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I have tried the power, vol up and home. It flashes the recovery, then goes back to the triangle. Odin, doesnt show a COM port that the phone is connected when i have it in download mode.
Also....i do appreciate you all for helping me figure this out.
Hello. I'm trying to fix my girlfriend's phone but I'm having some issues. Let me explain.
Out of the sudden, the phone shuts down and wont open. After she handles me the phone. I try to enter in recovery mode but without success. I tried all the possible combinations, but it got stuck at blue message "Recovery booting".
I can get into download mode. I tried to flash different stock ROM's (UK/ROU) but Odin gets stuck at system.img.ext4 in different phases. (30% 45% 35% etc, not a pattern). I tried different USB cables, different Odin versions, different PC's and 5 USB ports. The phone was not rooted and has no warranty. Now when I try to power on, I get the Kies error to upgrade the firmware (Kies doesn't recognise).
Is there any way solve this?
Thanks and sorry for my english.
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Hello. I'm trying to fix my girlfriend's phone but I'm having some issues. Let me explain.
Out of the sudden, the phone shuts down and wont open. After she handles me the phone. I try to enter in recovery mode but without success. I tried all the possible combinations, but it got stuck at blue message "Recovery booting".
I can get into download mode. I tried to flash different stock ROM's (UK/ROU) but Odin gets stuck at system.img.ext4 in different phases. (30% 45% 35% etc, not a pattern). I tried different USB cables, different Odin versions, different PC's and 5 USB ports. The phone was not rooted and has no warranty. Now when I try to power on, I get the Kies error to upgrade the firmware (Kies doesn't recognise).
Is there any way solve this?
Thanks and sorry for my english.
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Same happeded to me
I tried different stock rom (uk) unbranded (BTU) and no problems at all
Flor1NNN said:
Hello. I'm trying to fix my girlfriend's phone but I'm having some issues. Let me explain.
Out of the sudden, the phone shuts down and wont open. After she handles me the phone. I try to enter in recovery mode but without success. I tried all the possible combinations, but it got stuck at blue message "Recovery booting".
I can get into download mode. I tried to flash different stock ROM's (UK/ROU) but Odin gets stuck at system.img.ext4 in different phases. (30% 45% 35% etc, not a pattern). I tried different USB cables, different Odin versions, different PC's and 5 USB ports. The phone was not rooted and has no warranty. Now when I try to power on, I get the Kies error to upgrade the firmware (Kies doesn't recognise).
Is there any way solve this?
Thanks and sorry for my english.
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Read this, it might help.
Flor1NNN said:
Hello. I'm trying to fix my girlfriend's phone but I'm having some issues. Let me explain.
Out of the sudden, the phone shuts down and wont open. After she handles me the phone. I try to enter in recovery mode but without success. I tried all the possible combinations, but it got stuck at blue message "Recovery booting".
I can get into download mode. I tried to flash different stock ROM's (UK/ROU) but Odin gets stuck at system.img.ext4 in different phases. (30% 45% 35% etc, not a pattern). I tried different USB cables, different Odin versions, different PC's and 5 USB ports. The phone was not rooted and has no warranty. Now when I try to power on, I get the Kies error to upgrade the firmware (Kies doesn't recognise).
Is there any way solve this?
Thanks and sorry for my english.
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Sounds more like you got hardware failure. Even if it was software you should still be able to boot up into the recovery. Better send it to a service center.
Recovery is not Seandroid Enforcing Odin isn’t detecting my phone, any suggestions?
I successfully rooted my phone and was trying to install the exposed framework and i guess downloaded the wrong one. When i flashed it i ended up getting into boot loop. I am on N910F with the 2 Network.
I have tried factory resetting with the caches but to no avail. The only other option i found was Odin, the problem is Odin is not detecting my phone when in recovery mode but seems to have no problem coming blue when starting up giving the 3 logo startup which just goes when it start looping again. I have tried 2 computers, a different cable although old and all my USB ports and the same thing keeps happening. I have already reinstalled Samsung USB Drivers times. I am wondering if they are any others.
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I successfully rooted my phone and was trying to install the exposed framework and i guess downloaded the wrong one. When i flashed it i ended up getting into boot loop. I am on N910F with the 2 Network.
I have tried factory resetting with the caches but to no avail. The only other option i found was Odin, the problem is Odin is not detecting my phone when in recovery mode but seems to have no problem coming blue when starting up giving the 3 logo startup which just goes when it start looping again. I have tried 2 computers, a different cable although old and all my USB ports and the same thing keeps happening. I have already reinstalled Samsung USB Drivers times. I am wondering if they are any others.
Please Help
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are u sure ur phones usb port is working? did u connected another phone to the pc?
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I successfully rooted my phone and was trying to install the exposed framework and i guess downloaded the wrong one. When i flashed it i ended up getting into boot loop. I am on N910F with the 2 Network.
I have tried factory resetting with the caches but to no avail. The only other option i found was Odin, the problem is Odin is not detecting my phone when in recovery mode but seems to have no problem coming blue when starting up giving the 3 logo startup which just goes when it start looping again. I have tried 2 computers, a different cable although old and all my USB ports and the same thing keeps happening. I have already reinstalled Samsung USB Drivers times. I am wondering if they are any others.
Please Help
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Are you connecting phone to Odin in Recovery mode or you mean to say download mode. You should put phone in download mode For connecting to Odin.
Ram121 said:
Are you connecting phone to Odin in Recovery mode or you mean to say download mode. You should put phone in download mode For connecting to Odin.
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Ram121 said:
Are you connecting phone to Odin in Recovery mode or you mean to say download mode. You should put phone in download mode For connecting to Odin.
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Thank you,
I just figured that out from some genius from Reddit Not 4 Thread. I guess the guy in the YouTube tutorial accidentally said "hold volume up" and so did everyone else I happened to come across which ended up wasting me a lot of time.
That was so lucky, because I really would have done some crazy stuff I didn't know about.
Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. Maybe I should contact the guy from YouTube to add an annotation or something.
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are u sure ur phones usb port is working? did u connected another phone to the pc?
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Yes it was, the problem was I was given a bad tutorial and told to hold "volume up" to go into TWRP recovery instead of "Volume Down" into downloader.
Everything is working great now and my phone is working again.
Thank you for taking the time to reply. It's genuine people like you that make the internet great!
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Yes it was, the problem was I was given a bad tutorial and told to hold "volume up" to go into TWRP recovery instead of "Volume Down" into downloader.
Everything is working great now and my phone is working again.
Thank you for taking the time to reply. It's genuine people like you that make the internet great!
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congratulations bro im happy cause ur phone fixed :victory:
Hey there, I think my J3 2016 is bricked.
I accidently disabled the "OEM Unlock" in Developer Settings and now I am stuck at the samsung boot screen with a green text in left upper corner saying "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock".
I tried to flash the stock firmware with latest version of Odin, but the device isn't showing up. I have windows 7 and I reinstalled several times the drivers. My computer is recognizing it just as an Unknown Device.
Please help me, this is my only phone and at the moment I can't efford another one.
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Hey there, I think my J3 2016 is bricked.
I accidently disabled the "OEM Unlock" in Developer Settings and now I am stuck at the samsung boot screen with a green text in left upper corner saying "Custom Binary blocked by FRP Lock".
I tried to flash the stock firmware with latest version of Odin, but the device isn't showing up. I have windows 7 and I reinstalled several times the drivers. My computer is recognizing it just as an Unknown Device.
Please help me, this is my only phone and at the moment I can't efford another one.
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It can be recovered (I've done that myself). Install Kies and smart switch for the drivers, reboot PC, Open Odin, put the stock firmware (preferably from sammobile) in the AP section, in options turn off auto-reboot, start phone in download mode (volume down, home button and power button together) and connect it,flash the firmware. When it's done reboot using vol up, down, home and power together until it turns on then switch on normally.
That's what worked for me, step by step.
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It can be recovered (I've done that myself). Install Kies and smart switch for the drivers, reboot PC, Open Odin, put the stock firmware (preferably from sammobile) in the AP section, in options turn off auto-reboot, start phone in download mode (volume down, home button and power button together) and connect it,flash the firmware. When it's done reboot using vol up, down, home and power together until it turns on then switch on normally.
That's what worked for me, step by step.
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The problem is that the phone isn't even showing in Device Manager. Installing and reinstalling drivers isn't useful.
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The problem is that the phone isn't even showing in Device Manager. Installing and reinstalling drivers isn't useful.
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Hmm, I occasionally have issues if I use the wrong cable, have you tried changing that over?
The drivers should have sorted it out and made the phone visible really. I seem to remember that mine doesn't pop up in device manager if its in download mode (though that may be me remembering it wrong).
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Hmm, I occasionally have issues if I use the wrong cable, have you tried changing that over?
The drivers should have sorted it out and made the phone visible really. I seem to remember that mine doesn't pop up in device manager if its in download mode (though that may be me remembering it wrong).
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I have 6 cables, I've tried them all, not a single one works.
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I have 6 cables, I've tried them all, not a single one works.
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Update; sometimes, if i connect the cable, the phone gets phisically found, but it isn't found like a device, just like "Unknown device". Can I do something?
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Update; sometimes, if i connect the cable, the phone gets phisically found, but it isn't found like a device, just like "Unknown device". Can I do something?
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If no cables are working at all then I'm out of ideas sorry.
Ignoring Windows is a good bet, in download mode it often doesn't show up, focus more on whether or not you can see it in Odin, trying different versions of Odin can't hurt either I suppose.
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If no cables are working at all then I'm out of ideas sorry.
Ignoring Windows is a good bet, in download mode it often doesn't show up, focus more on whether or not you can see it in Odin, trying different versions of Odin can't hurt either I suppose.
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hey there, i just used an older version of odin as you told me and now it works. thanks for the help!
s4ss0 said:
hey there, i just used an older version of odin as you told me and now it works. thanks for the help!
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No problem s4ss0, I'm glad it ended up being something fairly simple so you could get your phone back.
Connection issues
It is possible to get round the connection issue: Turn off the phone. Turn on the phone in download mode (vol-down, home, power). Connect a Samsung USB cable. Launch ODIN on your PC. Wait a few moments and you should see green text on top left of phone 'ODIN MODE'. Your phone is ready to take downloads.