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[Q] Help going back to stock?

Hi, im in the process of selling my phone and am following the tutorial on here about turning the phone back onto stock. The flash with flashtool was successful but im forever stuck on the boot screen? with now no way to go into custom recovery? i installed the correct rom for the phone so why hasnt it worked? thanks in advance.

dav08094194 said:
Hi, im in the process of selling my phone and am following the tutorial on here about turning the phone back onto stock. The flash with flashtool was successful but im forever stuck on the boot screen? with now no way to go into custom recovery? i installed the correct rom for the phone so why hasnt it worked? thanks in advance.
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The only way I could get it to work was the following; however there is one thing to try before you try my way because mine did this also - after the wipe and flash with flashtool etc. The only way I found to get out the bootloop was to do a factory restore after when its looping. So from the boot screen loop hold the power button until it goes off then on then off again.
Then do the process to get into the recovery so hold down and power then release power as soon as the lg logo appears (first one) then press it again immediately that SHOULD get ya to the grey factory reset screen. Press the power button 3 x and it should do a factory restore and boot up this time. First boot may take a minute it should eventually start up.
Failing that try this - Open the lg mobile support tool and connect the phone in download mode (volume up and power with plugged in usb on mine) then go to options and upgrade recovery. it will download a file usually about 2GB then install it, the phone will reboot at 100% on the phone and 80ish% on the lg tool it will then start into the setup feature,
DO NOT disconnect the phone until it gets to 100% and finishes. This way you shouldn't need to do an extra factory reset.
I understand for this the phone needs to be seen on com 4 (it shows on the phone screen) so if necessary go into device manager with the phone still plugged in in download mode and select com ports then select the phone com port then right click >properties> advanced and change the com port to 4. It may tell u its already being used but don't worry it is fine. Save and exit device manager.
please bare in mind these are just my experiences on MY LG D802 however its worked every single time for me without fail and ive done it a good few lol.
HTH:good:

S4 stuck at RECOVERY BOOTING..... loop

I seem to be another victim of this issue. I was attempting to update my recovery (TWRP 2.6 installed) on my Verizon S4 via TWRP's app. It failed, so I figured I might try it from recovery. I attempted to boot into recovery, but it is stuck at the Samsung "custom" screen and the blue "RECOVERY BOOTING......" text is in the top left corner. I can leave the device alone for several minutes and it never goes into recovery. It does get very hot though, and occasionally it will reboot on its own. If I hook it up to my PC and then put in the battery, it will vibrate as if it is going to boot, then it vibrates again in 3 seconds and does this endlessly with nothing coming up on the screen. Without being able to get into recovery or have my desktop recognize the device, I'm not sure what to do. Any ideas before I chuck this brick?

Are you able to get into download mode (volume down, home button, power)? If you're able to, the device is not bricked and, using Odin, you can update TWRP to 2.8.4.
I've found that the app isn't working all that well. For the last few updates I've had to use Odin to update TWRP.

Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
Are you able to get into download mode (volume down, home button, power)? If you're able to, the device is not bricked and, using Odin, you can update TWRP to 2.8.4.
I've found that the app isn't working all that well. For the last few updates I've had to use Odin to update TWRP.
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Ah ha, you are correct. I actually tried a variation of this (I think with volume up?) but it just attempted to go into recovery again. At the download screen I just told the phone to boot into the OS and all seems well. I'll look into updating TWRP via Odin and see if I have any joy, but at least I have a working phone again. Thanks for the help.:good:

When you update, do NOT try to use TWRP 2.8.5.0. It's bugged on the S4. Use 2.8.4.0 instead.

Thanks, good advice!

Looks like my recovery is toast. Doing some research, I never used Odin as my phone had the old MDK baseband. Sites tell me not to use Odin, so I followed the instructions on TWRP's site using Terminal Emulator and 2.8.4.0: http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/181 Everything seemed to go well, so I attempted to reboot into recovery, but now I get some warning/error about unauthorized software, turn off your phone and take it to Verizon, etc.
Sounds like I need to try again, but I'm not sure what my options are now.

I didn't even see you had a Verizon S4 until you mentioned it. Verizon encrypts the bootloader as a matter of course, and thus installing TWRP is not possible. You should however be able to restore the official firmware with Odin, and from there, follow the root guides at http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon to get yourself back up and running.

mine get to the point where i select volume up, i see the android bot and message do not turn off target, and it shuts down. what do i do?

Galaxy S5 is stuck in boot loop after flashing factory in odin

Ok, it's been about 5 hours now and I have gotten no where with this phone.
My wife was complaining about her S5 being too slow. Trying to squeeze the life out of her phone for just a couple of more months, I thought that installing Lineage OS would give the old phone a good speed boost.
I got as far as getting TWRP to boot, but other than that the phone was in a boot loop. So I gave up and downloaded the latest factory odin flash. It's the T-mobile variant (SM-G900T) and I made sure to get the right image. I flashed it using Odin3 v3.12.
The problem is that after flashing the factory image, the phone is still in a boot loop. Now I can't even get into recovery holding power + vol up + home. I can still get into download mode.
I am at a lost right now. I promised my wife that I would have her phone working by the morning, and we can't really afford to get her a new phone right now. Please help if you can.

You have two options:
1. Either get into recovery and do a factory reset. Just try to hold Vol+, Power and Home long enough.
2. Or flash a factory low_ship firmware from download mode via Odin. It will erase everything.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5WdcBhSEt-_MW15TS14UmlzbzA/view?usp=sharing
Will keep it for a while there.
There are 4 files, be sure to put them to appropriate slots in Odin.

bbsc said:
You have two options:
1. Either get into recovery and do a factory reset. Just try to hold Vol+, Power and Home long enough.
2. Or flash a factory low_ship firmware from download mode via Odin. It will erase everything.
Will keep it for a while there.
There are 4 files, be sure to put them to appropriate slots in Odin.
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The factory low ship firmware did not work. It is still stuck in a boot loop. I'm getting a feeling that the phone is done for.

Have you applied 4 files in Odin?
The first boot may take up to 15 minutes so be patient.

bbsc said:
Have you applied 4 files in Odin?
The first boot may take up to 15 minutes so be patient.
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Yes, I applied all 4. When the phone rebooted it said it was entering recovery, but after 30 seconds it restarts and continues to boot loop. I am not even able to enter recovery by holding vol up and home when it powers on.

zstabile15 said:
When the phone rebooted it said it was entering recovery, but after 30 seconds it restarts and continues to boot loop.
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It's normal after low_ship firmware that it enters recovery and reboots again.
But what do you mean by "boot loop"?
The phone must continue to boot, you should see the logo for rather a long time and a blue LED light.
Just wait for 15 min.

bbsc said:
It's normal after low_ship firmware that it enters recovery and reboots again.
But what do you mean by "boot loop"?
The phone must continue to boot, you should see the logo for rather a long time and a blue LED light.
Just wait for 15 min.
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It never enters recovery, it reboots before that happens.

Samsung sm-t580 infinity boot problem

I'm having this problem on my samsung tab sm-t580, it's in an infinite loop as you can see in the video. I can only enter donwload mode if I have the tablet connected to the computer and if I disconnect the cable the tablet shuts down, every time I tried to install twrp through odin it always gave me an error and I couldn't. Someone can help me?

desertrock83 said:
I'm having this problem on my samsung tab sm-t580, it's in an infinite loop as you can see in the video. I can only enter donwload mode if I have the tablet connected to the computer and if I disconnect the cable the tablet shuts down, every time I tried to install twrp through odin it always gave me an error and I couldn't. Someone can help me?
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Well it looks to me like you've destroyed your partitions or partition info, probably when trying to flash TWRP. It was probably for a different model. If you can get to download mode you have a chance. If you cant get to download mode:
Press and hold “Home + Power + Volume down” buttons for a few seconds until you see a warning screen.
Press Volume Up on the warning screen to accept it and boot into Download mode.
Also, I'd stop trying to flash TWRP. I think that's your problem. Since it seems you can get to download mode while connected to the computer, stay there and flash your stock ROM first. Be sure to use the Odin Re-Partition option since I believe your partitons are messed up (see the attached picture), it wont hurt anything as you're going to re-flash your OEM firmware. That should restore your booting to normal. Then, as I mentioned, find the correct TWRP, one that has been confirmed by more than one person to work with your T-580. Make sure that you can reboot several times to the stock ROM and then try get to recovery from the buttons or adp.
I am building some 30 pin JIGs that are designed to force download mode immediately after power is turned on. These are widely available, or used to be, for the micro USB port on other Samsung Android devices, but I haven't found any for the 30 pin connector so I am making my own. These will be available by the end of October 2021 on eBay once I confirm they are working as expected.
Good luck!

S5e won't boot

I am at a loss here. After almost 2 years of working flawlessly, my s5e won't boot.
The screen got frozen while using anydesk, and had to force a restart (power button + up and fown volume buttons).
I can see the Samsung logo for less than a second, and then it switches off. Without touching anything, after some seconds the same thing happens.
I tried charching it and similar behaviour: i see charging circle for less than a second, and off again.
I AM AT A LOSS.
I managed to boot it pressing power+volume_up buttons and this is what i see (attached). It can stay like that for a long time so I guess battery and it's connection to the tablet are fine.
PLEASE ANY HELP WOULD BE VERY WELCOME
UPDATE:
I have tried MANY things in the 6 hours since I wrote this post. I am able to put the tablet in download mode and ODIN (and my PC) recognizes it. I am able to flash VBMETA but now TWRP (fail).
At some point the tablet rebooted in normal mode (why?) but got frozen again and had to reboot it.
Anyone can point me to how to recover it? I don't mind right now to loose what is in the internal memory.

Did you try to hard reboot (power_button + volume_down ) for more than 9 seconds.
If did not work then you may have to charge the phone? If its fully charged try to flash stock rom using Odin. When your device does not boot that means the stock firmware is corrupted and needs to be flashed again. That happened to me before and now my phone is working fine. Wanna know how to flash it? Look it up online!

Abd El-Rahman El-Batal said:
Did you try to hard reboot (power_button + volume_down ) for more than 9 seconds.
If did not work then you may have to charge the phone? If its fully charged try to flash stock rom using Odin. When your device does not boot that means the stock firmware is corrupted and needs to be flashed again. That happened to me before and now my phone is working fine. Wanna know how to flash it? Look it up online!
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I did try a hard reboot. Same result. I already rooted and installed a custom rom on it (first thing i did).
Twrp is installed but I'm unable to boot to it.
Any more ideas?

iruiz2 said:
I did try a hard reboot. Same result. I already rooted and installed a custom rom on it (first thing i did).
Twrp is installed but I'm unable to boot to it.
Any more ideas?
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Listen up carefully. There is a truck to boot into recovery. When you hard reboot screen will turn black then show logo. While screen is
Black quick hold vol up button and power.
Worked on my galaxy a10. Tell meh the results bro

Abd El-Rahman El-Batal said:
Listen up carefully. There is a truck to boot into recovery. When you hard reboot screen will turn black then show logo. While screen is
Black quick hold vol up button and power.
Worked on my galaxy a10. Tell meh the results bro
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It just loads the screen attached in my first post.

Try flash via Odin, it still in download mode with this warning.

The tablet was still covered by warranty so I called the seller and they took it to a Samsung repair store. They replaced the motherboard, so I guess it was not recoverable.
The bad news is that they updated to android 11, I was quite happy with old 9.0 because I had TWRP and Magisk working.
Thank you for all that tried to help.