S4 (i9500) crashing and freezing at lock screen - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi guys i have an issue with my device (i9500) since i had a bad efs partition which i successfully restored from a backup.
The device works perfectly, but as soon as you lock it, and wait a few seconds, you can't unlock it anymore. Screen stays black, and the only way to get it started again is by removing the battery. Then it keeps on working perfectly, apps, games, everything is fine, as long as you don't lock it (by pressing powerbutton or auto lock)
Either then it crashes or restarts.
Things i've done already:
- Soft reset
- Hard reset + cache wiped
- tried many different roms
- fresh stock rom installed with Odin.
Problem still persists.
I've recently discovered that I don't have this problem on miui 7 running on 4.4 2. But as soon as I install flyme which is on 5.0.1 or any other lollipop rom or even stock lollipop then the phone either crashes while I'm using it or freezes at lockscreen and I can't unlock it. Please help guys cause I really wanna get back to my flyme rom on lollipop.

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[Q] Bootlooping no matter the ROM or stock

Hi,
My Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9505) is crashing, rebooting and then bootlooping. I'll try to explain my course of actions so far.
I was running stock TW on 4.3 after the update went live for the UK provider Three. I was really tired of the TW UI so I followed the Jamal method to install the Google Play Edition ROM with 4.4. Installed the kernel too. After 24 hours the device would crash, reboot and bootloop. To get out of these bootloops I would pull the battery out, wait 30 secs, wipe cache, dalvik and sometimes even data. Whenever I used the camera app, it crashed. I then dirty flashed to the stable version of CyanogenMod 10.2, but the same thing happened, camera app killed it and bootlooped. I then tried all the CM11 nightlies, but same thing happened. I finally flashed stock TW back, and thesame thing is happening. Crashing on the first seconds. I have tried removing the SD card, I have noticed that my battery is swelling (perhaps from pulling it out, don't know if this is causing the crashes).
How do I make my phone go into it's completely original state? If I can't get a ROM that stays on, at least I'd like a stable stock.
Scarfall said:
Hi,
My Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9505) is crashing, rebooting and then bootlooping. I'll try to explain my course of actions so far.
I was running stock TW on 4.3 after the update went live for the UK provider Three. I was really tired of the TW UI so I followed the Jamal method to install the Google Play Edition ROM with 4.4. Installed the kernel too. After 24 hours the device would crash, reboot and bootloop. To get out of these bootloops I would pull the battery out, wait 30 secs, wipe cache, dalvik and sometimes even data. Whenever I used the camera app, it crashed. I then dirty flashed to the stable version of CyanogenMod 10.2, but the same thing happened, camera app killed it and bootlooped. I then tried all the CM11 nightlies, but same thing happened. I finally flashed stock TW back, and thesame thing is happening. Crashing on the first seconds. I have tried removing the SD card, I have noticed that my battery is swelling (perhaps from pulling it out, don't know if this is causing the crashes).
How do I make my phone go into it's completely original state? If I can't get a ROM that stays on, at least I'd like a stable stock.
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If your still using a stock rom tw then try to factory reset your phone but if its still doesnt work here download the stock rom for your country http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ and flash it via odin. have a nice day.
I flashed the stock ROM. It is still happening. I just tried the CM Installer snapshot build. Lasts a few minutes, a surefire way to crash it and make it enter a reboot loop is by taking a picture.

[Q] Weird issues after trying to restore stock ROM

Help please! I flashed an S5 port ROM onto my Note 3 which ran well, then I decided to go back to stock and tried to flash the latest stock Telstra (Australia) ROM via Odin and got weird process failed errors after first boot on my N9005 model.
Decided to try a custom ROM again which loads OK, but the phone isn't right. It doesn't respond correctly when I press the power button, and when it does, I swipe to unlock but 80% of the time it doesn't respond. It also seems to randomly vibrate every now and then. Something is really screwed up with it. I've tried flashing the latest SweetRom and also the S5 port I had on there before but they both have the same issue. Camera isn't working properly, the app loads but doesn't show an image and eventually says "media server failed. camera needs restart". This is on the S5 ROM
Did flashing the S5 ROM update something on the phone to a newer version which I've screwed up trying to go back to the Telstra ROM? I am doing a full wipe of cache/system/dalvik before flashing as well. The stock ROM is completely unusable, I can't proceed through the setup wizard because I get an endless loop of process failure error prompts. With custom ROMs I can at least get through the setup wizard but the phone isn't functioning right.
Video I recorded below after a clean flash of SweetRom which should make the issues easier to understand,
So I've just done some experimenting and flash an AOSP ROM (Liquid Smooth) and have NO issues, even the camera works perfectly. Phone locks and unlocks instantly. I'm completely stumped as to why this is only happening on Samsung ROMs
This has been fixed, I flashed N9005XXUGNG1_N9005OXAGNG1_N9005XXUGNG1_HOME.tar.md5 via Odin and my phone is working perfectly now

HELP! error message after root.

hello everyone, i am not completely new to rooting i have rooted 3 devices before. i am using a galaxy note 3 sm-900W8 running android version 5.0 lollipop. the carrier is telus(CANADA). i rooted the phone using odin and then updated supersu and all the binaryies and installed gamekiller which all worked fine. then my phone randomly turned off and now when i turn it on it stays on boot screen for a little longer then normal and loads up with the error unfortunately system UI has stopped. my task bar at the top and home button no longer work now. is there anyway to fix this without a hard reset? i have tried wiping the cache partition multiple times. i also tried redoing the root to no avail. i also tried taking the battery out and rebooting. no luck.

lag, freeze, restart after 6.0.1

hey guys, today i bought a used NOTE 4 for my mother, and when i checked the version it was 6.0.1...so i wiped everything and restarted the phone to get the best performance....but the phone lags and freezes a lot, especially in the camera, and it keep restarting all the time....what should i do? should i try to flash another FW through ODIN?
You mean you used the Factory reset option? That's not a full wipe, just resetting stuffs. And yes, you know the answer, wipe everything from a custom recovery, then flash stock MM ROM (always latest) via Odin. Earlier versions did have a reboot problem though, and lags here and there, but that's expected, but the last release, PE1, has got rid of all those problems, its a very good release already, and I am sure upcoming releases will only make it better. There are no major bugs at all, I don't even find any minor bugs except the need for a separate app to clear default apps selection.
Best of luck.
ithehappy said:
You mean you used the Factory reset option? That's not a full wipe, just resetting stuffs. And yes, you know the answer, wipe everything from a custom recovery, then flash stock MM ROM (always latest) via Odin. Earlier versions did have a reboot problem though, and lags here and there, but that's expected, but the last release, PE1, has got rid of all those problems, its a very good release already, and I am sure upcoming releases will only make it better. There are no major bugs at all, I don't even find any minor bugs except the need for a separate app to clear default apps selection.
Best of luck.
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the phone is stock, it has the stock recovery, and i have the PE1 version, the exact name is "MMB29M.N910FXXU1DPE1"...and still got a lot of lag, freeze and rebooting.....is there another version?
EDIT: ok, so i flashed another MM through odin ( first time it gave me a fail) and then done a factory reset, now it's so much better, maybe not as smooth as my S6 but really fast and smooth enough...thanks for the help
EDIT: today the phone started to shutdown completly....not reboot....and you need to press the power button 10 seconds to reboot it or turn it on...is there any advice?
Guys . Ib tead the whole thread over last few day had wake lovk runnimg last couple weeks. Lastnight used kies for reset and it crashed half way.
I then used odin 307 and went back to stock 501
It booted strarted to restore from google apps ect .
I allowed the 1st 601 update
All apps running aok no crashing freezing no wakelock .. its asking for another 601 update. Im gonna hold back
Hope this helps .. will post agian in gew days with any updates
Good luck !!
Just download and install Wake Lock from Google Play Store. I had the same problem and more. Once I installed Wake Lock (on a fresh install from Android 5 up to all the 6.0..1 builds) phone doesn't shut off or freeze. Most importantly no more Boot Loops..

I337 extreme lag, random reboots, no recovery

Recently bought a new out-of-the box Galaxy S4 I337 from Amazon. Had i known how much trouble it would give me, i would have picked something else. When i first turned the device on, it was almost totally unusable due to lag and random reboots. Software version was 4.4.2. I used Odin to flash a rootable NB1 onto the device. Still had lag and random reboots. Upgraded to lollipop using this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/help/guide-att-samsung-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337-t3383078 and still have lag and random reboots. Also, the first time i upgraded to lollipop, i installed safestrap not knowing it wouldn't work on lollipop. Obviously, my recovery disappeared. When i figured out what was going on, i did a fresh install of lollipop. I got recovery back, but today when i tried to boot into recovery to wipe the cache, i discovered it had mysteriously stopped working again. If i attempt to boot into recovery, it just skips to the Samsung logo. I didn't install safestrap or any other custom recovery this time.
When i turn the phone on, either it hangs at the AT&T white splash logo and refuses to load at all, or advances to the lock screen. I have disabled animations and every widget i could on the lock screen and yet when i attempt to unlock the phone, it usually freezes. If i repeatedly swipe the phone for thirty seconds or so, it unlocks but it is still frozen and i have to continue swiping to prevent it from locking again. Eventually i'm able to navigate the phone normally, until it randomly reboots or freezes. Sometimes i see an error message that Touchwiz home, Process System, or SystemUI has stopped working or is not responding. This is always accompanied by a freeze. Also, choosing an option in the dialogue that comes up when i press the power button (shut down, reboot, etc) invariably causes the device to soft reboot. Other times a soft reboot happens totally at random, even if i'm not doing anything. Anybody have any idea what's going on or did Amazon just sell me a dud? All of these issues have been happening since before i rooted the device or upgraded it, except for the disappearing recovery mode.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sounds like a data factory reset is in order. First you need recovery back so I would odin the latest firmware for the phone that can be flashed in odin. If it's still messing up then get Amazon to replace it.
Since you have safe strap though, try booting a TW based rom like Thor ROM or Golden eye ROM. That may fix some things.
StoneyJSG said:
Sounds like a data factory reset is in order. First you need recovery back so I would odin the latest firmware for the phone that can be flashed in odin. If it's still messing up then get Amazon to replace it.
Since you have safe strap though, try booting a TW based rom like Thor ROM or Golden eye ROM. That may fix some things.
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Just wanted to bump this to thank you for your reply. Never got the phone to work but i was able to get it back to stock and return it. I got a refurbished S5 instead.

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