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BOOTLOOP?

idk if this is a bootloop or not, but when i reboot, if always goes into the system recovery, always, even if i select "reboot system now" from the system recovery, it always boots to normal first boot screen "Samsung Galaxy Tab 4" message and then boom back in system recovery
Im using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (8.0) SM-T337A

AllenPlaysGames said:
idk if this is a bootloop or not, but when i reboot, if always goes into the system recovery, always, even if i select "reboot system now" from the system recovery, it always boots to normal first boot screen "Samsung Galaxy Tab 4" message and then boom back in system recovery
Im using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 (8.0) SM-T337A
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So youre not able to boot even to bootloop? What did you do to get in that state? If you have custom recovery install lastest backup you have, and if you dontTry doing factory reset. If this doesnt work try flashing stock rom back. If youre on at&t device im not sure if you can flash with odin.

thelous said:
So youre not able to boot even to bootloop? What did you do to get in that state? If you have custom recovery install lastest backup you have, and if you dontTry doing factory reset. If this doesnt work try flashing stock rom back. If youre on at&t device im not sure if you can flash with odin.
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Thanks but i fixed this problem, can you check this post and see if you can help me? http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-4/help/stuck-boot-t3294995

Note 4 SM-N910U on 5.0.1 Stock Recovery?

Hey guys,
So I rooted my Note 4 about 6 months ago using Odin and CF Auto root. Today I decided i wanted a custom recovery and opted to go with TWRP. I'm not sure what i did wrong, but its been a nightmare. Now my phone will not boot. I get the the red "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" message on the top and it just gets stuck on the screen which says Samsung Galaxy Note 4 . When i go to recovery mode, im able to access TWRP. And it seems to be installed and working. But i cant get my phone to boot and work like normal. I'm thinking if i can some how flash back the original STOCK Recovery with odin it may fix the issue? I really dont want to loose all my data. I did make a backup of boot, data and system with TWRP but this was only after the phone didnt boot.
So my main question is:
1. If i can find the stock recovery for my phone, and flash it over TWRP with odin would that fix things?
2. If not, could I flash back to factory rom (delete everything) Then re-root and try install TWRP again. And then restore the data / system backup i have stored on my external SD with TWRP to get back all my phones data?
Thanks in advance!

Help PLEASE - Phone Won't Boot, Ive Tried EVERYTHING

My N910G that wont boot!
If I flash the latest TWRP I can access recovery mode and flash any ZIP however when the phone reboots after the installation of the new ROM, it always eventually gets suck on the NOTE 4 Logo after booting onto the Samsung Logo. I can access the the partitions in TWRP when I go to individually wipe them. I've noticed sometimes the phone doesn't remember when tick the checkbox for "dont show this message again" the first time you've booted into TRWP.
Things I've tried:
Full restore using the latest N910G firmware. (XSA-N910GDTS1DPH1-20160728112745)
Using the PIT file for a N910G and restoring the full original firmware
Clicking "NAND Erase All" in Odin and using the PIT file for a N910G and restoring the full original firmware.
Every time I do anyone of the above options the phone reboots then goes into stock recovery where it works for a little bit then restart and eventually gets stuck on the Samsung logo or reboots and gets stuck on the Note 4 Logo.
Any help would be MUCH MUCH appreciated, if anyone can help me get the phone working again I will gladly buy them one month to samsung-firmware.org or pay them the equivalent into palpay.

SudoBen said:
My N910G that wont boot!
If I flash the latest TWRP I can access recovery mode and flash any ZIP however when the phone reboots after the installation of the new ROM, it always eventually gets suck on the NOTE 4 Logo after booting onto the Samsung Logo. I can access the the partitions in TWRP when I go to individually wipe them. I've noticed sometimes the phone doesn't remember when tick the checkbox for "dont show this message again" the first time you've booted into TRWP.
Things I've tried:
Full restore using the latest N910G firmware. (XSA-N910GDTS1DPH1-20160728112745)
Using the PIT file for a N910G and restoring the full original firmware
Clicking "NAND Erase All" in Odin and using the PIT file for a N910G and restoring the full original firmware.
Every time I do anyone of the above options the phone reboots then goes into stock recovery where it works for a little bit then restart and eventually gets stuck on the Samsung logo or reboots and gets stuck on the Note 4 Logo.
Any help would be MUCH MUCH appreciated, if anyone can help me get the phone working again I will gladly buy them one month to samsung-firmware.org or pay them the equivalent into palpay.
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This information has something to do? Can it help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/emmc-bug-fix-tried-sm-n910g-sm-n910p-sm-t3468721

After installing a new Rom, remove and put back battery. Then go to Recovery and do Wipe data/factory reset and Wipe cache. Reboot and wait, it will take a few minutes before rebooting.
This will erase though all your previous data from your old Rom.

ruicc said:
This information has something to do? Can it help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/emmc-bug-fix-tried-sm-n910g-sm-n910p-sm-t3468721
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Thanks for your help I tired it on two different versions of Odin and every time it fails (from all my flashing on this phone this is the only time I've seen it fail). So we might be on the right track or the phone is beyond software repair

GrippingSphere said:
After installing a new Rom, remove and put back battery. Then go to Recovery and do Wipe data/factory reset and Wipe cache. Reboot and wait, it will take a few minutes before rebooting.
This will erase though all your previous data from your old Rom.
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I've tried doing that

HELP! Phone stuck in boot cycle, cannot flash rom

Hi everyone! Surfed the forums in the past for some minor help but never needed to register till now. I've tried everything and can't get my phone to boot.
So last night while camping my phone started boot cycling out of nowhere. I let it try a few times and then removed the battery and went to sleep. This morning I woke up and tried a few more times, replaced the battery with a non-stock double-capacity one I have, and still cycled. Sometimes it restarts on the Galaxy Note 4 logo, and sometimes on the Sprint logo. It will do this indefinitely. At one point It finally booted and said it was updating apps (like from an Android update, not the regular app updates.) Before I could do anything else with it though, the battery wiggled loose and it started power cycling again. Because of this one boot I think the root cause is related to an Android update that decided to run without my permission.
So I gave up and drove hoe from camping. Tonight I had tried everything I could find from factory reset to the toolkit to Odin and nothing has had any effect. The toolkit didn't see the device, and Odin failed to flash. Can anyone help me? I can boot to recovery and I can get into download mode, but nothing seems to work. The phone isn't hard bricked, but everything I can find on soft brick solutions hasn't worked. Thanks in advance!
~Evan

Oh also, when I boot into recovery mode it says "installing system update" with the android open chest logo, and then goes to a dead android and says "no command" before getting into the recovery mode menu.

ekuest said:
Oh also, when I boot into recovery mode it says "installing system update" with the android open chest logo, and then goes to a dead android and says "no command" before getting into the recovery mode menu.
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If you able to go download mode then flash twrp recovery in odin and go to twrp recovery for your specific model and do clean wipe system then flash any rom for your model.then wait 10 to 15 minuts until phone boot.

Trex888 said:
If you able to go download mode then flash twrp recovery in odin and go to twrp recovery for your specific model and do clean wipe system then flash any rom for your model.then wait 10 to 15 minuts until phone boot.
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Ok thanks that worked! I got into TWRP by setting Odin to not reboot. If I let it reboot then it just restarted after the TWRP flash and kept power cycling like before. If I uncheck auto reboot in Odin then after the flash I can pull the battery (can't figure out any other way to turn the phone off) and then when I restart in recovery mode it goes into TWRP. From there I tried a factory reset (wipe data, cache, and dalvik) and that didnt fix the power cycling. Do I have to flash TWRP and then immediately flash a rom right after? Or should I try an advance wipe in TWR, or maybe "repair or change file system" from the advanced wipe menu?

Bump? I still can't boot my phone. Got into TWRP but no idea what to do from there. I can't flash any rom successfully in Odin and I can't get the phone to boot. Now it just hangs on the "Samsung Galaxy Note 4" splash screen, doesnt even go to the "Samsung" screen or the "Sprint" screen like it used to.

Trex888 said:
If you able to go download mode then flash twrp recovery in odin and go to twrp recovery for your specific model and do clean wipe system then flash any rom for your model.then wait 10 to 15 minuts until phone boot.
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how do you do the "then flash any rom" part? i have no idea how to do that since Odin doesn't seem to work.

ekuest said:
how do you do the "then flash any rom" part? i have no idea how to do that since Odin doesn't seem to work.
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1,Flash twrp recovery in odin
2,press volume up+home+power button and boot into twrp
3,in twrp go to wipe/advance wipe and wipe system/cache/data/dalvik cache
4,Flash any custom rom for your model from twrp recovery
If you allready have twrp installed then skip 1 and download any rom like cm12 and gapps
Then flash from twrp

Trex888 said:
1,Flash twrp recovery in odin
2,press volume up+home+power button and boot into twrp
3,in twrp go to wipe/advance wipe and wipe system/cache/data/dalvik cache
4,Flash any custom rom for your model from twrp recovery
If you allready have twrp installed then skip 1 and download any rom like cm12 and gapps
Then flash from twrp
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Do I just go to install in TWRP and then select the zip file on my microSD card? I tried that with N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_SPR.zip and if says "Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file. Error installing zip file '/external_sd/N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_SPR.zip'" Then I tried with a CM called cm-12.1-20161016-NIGHTLY-trltespr.zip and it seemed to work, and showed a little blue android face but then it still wouldnt boot. Now when I try to start the phone it says "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING Set Warranty Bit: Kernel" in tiny text on the top right of the Galaxy Note 4 splash screen, then boots to the blue android face and then powers off after about 2 seconds. After that, I cant even recovery boot the phone until I remove and reinstall the battery. Then the same thing happens, boot to blue android face and then shut down. I'll try some more android zips I found but I think there is a deeper problem with the phone here.

ekuest said:
Do I just go to install in TWRP and then select the zip file on my microSD card? I tried that with N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_SPR.zip and if says "Could not find 'META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary' in the zip file. Error installing zip file '/external_sd/N910PVPU3BOF5_N910PSPT3BOF5_SPR.zip'" Then I tried with a CM called cm-12.1-20161016-NIGHTLY-trltespr.zip and it seemed to work, and showed a little blue android face but then it still wouldnt boot. Now when I try to start the phone it says "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING Set Warranty Bit: Kernel" in tiny text on the top right of the Galaxy Note 4 splash screen, then boots to the blue android face and then powers off after about 2 seconds. After that, I cant even recovery boot the phone until I remove and reinstall the battery. Then the same thing happens, boot to blue android face and then shut down. I'll try some more android zips I found but I think there is a deeper problem with the phone here.
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Which android version you ware running last time before this issues start happning ? 5.1.1 or 6.0.1 ?
And i think you are trying to flash firmware file from twrp thats not possible you will require a custom rom.
If you are on 5.1.1 then try any lojjipop n910p based roms like cm 12
If you are on 6.0.1 then try n910p marshmallow based rom like cm13

Trex888 said:
Which android version you ware running last time before this issues start happning ? 5.1.1 or 6.0.1 ?
And i think you are trying to flash firmware file from twrp thats not possible you will require a custom rom.
If you are on 5.1.1 then try any lojjipop n910p based roms like cm 12
If you are on 6.0.1 then try n910p marshmallow based rom like cm13
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I always run the updates so I'm pretty sure I was on 6.0.1. I tried again with CM13 with and without GApps and same thing always happens. No matter what I do, the phone always hangs and shuts off when it gets to the CM splash screen. I will upload a video soon. Do you know why the phone says that SEANDROID thing?
I am using CM13 from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=44727
I am using GApps from here: http://opengapps.org/?download=true&arch=arm&api=6.0&variant=pico

ekuest said:
I always run the updates so I'm pretty sure I was on 6.0.1. I tried again with CM13 with and without GApps and same thing always happens. No matter what I do, the phone always hangs and shuts off when it gets to the CM splash screen. I will upload a video soon. Do you know why the phone says that SEANDROID thing?
I am using CM13 from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=44727
I am using GApps from here: http://opengapps.org/?download=true&arch=arm&api=6.0&variant=pico
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Seandroid thing is normal if you are running custom rom. Cuz any custom comes with root and custom kernel so nothing to worry.
Did you tried another battery?
And how long did you wait to phone boot after flashing cm13 ?
Go to sprint note 4 xda forum and try different roms and be patient and wait atleast 20min to phone boot
You cannot flash cm13 without gapps and make sure gapps is for 6.0.1 marshmallow.
Once your phone boot normal go to download mode and flash 6.0.1 firmware in odin and after finish flash immediately go to stock recovery and do factory reset your phone will be normal.
Make sure your battery is not damaged maybe it is causing shut off. Issue.

Well since I can't flash CM13 with TWRP and I can't flash a stock rom with Odin, what other options do I have? Is there any way to get a bcakup file that someone else has made on their Note 4 in TWRP and try restoring from that? I've also read about ADB sideloading and another recovery called CWM or something and I don't know if those will be any different or just more failed flashes. I think the problem is deeper in the phone since it wouldn't boot with the stock rom and now it won't boot with CM13.
EDIT: Just saw your last post. I have 2 batteries, one samsung stock and one aftermarket TechOrbits double capacity. The phone does the same thing with either one so I ruled out the battery a while ago. Think there's any chance theyre both bad and I should order a new one? I don't really want to invest more money into a dead phone. I don't think I waited that long after installing CM13. I'll try it again and give it a half hour. I doubt that will change anything though.
EDIT2: Also when I go to download mode (says "ODIN MODE <HIGH SPEED>" at the top) it has some red text at the bottom I think might mean something. Does this mean anything to you or is it typical?
UDC START
SW REV CHECK FAIL : [aboot]Fused 4 > Binary 1
[1]eMMC write fail: ABOOT

HELP! SM -G901F, TWRP can't find storage partition to mount

Guys this is help less.
After rooting my device I followed some instructions to get the Lineage 14. I flashed a BootLoader and a Modem as instructed and went forth to mount USB in order to transfer the custom rom into the device. But this is where the problem is.
It says E: Cant find partition to mount storage. I've tried to reboot, wide, data, storage, system and cache and repair the partition I don't know what else to do.
Anyone else can help? Btw I am fairly new to this stuff so please dumb it down for me.
Another thing, when I go to reboot my recovery it says my device isn't rooted and asks to install superSu, however it was rooted before I entered download mode and started installing bootloader and modem.
Now I have no operating system in the device so i can literally only use Recovery or download mode.
Is my device bricked? I don't know. :crying: :crying:

Pobi123 said:
Guys this is help less.
After rooting my device I followed some instructions to get the Lineage 14. I flashed a BootLoader and a Modem as instructed and went forth to mount USB in order to transfer the custom rom into the device. But this is where the problem is.
It says E: Cant find partition to mount storage. I've tried to reboot, wide, data, storage, system and cache and repair the partition I don't know what else to do.
Anyone else can help? Btw I am fairly new to this stuff so please dumb it down for me.
Another thing, when I go to reboot my recovery it says my device isn't rooted and asks to install superSu, however it was rooted before I entered download mode and started installing bootloader and modem.
Now I have no operating system in the device so i can literally only use Recovery or download mode.
Is my device bricked? I don't know. :crying: :crying:
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If you can boot recovery, all is not lost.
First, are you sure that you flashed the correct bootloader/modem for your s5 model (G900 T, P, V, F, etc? Odin should not let you flash the wrong one, but anything is possible.
If Bl/modem is correct, them the next thing is to get the custom rom onto the phone.
-make sure you have downloaded everything you need (rom, root method(pref Magisk), gapps if wanted)
- boot into recovery, I'm recommending and assuming that you are using the latest Twrp, if not, d/l official Twrp for your model, and flash that with Odin
-In twrp select wipe, format data, just in case.
-now you should be able to mount usb storage, using the option in twrp
- now you should be able to mount your phone to your PC and transfer the rom, put it somewhere easy to find on the phone. also copy gapps and Magisk zips
-now, still in twrp, select install, select rom zip, select add more, select Magisk zip, also flash gapps at this time if you want to use them.
-click the button to flash
-click wipe cache/dalvik
-click reboot
-pray ?

BlueCyclone said:
If you can boot recovery, all is not lost.
First, are you sure that you flashed the correct bootloader/modem for your s5 model (G900 T, P, V, F, etc? Odin should not let you flash the wrong one, but anything is possible.
If Bl/modem is correct, them the next thing is to get the custom rom onto the phone.
-make sure you have downloaded everything you need (rom, root method(pref Magisk), gapps if wanted)
- boot into recovery, I'm recommending and assuming that you are using the latest Twrp, if not, d/l official Twrp for your model, and flash that with Odin
-In twrp select wipe, format data, just in case.
-now you should be able to mount usb storage, using the option in twrp
- now you should be able to mount your phone to your PC and transfer the rom, put it somewhere easy to find on the phone. also copy gapps and Magisk zips
-now, still in twrp, select install, select rom zip, select add more, select Magisk zip, also flash gapps at this time if you want to use them.
-click the button to flash
-click wipe cache/dalvik
-click reboot
-pray ?
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Hey man! Thank you so much for your reply. I installed CPE1 bootloader and modem driver, honestly I don't even know what they do. Was this a wrong thing to do?
I rooted my device using cf auto root, then flashed the bootloader and modem using Odin. After that I (stupidly) tried to boot my stock OS and it was stuck in a bootloop.
Unfortunately I won't be able to try your instructions this till tomorrow evening but I'll keep you posted!! do you mind if I pm?
Edit: I was using twrp 2.8.7 I believe, could this have been the problem? Also I updated twrp to latest and tried micro sd as storage and flashed a Rom but the phone is still bootlooping

Pobi123 said:
Hey man! Thank you so much for your reply. I installed CPE1 bootloader and modem driver, honestly I don't even know what they do. Was this a wrong thing to do?
I rooted my device using cf auto root, then flashed the bootloader and modem using Odin. After that I (stupidly) tried to boot my stock OS and it was stuck in a bootloop.
Unfortunately I won't be able to try your instructions this till tomorrow evening but I'll keep you posted!! do you mind if I pm?
Edit: I was using twrp 2.8.7 I believe, could this have been the problem? Also I updated twrp to latest and tried micro sd as storage and flashed a Rom but the phone is still bootlooping
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Ok I see you have S5 plus. I'm not familiar with that device to know which baseband it should be.
One thing you might try is to boot recovery and clear cache/dalvik and then try booting the custom rom.
If all else fails, you might try Samfirm
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
That should give you a stock firmware file to flash with odin.
You can pm if you need to, I don't own an S5+, nor am I a veteran flasher but I will try to help if I can.

BlueCyclone said:
Ok I see you have S5 plus. I'm not familiar with that device to know which baseband it should be.
One thing you might try is to boot recovery and clear cache/dalvik and then try booting the custom rom.
If all else fails, you might try Samfirm
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
That should give you a stock firmware file to flash with odin.
You can pm if you need to, I don't own an S5+, nor am I a veteran flasher but I will try to help if I can.
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Ive tried the suggestion you gave me, no success. However I honestly dont know if it could be my fault. I'm gonna flash the stock firmware and restart the whole root process.
Thanks for your help man!

Pobi123 said:
Ive tried the suggestion you gave me, no success. However I honestly dont know if it could be my fault. I'm gonna flash the stock firmware and restart the whole root process.
Thanks for your help man!
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Ok sorry I couldn't be more help
Oh, you don't need to use of cfautoroot anymore, you can just flash Magisk after the rom, and then use Magisk manager to manage all your root permissions.
So if you are going back to stock, I would:
-Flash stock in Odin
-probably boot stock once to verify (first boot takes long)
-odin flash latest twrp(uncheck auto-reboot, just battery pull after it says pass)
-power on phone with key combo to boot recovery
- format data
-flash rom/gapps?/Magisk
-wipe cache/dalvik
-reboot system (first boot will take long)
Hope you get your phone working again

BlueCyclone said:
Ok sorry I couldn't be more help
Oh, you don't need to use of cfautoroot anymore, you can just flash Magisk after the rom, and then use Magisk manager to manage all your root permissions.
So if you are going back to stock, I would:
-Flash stock in Odin
-probably boot stock once to verify (first boot takes long)
-odin flash latest twrp(uncheck auto-reboot, just battery pull after it says pass)
-power on phone with key combo to boot recovery
- format data
-flash rom/gapps?/Magisk
-wipe cache/dalvik
-reboot system (first boot will take long)
Hope you get your phone working again
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Good News! Phone is back in full working order after flashing stock firmware. It was kinda scary though, I had to fix an error in Odin and then the phone wouldn't even boot up! Left it over night, booted it again and it worked fine Thanks a lot for your help, I'll try not to soft brick my device again