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Here's the rundown:
I installed the Dark Paranoid Android (Grouper) ROM this morning. I flashed Gapps, and rebooted the device. No issues at that point, because I came from another ROM I did a clean install and got through the registration screens no problem. Once at the home screen, I remembered I had not flashed the Trinity (Grouper) kernel like I had planned, so I rebooted to recovery and flashed it.
That's when I ran into problems. Rebooted device and it stuck at the Google screen. Tried to bootloader into recovery, I still get stuck at the Google screen. Have tried to boot up both the recovery and into Android several times from bootloader, but I always get stuck at the Google screen. I guess my device didn't like the kernel, or somehow installing it damaged my recovery maybe?
Basically, I am asking if I am soft-bricked and have to restore factory and therefore wipe the device clean. Doing that would suck, but it's better than not having the device.
Also, I'd like to know if it's possible to flash stock through the Wugfresh toolkit without removing root. I just want to get back to stock so I can reinstall the ROM and try a different kernel.
liquid150 said:
Also, I'd like to know if it's possible to flash stock through the Wugfresh toolkit without removing root. I just want to get back to stock so I can reinstall the ROM and try a different kernel.
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Try to wipe everything and reinstall
kinhbang1989 said:
Try to wipe everything and reinstall
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Impossible with my device in the state I described.
Since the answers were fairly slow I already flashed factory image from Google with the toolkit. Issue was resolved, just will take a while to get everything put back on it.
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Did you check the md5 on the kernel download? If there wasn't an md5 supplied, download the file a few times and compare the md5's between them for consistency. Could've been as simple as a bad download.
mustbepbs said:
Did you check the md5 on the kernel download? If there wasn't an md5 supplied, download the file a few times and compare the md5's between them for consistency. Could've been as simple as a bad download.
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I did not check it. Maybe I will try it again later. Was able to right the problem by using the Nexus Toolkit to flash 4.1.2. Then I put DarkPA on it and started over. Not really the end of the world, just slightly time consuming.
I love the Trinity kernel on my phone. I want to use one for Nexus but I didn't see a stable one yet, all are in experimental phase.
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Help me XDA, you're my only hope...
First, background: I bought my Nexus 4 over the internet, because it was never officially released in Belgium. I had to have the screen replaced, and let a 3rth party do it. Glass damage isn't covered by the warranty and it would mean sending my phone by international mail if i used the official warranty people. They told me that the also had to replace the proximity sensor.
My phone worked perfectly afterwards. Until I tried to install the automatic upgrade to 4.3.
First it stopped at the X-logo screen and became very hot. I contacted play support and did all the things they advised (including a factory reset, rebooting in safe mode), none of it works. I found someone with the same problem who managed to get past the X-screen by flashing back the 4.2.2 radio version. And that worked: the phone booted and the update started.
However, since that moment I got a lot of problems:
- random shutdowns
- random locking of the SIM card
- phone not starting unless plugged in charger.
Worst of all, reflashing stock images for 4.2 and 4.2.2 or AOKP does nothing to solve these problems. I also tried a new SIM card, and still nothing.
I'm at my wit's end now. Could there be a driver issue? Any other things I can try?
TIA
Possibly a driver issue and also reflashing does not help meaning that you need to flash an other kernel.
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andyabc said:
Possibly a driver issue and also reflashing does not help meaning that you need to flash an other kernel.
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any suggestions for a good kernel that can run stock android?
If your goal was to upgrade to stock 4.3, you can follow efrant's guide to flash the factory image at at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312&highlight=efrant. Just be sure to download the JWR66V image and use the updated file names when you flash since the file names in this guide are for the Android 4.2 image.
BobWalker said:
If your goal was to upgrade to stock 4.3, you can follow efrant's guide to flash the factory image at at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312&highlight=efrant. Just be sure to download the JWR66V image and use the updated file names when you flash since the file names in this guide are for the Android 4.2 image.
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Well, I tried again. (For the 6th time this month) No different as before: it's been stuck on the X screen for 20 minutes now and getting warmer.
EDIT: I finally managed to get into the recovery menu. No idea why it wouldn't let me use volume up + power...
As suggested in the guide I deleted cache and a factory wipe.
My phone is still stuck at the X screen...
any other suggestions, anyone?
Joenr76 said:
As suggested in the guide I deleted cache and a factory wipe.
My phone is still stuck at the X screen...
any other suggestions, anyone?
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Try installing PA 3.97 with this kernel: http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/mako/pa_mako-Kernel-4.3_JWR66V_HALFBREED.zip
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andyabc said:
Try installing PA 3.97 with this kernel: http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/mako/pa_mako-Kernel-4.3_JWR66V_HALFBREED.zip
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I never did that before: do I flash the kernel first or the Rom first? Are there any guides?
EDIT: I just read that Paranoid Android comes with the halfbreed kernel included. Is that the one you linked too?
Before jumping into the kernel thing (also because i wanted to be able to work with a device that can actually boot), I reinstalled the 4.2.2 factory image. It took about 5 minutes for the first shutdown to happen. *sigh*
And without plugging it in, it goes into a boot loop (going to x screen for a while, then restarting.) When I plug it in, it starts immediately, but shows the battery as empty. It was 63% when it shut itself down.
It's a clean install, I just don't understand...
Okay so, I'm assuming you have a custom recovery like TWRP. Open it and flash the newest boot loader and radio. Then flash Paranoid Android and GApps. Then try flashing Faux kernel and clearing cache/dalvik. If you still have problems, then I have no idea
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Open up your phone to see the battery is securely checked and to see if all the components are okay. Then look do a full wipe of cache,dalvik,system,data,and sd (internal storage). Then use wugs toolkit to a upgrade on a clean flash. Double check to make sure you wipe everything!
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TheNerd:] said:
Open up your phone to see the battery is securely checked and to see if all the components are okay.
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Apparently, my battery had expanded so much that it was pushing at everything in the phone. I ordered a new one and put it in. In 4.2.2 I have no problems anymore with random shut-downs.
However, when I run the OTA upgrade, the phone stays on the X-logo screen. Just like last time. I expect that was why the battery got blown: the first time I ran the OTA, I did it at night and only checked the phone in the morning.
I fixed my N4 by reflashing an older radio (48, IIRC). I have no idea why the newest radio won't work...
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Apparently, my battery had expanded so much that it was pushing at everything in the phone. I ordered a new one and put it in. In 4.2.2 I have no problems anymore with random shut-downs.
However, when I run the OTA upgrade, the phone stays on the X-logo screen. Just like last time. I expect that was why the battery got blown: the first time I ran the OTA, I did it at night and only checked the phone in the morning.
I fixed my N4 by reflashing an older radio (48, IIRC). I have no idea why the newest radio won't work...
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Try flashing 4.3 via the factory image. Then use this guide to flash the factory image to the phone.
tykate said:
Try flashing 4.3 via the factory image. Then use this guide to flash the factory image to the phone.
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Tried that before. I did some research and I guess this is relevant: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...rops-on-some-nexus-4-handsets-fixes-in-sight/ Especially since I ordered my Nexus from the Netherlands.
I'll have to wait until that bug gets fixed until I can upgrade my radio.
I was 4.3 (locked bootloader) and the phone worked fine until one instance where the lcd glitched in the messaging app and it stopped responding. So I hard reset the phone and then it got stuck at the nexus logo (Bootloop).
So, i tried the following things:
1) Unlock bootloader
2) Flash 4.4 (KRT16S) from fastboot. Flash completed successfully, there were NO errors. Waited for a while, still stuck in the nexus circling logo. So i went to recovery and wiped data and cache, rebooted and waited for atleast 30mins.
3) Next, I tried 4.3 (jwr66y). Went through the same drill, still not booting. At this point I starting looking online to see if others are having the same problem. This is probably close to what I could find (http://www.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/1nefzy/)
4) Lastly I flashed 4.2 (jdq39) using the same procedure as the last 2, but this time it boots successfully! I cannot explain why, I have not done anything different this time.
So I thought I'll give 4.4 another try, but it doesnt work. Stuck in a bootloop. Immediately I flashed back 4.2. So, ultimately only 4.2 works on this phone for some reason. Any ideas as to why this is happening?
Is there a hardware problem with the nandflash, if so how do I verify it?
Also I did not use the toolkit to flash, I just ran flash-all.bat and verified that each command was executed successfully.
UPDATE: This is a rare problem that has affects a handful nexus 4s. The best option is to RMA the phone if it is under warranty of sell the phone for parts. This post gives a good summary of the problem: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47532787&postcount=282
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I have the unknown IMEI and baseband problem that I've seen a number of people have without resolution. While I appreciate the efforts made here, I am including myself in the group that this unbricking method did not work for. For the sake of hoping to save other people time, I'm going to write out my experiences with this problem so far.
I was running CM 10.2 nightly 20131114 without issue when after a reboot my phone bootlooped on the starting animation. I've had errors on nightlies before, so I did the normal routine of fixes. I tried everything from restoring nandroid backups, flashing newer and older radios, doing a fresh install of a known working CM build, then wiped the entire device and tried flashing factory images for 4.4 and 4.3. None of these got the device to boot. Based on a recommendation I went back to the 4.2 factory image and had some luck, but it took a very long time to boot and had an unknown IMEI and baseband. It took a very long time to boot with or without the SIM card.
At this point I tried the unbrick method listed here, and when I restored the factory image I had the exact same problem. I applied the 16 GB fix, but since I'm going to give up for the RMA long-haul I'm not even bothering with the MAC address fixes. I'm restoring to the 4.2 factory image and locking the bootloader so I can send this device back to Google / LG.
I haven't seen anyone recover from the unknown IMEI and baseband problem, and it's scary because it happens for no reason on both stock and custom ROMs. I really like my Nexus 4, but it's going to be hard to trust whatever replacement I get (if any) from Google / LG.
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@pravarth It looks like you flashed the wrong image to the nexus 4. Always flash image which says occam (thats the codename) . If 4.2 works then surely 4.3 and 4.4 will work successfully.
Always downlaod image from here :
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https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occam
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Just flash 4.4 again and see .
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@pravarth It looks like you flashed the wrong image to the nexus 4. Always flash image which says occam (thats the codename) . If 4.2 works then surely 4.3 and 4.4 will work successfully.
Always downlaod image from here :
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https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occam
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Just flash 4.4 again and see .
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I got the images from that link and I also double checked that I'm using occam images
occam-jdq39-factory-345dc199 (4.2)
occam-jwr66y-factory-74b1deab (4.3)
occam-krt16s-factory-2006f418 (4.4)
I also verified the md5 hash on all 3. The files are fine
@pravarth : You are on unlocked bootloader, try flashing a 4.4 custom ROM and see
Flash This :
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507021
nice
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hmm, the factory images should work. are you under warranty?
same case, my phone only works with 4.2
amartinpascual said:
same case, my phone only works with 4.2
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Really farfetched but maybe something got damaged in persist or one of the other partitions. If you can figure out a way of enabling usb debugging in 4.3/4.4 (say enabling it in 4.2 and dirty flashing system/boot or maybe flashing a custom rom that has it enabled by default), you might be able to investigate further with logcat.
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Really farfetched but maybe something got damaged in persist or one of the other partitions. If you can figure out a way of enabling usb debugging in 4.3/4.4 (say enabling it in 4.2 and dirty flashing system/boot or maybe flashing a custom rom that has it enabled by default), you might be able to investigate further with logcat.
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Logcat?
Abhiheart said:
@pravarth : You are on unlocked bootloader, try flashing a 4.4 custom ROM and see
Flash This :
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507021
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Don´t works, same bootloop
Wrong bootloader?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
ziddey said:
hmm, the factory images should work. are you under warranty?
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Yes, I'm under warranty but I bought the phone from USA and I don't want to send it back unless I have to. So I'm trying all options
Oxious119 said:
Wrong bootloader?
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The appropriate bootloader and radio images were flashed before flashing the image.
According this thread, it seems the problem exists with baseband and apparently is a known problem (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48332273#post48332273). So it seems only .48 baseband boots. This is probably what is happening with mine as well. I'll check if they work while on .48 baseband
same problem, like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48332273#post48332273
tip: you can use 4.3, flash 4.3, then flash the radio of 4.2.2: cwm-radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.48
but this tip didn't work with 4.4 or 4.4.1, i'm also looking for a solution
Abhiheart said:
@pravarth : You are on unlocked bootloader, try flashing a 4.4 custom ROM and see
Flash This :
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507021
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I tried flashing CM10.2, stuck in bootloop
So, I've found quite a few threads with the same problem and no solution. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525479
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450301
4.2 boots but imei and baseband in settings shows unknown. In bootloader mode the radio version is shown.
jedivulcan said:
Same thing happened to me yesterday. I turned the phone on and it was in a persistent bootloop. Tried everything to get it working until I flashed 4.2.2 and then there was no IMEI or baseband.
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flash the radio cwm-radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.48
:/ so this is another problem, good job google! someone have tried to flash the 0.98 radio with 4.4.1/2?
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I tried flashing CM10.2, stuck in bootloop
So, I've found quite a few threads with the same problem and no solution. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525479
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2450301
4.2 boots but imei and baseband in settings shows unknown. In bootloader mode the radio version is shown.
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@pravarth : Did you try factory reset ?? try that might fix your IMEI and baseband
I had a similar issue trying to flash the factory 4.3 and 4.4 images. Everything appeared to flash successfully, but it would never get past the boot logo.
I don't recall where I found it, but someone said to try re-locking then unlocking the bootloader. It worked for me. Maybe it could work for you.
rsilvawashington said:
I had a similar issue trying to flash the factory 4.3 and 4.4 images. Everything appeared to flash successfully, but it would never get past the boot logo.
I don't recall where I found it, but someone said to try re-locking then unlocking the bootloader. It worked for me. Maybe it could work for you.
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doesn't work
The "no baseband" thing sounds like that old recovery bug. Are you using the latest twrp or cwm?
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at4r1 said:
The "no baseband" thing sounds like that old recovery bug. Are you using the latest twrp or cwm?
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The problem started when i was on stock ROM with stock recovery. It has nothing to do with twrp or cwm in this case
I am not new to ROMs and flashing etc., but I am completely stumped on this one. I have looked everywhere I know to look (supposedly) but if you find some easily locatable solution that I have missed, please feel free to call me mean names and share the solution with me. Otherwise, this is what I have tried so far (I will start from the beginning):
First, the 4.3 OTA update bricked my phone. I hadn't rooted my N4 yet because it was an updrage from D1 (yes, big jump). I decided to root the phone and install a custom ROM. Can't be too hard right? Its a Nexus for crying out loud. WRONG. Well I rooted pretty easily, and installed my first custom ROM for N4. To install this ROM, I had to erase boot.img, system.img, and userdata.img and then flash each individually from the ROM zip file I downloaded. This worked! I was winging it and it worked out. However, from then on, EVERY ROM I tried to install ended up in a bootloop. I have wiped cache/data, dalvik cache, and even my own (c)ache before flashing new ROM. They all end in bootloop (never ending).
I am able to revert to stock 4.2 easily every time. However, any attempt at installing a custom ROM from there is void. Today I downloaded 4.4.2.tgz from google and ran flash-all.bat. Everything works great! Until I try to boot up; bootloop. I fastboot format this and fastboot erase that, then fastboot flash each .img individually. I fastboot flash new radio, new kernel, etc. etc. but still bootloop.
I really am clueless as to what I am doing wrong or how I screwed myself somewhere along the way, but I am humbly coming before my superiors and asking for help. Please offer me the simplest solution and call me dumb for not seeing it, I will hold you in my heart 4eva
CausableMidget said:
I am not new to ROMs and flashing etc., but I am completely stumped on this one. I have looked everywhere I know to look (supposedly) but if you find some easily locatable solution that I have missed, please feel free to call me mean names and share the solution with me. Otherwise, this is what I have tried so far (I will start from the beginning):
First, the 4.3 OTA update bricked my phone. I hadn't rooted my N4 yet because it was an updrage from D1 (yes, big jump). I decided to root the phone and install a custom ROM. Can't be too hard right? Its a Nexus for crying out loud. WRONG. Well I rooted pretty easily, and installed my first custom ROM for N4. To install this ROM, I had to erase boot.img, system.img, and userdata.img and then flash each individually from the ROM zip file I downloaded. This worked! I was winging it and it worked out. However, from then on, EVERY ROM I tried to install ended up in a bootloop. I have wiped cache/data, dalvik cache, and even my own (c)ache before flashing new ROM. They all end in bootloop (never ending).
I am able to revert to stock 4.2 easily every time. However, any attempt at installing a custom ROM from there is void. Today I downloaded 4.4.2.tgz from google and ran flash-all.bat. Everything works great! Until I try to boot up; bootloop. I fastboot format this and fastboot erase that, then fastboot flash each .img individually. I fastboot flash new radio, new kernel, etc. etc. but still bootloop.
I really am clueless as to what I am doing wrong or how I screwed myself somewhere along the way, but I am humbly coming before my superiors and asking for help. Please offer me the simplest solution and call me dumb for not seeing it, I will hold you in my heart 4eva
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This is why once I have my phone rooted, there's no turning back to stock.
Are you sure that you wiped system, along with everything else between adventures? (factory reset via recovery)
Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
Berrydroidcafe said:
This is why once I have my phone rooted, there's no turning back to stock.
Are you sure that you wiped system, along with everything else between adventures? (factory reset via recovery)
Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
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Yes. I even just did it again to make sure, but I am still watching the beautifully colored circles fold in on themselves.
CausableMidget said:
Yes. I even just did it again to make sure, but I am still watching the beautifully colored circles fold in on themselves.
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Ok, gonna make a suggestion, and it's totally on you if you want to take it, and of course I won't be held responsible. I have had a bootloop or two on my G2 (the original), I would get impatient and pull the battery. (wish the Nexus 4 had a removable battery) Without fail, that cured the bootloop. Just remember, that was a G2, not a Nexus 4.
Don't ask me why it worked because I have no clue.
Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
Berrydroidcafe said:
Ok, gonna make a suggestion, and it's totally on you if you want to take it, and of course I won't be held responsible. I have had a bootloop or two on my G2 (the original), I would get impatient and pull the battery. (wish the Nexus 4 had a removable battery) Without fail, that cured the bootloop. Just remember, that was a G2, not a Nexus 4.
Don't ask me why it worked because I have no clue.
Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
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I have cycled power a few times during the boot to no avail. I also just reverted back to stock 4.2 and then installed OTA 4.3 update hoping outcome would be different (definition of insanity according to Vaas). I don't know what to do. It's just not in me to run 4.2 forever
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I have cycled power a few times during the boot to no avail. I also just reverted back to stock 4.2 and then installed OTA 4.3 update hoping outcome would be different (definition of insanity according to Vaas). I don't know what to do. It's just not in me to run 4.2 forever
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Have you tried calling an Exorcist?
I've run out of ideas!
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So I'm pretty desperate and I apologize if similar info was posted somewhere else. I've been researching several hours but couldn't find anything.
I originally installed CM11 and decided to experiment with a different rom TriForce ROM [TouchWiz]. I put the zip file on my SD card and booted into clockworkmod it gave an error of bad zip. I tried different usb port to transfer the zip, downloaded it multiple times with no result. So I decided to try a different rom Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_MF9_Rom.zip. The installation finished but the phone would not boot.
Recently I flashed the stock rom from odin, it finished successfully but still not boot, Galaxy sreen lights up quickly and that's it.
rmngorelov said:
So I'm pretty desperate and I apologize if similar info was posted somewhere else. I've been researching several hours but couldn't find anything.
I originally installed CM11 and decided to experiment with a different rom TriForce ROM [TouchWiz]. I put the zip file on my SD card and booted into clockworkmod it gave an error of bad zip. I tried different usb port to transfer the zip, downloaded it multiple times with no result. So I decided to try a different rom Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_MF9_Rom.zip. The installation finished but the phone would not boot.
Recently I flashed the stock rom from odin, it finished successfully but still not boot, Galaxy sreen lights up quickly and that's it.
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Restore from nandroid backup. I hope you made one. Try going into recovery do a factory reset and wipe all cache and data and what not and then install a ROM from Odin.
rmngorelov said:
So I'm pretty desperate and I apologize if similar info was posted somewhere else. I've been researching several hours but couldn't find anything.
I originally installed CM11 and decided to experiment with a different rom TriForce ROM [TouchWiz]. I put the zip file on my SD card and booted into clockworkmod it gave an error of bad zip. I tried different usb port to transfer the zip, downloaded it multiple times with no result. So I decided to try a different rom Stock_Rooted_Deodexed_MF9_Rom.zip. The installation finished but the phone would not boot.
Recently I flashed the stock rom from odin, it finished successfully but still not boot, Galaxy sreen lights up quickly and that's it.
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Make sure you're using roms for your version of your phone. the MF9 bootloader is really old and probably wont install anymore. My phone did this before and I thought I bricked it, but I kid you not I took the battery out and removed the SIM card and rebooted and it booted up just fine. May not work for you, but I suggest you go back to update stock firmware then try again. If you're using the triband model, there's a post around here somewhere with confirmed roms that wont brick your device. I'm currently using the Google Play Edition Stock ROM and it's working GREAT.
Link for new firmware (NG5 Firmware): https://mega.co.nz/#F!0JdRkIZR!AqqKdbvba_Hpg5VrCmrbPw
i7vSa7vi7y said:
Restore from nandroid backup. I hope you made one. Try going into recovery do a factory reset and wipe all cache and data and what not and then install a ROM from Odin.
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I restored to this stock ROM before and everything worked well. Currently I can't boot into recovery, Samsung flashes once and that's it, that's why I'm desperate the only thing I can do is boot in to download mode for odin.
silentdeath631 said:
Make sure you're using roms for your version of your phone. the MF9 bootloader is really old and probably wont install anymore. My phone did this before and I thought I bricked it, but I kid you not I took the battery out and removed the SIM card and rebooted and it booted up just fine. May not work for you, but I suggest you go back to update stock firmware then try again. If you're using the triband model, there's a post around here somewhere with confirmed roms that wont brick your device. I'm currently using the Google Play Edition Stock ROM and it's working GREAT.
Link for new firmware (NG5 Firmware):
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Does it matter that I can't get into recovery to clear the cache first before trying new roms?
silentdeath631 said:
Make sure you're using roms for your version of your phone. the MF9 bootloader is really old and probably wont install anymore. My phone did this before and I thought I bricked it, but I kid you not I took the battery out and removed the SIM card and rebooted and it booted up just fine. May not work for you, but I suggest you go back to update stock firmware then try again. If you're using the triband model, there's a post around here somewhere with confirmed roms that wont brick your device. I'm currently using the Google Play Edition Stock ROM and it's working GREAT.
Link for new firmware (NG5 Firmware):
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Maybe I'm doing something foolish but every time I try to download files from the link you gave I get a decryption error so I can't download them zip or original.
rmngorelov said:
I restored to this stock ROM before and everything worked well. Currently I can't boot into recovery, Samsung flashes once and that's it, that's why I'm desperate the only thing I can do is boot in to download mode for odin.
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Just hold home power and volume up. Right when you see text at the top left let go. You have to have the right timing
i7vSa7vi7y said:
Just hold home power and volume up. Right when you see text at the top left let go. You have to have the right timing
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After almost eight hours of troubleshooting I finally got it to work.
I've tried flashing clockworkmod several times to see if I could get into recovery with no result so I gave up on that and I flashed the newest stock rom I could find L720VPUFNG2_L720SPTFNG2_SPR and it was still not booting. Than I thought maybe twerp would make a difference and god almighty it finally booted! I felt as if I gave birth to a child after eight hours of labor!
Now I'm extremely paranoid about touching anything because it took me forever to do this. Does anyone know why flashing twerp would make such a difference? I know this sort of stuff can get extremely complicated but I'd like to try to understand.
I hope my foolish agony contributed to this community if not in any other way except by the comedic relief caused by my ignorance.
rmngorelov said:
After almost eight hours of troubleshooting I finally got it to work.
I've tried flashing clockworkmod several times to see if I could get into recovery with no result so I gave up on that and I flashed the newest stock rom I could find L720VPUFNG2_L720SPTFNG2_SPR and it was still not booting. Than I thought maybe twerp would make a difference and god almighty it finally booted! I felt as if I gave birth to a child after eight hours of labor!
Now I'm extremely paranoid about touching anything because it took me forever to do this. Does anyone know why flashing twerp would make such a difference? I know this sort of stuff can get extremely complicated but I'd like to try to understand.
I hope my foolish agony contributed to this community if not in any other way except by the comedic relief caused by my ignorance.
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Depends what recovery you had and what version. I personally like Philz touch recovery but TWRP is good. Now wipe and flash a ROM my friend or restore a backup
rmngorelov said:
After almost eight hours of troubleshooting I finally got it to work.
I've tried flashing clockworkmod several times to see if I could get into recovery with no result so I gave up on that and I flashed the newest stock rom I could find L720VPUFNG2_L720SPTFNG2_SPR and it was still not booting. Than I thought maybe twerp would make a difference and god almighty it finally booted! I felt as if I gave birth to a child after eight hours of labor!
Now I'm extremely paranoid about touching anything because it took me forever to do this. Does anyone know why flashing twerp would make such a difference? I know this sort of stuff can get extremely complicated but I'd like to try to understand.
I hope my foolish agony contributed to this community if not in any other way except by the comedic relief caused by my ignorance.
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im having similar issues. which version of TWRP worked for you?
thank you
fearthemarchx said:
im having similar issues. which version of TWRP worked for you?
thank you
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I recommend flashing the newest one here using odin
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
Then once you are able to boot into recovery go to wipe and perform both factory reset and format data. Then install whatever rom you like, I used Sprint Galaxy S4 SPH-L720 VPUFNAE (Androdi 4.4.2) found here
http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/ (or maybe find a newer stock rom if this one gives you errors)
Just copy the zip file to the phone, boot into twrp, do wipe factory reset again, select install then select the zip in whatever directory and you should be good to go. Make sure you do a back up in twrp once you get the phone to boot so you can always revert to stock.
I hope I was thorough enough that some of the information was useful. Let me know if you need any more help.
only certain recoveries will stick. ive tried the most recent twrp, with no luck. only a few versions of philztouch work.
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fearthemarchx said:
only certain recoveries will stick. ive tried the most recent twrp, with no luck. only a few versions of philztouch work.
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Format with philztouch that works then try flashing a new stock rom with odin. That should bring everything back to stock including the recovery.
ive tried. when i flash rom via odin i only get a blue "recovery booting" at the top of boot screen. even when i only power on, not into recovery. im going to attempt to flash rom provided in previous post via philz.
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fearthemarchx said:
ive tried. when i flash rom via odin i only get a blue "recovery booting" at the top of boot screen. even when i only power on, not into recovery. im going to attempt to flash rom provided in previous post via philz.
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You're in download mode when you flash from odin right? If you your getting an error flashing, try a different stock rom after reformating/resetting to factory (it's crucial to clear the cache before trying a different rom). I had to try a few roms before I found one that worked.