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No ROM will boot..

Hi everyone,
So i'm having an issue with my Galaxy S4 GT-i9505. It seems that any custom ROM I try to flash it with just gets stuck at Boot. I can always restore to stock so its not that big of a deal but still I'd like to be able to use a custom ROM on it one of these days !
Here's what I did so far:
1) The phone was rooted with CF Autoroot, then flashed TWRP recovery with Odin 3.x
2)Tried to install Omega Rom v9. With Data, Cache, Delpik wipe. Stuck at Samsung logo after reboot
3) Restored back to stock
4) Repeated 2)
5)Tried to install PAC Rom, again Data, Cache wipe, Flashed Gapps before Reboot
6)Stuck at "PAC loading" logo
7)Tried 5) again without flashing Gapps. Still stuck
8)Back to stock
I'm thinking of trying to flash a Pre-Rooted Rom like some of DJeMBeY. Anyway, can someone point me in the right direction ?

Slash5469 said:
Hi everyone,
So i'm having an issue with my Galaxy S4 GT-i9505. It seems that any custom ROM I try to flash it with just gets stuck at Boot. I can always restore to stock so its not that big of a deal but still I'd like to be able to use a custom ROM on it one of these days !
Here's what I did so far:
1) The phone was rooted with CF Autoroot, then flashed TWRP recovery with Odin 3.x
2)Tried to install Omega Rom v9. With Data, Cache, Delpik wipe. Stuck at Samsung logo after reboot
3) Restored back to stock
4) Repeated 2)
5)Tried to install PAC Rom, again Data, Cache wipe, Flashed Gapps before Reboot
6)Stuck at "PAC loading" logo
7)Tried 5) again without flashing Gapps. Still stuck
8)Back to stock
I'm thinking of trying to flash a Pre-Rooted Rom like some of DJeMBeY. Anyway, can someone point me in the right direction ?
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Flash philz recovery and then flash any rom u want after flashing rom wipe cache / dalvik and reboot

Well that did it... God damn TWRP been battling with it for a week ! Thanks

[Q] Flashed GE ROM and stuck on google colors animation

I have the international/unlocked i9505 and i rooted via cf auto root and flashed the cwm recovery..
I then flashed the ge rom from here and i setup it all nice until I rebooted when it is just stuck at the google animation (with the four colors in the center) and it just stays there. I left it there for a good hour before I put the phone into the cwm recovery and follows steps like wipe the "d" cache and formatting the /system, and /cache. it still boots the animation.. flashed the rom again and it still hung there...Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT: If possible, i would rather just flash the official touchwiz rom to avoid more problems down the line.

leowan731 said:
I have the international/unlocked i9505 and i rooted via cf auto root and flashed the cwm recovery..
I then flashed the ge rom from here and i setup it all nice until I rebooted when it is just stuck at the google animation (with the four colors in the center) and it just stays there. I left it there for a good hour before I put the phone into the cwm recovery and follows steps like wipe the "d" cache and formatting the /system, and /cache. it still boots the animation.. flashed the rom again and it still hung there...Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT: If possible, i would rather just flash the official touchwiz rom to avoid more problems down the line.
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Reflash, and when your phone gives you the option to `fix` recovery, select no. Then let your phone reboot and install.

leowan731 said:
I have the international/unlocked i9505 and i rooted via cf auto root and flashed the cwm recovery..
I then flashed the ge rom from here and i setup it all nice until I rebooted when it is just stuck at the google animation (with the four colors in the center) and it just stays there. I left it there for a good hour before I put the phone into the cwm recovery and follows steps like wipe the "d" cache and formatting the /system, and /cache. it still boots the animation.. flashed the rom again and it still hung there...Any help would be much appreciated.
EDIT: If possible, i would rather just flash the official touchwiz rom to avoid more problems down the line.
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How long did it hang for? i was having problems reflshing, my phone hung for about 20 minutes before doing anything the first time i flashed it with google rom. I left it came back thinking it was unseccessful and when i was reading for solution it just booted up. Since then i have had no problems reflashing.
Also as above post suggests, in TWRP recovery after i installed a rom when exiting it would say FIX permissions, when i swiped yes the rom wouldnt boot. now it all seems fine however i think i didnt know what i was doing.

SSThing said:
Reflash, and when your phone gives you the option to `fix` recovery, select no. Then let your phone reboot and install.
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i just tried it and its still stuck at the animation..

Not sure if this is ok but I'm still stuck so please help? I reflashed and click no. When I rebooted in cwm.

black screen loop after flashing custom roms

Hi, I have a nexus 4 JWR66Y 4.3 rooted and unlocked with cwm touch 6.0.4.3 installed and when I flash a custom roms and reboot it just show me a black screen that loop. I also tried TWRP but it did the samething.
P.S: I alway wipe data/factory reset before flashing the custom roms and the gapps.
What I have to do?
Thank you !

Triforce 5.4 question

I recently attempted to flash from triforce 5.3 to 5.4 and it wasn't working. It would just sit at the splash screen for hours. I then used Odin to get back to stock. When I try flashing the triforce 5.4 rom I get stuck at the splash screen with the yellow and red text at the top. Am I missing something?

try this
try completely wiping cache and system before installing zip. sometimes residual stuff left over gets in the way. i use Philz recovery now and there is an option for wiping cache and wiping system for new rom..... i do both twice then install ZIP.
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goodfellaz2k3 said:
I recently attempted to flash from triforce 5.3 to 5.4 and it wasn't working. It would just sit at the splash screen for hours. I then used Odin to get back to stock. When I try flashing the triforce 5.4 rom I get stuck at the splash screen with the yellow and red text at the top. Am I missing something?
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I gave that a try earlier and same results. I'm on the latest mk2 Firmware

Odin whatever stock ROM you are able (MF9 if you don't have a Knox bootloader, MK2 if you do). Reboot. Turn off phone and boot into Stock Recovery. Wipe Data/Factory Reset. Reboot. Odin in your favorite recovery (I like Philz). Turn off phone. Boot into Custom Recovery and flash your ROM of choice.
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i9505 - Won't boot

UPDATE:
- Tried about 4 different stock ROMs. Non of them boot after being flashed. The Recovery Booting text remains.
- Only PhilzTouch boots. No other recovery work. Stock recovery included
- Flashed ROM doesn't boot either. AOSP and TouchWiz.
- SYSTEM STATUS remains Official regardless of the ROM flashed.
ORIGINAL POST:
Hi, I just brought a bricked S4 off Gumtree(Australian Craiglist), and I'm trying to unbrick it. However:
- Stock ROM won't boot. I've flashed it like 10 times now. It'd reboot, say Recovery Booting (in blue text), then freeze there
- Recovery won't boot. I've tried PhilzTouch, TWRP and CWM. What did work was repartitioning it with the Pit and flashing only the recovery. However, installing any custom ROM will leave it in a boot loop (Splash - Kernel is not SEANDROID enforcing - Set warranty bit - kernel - Vibrate - Reboot - Repeat).
Could someone give me a hand? I've read pretty much every thread that's got to do with bootloop, and tried just about everything