Verizon Tab here.
Finally decided to try installing KhasMek's K-leanMod v2 rom.
I started by installing the bootstrap app from the market as per the instructions. The app rebooted the tab. It backed up everything. It said everything was successfull. After that I rebooted in download mode (power +volume down mode)
I then flashed the rom I downloaded from the thread. When I rebooted it just stuck on the samsung logo. I let it sit for 20 minutes and nothing happened. I decided to try to reflash to see if that would work but now I can't get back into download mode. Interestingly I can get into download mode when it is plugged into the wall, but when its connected to the computer it does not work...
Any suggestions?
Thanks
EDIT: It finally decided to connect to the computer and I flashed the CWM, did a factory reset and then flashed the custom rom and it started working again. I think it might have been due to low battery (it was at 3% when it finally came to)? Anyways just glad I dont have an expensive paperweight.
Just discovered a new problem...
When I have the tab plugged into the wall, it wont turn on. It just sits frozen at the battery charge screen. When I unplug it and power it on all is well.
Any idea what that could be?
Dear friends of xda,
let me say something first. i'm a possessor of a brand new zuk z1 since a week. from day 1 i've rooted it with kingroot and then switched to SuperSu because i didn't succed installing adb drivers on my laptop.
so i'm stock. no custom recovery no unblocked bootloader, just root permissions.
a week went by with no problem. just a couple of freeze here and there. nothing much.
today i was playing on my bed and suddenly the phone got really really hot. everything is frozen. i can only drag down the status bar. but if i press some icon or button nothing happpen. Ok i'm like well another freeze. i press and hold power button. screen get black. phone vibrate. aaaaaaaand i'm stuck at zuk screen. really?
after searching the web i tried to enter in recovery mode. after many tries i succed. so i tried to do a factory reset. it asked me if i'm sure, as i press yes the screen goes black for a while and then the phone reboot in recovery again. mmm strange. so i tried to wipe cache. it happen the same as before. it did not even asked me if i was sure. so i pressed 'power off' thinking that a real boot would repair the situation but no. my phone decided to self brick. ok. i throw in the towel.
so i decided to plug the charger in and went to do stuff.
when i come back home 3 hours later. i softly press the power button and the phone says it is at 99% . i tried to boot it up. and guess what? it boots normally. like nothing never happened.
so. what do you think is happened? i've some background but i've never seen something like this.
could be a problem of overheating? what should i do now? and what if it happens again?
sorry for the wall of text.
tl;dr: rooted phone get really hot. freeze. and after powering it off went in bootloop. nothing could be done in stock recovery. after some hour it booted up normally. what to do now?
Can anyone PLEASE help??
My partner opted to do a suggested update on her S5, but didn't notice the wifi was off. The phone seemed to have done the update, but shortly after it rebooted itself, then again, then again. The frequency of reboot got quicker and quicker and now it loops between the Galaxy S5 splash screen and the SAMSUNG logo, but doesn't go any further.
I managed to boot the phone into reset mode, cleared the cache and then did a factory reset, but that did nothing to prevent the boot loop.
I then downloaded Odin (ver 10.3.7) and what I believed to be the correct firmware (G900FXXS1CPLV_G900FVFR1CPJ1_G900FXXU1CPIW_HOME.tar.md5).
Having checked the battery was charged, I followed the instructions of connecting the phone via USB, loading the md5 in the AP, checking Auto Reboot and F-Set time in the options and clicking the Odin Start button. I had removed the battery, replaced it and then booted it into the update mode (Power, Home, Volume Down, then volume up) with the screen confirming I was in the right place (....do not unplug.... etc).
The file loaded, (green bar at top of the Odin window on my PC) and Odin reported success. I then disconnected the phone, booted in recovery mode, reset the cache and then did a clear data, factory reset.
The same symptoms prevail, STUCK IN BOOT LOOP!!!!
The only thing different is that if I plug it into the USB on my PC, after a while the phone tries to turn itself on and goes into either a boot loop or freezes on the Galaxy S5 Splash screen or the SAMSUNG Logo.
I am charging another battery (just in case that is in some way to blame) and will try again to replace the firmware, but could I be missing something, do I need to do anything with PIT (I thought this was all taken care of by Odin using the MD5 file) or is there some other test I can perform that will show if the phone is fried???
MANY THANKS for looking!
ur going correct, try to reflash it again through odin and dont disconnect phone until it boots into system, it is taking some good time, so just wait and dont do anything this time like clearing anything or restoring. i hope ull get success.
THANKS - but...
Thanks Rayzen, I will try the whole thing again, but I think there is something more to this than a firmware fault!
There and gone again
OK, so on the 4th attempt I got the phone to take the firmware using Odin, it reported success and the phone rebooted itself (several times) and eventually appeared to boot to a new factory reset.
I put in a SIM card and entered my email and google account details and left it charging over night. This morning when I tried to use it, the screen froze and then it rebooted itself. Hey presto, the phone is back to square one with a boot loop.
ANYONE (please) got any suggestions?
THANKS
No one??
same here, same symptoms, same feeling.
when flash gone right... i feel lucky.. but for half hour only, rebooted and angain in boot loop.
I cannot even boot in recovery. flashed TWRP. from 5 boots in recovery only 1 success.
When trying to wipe phone in TWRP - it hangs.
still trying to install some other (custom) rom. still no success.
hope never dies
same things happened here! now cant get samsung galaxy s5 to boot...............
Are you sure your using right firmware? as it took me a few versions before it booted last time this happened?
Could any please confirm what is the right firmware for samsung galaxy s5 900F
It took another 6 or 7 attempts, left it over night and was about to trash it when it booted.
I then received a 'software update available' message and tried installing it. First attempt put the phone back into boot loop so I reflashed it again using Odin.
That worked immediately the over the network software update installed and now phone is 100%
Very frustrating but I got there!
glad you fixed it! ive tried three different firmwares and still nothing.
trying this one atm
G900FXXU1ANE2_G900FEVR1AND1_G900FXXU1ANE2_HOME.tar
oh and how long do they take to boot when there are sitting at the samsung glowing screen?>
I'm in UK and used what (I had to guess) was the best firmware.
I'll let you know which version it was when I get home tonight.
BUT I had all the problems with a single version and it eventually came good.
I read somewhere that overwriting a different core (from specific providers) with generic firmware, could lead to a world of pain until it gets full replaced... not sure if that's a good description (or has any fact to it) but it seemed to be re-loading and re-loading and re........ for ages, finally cracked it.
well mines booted now!but getting constant errors about samsung push!
If it'still booted, you'very made progress!
Push issues are mentioned elsewhere and can (eventually be sorted) but if you have a booted phone you should be able to get an over the air software update installed from the service provider....?!
Hello!
It's my first time here on XDA-Developers, so I hope I can solve my problem here. So, I flashed with ODIN my SM-G530FZ with the Stock ROM, since I had some issues with the phone. I wiped Data, Cache, System and Dalvik Cache via TWRP before doing this. After the flash, I couldn't start the phone anymore. Only when it's connected to my Samsung charger. Then, it started on its own and got stuck at the boot logo. I had to remove the battery to stop the process. But the same thing happened when I put the battery back in. Phone boots up when it's being charged. I tried to go to recovery mode, but nothing happened. Also tried to do the same thing with download mode, but this didn't work as well. I assume that I have bricked my phone pretty bad, so I hope that I can find some help here
Thanks for reading!
I've hard brick my 1H like this before, so I had to make a USB JIGG, made it with 1 dollar in materials.
You can buy these on the internet for about 3 bucks if you don't know how to build one or look up some tutorials.
What they do is force the phone to go into download mode.
Now, the commands for recovery and download mode could have been damaged so this should work unless.. you actually damaged them both from ever working.
Yesterday, the phone was fine. Then, it was suddenly off even though it had plenty of battery and would not power on. Plugged in and verified battery, then tried vol down and power. This began a boot loop when the phone was plugged in where the samsung screen came up, phone would vibrate, then it would go off and loop again over and over. If unplugged, it does not function at all. I could not get it to open in to the recovery screen. This morning, plugged in again and it immediately went to recovery. I tried clearing cache and rebooting, but another boot loop. It does not always go to recovery, so after much effort, I got it back to that point and selected clear data and factory reset. It again went to the boot loop. There is now an error when I can get it to recovery that is dir ‘/system/carrier/ATT/priv-app/AttIqi_ATT' . I went to Sammobile and downloaded Odin hoping to flash to this. Unfortunately, the phone only has power when it is plugged in and I cannot get the phone in to recovery mode when plugged in to the computer that has Odin on it. Even if I could, I would not be able to follow the steps. Looking for other ideas of how to make this work.