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Help - S4 WONT BOOT or enter RECOVERY!

Hello
My S4 (XUBMGA) wont boot, it kept crashing so i used Odin to fresh install the OS, but it wouldnt let me enter recovery mode after so then I googled and found this website which gave me steps to recover my OS via Odin and also re-partion the recovery mode via a PIT File.
Now my S4 wont boot (stays stuck on the Samsung 9505 logo) and when i try enter recovery the blue text 'Recovery Boot' or something stays there but it wont enter. The phone doesnt boot up but I can still enter download mode?
What can i do! Also im a newb at this so simple please
Thanks in advance!

Get a stock rom from Samfirmware, flash it with Odin. That's the only way you're fixing it. How ? Search.

MistahBungle said:
Get a stock rom from Samfirmware, flash it with Odin. That's the only way you're fixing it. How ? Search.
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I did i downloaded the BTU United Kingdom Version but im not 100% sure which one to download? I bought the phone unlocked over eBay so im not sure which firmware to download exactly? I cant turn the phone on and go to about device as it wont boot to check all the numbers. Im sure it ended in MGA though
Any help?

BUMP

1) You absolutely do not bump threads after 25 minutes. This isn't your personal technical support hotline :-|
2) It makes no difference which firmware you use, as long as you use one for your specific model, tho I personally would use the latest one my carrier has released (if there was more than one). You may prefer to use an unbranded one for your country if there is one (I have no idea if there is/isn't one of these for the UK).
If you want to fix this, it's going to take a bit of effort on your part, we can't do it for you.
Edit - You really need to learn 'the basics' (people need to do this before they start messing with their phones, not after they bork them). Once you've fixed it, read the Stickies before you bork it permanently.

MistahBungle said:
1) You absolutely do not bump threads after 25 minutes. This isn't your personal technical support hotline :-|
2) It makes no difference which firmware you use, as long as you use one for your specific model, tho I personally would use the latest one my carrier has released (if there was more than one). You may prefer to use an unbranded one for your country if there is one (I have no idea if there is/isn't one of these for the UK).
If you want to fix this, it's going to take a bit of effort on your part, we can't do it for you.
Edit - You really need to learn 'the basics' (people need to do this before they start messing with their phones, not after they bork them). Once you've fixed it, read the Stickies before you bork it permanently.
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I have and am trying. Im new to Samsung, just moved after years of iPhone, hence though rooting would be similar to jailbreaking the iPhone.
Ive tried multiple ROMs now using Odin 3.07, it says it passes etc but the phone stays on the Samsung Galaxy S4 logo, it doesnt still let me enter recovery mode, but allowss me to get into download mode.
Any advice? Thanks

Download the last Twrp recovery(tar format) for your phone from their website flash it with odin 3.07
Noticeut your tar file with PDA
uncheck the reboot box.let only the reset box checked.
Don't check for any reason the partition case.
GO to download mode with your phone:hold down volume+power+home
After volume +button to continue
You are now on the download mode.connect your phone to your computer
If the box in the left corner become blue .it ok
If in the message box you see "added".it ok
Now press the start (the button to begin the process)
Wait till you will see PASSED in the left upper case.(take around 2min)
Unplung your phone,remove the battery.
Reput the battery and swicht on your phone :hold hight volume+home+power
2nd notice:when you see the samsung logo appear for the first time and going,remove your hand and you will see the beautiful twrp interface.
By the way,you should already have download SuperSu 1.51 and put that somewhere In your extsd card.
Go to install(always in the twrp recovery)
And select the Super su 1.51 or 1.41,cause they are stable)(you know the path where you will put the SuperSu app)
Installation succefull.touch the reboot button on the interface .your phone will reboot and you will see this mesage "Android upgrading"
Ok.i think you have understood.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app

Minou32 said:
Download the last Twrp recovery(tar format) for your phone from their website flash it with odin 3.07
Noticeut your tar file with PDA
uncheck the reboot box.let only the reset box checked.
Don't check for any reason the partition case.
GO to download mode with your phone:hold down volume+power+home
After volume +button to continue
You are now on the download mode.connect your phone to your computer
If the box in the left corner become blue .it ok
If in the message box you see "added".it ok
Now press the start (the button to begin the process)
Wait till you will see PASSED in the left upper case.(take around 2min)
Unplung your phone,remove the battery.
Reput the battery and swicht on your phone :hold hight volume+home+power
2nd notice:when you see the samsung logo appear for the first time and going,remove your hand and you will see the beautiful twrp interface.
By the way,you should already have download SuperSu 1.51 and put that somewhere In your extsd card.
Go to install(always in the twrp recovery)
And select the Super su 1.51 or 1.41,cause they are stable)(you know the path where you will put the SuperSu app)
Installation succefull.touch the reboot button on the interface .your phone will reboot and you will see this mesage "Android upgrading"
Ok.i think you have understood.
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for your reply.
I followed your steps and also a youtube video but when my phone reboots and you have to enter recovery mode (to get to TWRP) it doesnt go beyond the blue font at the top left and the samsung logo. It stays there
Any advice mate
Thanks

bump - im desperate to get this sorted

hus2k7 said:
bump - im desperate to get this sorted
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Bump

I think you 1.didn't check the reboot box
2.you removed the batterie after seing the passed message
3.and you removed your hand (all)after the samsung logo disapear
4.you download the last twrp for you model.
What is your phone model in fact?
If you want to see that go to 1.setting
2.more
3.about device
Mine is gt-i9500 simply
No at
No lce or others ones
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HELP my note 3 is dying

Hi, so the issue is my note 3 is stuck in a wierd loop.
N900A un rooted un flashed or anything. stock firmware straight from AT&A. no SD card.
ive been using it for about 3-4 days with no issues at all. today it suddenly turned off. i tried turning it on but it wont load up. i tried using the recovery mode to wipe evertyhing and start fresh. i cant do anything! the phone freezes after about 3-5 sec. i needed about 20 restarts just to get past the configuration menu when you start up your phone for the first time (had to do it in 2-3 sec). now my phone does load to the opening screen but will get stuck and restart after a couple of sec. i even managed to put airplane mode on but still no luck
sometimes i will get a random "XXX has stopped" error.
please help me i have no idea what to do that is my first android phone.
i attached a short film of what happens (youtube):
watch?v=CV2rmddefdg

take it back to AT&T for a replacement. in 3-4 days of actually obtaining the device it should NOT be doing what you have described if the device is completely stock, unrooted, etc etc. Show them what it is doing, get a little pissed off and you should get a new phone

joshndroid said:
take it back to AT&T for a replacement. in 3-4 days of actually obtaining the device it should NOT be doing what you have described if the device is completely stock, unrooted, etc etc. Show them what it is doing, get a little pissed off and you should get a new phone
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im not in the states any more... i got relocated and i bought the phone to take with me

i see... that complicates it a bit now
you could attempt to root it and install a custom recovery and try flashing a different rom for your phone?
or
i guess you could always flash a newer firmware for your device?

joshndroid said:
i see... that complicates it a bit now
you could attempt to root it and install a custom recovery and try flashing a different rom for your phone?
or
i guess you could always flash a newer firmware for your device?
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i i forgot to mantion that KIES gave me this message after recovery:
Device name : GALAXY Note3 (SM-N900A)
Service name : SM-N900A Software Update
Service version : Android Version : 4.3 / Baseband Version : N900AUCUBMI9
Service description :
does this mean this is my version and i can root it ? i cant remember if i applied the MJ5 update, and dont know if i should trust KIES.
where do i get a custom recovery from ? i tried looking for my firmware on the samsung website but they dont have it for N900A so i cant use odin

Johny201 said:
i i forgot to mantion that KIES gave me this message after recovery:
Device name : GALAXY Note3 (SM-N900A)
Service name : SM-N900A Software Update
Service version : Android Version : 4.3 / Baseband Version : N900AUCUBMI9
Service description :
does this mean this is my version and i can root it ? i cant remember if i applied the MJ5 update, and dont know if i should trust KIES.
where do i get a custom recovery from ? i tried looking for my firmware on the samsung website but they dont have it for N900A so i cant use odin
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KIES wont recognize the device. i can only get it to work when in "odin" mode and even then all i can do is emergency recovery and no regular access to the phone.

Johny201 said:
KIES wont recognize the device. i can only get it to work when in "odin" mode and even then all i can do is emergency recovery and no regular access to the phone.
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You could use kies to do an emergency recovery. It's in one of the options. You just need to put the model number and serial number in and connect it in download mode. It gives full instructions as you do it.
Drew071
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drew071 said:
You could use kies to do an emergency recovery. It's in one of the options. You just need to put the model number and serial number in and connect it in download mode. It gives full instructions as you do it.
Drew071
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
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tried that it brings me to the exact same state my phone was before the recovery... doesnt even bring me to the setting up menus in the beginning. its like it is doing nothing

need help rooting my brand new S5 device

Ok so I received my new carrier unlocked s5 phone today I tried the brick bug app it says its a 11 device, the android version is BPB1 = 5.0
what can I actually do with this device?
I went threw the setup wizard and then downloaded kingroot to the phone and ran the app and it did not work for rooting. says (root failed no strategy now)
so I was unable to root is this device even root-able. can I do anything to get a custom recovery I would prefer philz touch or Clockwork mod recovery should I just pitch this phone ?
feeling hopeless.

ok so since the kingroot app did not work I tried the method located here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/general/root-method-og5-ok3-t3290370
rebooted the phone and then was stuck in a boot loop had to reflash to get it to boot back up still no root...
please help me I have no idea what to do now.
is this phone root able at all is any devs still working on this or no.
what do I do ?

Did you follow the instructions that were displayed in root.bat?

leotakacs said:
Did you follow the instructions that were displayed in root.bat?
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yes It rebooted my phone and downloaded/flashed whatever u call it with Odin but after the phone rebooted it would not boot just was stick on the loading samsung screen for about 5 mins so it bricked on me I had to download the stock flash from the official website and re flash the AP to get the phone to even come back on as restoring it from the stock recovery did nothing.

It bricked after flashing NK2_kernel, correct?

leotakacs said:
It bricked after flashing NK2_kernel, correct?
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yes I believe so

That was supposed to happen. Restart the process but read ALL of the instructions in root.bat

meistfx said:
yes It rebooted my phone and downloaded/flashed whatever u call it with Odin but after the phone rebooted it would not boot just was stick on the loading samsung screen for about 5 mins so it bricked on me I had to download the stock flash from the official website and re flash the AP to get the phone to even come back on as restoring it from the stock recovery did nothing.
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Put the phone in the download mode and odin the pb1 kernel .

alin919 said:
Put the phone in the download mode and odin the pb1 kernel .
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No, that would disrupt the rooting process. Part of the rooting process is the phone getting softbricked.

Yes I tired phone was in download mode, debugging was on pc was set to remember, verify was unchecked. flashed via odin but the phone never reconnected after words

Idk why but that has happened to me before so yeah That can happen sometime
So flash nk2 kernel again and use root2 bat

Ok after about a hour or so I was fully able to do this on a 11 device using Kingroot/Safestrap .
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Problem after completely failed root..

Hello,
A few weeks ago I tried to root my old phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 4). I kinda completely failed it and I exedetly wiped my hole phone and not only the few things u were supposed to deleted if wanting to install a custom rom. Well now when I start my phone I get boot loop and can only go in download mode and the mode where u can delete stuff again. I would like to just reset the phone to normal without root and all that stuff because the phone of a friend broke down and I would borrow him my old phone but I need to get it back to normal.
Can anyone help me?

Download a stock ROM for your pjlhone, preferably a 6.0.1 ROM based on your variant (N910F,N910C,etc...)) And then flash it via Odin (put phone into download mode, then open Odin, and load the stock ROM from PDA/Ap tab) then connect ur phone and start process.

TheDon772 said:
Download a stock ROM for your pjlhone, preferably a 6.0.1 ROM based on your variant (N910F,N910C,etc...)) And then flash it via Odin (put phone into download mode, then open Odin, and load the stock ROM from PDA/Ap tab) then connect ur phone and start process.
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Can you recommend me a site where I can download 6.0.1 ROM for N910F?

GreenGandalf said:
Hello,
A few weeks ago I tried to root my old phone (Samsung Galaxy Note 4). I kinda completely failed it and I exedetly wiped my hole phone and not only the few things u were supposed to deleted if wanting to install a custom rom. Well now when I start my phone I get boot loop and can only go in download mode and the mode where u can delete stuff again. I would like to just reset the phone to normal without root and all that stuff because the phone of a friend broke down and I would borrow him my old phone but I need to get it back to normal.
Can anyone help me?
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Flash firmware in odin and do wipe cache and factory reset from recovery right after flash. Download link below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/general/n190f-marshmallow-releases-btu-dbt-t3404480

Restore not working for me

Hi Everyone I'm not even sure if anyone is going to reply to this but heres the deal. yesterday i flashed a custom rom to my phone s4 (sgh-i337m unlocked carrier) i have twrp3 installed for custom restore and i did make a restore file when my phone was still on lollipop, and i think that the backup worked because the boot screen is back to stock but now heres my issue, i power up my phone i get past the "galaxy s4" screen but get stuck on the samsung animation, i gave up on it after it sitting there for 2 hours then i removed the battery and then flash installed 7.x nougut onto it, but cant get playstore but thats just minor but what i do want is to go back to full stock no root, i feel that ive made a mistake and im just not comfortable with it anymore even if i loose all my stuff thats fine ive had the phone for a week, i do have odin on my computer but dont know how to use it because theres icons like bl, ap, cp and csc i dont know what those are well i know ap for installing twrp. I'm needing help like yesterday

You will have to download the stock ROM and flash it with Odin. Stock ROMs can be downloaded from sammobile.com, but download speeds are slow for non-premium users.
Flash guides can be found with everywhere.

Confirm that the model # is sgh-i337m in download mode. If it is, do this:
download Odin 3.07: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=...168421&usg=AFQjCNHMbaSWjgVwWQGtMVr1TvJSsXWUcA
download the latest 5.01 firmware from here: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s4/SGH-I337M/BMC/download/I337MVLSGQB1/125370/ (This is for Bell but it doesn't matter because Rogers, Bell, Telus, Koodo, and Fido use the same ROM with some minor carrier customization). Unzip the file once to create a tar.md5 file;
put the phone into download mode;
open Odin and click on PDA, select the tar.md5 file;
connect the phone to the computer using the original Samsung USB cable;
uncheck everything except f reset time and flash the phone;
when you see the word RESET in the status window, remove the USB cable from the phone, remove the battery, replace the battery; boot the phone into recovery mode, factory reset, and reboot.
How to get into download mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nC2vX492wI
How to get into recovery mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrUVSxGW9g
The correct forum for the sgh-i337m is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att

audit13 said:
Confirm that the model # is sgh-i337m in download mode. If it is, do this:
download Odin 3.07: https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=...168421&usg=AFQjCNHMbaSWjgVwWQGtMVr1TvJSsXWUcA
download the latest 5.01 firmware from here: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s4/SGH-I337M/BMC/download/I337MVLSGQB1/125370/ (This is for Bell but it doesn't matter because Rogers, Bell, Telus, Koodo, and Fido use the same ROM with some minor carrier customization). Unzip the file once to create a tar.md5 file;
put the phone into download mode;
open Odin and click on PDA, select the tar.md5 file;
connect the phone to the computer using the original Samsung USB cable;
uncheck everything except f reset time and flash the phone;
when you see the word RESET in the status window, remove the USB cable from the phone, remove the battery, replace the battery; boot the phone into recovery mode, factory reset, and reboot.
How to get into download mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nC2vX492wI
How to get into recovery mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkrUVSxGW9g
The correct forum for the sgh-i337m is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att
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Thankyou i did fully verify everything before hand and yes it is sgh-i337m i actually got a different rom fully working and i do thank all users that did view and help me out. I did find a way to get gapps installed wothout issues. I still cant restore the device back to stock but i actually bought a replacement stock phone and use this one that were communicating on now. So now i have two phones completely identical minus the fact that one is unlocked from at&t and the other was never locked to anything.

Pwnycorn said:
You will have to download the stock ROM and flash it with Odin. Stock ROMs can be downloaded from sammobile.com, but download speeds are slow for non-premium users.
Flash guides can be found with everywhere.
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Took a while but finally acquired 2 stock roms one telus and one sasktel. I will probably do a rom swap one day

The non-aws version of the s4 sold in Canada is the sgh-i337m. You can cross flash roms from any carrier as they are all the same except for a bit of customisation by adding their own apps.
A quick download source is updato.com.
Btw, the Canadian s4 forum is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att

I'm stuck also on the samsung animation screen, and flashing a stock rom does nothing for me it's stuck. I can't even go into stock recovery. everytime i do try it just say recovery booting and loops back into samsung screen. is there any way to fix this?

Thanks I'm new to the site and didn't know there was a Canadian s4 forum, I thought it was a specific device forum because my phone isn't att because att is not active on my area, we have telus, koodo, rogers, sasktel and bell

SPheDaGhost said:
I'm stuck also on the samsung animation screen, and flashing a stock rom does nothing for me it's stuck. I can't even go into stock recovery. everytime i do try it just say recovery booting and loops back into samsung screen. is there any way to fix this?
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One thing I did because I was in the same boat and it sounds like your stuck in a soft boot is download lots of roms to a SD card and trial and error, use the latest version of twrp and flash the first version of twrp to the phone with Odin there's lots of YouTube videos to assist you, also when using a custom rom (in my experience) is that you also have to download gapps to gain the full google/android experience and it's safer to download apps with Google playstore compared to using a browser. Also when flashing remember to wipe catche and delvic before rebooting. Hope this helps and if your using the same kinda device as me I'd recommend the 7.1.2 rom by JDC it works pretty good and it feels like the s8