Hi guys, I realize that there are several threads about this issue, but trust me, I have read them all over and over for 2 days, and nothing seems to work.
The story:
I bought a new i9505 a few days ago, and straight away wanted to root it and flash a GPE rom (becouse touchwiz makes me vomit in my mouth, so to speek). I rooted with FC-auto root, flashed a custom recovery (TWRP) and using that, flashed the GPE rom. What I did wrong, I think (tried so many things now so it's hard to remember) was not doing all the wipes before flashing the rom. It didn't boot, so I thought I would flash a stock rom with Odin. So I just flashed it (again, without any wiping), and then... darkness!
The current situation:
Right now, I cannot boot into recovery, despite numerous recovery flashes with Odin. When I try to boot into recovery (Vol up + home + power) the phone showns the galaxy logo and a small blue text in the upper left corning sating "Recovery booting..." and then just hangs. Sometimes the phone reboots.
What I have tried:
Everything, it feels like! Thankfully, the phone can enter Download Mode without any issues, so I can flash with Odin with no problems (so it seems, anyway). As my priority is to be able to boot into recovery mode, I have tried flashing them all (TWRP, CWM, phils recovery), but whenever I try to recovery boot, the phone freezes or reboots. I have tried different versions of odin (1.85, 3.07 and 3.09) and even different usb cables (but am mostly using the white original one). Odin always says that the flashing was successfull (no error messages).
I've also made sure that there are now Kies processes running in the background.
I have tried flashing the stock rom together with a pit-file. Again, the flashing seems to go just fine, but the phone wont boot afterwards (hangs at the galaxy logo). The recovery wont start (hangs as the galaxy logo, but with the blue text saying "booting recovery).
I've tried fallowing all the different tips about how to use the buttons to enter recovery; hold them all untill the recovery starts, or release the all just when the tiny blue text appears, and even release the power button but keep holding down vol-up+home, but there is no difference. I think that as long as the blue text comes up, the phone is actually trying to boot into recovery, so I don't think my fingers being too slow or too fast is the issue.
I've tried flashing things in all kinds of orders, for example;
flash pit file alone, check only f.reset and re-partition. when it says pass, remove battery, reinsert it, boot in odin mode again, flash firmware alone as pda, check only f.reset and auto-reboot.
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flash a stock ROM via Odin 3.07 but don't reboot, then manually power-off and reboot back into download mode and flash the CF-Auto-Root by Chainfire and then let it restart on it's own.
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No difference. The recovery just wont boot.
So I'm pretty desperate. I have a 5000 Swedish crowns (you know what it costs in your country) paper weight right now
Is it time to give up, or is there anything more I can try?
/Daniel
which rom GPE you have flashed? in the description was reported as compatible with gt-i9505 or S4 intl?
This one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2348272
But the rom is not my primary concern right now, I need to get recovery (any recovery) working.
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
robogo1982 said:
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
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So you mean I should uncheck "auto reboot" in Odin, flash the stock rom, and after the flashing is done, unplug the phone and pull out the battery, then after 10 minutes, put in the battery and turn it on like normal?
Why would it help leaving it off for 10 minutes? (Not meaning to sound sarcastic, it's a genuine question.) I have never waiting between flashing and rebooting (as most of the time, Odin auto-reboots the phone after flash).
But shouldn't I forget about roms for now, and just focus on trying to get a recovery working? As I understand it, the rom and the recovery are actually completely independent from each other, right? So shouldn't I try to somehow flash for example CWM somehow (in a way that I haven't tried already, I guess)?
robogo1982 said:
Try this: pull battery for a couple of minutes, flash stock MGA with Odin, NO PIT FILE. After flashing let the phone sit for some time (sometimes up to 10 minutes). If after 10 minutes the phone doesn't start, press and hold ONLY the power button until the phone reboots and let it try to boot on its own.
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I think missunderstood you before, this is what I did now:
The phone was unplugged and without the battery since yesterday. I put in the battery and booted it into download mode. Flashed a stock rom (I9505XXUBMF8_I9505VDSBMF1_VDS) and after Odin said "PASS!" and rebooted, I let it hang at the samsung logo for about 10 minutes, no effect. Rebooted manually using just the power button and let it hang for a few minutes more, nothing
s.c.s.i. said:
I think missunderstood you before, this is what I did now:
The phone was unplugged and without the battery since yesterday. I put in the battery and booted it into download mode. Flashed a stock rom (I9505XXUBMF8_I9505VDSBMF1_VDS) and after Odin said "PASS!" and rebooted, I let it hang at the samsung logo for about 10 minutes, no effect. Rebooted manually using just the power button and let it hang for a few minutes more, nothing
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i have the international galaxy s4 GT I9505 with stock firmware MF8 when purchased and same happened when i flashed android 4.3 by jamal. what i did was just flashed again the rom 3 times then it booted normally. prior to that, i have rooted my phone and installed the philz touch recovery.
ayongkot said:
i have the international galaxy s4 GT I9505 with stock firmware MF8 when purchased and same happened when i flashed android 4.3 by jamal. what i did was just flashed again the rom 3 times then it booted normally. prior to that, i have rooted my phone and installed the philz touch recovery.
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I don't know how many times I've flashed it by now, but it simply wont boot
How exactly did you flash it?
I'll try flashing with another computer tonight, that's the only thing I have left to try.
s.c.s.i. said:
I don't know how many times I've flashed it by now, but it simply wont boot
How exactly did you flash it?
I'll try flashing with another computer tonight, that's the only thing I have left to try.
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before installing android 4.3, i flashed advance philz touch recovery then flashed 4.3, i already have flashed 2 android 4.3 both by jamal and omega but after 2-3 days of used, the phone just shut down and won't boot. it just keeps on booting up to samsung galaxy s 4 then shuts down so i had to flash back world premiere odex xxubgma pre rooted. i'll stick to this because omega v9 gives me a lot of fc's.
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[QUOTE I have tried flashing the stock rom together with a pit-file. Again, the flashing seems to go just fine, but the phone wont boot afterwards (hangs at the galaxy logo). The recovery wont start (hangs as the galaxy logo, but with the blue text saying "booting recovery).
/Daniel[/QUOTE]
have you tried flashing the stock recovery?
ayongkot said:
have you tried flashing the stock recovery?
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I thought the only way to flash the stock recovery was by flashing a stock rom! Is it availible somewhere for download?
I really cant do anything at all without being able to boot into recovery.
s.c.s.i. said:
I thought the only way to flash the stock recovery was by flashing a stock rom! Is it availible somewhere for download?
I really cant do anything at all without being able to boot into recovery.
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I had trouble getting into recovery when I first had my S4.
Try holding power+volume up+home and as soon as you see the blue writing let go of the power button but keep volume up and home pressed. That's how I always boot into recovery now.
You can also try without home button. So just hold volume up+power, that's worked for some people.
Again if this doesn't work try releasing power butto as soon as blue writing appears so your only holding power up.
And if all this fails try flashing the latest .tar.md5 version of Philz recovery in PDA section of Odin and try again
Obagleyfreer said:
I had trouble getting into recovery when I first had my S4.
Try holding power+volume up+home and as soon as you see the blue writing let go of the power button but keep volume up and home pressed. That's how I always boot into recovery now.
You can also try without home button. So just hold volume up+power, that's worked for some people.
Again if this doesn't work try releasing power butto as soon as blue writing appears so your only holding power up.
And if all this fails try flashing the latest .tar.md5 version of Philz recovery in PDA section of Odin and try again
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Thanks Obagleyfreer, I tried all the different button combinations, including the ones you mentioned, but the phone behaves the same, shows the blue text, and after a few secons, reboots. I't actually started booting Phils recovery once or twice, I could see the CWM logo, but it hubg there for a while, and then rebooted.
Yesterday, I even tried flashing from another computer, just to be sure, but no difference. If no other tips turn up today, I'll send to a service center.
Flash Factory Firmware to clean-up bad sector on your device.then re-flash with the stock rom that you have.
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Flash Factory Firmware to clean-up bad sector on your device.then re-flash with the stock rom that you have.
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thanks so much, will give it a go!
So I should flash the factory firmware, then reboot the phone into download mode again, and flash the stock rom?
Edit: Do I even need to flash the stock rom afterwards? The file you linked to is 1599.2 MB, so I assume it contains a stock rom aswell.
My plan is to flash CM10.2 if I manage to get the phone working, so it doesn't matter if the stock rom that is provided is good or not.
after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
EDIT:the main point now is to unbrick your device, so try to fix the issue first, after you can do whatever you want to flash, either a custom or a stock rom.
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after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
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Thank you! This gave me some badly needed hope! Will try as soon as I get home from work today!
cz4r3n said:
after flashing the factory firmware it should boot normally, because it is a factory firmware, you need to re-flash your stock rom.
EDIT:the main point now is to unbrick your device, so try to fix the issue first, after you can do whatever you want to flash, either a custom or a stock rom.
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i've flashed original fw in particular the mh8 because is the lastest that includes knox, but i can't turn on the phone if it isn't charging
and while i'm using without the charger, it turn off randomly... please help me, what i've to do?
had exact same problem with this guy, but on 4.4.2 firmware
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/help-stuck-samsung-galaxy-s4-gt-i9505-t3030575
Note: my i9505 also came from Sweden ( im from PH )
Hello there,
I'm using a vodafone bloated version of the i9505 and wanted to flash CM or a clean stock 4.3 because I don't want to wait for vodafone to release updates.
I downloaded Odin and CWM for my device and followed the instructions correctly. All went as it should. But when I tried to boot into recovery, I got the boot logo and in the upper left corner it said in small blue text "booting recovery..." but it would just give me a black screen after a while and restart into normal mode. I tried flashing different versions of CWM via Odin. My next approach was to root the phone with cf auto root which succeeded. After that, I tried all of the above again, and still didnt get any results. I even tried the Cyanogenmod desktop intsaller and after a while it said: "cant communicate with your phone"
Please help!
I believe I had the same issue once. When you flash the recovery true Odin, make sure Auto Reboot is not selected in Odin. That fixed it for me. After the flashing is done, you need to remove the battery and insert it again. Then it should probably work.
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I believe I had the same issue once. When you flash the recovery true Odin, make sure Auto Reboot is not selected in Odin. That fixed it for me. After the flashing is done, you need to remove the battery and insert it again. Then it should probably work.
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I tried what you suggested, and hat the same thing as before but after the second restart I kept holding the volume up key as someone suggested on the internet and got a CM boot screen with on screen buttons like in CWM. after a brief pause I got a violet screen with nothing on it. I am now very confused and have no idea how to fix this. The phone itself can be booted normally though.
It seems to be that something remained from the failed CM installation.
Any suggestions?
What version of Odin do you use? Try version 1.85.
TWRP
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What version of Odin do you use? Try version 1.85.
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Hello again, I flashed TWRP and it worked! I had to hold the volume up button even after the logo with the small blue print showed up in order to boot into recovery. Still couldnt get it to boot into CWM though. But thank God there is no need for that anymore!
I flashed xposed framework. It booted a few times crashed and then I could still get to recovery twrp. I then flashed the original rom I was using it booted up and started completely but again crashed. So I booted recovery and flashed the original rapture 5.1.1 rom and it booted completely but after a few minutes it also crashed.
After that I was in a bootloop. In a weird way I'd have to take out the battery wait a few minutes then the power button would work (on battery). It'd try to boot vibrate, show the samsung note 4 letters and then shutdown.
Weird part is if I plug the wall charger in it just vibrates and tries to boot indefinitely. If I long hold the power button nothing happens. If I pull the usb cable out it cuts power even though I have a fully charged battery.
I've flashed twrp reovery via odin first, no luck. I've flashed the original cod6 firmware without luck. Then the original kernel and recovery. Nothing seems to work. Is my power button dead. My problems are similar to this also but it worked fine before I flashed xposed framework wanam.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...battery-then-turns-off-after-two-seconds.html
The reason I think it might not be the power switch is if I take out the battery wait 15 and plug it back in the phone does not auto restart itself. I have to hold the power button to start it. After Odin flash of COD6 firmware I only get to recovery img message at the top and then it turns off.
Very similar to this problem
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...k-recovery-booting-screen-how-can-i-past.html
flash stock recovery, twrp, cwm recovery and still can't get to it. Only thing I haven't flashed it the modem.
Thanks for any replies
Sounds like a hardware r
Problem if odin is not flashing correctly and it has done correctly in the past. I had similar but could boot into download mode and flash nut it failed flashing . Had to reflash root, then reflash a stock rom which boot looped, then root, then flash recovery, then flashed a custom rom cmw2.1 which worked. Then to male sure I reflashed origianl 5.0 rom which then worked. Then started again rooting recovery and flash cm12.1 and all is fine. As long as u have download mode there should be a way to fix it try my method as I thought I had a paper weight for about 3 hours while I figured out the above.
Thanks
Steve
Digipro said:
Sounds like a hardware r
Problem if odin is not flashing correctly and it has done correctly in the past. I had similar but could boot into download mode and flash nut it failed flashing . Had to reflash root, then reflash a stock rom which boot looped, then root, then flash recovery, then flashed a custom rom cmw2.1 which worked. Then to male sure I reflashed origianl 5.0 rom which then worked. Then started again rooting recovery and flash cm12.1 and all is fine. As long as u have download mode there should be a way to fix it try my method as I thought I had a paper weight for about 3 hours while I figured out the above.
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Steve
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Thanks I will try, I've tried everything odin cod6, cog2, bootloader, baseband, rom, kernel, flash reports good now but still bootloop, even tried Kies3, it completely said everything is good rebooted and just booted at the top left saying recovery... booting then shuts off.
Really weird part is as soon plug power to micro usb port it starts booting without me pressing any buttons?
First thing I do if it goes wrong is reflash original stock rom to create a clean sheet. I always find the simplest solution is usually the best, f
Aching modems, kernels, well u know what windows is like with registry errors cross link .dll files. Like with windows keep backups and reload and start afresh sometimes going too deep to fix something can make it worse :s
Yea it shouldn't boot just from inserting power cable it should goto charge screen.. If charge screen is corrupt then that could explain why It boots to go to charge screen but can't so hence the behavior. Makes sense to me .
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Steve
Hello i just bought new Galaxy Tab A 9.7 LTE SM-T555 , once i did rooted and it was working well , but currently it just hanged and i did hard restart with "Volume Down + Power button" it start well at first then after few minutes it just restarting continuous and freezes in Samsung Logo, i even try to flash ROM with KIES and even with ODIN (ROM downloaded from Samsung website), but non of them seems working, after successful completion of the Flashing when it comes to restart the TAB, it goes on same Previous stage , freezes in Samsung LOGo. i am trying for two days but could not figure out, Please anyone who has same problem and SOLVED , could you just help me to get rid of this Problem. It is killing me, i am spending hrs and hrs to figure but no success. I hope to get the any suggestion and help :crying: . Thank you in Advance.
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Hello i just bought new Galaxy Tab A 9.7 LTE SM-T555 , once i did rooted and it was working well , but currently it just hanged and i did hard restart with "Volume Down + Power button" it start well at first then after few minutes it just restarting continuous and freezes in Samsung Logo, i even try to flash ROM with KIES and even with ODIN (ROM downloaded from Samsung website), but non of them seems working, after successful completion of the Flashing when it comes to restart the TAB, it goes on same Previous stage , freezes in Samsung LOGo. i am trying for two days but could not figure out, Please anyone who has same problem and SOLVED , could you just help me to get rid of this Problem. It is killing me, i am spending hrs and hrs to figure but no success. I hope to get the any suggestion and help :crying: . Thank you in Advance.
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First or second Samsung logo?
Try factory reset in recovery.
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First or second Samsung logo?
Try factory reset in recovery.
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Thank you. It is in second logo where it only shows "Samsung" i tried even in factory reset but could not help.
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Thank you. It is in second logo where it only shows "Samsung" i tried even in factory reset but could not help.
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Hang on second boot usually means a corrupt data partition or bad app.
After factory reset leave your tablet alone for 15mins. It should boot after that.
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Hang on second boot usually means a corrupt data partition or bad app.
After factory reset leave your tablet alone for 15mins. It should boot after that.
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i reset in factory and leave it for couple of hrs but still same freezing in logo. I think now am slowly loosing hope :crying:
Go to recovery and factory reset again then immediately boot to Download mode and flash the correct firmware with odin.
Make sure there are no errors when flashing and it flashes successfully.
Reboot and wait at least 10mins.
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Go to recovery and factory reset again then immediately boot to Download mode and flash the correct firmware with odin.
Make sure there are no errors when flashing and it flashes successfully.
Reboot and wait at least 10mins.
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I did even tried as you said, but still same problem, i feel now its completely permanently broken. Can we use other custom rom ?, is there any available for these model?. May be i can try with other unofficial ROM. and let see.
pitho said:
I did even tried as you said, but still same problem, i feel now its completely permanently broken. Can we use other custom rom ?, is there any available for these model?. May be i can try with other unofficial ROM. and let see.
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It is not broken @pitho. I have been in this situation. The problem is occurring because Samsung is such a heavily modded rom, it takes a long time to load and just as @ashyx said, because of a bad app. Some apps are aimed for Vanilla Android, but the developer does not restrict the app only for Vanilla devices but makes it universal. So, in order to get out, download the correct firmware from Updato.com
Press on the OS Updates in the website and you type in the device's name and the current build and what kind of version you want. (Ex: If you have Marshmallow, and your device had Lollipop before, you could degrade your firmware)
Download Odin (Just search it up on Google and you should find a download link)
Plug in your device to the PC after it is in Download Mode (Volume Down + Power Button + Home Button)
On Odin, it should say Device added!
Press AP slot and find the firmware (.tar.md5 or just .tar) you downloaded from Updato.com and select it.
Press Start on the bottom of the application and it should start. It takes about 2 minutes or longer to finish flashing.
There! You just restored your device! It will take a few minutes for the device to boot up and should be installing any additional files that were included in the Official Firmware.
Happy Flashing with ODIN!