So here is my problem. I downloaded and installed slimkat 4.4.2 rom with the suggested kernal but decided to go back to what I had before (stock rooted). Like others here I restore a nandroid backup using The latest CWM. Since then I've had nothing but force closes. I am at a point where the samsung keyboard, and the samsung pen input is force closing every 2 seconds and I am getting system process errors.
I've tried flashing stock through odin
I've tried the efs fix through command line and the brick_loop_fix_after.zip file
I've tried removing the sd card, the sim card and the airplane mode solution
I still get to the Pen input and samsung keyboard errors
It's not boot looping per say...I just can't do anything.
Please, any advice would be appreciated.
Tmobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3
I reckon the issue has got to do with the kernel which you've installed, it is not compatible. I had similar FC issue too. Just reinstall back whichever custom rom you want n kernel.
Epyoch said:
So here is my problem. I downloaded and installed slimkat 4.4.2 rom with the suggested kernal but decided to go back to what I had before (stock rooted). Like others here I restore a nandroid backup using The latest CWM. Since then I've had nothing but force closes. I am at a point where the samsung keyboard, and the samsung pen input is force closing every 2 seconds and I am getting system process errors.
I've tried flashing stock through odin
I've tried the efs fix through command line and the brick_loop_fix_after.zip file
I've tried removing the sd card, the sim card and the airplane mode solution
I still get to the Pen input and samsung keyboard errors
It's not boot looping per say...I just can't do anything.
Please, any advice would be appreciated.
Tmobile Samsung Galaxy Note 3
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Might be extreme, but I would advice a 'TOTAL' wipe. A fresh start. Wipe everything. Wipe User data and internal sd card. maybe even external sd card. Of course back up everything you need on both memories to a pc first. Then flash A complete Stock ROM that contains all the files, then restore ur files back. Would take some time but should be worth it in the end. And there should be no FC then. Fresh starts can be fun too
stanley08 said:
Might be extreme, but I would advice a 'TOTAL' wipe. A fresh start. Wipe everything. Wipe User data and internal sd card. maybe even external sd card. Of course back up everything you need on both memories to a pc first. Then flash A complete Stock ROM that contains all the files, then restore ur files back. Would take some time but should be worth it in the end. And there should be no FC then. Fresh starts can be fun too
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I did that, but without the restore, IT WORKED!!! thank you so much! I can re download my stuff and I back up every image to the cloud so nothing lost. Thank you
Epyoch said:
I did that, but without the restore, IT WORKED!!! thank you so much! I can re download my stuff and I back up every image to the cloud so nothing lost. Thank you
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A smile on ur face is always a good thing. Cheers mate!
Hey guys
Just got a S5 (previously owned a S2 and S4 Active, which I have rooted and put custom ROMs so many times. Hence I'm familiar with Odin, Recovery, etc etc).
About a week ago, I installed Shohat v5 ROM, everything went fine. I was quite happy with it.
I installed back my app from my S4 Active through a big update.zip (backed up with Titanium paid version) thanks to custom recovery.
And just now, when my battery was like 5% left, I decided to make a hard reboot (as Xprivacy warned me that I needed to restart to have my changes into effect).
I charged my phone and THEN I push the reboot button (not the hot boot).
While charging, the screen went normally black, but stayed black with the blue LED notification ON (not sure if that info is important).
Then, black screen stays forever:
- no logo
- no download mode
- no recovery
- When phone is connected through USB to my laptop, I hear the usual "tadaam" sound from Windows, but no "USB notification".
It seems a JIG would be the solution, but no idea if that would work for a S5 (I guess Samsung has now worked to avoid that solution)
Well, if anyone can help, that would be cool
Obvious I know but you have pulled the battery for a while and tried again right?
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Goldie said:
Obvious I know but you have pulled the battery for a while and tried again right?
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Hello
Indeed, I just removed the battery for a few hours a tried, no success.
But is it normal that a hardbrick can occur 1 week after installing a custom ROM?
Right now I can't bring it to Samsung store for repair...
(Adding a new post as editing is not working properly)
Isn't there a way to use ADB with commands through Windows (as there is the "tadaam" sound when I connect it through USB)?
A friend of mine bricked his Nexus tablet and went through such solution to remove the brick ...
OK ............
Here's the magic
After removing on and off the battery many times, trying to boot in recovery or download (trying about 15 times)
Now I managed to boot in recovery (I was like "huh?" and "wooohoooooo")
Did Wipe cache
Did Wipe Dalvick
No Factory reset
Fixed root (seems like I lost it, no idea why)
Let's see if I can reboot it
I think maybe the issue came from the huge update.zip created from my S4 Active (i9295) with Titanium backup (I was in Android version 4.2.2).
Maybe the reinstalled apps, messed up something as the ROM was in version 4.4.2...
Desanusseur2porc said:
OK ............
Here's the magic
After removing on and off the battery many times, trying to boot in recovery or download (trying about 15 times)
Now I managed to boot in recovery (I was like "huh?" and "wooohoooooo")
Did Wipe cache
Did Wipe Dalvick
No Factory reset
Fixed root (seems like I lost it, no idea why)
Let's see if I can reboot it
I think maybe the issue came from the huge update.zip created from my S4 Active (i9295) with Titanium backup (I was in Android version 4.2.2).
Maybe the reinstalled apps, messed up something as the ROM was in version 4.4.2...
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OK ... bad news again
I performed a hard reboot to check that everything was stable, and phone rebooted fine.
then I turned off and removed to battery to put back the SD card and the SIM card, and now the phone is not being turned on again.
And now the phone is not able to be turned ON again...
What's going on, any idea?
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I managed to reboot in custom recovery totally randomly after playing with the battery (removing, putting it back, trying to boot)
I made a full factory reset and reinstalled the custom ROM Shohat.
After rebooting, it went directly to ODIN as it was displaying error messages "ddi: MMC_read failed"
I guess the internal SD card is dead.
Questions:
1/ Is warranty OK if
- KNOX counter is at 0 (no idea why it is at zero)
- Current Binary is set to OFFICAL
- BUT SYSTEM STATUS is set to "CUSTOM"
2/ Can a custom ROM do this or is it a hardware failure?
Did you try with another sd card did you have apps installed on this sd card for me this sounds like a dead sdcard issue with some apps on it. I had the same issue with my X8 when a lot of apps ware running from the sd card btw sd cards are totally unreliably for storing important data as they usually die after some writing on them.
Change the SD Card and I think your phone will come back to normal.
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Desanusseur2porc said:
After rebooting, it went directly to ODIN as it was displaying error messages "ddi: MMC_read failed"
I guess the internal SD card is dead.
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I don't know if this helps but I had an GS-900H (S5 octacore version) and struggled with it for a week trying to debug this problem, ordered new memory cards, installed different ROMs, etc. only to find out that the card reader was bad.
In my case it would corrupt the card every time so that my PC would need to 'repair' it before I could begin using it in the PC.
Maybe the card reader is a common point of failure?
EDIT: I also had issues with different cards working and not working based on the speed of the SD card (different S5). I know for a fact that it will switch you over to main memory when taking pictures that require advanced features -- I got a popup telling me that my memory card wasn't fast enough.
alex_tytn said:
I don't know if this helps but I had an GS-900H (S5 octacore version) and struggled with it for a week trying to debug this problem, ordered new memory cards, installed different ROMs, etc. only to find out that the card reader was bad.
In my case it would corrupt the card every time so that my PC would need to 'repair' it before I could begin using it in the PC.
Maybe the card reader is a common point of failure?
EDIT: I also had issues with different cards working and not working based on the speed of the SD card (different S5). I know for a fact that it will switch you over to main memory when taking pictures that require advanced features -- I got a popup telling me that my memory card wasn't fast enough.
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Hello guys
Thanks for your input.
Unfortunately I do not have an external SD card, the issue is with the Internal memory
So i can not request new ones or try to replace it, or work on the card reader...
Amazing that you are about to lose your phone forever and you don't even consider installing the original Samsung firmware.
What da f*** are you doing?
100%. Numb nut doesn't deserve the great phone It's like he got OCD.
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lcmazza said:
Amazing that you are about to lose your phone forever and you don't even consider installing the original Samsung firmware.
What da f*** are you doing?
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Hello
Well, not sure that ODIN will work as the internal MMC is not recognized, so where would that be installed?
Furthermore, I'm waiting for the feedback from Samsung (as knox counter is at 0, Binary is set to OFFICIAL and only status is set to Custom).
I did not want to change these counters with manipulating ODIN.
If Samsung gives it back to me with a new one, then wooohoooo
If Samsung says "f*** off, you manipulated it, warranty is off", then I'll use ODIN with STOCK ROM from Samfirmware + PIT file (they are ready for use on my computer)
If you can't get to download mode how do you propose to use Odin to flash stock ??
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Hey. I have the D802 with stock lollipop and stock kernel. It is just a pain to use it. Google Chrome lags hard, the phone is slow , the UI just stucks...
I tried a clean install and it didnt help.... any ideas?
You should reboot once in every two days because lollipop has a memory leak problem
Another solution is trying to delete some of the apps you don't use because some of them running in the background using your phone's cpu and memory
If none work try factory reset again like really delete all SD card data and everything
If that doesn't help back to kitkat is the way to go
I´ve been dealing with this for a while:
When I power on or restart phone, some apps(e.g. Gallery, Skype, Tripcase, etc) are incredibly laggish or won´t even respond while others(e.g. Whatsapp, Outlook, etc) work just fine. If I keep opening or clicking on unresponsive applications, phone will reset! When I leave phone apart for 10-15min everything works just fine, no lag whatsoever, no resets.
I´m on stock, unroot, latest PHN Nougat, and have tried latest ARO Nougat, too. Tried complete phone wipe and install without recovering from Samsung Cloud, wiping cache, etc. Also tried different Touchwiz versions, still no joy.
Any clues? Many thanks in advance.
EDIT: It was a micro SD card issue, after taking it out and flashing from scratch everything works fine. Apparently the SD is damaged.
So while i had my phone in my pocket while at work as i had done thousands of times before but now all of a sudden i take it out to check a message and the phone reset itself and wiped my internal storage and sd card of all videos pictures and music. so im pissed about that but then the dreaded one ui update rolled around and just made for an even more frustrating night.
So im asking for help for 2 problems; Hopefully restoring all that data from the SD card and rolling back to oreo.
Im new to the forums havent done any kind of firmware messing around so help in much detail would be appreciated thank you.
if it makes any difference its a SM-G950U on Verizon
Restored myself back to oreo but still havent found a way to restore the sd card data. it was a LOT of pictures.
Use a recovery software with the sd card plugged in a computer with Windows