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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).
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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.
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.
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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 )
Hey guys.
I have been doing a lot of researches before creating this new thread.
Here is my problem with a Samsung Galaxy s3 I9300T (Australia - Vodafone build). I was given the phone, since it was stuck in a boot loop after a software update issue with Kies (I think from memory 4.2 or something).
The phone boots up, displays the Vodafone logo, and is stuck on the Samsung logo. The phone doesn't restart but stays idle there.
It is impossible to reach the download mode with the use of the 3 buttons, but a USB JIB I bought on ebay does the trick.
Odin recognizes the phone, I can flash a stock Kernel from Samsmobile or root/install the CWM.
BUT, there is no way (so far?) to reach the recovery mode.
I tried to flash a new boot loader, tried to check any physical issue with the buttons, but nothing seems wrong.
I have been looking for tools such a android toolbox/toolkit etc, in the hope one would be able to wipe/flash the nand or even unbrick or whatsoever, from a download mode and not ADB, since I there no fast boot available.
I am ready to try anything, since there's nothing to loose here.
I'm running windows 7 from Parallel desktop.
Thanks mates.
Anthony
tonythrash69 said:
Hey guys.
I have been doing a lot of researches before creating this new thread.
Here is my problem with a Samsung Galaxy s3 I9300T (Australia - Vodafone build). I was given the phone, since it was stuck in a boot loop after a software update issue with Kies (I think from memory 4.2 or something).
The phone boots up, displays the Vodafone logo, and is stuck on the Samsung logo. The phone doesn't restart but stays idle there.
It is impossible to reach the download mode with the use of the 3 buttons, but a USB JIB I bought on ebay does the trick.
Odin recognizes the phone, I can flash a stock Kernel from Samsmobile or root/install the CWM.
BUT, there is no way (so far?) to reach the recovery mode.
I tried to flash a new boot loader, tried to check any physical issue with the buttons, but nothing seems wrong.
I have been looking for tools such a android toolbox/toolkit etc, in the hope one would be able to wipe/flash the nand or even unbrick or whatsoever, from a download mode and not ADB, since I there no fast boot available.
I am ready to try anything, since there's nothing to loose here.
I'm running windows 7 from Parallel desktop.
Thanks mates.
Anthony
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after flashing newfirmware using download mode+odin the phone cant reboot?have you tried diff version firmware from sammobile .
nainaabd said:
after flashing newfirmware using download mode+odin the phone cant reboot?have you tried diff version firmware from sammobile .
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I tried 2 different firmware from SAMSmobile, after flashing in Odin, nothing changes. The phone reboots (if the case is ticked) and stays stuck on the samsung logo, after the vodafone splash screen.
tonythrash69 said:
I tried 2 different firmware from SAMSmobile, after flashing in Odin, nothing changes. The phone reboots (if the case is ticked) and stays stuck on the samsung logo, after the vodafone splash screen.
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maybe something went wrong in partition table during kies upgrade, do you tried a full system reinstall comprensive of pit image?
myabe this get phone back to life but i think you will lose efs.
Well normaly after flashing your right Firmware you should be able to acces recovery...
franco853 said:
maybe something went wrong in partition table during kies upgrade, do you tried a full system reinstall comprensive of pit image?
myabe this get phone back to life but i think you will lose efs.
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How can I perform what you call a "full system reinstall comprehensive of PIT image"?
I have stock firmware, but no PIT file or CSC or whatsoever.
what do you mean by losing EFS? (encryption ??)
Any help is much appreciated.
tonythrash69 said:
How can I perform what you call a "full system reinstall comprehensive of PIT image"?
I have stock firmware, but no PIT file or CSC or whatsoever.
what do you mean by losing EFS? (encryption ??)
Any help is much appreciated.
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efs is a system partition wich contains your phone's hardware serial numbers, such as imei, wi-fi mac ecc... losing this means you can't connect to phone network until you restore it(i'm not sure you lose it)
i found this guide here on the forum to restore from brick's or similiar, i think you can try this if normal flashing don't work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/solved-pit-bricked-dead-problem-gt-t2535367
When you flash full firmware from Samsung (.tar.md5), it includes things such as bootloader, tz, modem, system, cache, preload and the recovery. Just make sure to download it from site such as sammobile, and you can check yourself if your .tar.md5 you're about to flash includes these things using i.e. 7zip.
Untick "auto reboot" option and flash it. After it's done, it won't auto reboot but Odin will change text to "RESET!", this is a signal for you that it's finished.
Hold on Vol-Up+Home+Power for about 7 seconds, until you see Samsung Galaxy S3 logo. It MUST enter stock recovery you've just flashed, unless your hardware is broken. From there you can select Wipe data / factory reset.
Good luck.
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When you flash full firmware from Samsung (.tar.md5), it includes things such as bootloader, tz, modem, system, cache, preload and the recovery. Just make sure to download it from site such as sammobile, and you can check yourself if your .tar.md5 you're about to flash includes these things using i.e. 7zip.
Untick "auto reboot" option and flash it. After it's done, it won't auto reboot but Odin will change text to "RESET!", this is a signal for you that it's finished.
Hold on Vol-Up+Home+Power for about 7 seconds, until you see Samsung Galaxy S3 logo. It MUST enter stock recovery you've just flashed, unless your hardware is broken. From there you can select Wipe data / factory reset.
Good luck.
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Yes this is what I did.
But after "RESET" doing it, holding the buttons won't let me reach the recovery.
Is there a way to access it ? like for instance a USB JIG allowed me to access the DOWNLOAD mode; whereas holding the buttons never let me.
tonythrash69 said:
Yes this is what I did.
But after "RESET" doing it, holding the buttons won't let me reach the recovery.
Is there a way to access it ? like for instance a USB JIG allowed me to access the DOWNLOAD mode; whereas holding the buttons never let me.
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I don't think so. Probably your buttons are broken then.
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I don't think so. Probably your buttons are broken then.
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I still do not understand that NO software is able to address the phone, like the recovery mode does.
We can flash from a computer, how come not to wipe from a computer.
assuming that someone has no screen or broken buttons, i'm sure there's a way to access wipe and/or access the recovery to flash a stock rom.
Thanks
tonythrash69 said:
I still do not understand that NO software is able to address the phone, like the recovery mode does.
We can flash from a computer, how come not to wipe from a computer.
assuming that someone has no screen or broken buttons, i'm sure there's a way to access wipe and/or access the recovery to flash a stock rom.
Thanks
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do you tried the guide i linked some post ago? the one with the repartition file?
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do you tried the guide i linked some post ago? the one with the repartition file?
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Hey, yes I tried the link, but again I cannot access the recovery to flash the .zip file.
When I hold the buttons as soon as the logo "galaxy s III GTI9300" appears, the screen goes black and the logo comes back again.
If I release one button, the vodafone splash screen appears, and the boot is stuck on the samsung logo.
I assume, the buttons are working because of what I just explained.
But again, I cannot access the recovery.
Last week, for some reason, after flashing I has a "setup wizard" from appeared, and crashed. that was the only time. I could see the lights under the touch buttons coming on. After the crash, I tried to reinstall and couldn't do it.
I am still sure there should be a way to wipe the nand completely or install from the SD card via the download mode.
Any help is welcome
tonythrash69 said:
Hey, yes I tried the link, but again I cannot access the recovery to flash the .zip file.
When I hold the buttons as soon as the logo "galaxy s III GTI9300" appears, the screen goes black and the logo comes back again.
If I release one button, the vodafone splash screen appears, and the boot is stuck on the samsung logo.
I assume, the buttons are working because of what I just explained.
But again, I cannot access the recovery.
Last week, for some reason, after flashing I has a "setup wizard" from appeared, and crashed. that was the only time. I could see the lights under the touch buttons coming on. After the crash, I tried to reinstall and couldn't do it.
I am still sure there should be a way to wipe the nand completely or install from the SD card via the download mode.
Any help is welcome
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I get same thing(galaxy s3 logo, black screen then normal boot when try accessing recovery) some time ago after installing philz reco, i flashed another recovery and now runs well, it sounds so strange that you still cant get at least stock recovery after a repartition and a full system reinstall... Maybe something get broke in the hardware...
Hi, I'm new to everything so please bear with me.
I have a samsung note 3, I just tried to root it with kingoroot, and was successful. I then downloaded clockworkmod recovery. I also downloaded the new darklord rom, and a darklord kernel.
I booted in recover, flashed cache, data, etc (as per darklord instructions), 3 times, flashed ROM, flashed kernel. Then I rebooted. It just rebooted into the 'factory reset' version of samsung galaxy immediately., ie within 2 minutes. So I restarted the phone, this time it started going into a lengthier reboot/install. Again, approx 10 minutes later, back to the stock samsung os.
I rebooted once again, but then the phone just kept rebooted over and over on it's own. I tried the vol down, home and power button to get into odin, pressed vol down to 'cancel', but then back to the reboot loop. Went back to odin, pressed vol up to install, and it stayed stuck on the installing screen for greater than 15 minutes.
What can I do next? Holding the vol up and down button only brings it back to the recovery boot loop again.
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A few things I've tried, with no success, after reading more threads:
Taken battery out for extended period of time (1.5hr) and then retried boot...
restart in 'odin mode' numerous times
vol down + home + power key while in odin mode
hold down these three buttons with battery out, while holding buttons down, insert battery
Why have you not flashed a stock rom through Odin??
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Why have you not flashed a stock rom through Odin??
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I'm not sure how to do so. Where is the option to flash anything? All that I can see is to either "cancel" (vol. down) or "start" (vol up)
edit: sorry misunderstood what you were saying -- I will try what you said
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I'm not sure how to do so. Where is the option to flash anything? All that I can see is to either "cancel" (vol. down) or "start" (vol up)
edit: sorry misunderstood what you were saying -- I will try what you said
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flashed rom thru odin, said 'pass', rebooted phone, still the 'not seandroid' error, and then switches off, instead of reboot loop. I'm going to try to download a different stock rom -- dunno if that'll do anything... they take so long to download/access...you'd think it would be an easy access repository? A lot of paid download links, or restricted speed download links....
If your stuck on a BL reboot loop, there is a good chance you haven't turned OFF reactivation lock. With any Samsung Rooting adventure, turning off Samsung Reactivation Lock in Security Settings is a fundamental must. If you have forgotten to do this. You can...
A. Start again by reflashing stock firmware with Odin (when you setup your stock rom, just bypass logging in to samsung and you wont need to worry about a reactivation lock being present.
B. http://idlekernel.com Download just the bootloader file for your N9005, flash via BL field in Odin and this will bypass the reboot loop and you will save everything on your phone except your recovery which is easily reflashed back.
What i would do as well is flash a stock rom, when your in odin make sure you have auto reboot untick. Pull the battery for 30 secs and start your phone up then. When your phone restarts with the stock rom, you can update your phone through the regular system update or again go to odin and flash twrp 2.8.7.0 recovery tar file. Make sure all your new files to flash is the correct one for your phone.
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thanks everyone -- i downloaded a different firmware upgrade and flashed it through odin -- successfully. I then tried to install the rom again, and similar problem - stuck on the 'samsung logo' screen... for up to 40 minutes.. restarted, same thing.. had to flash through odin again.
NOW the back button doesn't work..... didn't realize being a newb would complicate things so much.. :S
.. didn't realize being a newb would complicate things so much.. :S
Its a question of reading and understanding first .
,,successfully. I then tried to install the rom again, and similar problem - stuck on the 'samsung logo' screen,,,
You Factory Reset .
You make sure its a rom for your model and follow the instructions .
Flash the rom again through recovery .
I've spent all day fighting with the boot loop on my A500f.
I had the phone running really well with Ahmed's Resurrection Remix ROM on this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...om-resurrection-remix-5-8-2-sm-a500h-t3572062
He doesn't detail TWRP installation, so I used DeadSquirrel's 3.1.0 post here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...overy-twrp-3-0-2-0-samsung-galaxy-a5-t3439233
I hadn't seen that TWRP can be installed without root, so I rooted with Chainfire first. I'm not sure, but I think I got the Chainfire file from this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...-to-root-galaxy-a5-a500fu-lollipop-5-t3137613
The file I downloaded for the A500f is "CF-Auto-Root-a5lte-a5ltexx-sma500f.zip" (contains tar.md5)
The post says it is for Lollipop, but the instructions say this is a Chainfire root zip for Android 4.4.4. One post suggested this might be the cause of my boot loop.
The instructions say that this Chainfire Auto Root solution also contains a recovery file, but I was never able to boot into this recovery, so I went directly to installing DeadSquirrel's TWRP. I was able to boot into this recovery. From there I installed the Resurrection Remix ROM. WIthin the ROM, I installed SuperSU from the Play Store, but SuperSU informed me the phone was not rooted, so I flashed the SuperSU root zip from their website, which I believe was the file, A500FXXS1CQC2_A500FOJV1CPH3_XFE.zip
SuperSU now reported root was present, so I installed WiFi Connection Manager from the Play Store, granted it root access in SuperSU, and used the Fix Problems menu item to repair the wifi shutting off the phone problem that I was originally working on. That fix worked well, so I left the wifi on and ran YouTube on Autoplay for about 4 hours. Deciding the problem was solved, I gave the phone back to my son, and he brought it back to me dead 5 minutes later. I'm not sure if it already that the boot loop problem at that point.
The phone would no longer boot. I noticed a seandroid enforcing notification, and thought it might be a security issue preventing boot. I found a thread that said I needed that flashing back to a Samsung ROM would remove the seandroid notice and that I needed to update to Android 6.0.1 before installing TWRP to solve the boot loop issue. I went to Sammobile and found the newest ROM for my A500f was the A500FXXS1CQC2_A500FOJV1CPH3_A500FXXU1CPH2_HOME.
I installed this in Odin, and the phone has never come back to me since then. I've made endless retries throughout the day, trying different combinations of the Chainfire root, different versions of TWRP, and different root methods, but all to no avail. One post even suggested that if you flash factory ROM from Odin just once, it will create a boot loop, but if you flash twice, it solves it, but it didn't work for me. It's also gotten increasingly difficult to get into recovery. Whether in stock ROM or TWRP, I was only able to get in about 10% of the time. Boot loop behavior has varied between boot logo - vibration - black screen and battery charge logo - vibration - black screen.
I found this thread that is supposed to address the boot loop problem, and I tried these versions of root and TWRP, but it didn't help:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...overy-samsung-galaxy-a52015-sm-a500f-t3360802
At the moment, I'm on stock ROM. On power up, you get the Galaxy A5 screen, then it vibrates and goes black, then the lightening battery logo comes up, it vibrates, and goes black, and then the green battery status logo comes up, and then the phone goes black. It's also booting into stock recovery okay, and I can do the recovery functions. I just can't boot the phone.
So now, I try the instructions again in ashyx's TWRP post. Now I can get into TWRP. I power up and the phone sticks on the Galaxy A5 boot screen for a long time. Then it vibrates and repeats. It's basically the same as above, but there is a long delay before rebooting instead of instantly as before. Now I go back into TWRP and flash the Resurrection Remix ROM and the behavior is the same. Power up and get the Galaxy A5 boot screen for 8 seconds (this time sporting a warranty bit: kernal notice), 2 seconds of black screen, vibration, battery/lightening logo blinks on, then off, vibration, battery/lightening logo blinks on then off. Black screen, then standard battery charging percent indicator. I did that three or four times to make note of the behavior. Then the power switch wouldn't work, so I used the technique to press the volume up and down key together with the power key to turn it back on. Now it is in a non-stop 5 second cycle of vibrate - flash the icon - black screen that won't quit. Throughout the day I've been stuck with this in both stock and custom ROM. Only once during the day did I see the custom ROM boot all the way through. The stock ROM has never booted.
Now the recovery key combination won't boot TWRP either. The key combination just makes the Galaxy A5 screen flash instead of the battery icon. But I can get into TWRP by rebooting with the recovery key combination on leaving Download mode.
If anyone understands what's wrong here, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
If I were you, I'd flash an older version of stock ROM with Odin, reboot with factory reset then I will let Samsung Smart Switch to upgrade my phone. After that I will notice the CORRECT version of ROM...
MoshPuiu said:
If I were you, I'd flash an older version of stock ROM with Odin, reboot with factory reset then I will let Samsung Smart Switch to upgrade my phone. After that I will notice the CORRECT version of ROM...
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Thank you. That did the trick. Going back to the original factory ROM of Android 5.0.1 brought the phone back to being bootable again. I wish I understood what is going on on the low level to cause these things!
MoshPuiu said:
If I were you, I'd flash an older version of stock ROM with Odin, reboot with factory reset then I will let Samsung Smart Switch to upgrade my phone. After that I will notice the CORRECT version of ROM...
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Samsung Smart Switch what is it?
Faraz_74 said:
Samsung Smart Switch what is it?
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Samsung app:
http://www.samsung.com/us/smart-switch/
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Hello PJK2011 . I'm having the same problem can you please help me to find the link of the Stock ROM you installed?
xoein said:
Hello PJK2011 . I'm having the same problem can you please help me to find the link of the Stock ROM you installed?
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I believe Sammobile is the standard location to download stock Samsung ROMS:
https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-a5/SM-A500F/
xoein said:
Hello PJK2011 . I'm having the same problem can you please help me to find the link of the Stock ROM you installed?
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you can download in here also updato.com
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I had to reboot my device due to problems with my speaker. Now i'm not able to boot anymore.
I'm only able to get into ODIN Mode, and flashing new FW or TWRP does nothing. It'll flash correctly, but as soon as it sends the reboot command the device powers off and does not boot, and no, it does not reach the "Galaxy s8, powered by android screen".
It does not want to power on, and only responds to the odin button combo, can't boot into recovery either since nothing works.
I was running the latest version of Renovate Ice if that matters.
I've searched trough some other threads, but it seems like i'm the only one that's having this problem.
Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
Edit 1: I've tried flashing both AQK7 and AQG5. Both flash fine, but as soon as odin sends the reboot command to my phone, it turns off and does not turn on.
Auto Reboot is ticked. Same goes for any version of TWRP, it will flash, but when it has to reboot the device turns off and does not turn on. There's nothing on the screen, its completely black and the only thing that does work is Download Mode. I've also tried ereasing nand, and repartitioning storage. Both seem to have 0 effect. As stated in one of my replies, i was running the latest build of renovate-ice with magisk, no other mods, or themes installed.
Im a bit confused - you can only boot into download mode (not into twrp?) and the phone is in bootloop? Have you flashed anything (mod?) before or activated a substratum theme which could cause this?
The only thing I can think of is a) you delete in twrp file manager the corrupted file, if there is something like this or b) a twrp restore from a backup. Boot into download mode and then do not press vol up to go into odin mode but press vol down to reboot - then immediately press the combo for twrp and you will get to the recovery. This helped my s8 many times when I was in a bootloop and couldnt boot up twrp
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Im a bit confused - you can only boot into download mode (not into twrp?) and the phone is in bootloop? Have you flashed anything (mod?) before or activated a substratum theme which could cause this?
The only thing I can think of is a) you delete in twrp file manager the corrupted file, if there is something like this or b) a twrp restore from a backup. Boot into download mode and then do not press vol up to go into odin mode but press vol down to reboot - then immediately press the combo for twrp and you will get to the recovery. This helped my s8 many times when I was in a bootloop and couldnt boot up twrp
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Thanks for the reply! Other than using the Renovate-Ice rom, and running magisk the thing was pretty much stock. wasn't messing around in twrp either. Its not stuck in a bootloop either, it just refuses to do anything other than go in and out of DL mode. The phone does not respond to any button imputs other than DL mode. As stated in the OP it does not boot at all, just a black screen. i've already tried to reflash a stock FW and TWRP, but that does not seem to work...
try the method I did - this is the last thing I could think of, before reflash the whole phone with odin
More info about your speaker problem
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More info about your speaker problem
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There isn't much to say about the problem ,it just stopped working, hence why i rebooted the phone, and ran in to the problem i'm having right now.
FloM94 said:
try the method I did - this is the last thing I could think of, before reflash the whole phone with odin
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Doesn't work sadly, but thanks for the help anyways!
but you havent installed Viper4Arise or anything like that?
Because of this my speaker also stopped working a few weeks ago
if you can get into download mode then get into download mode and leave phone, then download samsung smart switch for your pc (older version like 4.1.17022_20 from here http://www.filehorse.com/download-samsung-smart-switch/29268/ that allows phone based recovery), once installed open it, then click on more at top right, (do not update the software if you get a prompt) select emergency device recovery...., then click on right tab (device initialisation) and fill in your phone details etc., connect your phone (in download mode) and follow the process, maybe it works, you'll need to root and install TWRP again but thats no big issue.
Jostian said:
if you can get into download mode then get into download mode and leave phone, then download samsung smart switch for your pc (older version like 4.1.17022_20 from here http://www.filehorse.com/download-samsung-smart-switch/29268/ that allows phone based recovery), once installed open it, then click on more at top right, (do not update the software if you get a prompt) select emergency device recovery...., then click on right tab (device initialisation) and fill in your phone details etc., connect your phone (in download mode) and follow the process, maybe it works, you'll need to root and install TWRP again but thats no big issue.
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I've tried this just now, and it still gives me the same result, it goes trough the process, but as soon as it has to reboot it doesn't boot anymore.
Thanks for the suggestion though!
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but you havent installed Viper4Arise or anything like that?
Because of this my speaker also stopped working a few weeks ago
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i think phone is damaged by water or dropped s8 so fragile phone ! its happen to me with s5 the phone dead after speaker problem !!
popmpopm said:
i think phone is damaged by water or dropped s8 so fragile phone ! its happen to me with s5 the phone dead after speaker problem !!
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I've had a case on the phone since day one, and I've checked for water damage, but there is non. The tab that is supposed to indicate it is untouched. But thanks for your input! I appreciate it
I have the same problem. Its look like is bootloader issue. try flash this soft :
G950FOWA1AQCC_Recovery
But if you are on newest rom it wont work.
Hello, you can solve this problem?