Samsung s4 bootloop - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, I have some problems with my s4 and hoping you could fix these. I'll try my best to include details of what I did and any details that are missing that I will include
Started with me trying to install lineage ROM on my s4 when things started to grease up.
Ok the problem is the phone would not boot to the main OS but when it did I flashed the recovery(twrp)with odin which seemed to work for about a minute or two before powering off. Also I couldn't get to the recovery(twrp) even when pressing the correct combos I just flashed it again and again until it worked but wouldn't work sometimes. I went back to the stock ROM which didn't work either.
I know I am missing out on a few details but if any of you guys can help me that would be great.

partition error ?
Crooton said:
Hey guys, I have some problems with my s4 and hoping you could fix these. I'll try my best to include details of what I did and any details that are missing that I will include
Started with me trying to install lineage ROM on my s4 when things started to grease up.
Ok the problem is the phone would not boot to the main OS but when it did I flashed the recovery(twrp)with odin which seemed to work for about a minute or two before powering off. Also I couldn't get to the recovery(twrp) even when pressing the correct combos I just flashed it again and again until it worked but wouldn't work sometimes. I went back to the stock ROM which didn't work either.
I know I am missing out on a few details but if any of you guys can help me that would be great.
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try this, have problem like that, but i cant use any os greather than kitkat
but make sure you DUMP your partition that mentioned ! to PC
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/battery-disconnect-upgrade-os-t4005567

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Problem with friends Galaxy S

Hi.
My friend got her Galaxy no more than two weeks ago, and I installed the newest Darky ROM (10.1) on her phone, since it has been working fine on my own Galaxy S.
The problem is that her phone just stopped working... just like that.
She thought the battery was drained, so she charged it, and when booting it up it would remain in the samsung logo (boot screen).
Well I put it into recovery and formatted it into factory settings and thought it would be fine. Well it kinda worked: it started up to the setup wizard, choose language, insert SIM card etc. and finally when clicked the complete button, the screen stayed black and few seconds later a message came saying that there has been an error with the android setup configuration.
This is exactly the same phone as I have and mine is working perfectly fine. Dont understand why this phone is acting up.
Will re-flashing it with the same Darky ROM fix this?? The phone has got warranty, but I dont think they'll accept it anymore cause of the custom ROM I put in.
I also have a video of this, but since they assume I'm a spammer, I cannot insert any links for now.
EDIT: Problem solved --> reflashed with Darky's ROM, now working fine. Thank you both slaphead20 & MasterJam882
you can try reflash...or darkys ressurection...or ezbase rom
Just flash an official rom from www.samfirmware.com.
If u still have bugs and errors u know it's a faulty phone and u can send it to samsung without the fear that they wont accept because its an official ROM every user gets over KIES.
greetz

[Q] Weird x5 Model

Hello everyone.
Well I bought the x5 last week and I got a serious problem.
So I rooted my phone and installed the Clockwork Recovery but for some reason I can only use the Clockwork 3.0.0.28 when I try to use the Clockwork 4 It doesn't go to the Recovery menu so here comes the problem. I tried to install multiple ROOM's with the Clockwork 3 just to see which one would work but it seems that none of them works on my phone because it doesn't seem to flash. I did the installation multiple times but when it comes to the Boot it just froze's there and keeps restarting my phone. Does anyone know if this problem can be solved ? I tried to exchange my phone I told them that it was slow sometimes and it didn't work right just to see if they would exchange for another model but they didn't because they didn't find any anomaly of course. Does anyone know if there's any solution for this ?
Thanks in advance.
Deloxic said:
Hello everyone.
Well I bought the x5 last week and I got a serious problem.
So I rooted my phone and installed the Clockwork Recovery but for some reason I can only use the Clockwork 3.0.0.28 when I try to use the Clockwork 4 It doesn't go to the Recovery menu so here comes the problem. I tried to install multiple ROOM's with the Clockwork 3 just to see which one would work but it seems that none of them works on my phone because it doesn't seem to flash. I did the installation multiple times but when it comes to the Boot it just froze's there and keeps restarting my phone. Does anyone know if this problem can be solved ? I tried to exchange my phone I told them that it was slow sometimes and it didn't work right just to see if they would exchange for another model but they didn't because they didn't find any anomaly of course. Does anyone know if there's any solution for this ?
Thanks in advance.
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Not sure, is it C8800, the C8800 looks identical to the U8800.
It's the U8800
Never mind I found a tweak that might change their mind on giving me another phone. I found out that if you replace the boot.img with the superuser the Cam stays upside down and since we can't configure it he will have to assume that it is an anomaly. Weee xD

G4 Plus XT1642 always crashing on first boot @ "checking connection" screen

So i just got a new moto g4 plus XT1642 (UK amazon version) and so of course the first thing i had to do was install a custom rom, so i followed a guide here to unlock it and install TWRP which went fine until i flashed a new firmware, I dont know if i somehow installed the wrong one but now it wont go past the "checking connection" screen on setup without crashing (sometimes it doesnt even get past the welcome language screen) I have tried flashing the stock firmware but it just does the same thing no matter which one i try (XT1642_ATHENE_MPJ24.139-48_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip is the right one i think?)
If anyone could help me get back to marshmellow it started with then i promise i wont mess around with it again :3
Thanks for any help you can give.
Edit: Okay so I finally just went to do the thing i started out to do which was to install the Resurrection Remix rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g4-plus/development/rom-resurrection-remix-n-5-8-0-t3507275) so I just thought that maybe if i got it installed it might fix what problems i was having and yeah sure enough i followed what i was supposed to flash first which was (Moto_G4_Plus_XT1643_ATHENE_MPJ24.139-63_Stock_Img) btw and then flashed Resurrection Remix and it just started working again, everything seems fine but I'm worried I might have broken something with all my puttering around with its inside ya know?
But the main thing is phone calls work, texts work, it rooted itself magically, can install unsigned apks and such, wifi works and so does the fingerprint sensor which i heard people were having issues with. So should i just not look for problems and enjoy it maybe? I'm glad i got it sorted im some fashion at least
So I HAVE now noticed that some apps seem to hang/crash sometimes, epecially games, not sure if it has to do with my puttering around though Is there anything I can do to check that everything is working ok? any programs that scan for errors or something?
Happy its working don't get me wrong but no issues would be best ^^
I've got your same model and I use this to get back to stock: XT1621-XT1622-XT1642_ATHENE_MPJ24.139-23.4_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml
If you're running rr and everything works you don't need to do anything just stick with it.
gabriwinter said:
I've got your same model and I use this to get back to stock: XT1621-XT1622-XT1642_ATHENE_MPJ24.139-23.4_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC.xml
If you're running rr and everything works you don't need to do anything just stick with it.
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Hey, thanks for the input, I did use that when i was having issues but it still caused that crashing at the connection screen issue sso i dont know why it would work for you and not me, perhaps i needed to get it to a working state before i could downgrade again? I dont really want to try it out now and see, the crashing issue seems to be infrequent so its possible its a different issue (software conflicts or ram overusage maybe?). I'll keep using it and see what issues develop

sm core prime 360H custom rom error

Plz help me!!!!
Im installing custom rom in sm core prime 360H via twrp but its shows error number7
How to fix it..???
Any one help me plz i need it
Probably your internal storage if full or something. Which ROM were you installing anyway?
rms112 said:
Probably your internal storage if full or something. Which ROM were you installing anyway?
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I tried every custom rom but same issue
Error code 7
My phone storage is almost 70%free
Plz help me to solv this
Are you sure you're using ROM built ONLY for G360H? None of us faced that error. Also remember Roms made for other device won't work and you may hard brick your device.
See here for more.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522762
rms112 said:
Are you sure you're using ROM built ONLY for G360H? None of us faced that error. Also remember Roms made for other device won't work and you may hard brick your device.
See here for more.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522762
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Yes in 100% sure its 360H stock rom
I also try ins and inu both stock rom but issue is same
Can u tell me which stock are you use
Bdw are you indian....? Because my English is lil bit week?
rms112 said:
Are you sure you're using ROM built ONLY for G360H? None of us faced that error. Also remember Roms made for other device won't work and you may hard brick your device.
See here for more.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522762
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I use this method also which is given in link but same issue ?
Idk man. You should probably try flashing official stock firmware using Odin. Its really easy. Then flash twrp by dreamstar. And start flashing custom ROMs.
I was on stock of Saudi Arabia. But I never used it after we got various CM builds..
I am on RR 5.8.3 by hash now.
Thnx for ideas
my problem solved
Now Installed​ lineage 7.1
Bdw how to close this Thread ?
rms112 said:
Idk man. You should probably try flashing official stock firmware using Odin. Its really easy. Then flash twrp by dreamstar. And start flashing custom ROMs.
I was on stock of Saudi Arabia. But I never used it after we got various CM builds..
I am on RR 5.8.3 by hash now.
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RR 5.8.3 working fine
I trywd this but home button and resent apps cnt shows
Any idea about it...
rms112 said:
Idk man. You should probably try flashing official stock firmware using Odin. Its really easy. Then flash twrp by dreamstar. And start flashing custom ROMs.
I was on stock of Saudi Arabia. But I never used it after we got various CM builds..
I am on RR 5.8.3 by hash now.
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RR 5.8.3 working fine ??
I trywd this but home button and resent apps cnt shows
Any idea about it...
Works fine with me. RR beta 1 based on 7.1.2.
You should ask on that thread of ROM. Maybe hash can help you!
Good luck.
Help i'm not sure but i think i might have bricked my sm-g360h.
HELP I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BRICKED MY SM-G360H. When i had some issues with my phone, I used twrp to flash cyanogenmod 12 custom rom on my phone some two weeks ago and it flashed properly. After a number of issues, i decided i wanted to go back to the stock rom. so i downloaded the firmware from sammobile, installed odin and flashed it with odin. when the flashing was done successfully, my phone rebooted instead of giving me the screen of a newly launched phone it went to the home screen, and had a pattern lock screen and tried my pattern lock from when i was on cyanogenmod 12 and it unlocked it. and gave me the screen of a newly lauched phone but before i could continue with startup, it rebooted immediately and each time it get to the lock screen, it goes to the screen with the samsung logo after some few seconds and then come back to the lock screen please help what do i do?
PS: one of the issues i had that made me want to return to the stock rom was the fact that i couldn't change my screen lock to none or swipe after i decided to use pattern on the cyanogenmod
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HELP I'M NOT SURE BUT I THINK I MIGHT HAVE BRICKED MY SM-G360H. When i had some issues with my phone, I used twrp to flash cyanogenmod 12 custom rom on my phone some two weeks ago and it flashed properly. After a number of issues, i decided i wanted to go back to the stock rom. so i downloaded the firmware from sammobile, installed odin and flashed it with odin. when the flashing was done successfully, my phone rebooted instead of giving me the screen of a newly launched phone it went to the home screen, and had a pattern lock screen and tried my pattern lock from when i was on cyanogenmod 12 and it unlocked it. and gave me the screen of a newly lauched phone but before i could continue with startup, it rebooted immediately and each time it get to the lock screen, it goes to the screen with the samsung logo after some few seconds and then come back to the lock screen please help what do i do?
PS: one of the issues i had that made me want to return to the stock rom was the fact that i couldn't change my screen lock to none or swipe after i decided to use pattern on the cyanogenmod
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Sounds like problem of dirty flash not hard brick.
Here's what you should do.
1) go to twrp recovery using power + vol up
2) wipe everything except storage
3) Flash cm 13 beta 5 or 6 ( the latest beta) or lineage OS or RR
4) if the problem still exists, then used Odin to flash stock ROM and repeat steps 1 to 3
Also don't use cm 12. Its EOF and you won't get any bug fixes and updates.

Custom ROMs result in black screen

Hi all,
I'm new to the device so I'm maybe doing something wrong but I don't think so. I got the device with a terribly cracked, I flashed Pixel Experience (Android 10) as it's what I've had on my Nexus 5x, everything was working fine so I proceeded to replace the screen. I replaced it with one from Aliexpress which seems legit.
The phone then wouldn't boot, or seemed not to boot. I saw the splash screen then a black screen. The system did boot as I could see the capacative keys light up and sounds working, I just couldn't see any image on the screen. After a while trying to flash other ROMs and other TWRP versions (at this point TWRP showed up as a black screen too) I found that the following solution solved my problem.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/solved-mi-a1-bootloop-t3973131
This is fine, I can use the stock ROM and update it to the latest version but cannot use any AOSP based ROMS and still cannot use any other recovery apart from the one used to solve the "bootloop".
Does anyone have any idea how I can solve this? I thought the screen was maybe a weird version that needed some additional drivers but the strange thing is that it works for the stock ROM.
Regards,
Simon
Hi:
simonkerr said:
Hi all,
I'm new to the device so I'm maybe doing something wrong but I don't think so. I got the device with a terribly cracked, I flashed Pixel Experience (Android 10) as it's what I've had on my Nexus 5x, everything was working fine so I proceeded to replace the screen. I replaced it with one from Aliexpress which seems legit.
The phone then wouldn't boot, or seemed not to boot. I saw the splash screen then a black screen. The system did boot as I could see the capacative keys light up and sounds working, I just couldn't see any image on the screen. After a while trying to flash other ROMs and other TWRP versions (at this point TWRP showed up as a black screen too) I found that the following solution solved my problem.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/solved-mi-a1-bootloop-t3973131
This is fine, I can use the stock ROM and update it to the latest version but cannot use any AOSP based ROMS and still cannot use any other recovery apart from the one used to solve the "bootloop".
Does anyone have any idea how I can solve this? I thought the screen was maybe a weird version that needed some additional drivers but the strange thing is that it works for the stock ROM.
Regards,
Simon
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I'm in the same situation. I think these screens are not 100% compatible so it seems a hardware issue.
Maybe using vendor partition but i'm so stucked as you.
My phone can't hotboot any official recovery although i can boot flashed recovery only if i boot slot a not slot b.
Stock roms boot always using slot a but tried Lineage (thats uses slot b) and got always black screen.
I'll keep reading and trying to solve it.
Regards.
simonkerr said:
Hi all,
I'm new to the device so I'm maybe doing something wrong but I don't think so. I got the device with a terribly cracked, I flashed Pixel Experience (Android 10) as it's what I've had on my Nexus 5x, everything was working fine so I proceeded to replace the screen. I replaced it with one from Aliexpress which seems legit.
The phone then wouldn't boot, or seemed not to boot. I saw the splash screen then a black screen. The system did boot as I could see the capacative keys light up and sounds working, I just couldn't see any image on the screen. After a while trying to flash other ROMs and other TWRP versions (at this point TWRP showed up as a black screen too) I found that the following solution solved my problem.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/solved-mi-a1-bootloop-t3973131
This is fine, I can use the stock ROM and update it to the latest version but cannot use any AOSP based ROMS and still cannot use any other recovery apart from the one used to solve the "bootloop".
Does anyone have any idea how I can solve this? I thought the screen was maybe a weird version that needed some additional drivers but the strange thing is that it works for the stock ROM.
Regards,
Simon
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Have you made any progress?
gsausalito said:
Have you made any progress?
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Thanks for your interest but I've made no progress and actually given up on it. I'm sure the issue could be resolved by buying a new, more compatible screen but I'm not going to put any more money into the phone.
As far as the software solution goes, I've tried almost every combination of ROM + Kernel i can think of but the only thing that works is the stock ROM.
I'm going to close this thread as I don't think it's much use to anyone.
Regards
Sorry for posting here, but i am in the same and i noticed that flashing canting 4.9 kernel gives display for like 8 seconds after screen turns off. May it be a kernel config issue? if anyone in this forum could answer this i could try and change it. Also flashing stock kernel on custom rom solves the problem but makes other thing fail
Hello, I've got the same issue. Is there any solution ? Or, at least, any clue to work on it ?
EDIT: I finally done it!
with this kernel (OC) : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...rkernel-v3-1-nonoc-and-oc-12-11-2020.4186317/
And this rom : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-11-0-official-crdroid-7-1-tissot-13-11-2020.4195351/
I installed this kernel, cause you was saying it is probably a kernel issue, so I tried to look for most recent kernel.
And then, it worked, so I think you was right.
I can't be sure it will work with all ROM, but I think.
Hello Mi A1 friends.
So yesterday I decided to change my crack LCD screen and to my surprise the phone boots into Xiaomi Logo and then after that its just a black screen. Message and other notifcation sounds still come in which means that the phone mange to boot into home screen, just with nothing to display. At the time of changing screen, I am on stock kernel and Pixel Experience 10.
Gonna flash back to stock pie(9) rom and see how it goes from there.
Deezio said:
Hello, I've got the same issue. Is there any solution ? Or, at least, any clue to work on it ?
EDIT: I finally done it!
with this kernel (OC) : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...rkernel-v3-1-nonoc-and-oc-12-11-2020.4186317/
And this rom : https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-11-0-official-crdroid-7-1-tissot-13-11-2020.4195351/
I installed this kernel, cause you was saying it is probably a kernel issue, so I tried to look for most recent kernel.
And then, it worked, so I think you was right.
I can't be sure it will work with all ROM, but I think.
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Sry for reply to an old post, but how did you do it? How did you flash kernel when you can't enter twrp because of screen issues? I have exact the same problem, where stock rom works but everything else cause blank screen. Also can't boot to twrp - probably the same reason.

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