[Q] HELP: Phone wont start anymore - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey Guys,
My Phone is completely stock and i have not installed any firmware but last night my Phone suddenly entered a boot loop which woke me up.
At that moment i just pulled the battery. But this morning my Phone wouldn`t start anymore, it just shows the logo
What i tried:
Boot into recovery: No go, it just displays the blue text booting into recovery
Normaal boot: No go, just shows the samsung logo.
Tried emergengy recovery via samsung kies tool: It ends succesfully with the same result, no boot
What else can i try without voiding warranty?
I want to try anything i can before sending it back to the store because that will take a few weeks before i have a phone again

maddog_rvo said:
Hey Guys,
My Phone is completely stock and i have not installed any firmware but last night my Phone suddenly entered a boot loop which woke me up.
At that moment i just pulled the battery. But this morning my Phone wouldn`t start anymore, it just shows the logo
What i tried:
Boot into recovery: No go, it just displays the blue text booting into recovery
Normaal boot: No go, just shows the samsung logo.
Tried emergengy recovery via samsung kies tool: It ends succesfully with the same result, no boot
What else can i try without voiding warranty?
I want to try anything i can before sending it back to the store because that will take a few weeks before i have a phone again
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It should go to stock recovery
Power off unplug
Press volume up home plus power together till Samsung logo come and u should have recovery
Then wipe cache and reboot
If this firn not wrk try wipe factory reset and wipe cache and see
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123hiten said:
It should go to stock recovery
Power off unplug
Press volume up home plus power together till Samsung logo come and u should have recovery
Then wipe cache and reboot
If this firn not wrk try wipe factory reset and wipe cache and see
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Just tried a couple more times, remove battery, replace it. Then hold power / vol up and home buttons.
It shows the samsung logo with blue text in the top left saying "RECOVERY BOOTING....." after 10minutes it still shows the same screen, it just won`t continue
This time i really waited 10 minutes but still nothing

HI! i have exectly same problem.,,,, anybody help....

Are u able to get it in download mode? same thing beside volume down instead of up

Tunestwo said:
Are u able to get it in download mode? same thing beside volume down instead of up
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yes, and in this mode i can flash phone with recovery and all other stuff but cant enter to recovery mode and also it still in bootloop

mxmone said:
yes, and in this mode i can flash phone with recovery and all other stuff but cant enter to recovery mode and also it still in bootloop
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Well i only wanted to know yes, or no. Though you can flash the stock rom with odin. Maybe u can give that a shot?

Tunestwo said:
Well i only wanted to know yes, or no. Though you can flash the stock rom with odin. Maybe u can give that a shot?
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that exacly what i trying to do...but cannot download stock image..

mxmone said:
that exacly what i trying to do...but cannot download stock image..
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How so?

Tunestwo said:
How so?
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its something about 1.6gb and can be downloaded only from hotfile...

mxmone said:
its something about 1.6gb and can be downloaded only from hotfile...
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Take ur time Can u name the dll maybe i can torrent it to u?

Tunestwo said:
Take ur time Can u name the dll maybe i can torrent it to u?
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its ok, ill download it later
but all firmware placed here ( by country region ) sammobile.com/

mxmone said:
its ok, ill download it later
but all firmware placed here ( by country region ) sammobile.com/
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I know i got stock firmware here dll for you never know

Tunestwo said:
I know i got stock firmware here dll for you never know
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i downloaded stock firmware...and when it starting to flash "system... something" odin status turn to failed

mxmone said:
i downloaded stock firmware...and when it starting to flash "system... something" odin status turn to failed
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Did u flash it as pda?

Tunestwo said:
Did u flash it as pda?
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yes, i think problem more dipper...maybe memory chip or something like this...i cant enter to recovery ..only download odin mode..

ok tried odin flash too, it says succes but the problem remains, bootloop and no recovery. I sent it back to the shop for repairs

maddog_rvo said:
ok tried odin flash too, it says succes but the problem remains, bootloop and no recovery. I sent it back to the shop for repairs
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i bought it without waranty ... ...but as i wrote before i flashed it couple of times with different usb cables and when i lost hope to fix it...i just pull out battery and leave it on my table...on next morning my phone made boot...and now its working ....happy me...

mxmone said:
i bought it without waranty ... ...but as i wrote before i flashed it couple of times with different usb cables and when i lost hope to fix it...i just pull out battery and leave it on my table...on next morning my phone made boot...and now its working ....happy me...
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Turns out that mine had a hardware fault, just got it back and they replaced the main board

i think i have same problem something with main board, after all reflashing phone still make many reboots and other problem, thinking of how to send it to repair

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[Q] My note 3 LTE is dead

I have rooted my note 3 n9005 and installed cwm and it was working great , then i returned back to official samsung stock rom then the phone asked for update and after update it is not working , when i connect to pc it shows qualcom loader device not samsung and it is not openning , the screen is off and no download mode or recovery mode can be reached any one knows how to fix it ?
gointo the download mode and flash cwm again
Iyrah said:
gointo the download mode and flash cwm again
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[VolumeDown]+[Home]+[PowerOn] does nothing?
If you cannot reach either download mode, recovery or boot at all, then something is really wrong.
hallydamaster said:
[VolumeDown]+[Home]+[PowerOn] does nothing?
If you cannot reach either download mode, recovery or boot at all, then something is really wrong.
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Pull the battery out for 1 minute put it back in and put in to download mode
Yes pull battery out and try again. That should work then just update via doing.
i pulled the battery out for few minutes and tried again but failed , no download mode , no recovery mode no normal boot no thing at all
gadomido said:
i pulled the battery out for few minutes and tried again but failed , no download mode , no recovery mode no normal boot no thing at all
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I know it silly but your battery is charged
gadomido said:
i pulled the battery out for few minutes and tried again but failed , no download mode , no recovery mode no normal boot no thing at all
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1st off, stop shouting...
If you can't get to download mode you have a brick, plain and simple.... It either needs J-tagging or needs to be fixed by Samsung, either of which will cost $$$...
Restoration or Brush your phone
the smtsFor
thanks to all of you i will go to samsung service for repairing it . but i am wondering they wil know that it has been rooted if i did not tell them
If you have a good personal insurance, it can probably take the price of your future repair.
There are chances that Samsung knows that you changed your computer .... Samsung will want to know why their device is dead!
gadomido said:
thanks to all of you i will go to samsung service for repairing it . but i am wondering they wil know that it has been rooted if i did not tell them
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Yes they will knox will be tripped
I hope, they'll let you pay for it!

SEMI-BRICKED S4 i9500

Hello folks, I was using my S4 flawlessly for about 8 months, last week I was sitting with friends and the phone wasn't even in my hand, suddenly I saw it rebooted on its own, and was stuck on Samsung i9500 logo and it bootlooped there. I tried getting into recovery mode, however it's kicking me out of there as soon as it goes. Then I tried to go into Odin mode, it gets stuck at the place where it asks you to push VOLUME DOWN button to continue, and restarts again.
How can I solve this??
Anybody guys??
Try this...
try factory reset from recovery.. if that fails then you'll have to flash the official rom via Odin again...
DanialYaqub said:
try factory reset from recovery.. if that fails then you'll have to flash the official rom via Odin again...
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The phone is unable to get into recovery mode, it reboots, and same goes for Odin
chaingang_100 said:
The phone is unable to get into recovery mode, it reboots, and same goes for Odin
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I think its time to change the battery :fingers-crossed:
Joku1981 said:
I think its time to change the battery :fingers-crossed:
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Just tried it, nothing changed.
Take out the Battery for 5 minutes,
when putting it back in,
make sure to hold
--- Volume Down
--- Home
Battery in,
--- and last Power
in that order
If you get in tell me please.
Mizpah said:
Take out the Battery for 5 minutes,
when putting it back in,
make sure to hold
--- Volume Down
--- Home
Battery in,
--- and last Power
in that order
If you get in tell me please.
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thanks for the advice but i didnt have the chance to try it because it just decided to turn on normally by itself

Stuck on Samsung Galaxy S4 Logo

My phone is stuck on Samsung Galaxy S4 logo, and i cant enter in recovery mode, to do a hard reset or a factory restore.
Is there another way to solve this? the s4 turns on and off, but dont pass over the logo of samsung, download mode work fine, but i install a rom and he stuck in logo.
Any help please
lloop said:
My phone is stuck on Samsung Galaxy S4 logo, and i cant enter in recovery mode, to do a hard reset or a factory restore.
Is there another way to solve this? the s4 turns on and off, but dont pass over the logo of samsung, download mode work fine, but i install a rom and he stuck in logo.
Any help please
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Hi mate
Check your powe button...it may be stuck , happen before
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate
Check your powe button...it may be stuck , happen before
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power button is OK. e turns on and off. tks for your help
anithing else?
lloop said:
power button is OK. e turns on and off. tks for your help
anithing else?
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Hi
You said you cant get into recovery...my first suggestion would be to de a factory reset from recovery ....see if it helps , if not would be factory reset and the flash with odin again rom...
What happen whe you try to get into recovery?
MAX 404 said:
Hi
You said you cant get into recovery...my first suggestion would be to de a factory reset from recovery ....see if it helps , if not would be factory reset and the flash with odin again rom...
What happen whe you try to get into recovery?
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It stuck at logo of samsung, and in the top left corner in blue letters say " recovery booting..." but dont do nothing
lloop said:
It stuck at logo of samsung, and in the top left corner in blue letters say " recovery booting..." but dont do nothing
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Did you try and flashed rom again ( odin) ?? another option would be to flash (odin) a custom recovery see if it let you enter it and do a factory reset ..only problem is it will trigger your knox bit to 1..
@lloop: Are you completely stock, or did you attempt to install a custom recovery? The behavior you describe is identical to the behavior witness by myself and others when trying to install TWRP 2.8.5.0 on the S4.
One other thing that might help here. On occasion I've had the device get stuck in recovery. Going into download mode, cancelling download mode, and then holding down the buttons to go into recovery often works.
MAX 404 said:
Did you try and flashed rom again ( odin) ?? another option would be to flash (odin) a custom recovery see if it let you enter it and do a factory reset ..only problem is it will trigger your knox bit to 1..
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yes i tried, but freeze in logo. and cant go to recovery
or u could just go into download mode n flash stock rom. do it all over again.
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Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
@lloop: Are you completely stock, or did you attempt to install a custom recovery? The behavior you describe is identical to the behavior witness by myself and others when trying to install TWRP 2.8.5.0 on the S4.
One other thing that might help here. On occasion I've had the device get stuck in recovery. Going into download mode, cancelling download mode, and then holding down the buttons to go into recovery often works.
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tks for the help, but didnt work.. still freeze on logo
lloop said:
yes i tried, but freeze in logo. and cant go to recovery
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Hi,
When you flashed with odin , did you get any errors? do you have the logs
you flashed a stock rom , did you flashed a recovery with odin, which one?
MAX 404 said:
Hi,
When you flashed with odin , did you get any errors? do you have the logs
you flashed a stock rom , did you flashed a recovery with odin, which one?
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i put the last rom of lollipop. 5.0.1.
didnt get any errors, all ok. but it dont pass from samsung logo and in top left corner in blue saying "recovery booting.." and freeze like that.
lloop said:
i put the last rom of lollipop. 5.0.1.
didnt get any errors, all ok. but it dont pass from samsung logo and in top left corner in blue saying "recovery booting.." and freeze like that.
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Hi
What model S4 you have? what stock rom you flashed ( version number)? and what custom recovery you tried to flash?

Soft-Bricked Samsung Galaxy A500FU with broken home button

Well this is my first post here.I flashed cm 14.1 on my devices with gapps through twrp.I managed to get to recovery with the adb drivers (as I mentioned I have a broken button so pressing Volume Down+Power+Home won't work).Everything was ok but due to the critical bugs of this rom (was still in development) I decided to downgrade to cm 13 which had less bugs.So I tried getting into recovery but everytime I gave the command in it would reboot to the system (not even in stock recovery).So I decided to flash the stock rom with odin and then try entering recovery mode.After flashing I actually realised that I f*cked up cuz I couldn't wipe the system data/davik cache,due to the fact that my home button is broken and so i cant access my stock recovery.Now my device is in bootloop...I already have a usb jig and it will just make it boot into download mode where i cant really do much.Any help would be appreciated.
RemainCalm said:
Well this is my first post here.I flashed cm 14.1 on my devices with gapps through twrp.I managed to get to recovery with the adb drivers (as I mentioned I have a broken button so pressing Volume Down+Power+Home won't work).Everything was ok but due to the critical bugs of this rom (was still in development) I decided to downgrade to cm 13 which had less bugs.So I tried getting into recovery but everytime I gave the command in it would reboot to the system (not even in stock recovery).So I decided to flash the stock rom with odin and then try entering recovery mode.After flashing I actually realised that I f*cked up cuz I couldn't wipe the system data/davik cache,due to the fact that my home button is broken and so i cant access my stock recovery.Now my device is in bootloop...I already have a usb jig and it will just make it boot into download mode where i cant really do much.Any help would be appreciated.
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And the stock rom doesn't boot ?
McFy said:
And the stock rom doesn't boot ?
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No my phone is in bootloop.Random vibrations occur now and then.
RemainCalm said:
No my phone is in bootloop.Random vibrations occur now and then.
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So flash twrp and then reboot on twrp using adb I thought it work on dl mode
Say if that have work and hit tank please
McFy said:
And the stock rom doesn't boot ?
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McFy said:
So flash twrp and then reboot on twrp using adb I thought it work on dl mode
Say if that have work and hit tank please
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Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Will try though
RemainCalm said:
Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Have you try ? O hope is still a way to unbrick may be try to repair your botom if you can
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McFy said:
RemainCalm said:
Well I don't think adb recognizes a device in download mode.
Have you try ? O hope is still a way to unbrick may be try to repair your botom if you can
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Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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RemainCalm said:
McFy said:
Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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Yes maybe samsung can repair it depend of your country ...
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RemainCalm said:
McFy said:
Not yet.Phone is dead i need to charge it first.There is no way of turning off the devices while it boots up.You can either restart it or let the battery die.I cant really fix my home button cuz in order to do so i would need to remove the screen,thus damaging the Amoled panel.I could send the phone back to samsung idk
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Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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jimbomodder said:
RemainCalm said:
Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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Thanks for replying .I gave my a500fu who is a better geek than me to try and fix it.I will either get back my phone and try this or just tell him to do this.Thanks again I hope you are the one that saves my potato :fingers-crossed:
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jimbomodder said:
Boot back to download mode and reflash twrp and set "auto-reboot, should boot back to recovery then + you will need to factory reset on recovery before flashing stock as the data actually stays
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Didnt work phone boots back to system.
RemainCalm said:
Didnt work phone boots back to system.
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Then you'll need to fix home button, it's not part of screen. It's got its own circuit underneath

Not 3 n900 stuck on GALXY NOTE 3 logo

My phone stuck on samsung logo and can only boot on download mode unable to boot into recovery ...tried to flash stock firmware also repair firmware that comes with AP BL CB CSC AND PIT FILE ..and flashed CWM and TWRP with no use...
Flash stock firmware through Odin and post fail message .
JJEgan said:
Flash stock firmware through Odin and post fail message .
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I already did that ..it gives pass but the phone boots and stuck on the logo (SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE 3)..only restart on download mode no recovery
Suggests wrong firmware flashed .
Maybe you will get more info in the multiple identical questions you have posted .
JJEgan said:
Suggests wrong firmware flashed .
Maybe you will get more info in the multiple identical questions you have posted .
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Of course i need help that's why i posted (multiple identical question)???
After successfully flashing the latest stock ROM with Odin, are you performing a factory wipe before booting the phone for the first time?
audit13 said:
After successfully flashing the latest stock ROM with Odin, are you performing a factory wipe before booting the phone for the first time?
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I could not enter the recovery mode at all...even i flash the firmware successfuly
alitaleb said:
I could not enter the recovery mode at all...even i flash the firmware successfuly
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Flash TWRP after you flash stock and immediately try to boot into recovery before the first ever boot, then wipe everything.
ShaDisNX255 said:
Flash TWRP after you flash stock and immediately try to boot into recovery before the first ever boot, then wipe everything.
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Will give it a try again....
alitaleb said:
I could not enter the recovery mode at all...even i flash the firmware successfuly
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You are unchecking auto reboot in Odin? You are using the correct button combination to enter recovery?
audit13 said:
You are unchecking auto reboot in Odin? You are using the correct button combination to enter recovery?
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Yes i did that several times...power button volume up and main button below the screen...i flashed twrp recovery right now after flashing stock firmware...wit no use....only download mode whic i can enter....foes that mean the phone is brick?but it can flash firmware successfuly every time i flash stock firmware it gives PASS....
Is there any custom rom can be flashed via odin?
Looks like you are doing every right and it could be a bad memory chip in the phone.
I think the last hope would be to take the phone to a shop with a riff or octopus box and have them force flash the phone. If that doesn't solve the problem, memory chip is probably defective.
Thanx for everyone who provided his help, knwoledge and experience to solve my issue.
Appreciate it from my heart????
Have you solved the problem ? If yes can tell us what did the trick ?
Thanks,
Droiid848 said:
Have you solved the problem ? If yes can tell us what did the trick ?
No...i did everything related to software with no use, i gave up...???
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alitaleb said:
Droiid848 said:
Have you solved the problem ? If yes can tell us what did the trick ?
No...i did everything related to software with no use, i gave up...
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Hi Alitaleb,
I read back the posts, and it seems you have a problem close to mine (not exactelly the same but similar..) see here :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/help-understanding-to-wipe-device-t3679424
I was thinking of something about your problem, are you sure that the volume button is not defective ? I explain myself:
when you want to go to the recovery mode, the volume up has to be pushed, if the up button does not respond correctly then you may think you push up but in fact it is the down position that is detected by your phone...
I would suggest you to dismantle the back of your phone and check if there is no some dirt or simply broken part in the volume button..
Cheers,
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Droiid848 said:
alitaleb said:
Hi Alitaleb,
I read back the posts, and it seems you have a problem close to mine (not exactelly the same but similar..) see here :
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3/help/help-understanding-to-wipe-device-t3679424
I was thinking of something about your problem, are you sure that the volume button is not defective ? I explain myself:
when you want to go to the recovery mode, the volume up has to be pushed, if the up button does not respond correctly then you may think you push up but in fact it is the down position that is detected by your phone...
I would suggest you to dismantle the back of your phone and check if there is no some dirt or simply broken part in the volume button..
Cheers,
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Thank you for your relpy..but the volume buttons up and down are working fine..that's appear when i want to flash via odin..i checked both of them and working fine
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alitaleb said:
My phone stuck on samsung logo and can only boot on download mode unable to boot into recovery ...tried to flash stock firmware also repair firmware that comes with AP BL CB CSC AND PIT FILE ..and flashed CWM and TWRP with no use...
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Hello
brother i read your thread and i know its an hardware problem because same thing happened in my galaxy s4 and i did everything to solved it but failed and in the end i had purchased logic board for my s4
sufian.ahmed2007 said:
Hello
brother i read your thread and i know its an hardware problem because same thing happened in my galaxy s4 and i did everything to solved it but failed and in the end i had purchased logic board for my s4
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Thanx a lot..that's what i realized later on...???

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