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Ok so this is my first post, hope I'm in the right section. This will be a long post as I've tried everything I could find to fix my problem.
So I bought a Fido Samsung Galaxy S4, I9505 SGH-I337M from an online auction site (not ebay). The phone is completely stock, its not rooted, no customer recovery, nothing. Phone was in wayyyyy better shape than I expected, I would say near mint with original box, charger, cable etc. Everything worked great except the wifi, as other people have reported it would not turn on, toggle switch would move over and attempt to turn on, but after 15 seconds or so it would switch back to off. I also tried 3rd party apps to manage wifi connections without any luck. It was running the firmware ending in NE1 so I thought updating it to the newer firmware, NI2, might have this fix. Since I couldn't connect to wifi I figured I should do it manually following the instructions I found on sammobile.com. So I downloaded Odin 3.07 and the new firmware that IS the right one for my phone. I shut off the phone, pulled the battery, put it back in, and put it into download mode. I connected the phone, Odin detected it, I selected the firmware and press start. It took a few minutes and then failed (this was a few days ago, I don't remember the exact error I received). So, I tried again but it kept failing, so I shut off the phone, pulled the battery and turned it on. It booted to the screen with the exclamation mark that says a firmware error occurred and to use Kies to recovery it. I tried using Kies but it wouldn't detect the phone. I ended up using a fix I found that had me flash some file that started with philz_touch something like that. It was from a youtube video called "firmware upgrade encountered an issue for s4 fix".
And that fixed that part, as I could now get back into download/odin mode. When I turn the phone on it just sits at the "Samsung Galaxy S4" screen, no blue light or flashy graphic. It will just sit there forever. Obviously there is a problem so here is what I've tried so far to get Odin to work.
Using Odin 3.07 I tried flashing the firmware ending in NE1. Odin confirmed MD5, but after pressing start only a few seconds later I get "There is no PIT partition"
So I tried to find a PIT file and did. So I shut off the phone, unplugged it, pulled the battery, and put it back into download mode. I closed and reopened Odin 3.07 and used the PIT file I found and the NE1 firmware. This time it failed again within seconds with the error saying "complete(write) operation failed". I have tried 3 different firmwares, with 3 different USB ports, with and without the PIT file, and with both Odin 3.07 and Odin 3.10. I've also tried doing it with my antivirus deactivated. Samsung Kies still won't detect my phone when its connected, but Odin detects it every time.
When I try going into recovery mode I get
"Recovery booting.....
Recovery is not Seandroid enforcing
Set warranty bit : recovery"
It just sits there and nothing happens. Pressing any button does nothing except power as I can shut it off.
So I'm at a complete loss of what to try next. I've tried every solution I could find so I'm hoping someone has a suggestion of what I could try. PLEASE HELP ME!!
Me too! Help!
xepes said:
Me too! Help!
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Hi
Please more details.... phone model , rom , stock , root, recovery........
anyhow......
Check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Hello to everybody from xda!
I'm facing a problem with an Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 and since i've tried everything I knew, decided to post my problem here, looking for a solution.
Thank you in advance!
The background:
- international variant (i9505), unlocked, bought second hand in september 2014 and working fine for about two months; at the moment of the purchase it was running 4.4.2 and was rooted with TowelRoot; as I said the phone was running very well for two months, untill I (wrong!) decided to flash it with odin;
- downloaded from samfirmware.com the ROM
I9505XXUFNB8_I9505COAFNB1_I9505XXUFNB8_HOME.tar.md5 and flashed it;
AFTERWARDS I READ ABOUT CSC AND EVERYTHING AND I UNDERSTOOND THAT I HAVE A CSC NAMED SIM, APPARENTLY COMING FROM SI MOBIL Slovenia.
- rooted the phone with TowelRoot, everything was ok 'till one day when started to freeze and restart; considering that i had a large number of apps installed and was a hard work to try looking for the one wich determined the restarts I decided to flash again;
- after the second flash, using the same archive as before, the phone became insane;
a. freezing multiple times at the configuration screen which appears after flashing (where you config your language, Google account etc);
b. if successfully pass the config part without crash, it was inevittably crashing after;
c. sometimes i succeeded to use it for about 24 hours, installing everything when it freezed again;
The freezing is happening like that: first the screen refuses to respond, in about 3-4 seconds it appeared like in my attachament (black lines) for about 1 sec., then restarted itself.
After restart sometimes is entering into software again, sometimes is stuck at the Samsung I9505 logo or ar the simple Samsung Logo (with that blue flame animation). Stuck here, sometimes is restarting itself, sometimes gets just blocked here and nothing to do.
Also, sometimes is easy to enter in Recovery Mode, sometimes i keep pressing the buttons but not a chance.
Tried with TWRP, CWM or even stock recovery.
Once, when I had the chance to use it more that 2 hours without restart, I installed CyanogenMod. It worked well for about 3 days and then restarted again and the sympthoms are the same ar above.
I thought that it's because of the battery, but no. I have two batteries, both of them starting with AA (S/N and one starting with TH.
It's the same with any of them.
I flashed multiple types of ROMs, all officials from sammobiles:
I9505XXUFNB8_I9505COAFNB1_I9505XXUFNB8_HOME.tar.md5
I9505XXUGNG8_I9505OXXGNG2_I9505XXUGNG8_HOME.tar.md5
and others.
Other details:
- all the flashes were made with odin 3.0.9, with full wipe and cache wipe, and dalvik;
- all flashes were made with original USB cable;
- sometimes when blocked at the logo boot animation it gets very hot at the upper part of the screen and camera, and also battery;
- sometimes it accepts to restart if I get the battery out for 5 minutes and then I repower the device; or sometimes only if i put it to recharge.
I flashed the .pit file (for this model, i'm sure), because in odin i was told INVALID PIT INFORMATION or something similar.
What can I do? Please help!
weeppi said:
Hello to everybody from xda!
I'm facing a problem with an Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 and since i've tried everything I knew, decided to post my problem here, looking for a solution.
Thank you in advance!
The background:
- international variant (i9505), unlocked, bought second hand in september 2014 and working fine for about two months; at the moment of the purchase it was running 4.4.2 and was rooted with TowelRoot; as I said the phone was running very well for two months, untill I (wrong!) decided to flash it with odin;
- downloaded from samfirmware.com the ROM
I9505XXUFNB8_I9505COAFNB1_I9505XXUFNB8_HOME.tar.md5 and flashed it;
AFTERWARDS I READ ABOUT CSC AND EVERYTHING AND I UNDERSTOOND THAT I HAVE A CSC NAMED SIM, APPARENTLY COMING FROM SI MOBIL Slovenia.
- rooted the phone with TowelRoot, everything was ok 'till one day when started to freeze and restart; considering that i had a large number of apps installed and was a hard work to try looking for the one wich determined the restarts I decided to flash again;
- after the second flash, using the same archive as before, the phone became insane;
a. freezing multiple times at the configuration screen which appears after flashing (where you config your language, Google account etc);
b. if successfully pass the config part without crash, it was inevittably crashing after;
c. sometimes i succeeded to use it for about 24 hours, installing everything when it freezed again;
The freezing is happening like that: first the screen refuses to respond, in about 3-4 seconds it appeared like in my attachament (black lines) for about 1 sec., then restarted itself.
After restart sometimes is entering into software again, sometimes is stuck at the Samsung I9505 logo or ar the simple Samsung Logo (with that blue flame animation). Stuck here, sometimes is restarting itself, sometimes gets just blocked here and nothing to do.
Also, sometimes is easy to enter in Recovery Mode, sometimes i keep pressing the buttons but not a chance.
Tried with TWRP, CWM or even stock recovery.
Once, when I had the chance to use it more that 2 hours without restart, I installed CyanogenMod. It worked well for about 3 days and then restarted again and the sympthoms are the same ar above.
I thought that it's because of the battery, but no. I have two batteries, both of them starting with AA (S/N and one starting with TH.
It's the same with any of them.
I flashed multiple types of ROMs, all officials from sammobiles:
I9505XXUFNB8_I9505COAFNB1_I9505XXUFNB8_HOME.tar.md5
I9505XXUGNG8_I9505OXXGNG2_I9505XXUGNG8_HOME.tar.md5
and others.
Other details:
- all the flashes were made with odin 3.0.9, with full wipe and cache wipe, and dalvik;
- all flashes were made with original USB cable;
- sometimes when blocked at the logo boot animation it gets very hot at the upper part of the screen and camera, and also battery;
- sometimes it accepts to restart if I get the battery out for 5 minutes and then I repower the device; or sometimes only if i put it to recharge.
I flashed the .pit file (for this model, i'm sure), because in odin i was told INVALID PIT INFORMATION or something similar.
What can I do? Please help!
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Flash this custom rom it uses different firmware which is super stable. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2706844 (Imperium Rom) Custom roms are always far better than stock mate. Good luck! just use TWRP and you are good to go. dont forget to factory reset first before flashing.
xDroidZz thanks for your reply, I'll try.
Anyone else has some other suggestions?
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Now has some other sympthoms: it enters in Download Mode, but it refuses to enter in Recovery Mode (actually, keeping VolumeUp+Home+Power pressed starts the device but the blue text in the upper left corner is not appearing because immediately after powering up, the I9505 logo appears and the device restarts).
It could be a hardware problem? I hope not, since I have no warranty.
*** LATER EDIT ***
Later I told you that I flashed the .pit file (for this model, i'm sure) for several times, because in odin.exe i was told INVALID PIT INFORMATION or something similar.
The exact error was:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
<ID:0/006> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/006> Initialzation..
<ID:0/006> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/006> There is no PIT partition.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
<ID:0/006> Removed!!
<ID:0/006> Added!!
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But I saw that if I remove and reconnect the USB cablu (original), this error stops from appearing.
When I initially got my device off Swappa, it had come with SI Mobil firmware (I9505XXUGNG8, I9505OMDGNG1, I9505XXUGNG8, CSC SIM). After encountering an issue where the phone's carrier locking reactivated and having the SIM card slot fail at the same time, then fixing that issue by replacing the slot, downgrading to Jellybean and running RegionLock Away, I upgraded to an unbranded UK Black Edition firmware (I9505XXUGNJ8, I9505YXYGNK1, I9505XXUGNJ8, CSC BTU). The current version of the firmware has been updated since then, and in the case of my phone actually sets the CSC to AUT. But it's still unbranded.
I've never had to use the PIT file on this device, but from what I recall, running the PIT file too often can cause issues. What I would recommend here would be to use the original cable and install the aforementioned Black Edition firmware to see if that can correct your issue. From there, once you've determined the phone is working properly, then you can go and install a custom recovery and ROM.
P.S. Not all cables are created equal. I personally am lucky in that the dollar store USB cable I have on my PC works perfectly with Odin. For best results however, both you and I should be using the original cable.
Thank you very much, Strephon Alkhalikoi!
I started the download of the Black Edition firmware from the link you gave me, hope it will work..
I'll write as soon as the flashing process is finished.
*** LATER EDIT ***
Nop, it's not working.. even if odin says everything went ok, after the auto-reboot the phone remains at the i9505 logo screen and with the blue text in the upper left. So is not entering into Recovery Mode.
What should I do? Sell it for 99 EURO?
Situation update:
Last night I flashed with odin the UK Black Edition firmware which Strephon Alkhalikoi recommended me; after the "OK" message odin gave me the phone restarted, the i9505 logo appeared with the blue text in the upper left part and nothing more. It refused to go further into that part where the tiny android looks like working and a blue bar in loading below (see the atachament for figurind out what I mean).
As I tried more than 20 times to enter into Recovery Mode, I ceased and went to sleep, letting the phone with the battery out!
In the morning I gave another try and at the second attempt it entered into the screen I showed you before, loaded untill, maybe, 50% and then stopped (freezed) and restarted itself.
I then tried to enter into Recovery Mode and worked from the first time. I tried to install Imperium ROM which the other user recommended (also, even if I had the microSD installed, it said install microSD, I took the card in and out and worked), but I received some error regarding header.
I restarted the phone and booted succesfully from the first time. I configured the phone and started using it.
I made some config. and installed some software, it worked like a charm.
At 6 PM I installed several apps from Play! (so nothing like GravityBox, rooting things and so on), things like DropBox, RedBall 4, Timely etc. and in the meantime I was listening to some music also in the Music section of Play!, when, suddently, the phone freezed, a black thin line appeared in the middle and the phone restarted, freezing itself at the i9505 logo and refusing to go further.
I booted into Recovery (from the first time), I wiped the cache and after that the phone was successfully booted again.
Aldo I like that it works again, I am afraid that the problem did not solved and I cannot use it day by day since it may freeze over the night and I could miss some important events in the morning because of that..
What else do you recommend me to do?
weeppi said:
Situation update:
Last night I flashed with odin the UK Black Edition firmware which Strephon Alkhalikoi recommended me; after the "OK" message odin gave me the phone restarted, the i9505 logo appeared with the blue text in the upper left part and nothing more. It refused to go further into that part where the tiny android looks like working and a blue bar in loading below (see the atachament for figurind out what I mean).
As I tried more than 20 times to enter into Recovery Mode, I ceased and went to sleep, letting the phone with the battery out!
In the morning I gave another try and at the second attempt it entered into the screen I showed you before, loaded untill, maybe, 50% and then stopped (freezed) and restarted itself.
I then tried to enter into Recovery Mode and worked from the first time. I tried to install Imperium ROM which the other user recommended (also, even if I had the microSD installed, it said install microSD, I took the card in and out and worked), but I received some error regarding header.
I restarted the phone and booted succesfully from the first time. I configured the phone and started using it.
I made some config. and installed some software, it worked like a charm.
At 6 PM I installed several apps from Play! (so nothing like GravityBox, rooting things and so on), things like DropBox, RedBall 4, Timely etc. and in the meantime I was listening to some music also in the Music section of Play!, when, suddently, the phone freezed, a black thin line appeared in the middle and the phone restarted, freezing itself at the i9505 logo and refusing to go further.
I booted into Recovery (from the first time), I wiped the cache and after that the phone was successfully booted again.
Aldo I like that it works again, I am afraid that the problem did not solved and I cannot use it day by day since it may freeze over the night and I could miss some important events in the morning because of that..
What else do you recommend me to do?
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dont know else what to do. but great it worked.
Try to flash stock if you still can.
good luck!
Today it happened again, this time it shutted down itself, right after I connected it to the PC via original USB cable.
Took the battery away, powered it up after, successfully booted.
In 3 minutes from booting it restarted again, and booted again successfully.
Battery: 84%, not the BD series.
I also had a microSD of 64GB inside it, made by Hama.
Wtf is happening ?
weeppi said:
Today it happened again, this time it shutted down itself, right after I connected it to the PC via original USB cable.
Took the battery away, powered it up after, successfully booted.
In 3 minutes from booting it restarted again, and booted again successfully.
Battery: 84%, not the BD series.
I also had a microSD of 64GB inside it, made by Hama.
Wtf is happening ?
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try to remove your sdcard and your sim card and use your phone and wait when it happens again. i know it isnt really related to that but maybe worth a try. and Factory reset after doing that.
For God's sake, I'll destroy it!
It rebooted again and this time remained at the i9505 logo.
Even after wipe cache and factory reset still refused to boot properly.
weeppi said:
For God's sake, I'll destroy it!
It rebooted again and this time remained at the i9505 logo.
Even after wipe cache and factory reset still refused to boot properly.
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Bad luck for you mate. I dont think its really hardware related. Sell it and buy a new one. My last suggestion doe. Not the best actually but moving to another phone is a really good start for 2015 hahah
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Thank you for your support, also thanks to the other user.
I did not managed to make it useable for more than 24 hours and since my phone is part of my life, keeping almost everything in there, including my morning alarm, I decided to sell it and buy another one, hopefully that I'll get a trustfull device.
I am thinking at a Nexus 5, or maybe another S4? Dunno, but i would nou go back to S4 .
weeppi said:
Thank you for your support, also thanks to the other user.
I did not managed to make it useable for more than 24 hours and since my phone is part of my life, keeping almost everything in there, including my morning alarm, I decided to sell it and buy another one, hopefully that I'll get a trustfull device.
I am thinking at a Nexus 5, or maybe another S4? Dunno, but i would nou go back to S4 .
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Go straight to new flagship phones if you can like the OnePlusOne,LG G3,S5,Note 4,Z3,Z3 compact,One M8 etc,NEXUS 6.
But S4 still great phone for me doe with its specs and camera. If you want to be the first in line for upgrades go for the nexus 5. But lolipop on the s4 is almost here. Good luck choosing.
For How much did you sell it?
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I sold it to some guy which will make it parts and sell them separately, for 550 lei, meaning about 120 EURO.
Hi,
**Long Story**
I'm new here - I refrained from posting as I know a repeat post can p*** people off but I can't find my problem or fix it.
My own Sony was stolen a week ago - My brother in law kindly gave me his old S5 as a back up phone.
He has never had any problems with it EVER. I did a factory reset (from the settings menu) to clear his data and straight away I was in a boot loop (Handset vibrates, Samsung logo displays, blue LED, vibrates, handset switches off.. over and over again) the only way to stop this is to remove the battery. I cannot enter recovery mode but I CAN enter download mode. According to the settings the handset was running the latest version of lollipop.
I took the phone home anyway, thinking I could fix it - leaving the battery out in my pocket.
When I got home, I put the battery in and the phone turned on, unfortunately I forgot to put the sim card in - so I removed the battery, put in the sim card and... Boot Loop!
At this point I was really frustrated so I left the battery out and went to sleep. I woke up in the morning, put the battery in and it worked fine, all day, then all of a sudden the phone switched itself off and now I'm back in a boot loop and this time it isn't wanting to work again.
I have:
- Flashed with stock roms using Odin (5.0 & 4.4.2) - Yes, I used the correct firmware for my handset.
- Flashed with Kies to the latest firmware
- In desperation, tried the "Bash your power button against a hard, flat surface" trick
- Shouted at the handset
None of these have worked and every post I have found says to put the phone in recovery mode, I CANT. When I try, the blue "Recovery Booting" text is displayed, but just restarts anyway...
Weirdly and at random times, twice, the phone has powered on while plugged into my laptop, but the screen is blank, I get message sounds and the soft keys below the screen light up, but the screen is blank.
Any body have any idea?!?!! I'm vaguely techy, however not with this kind of thing. Any help would be much appreciated. What confuses me is there was no problem before I did the factory reset.
didscub said:
Hi,
**Long Story**
I'm new here - I refrained from posting as I know a repeat post can p*** people off but I can't find my problem or fix it.
My own Sony was stolen a week ago - My brother in law kindly gave me his old S5 as a back up phone.
He has never had any problems with it EVER. I did a factory reset (from the settings menu) to clear his data and straight away I was in a boot loop (Handset vibrates, Samsung logo displays, blue LED, vibrates, handset switches off.. over and over again) the only way to stop this is to remove the battery. I cannot enter recovery mode but I CAN enter download mode. According to the settings the handset was running the latest version of lollipop.
I took the phone home anyway, thinking I could fix it - leaving the battery out in my pocket.
When I got home, I put the battery in and the phone turned on, unfortunately I forgot to put the sim card in - so I removed the battery, put in the sim card and... Boot Loop!
At this point I was really frustrated so I left the battery out and went to sleep. I woke up in the morning, put the battery in and it worked fine, all day, then all of a sudden the phone switched itself off and now I'm back in a boot loop and this time it isn't wanting to work again.
I have:
- Flashed with stock roms using Odin (5.0 & 4.4.2) - Yes, I used the correct firmware for my handset.
- Flashed with Kies to the latest firmware
- In desperation, tried the "Bash your power button against a hard, flat surface" trick
- Shouted at the handset
None of these have worked and every post I have found says to put the phone in recovery mode, I CANT. When I try, the blue "Recovery Booting" text is displayed, but just restarts anyway...
Weirdly and at random times, twice, the phone has powered on while plugged into my laptop, but the screen is blank, I get message sounds and the soft keys below the screen light up, but the screen is blank.
Any body have any idea?!?!! I'm vaguely techy, however not with this kind of thing. Any help would be much appreciated. What confuses me is there was no problem before I did the factory reset.
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Who is your service provider? Is the phone unlocked? Where did you get the stock firmware from?
Cryceratops said:
Who is your service provider? Is the phone unlocked? Where did you get the stock firmware from?
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Thanks for the reply!
Service Provider - o2 UK
Stock from sanmmob
Phone is not unlocked
I did my best to try & get the firmware for my particular service provider but sammob and a few of the other sites use those awful restricted speed file sharing sites.
didscub said:
Thanks for the reply!
Service Provider - o2 UK
Stock from sanmmob
Phone is not unlocked
I did my best to try & get the firmware for my particular service provider but sammob and a few of the other sites use those awful restricted speed file sharing sites.
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Did you try the one I linked to you or a different one?
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Did you try the one I linked to you or a different one?
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Only just saw that - I didnt - thank you.
I will try now but may take a while to get back to you while I wait to download.
Try flashing the PIT file along with the stock ROM in ODIN
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2721101&d=1399024091
Extract to .pit - add to PIT section in ODIN, add ROM to AP or PDA section, flash them both at the same time
*Detection* said:
Try flashing the PIT file along with the stock ROM in ODIN
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2721101&d=1399024091
Extract to .pit - add to PIT section in ODIN, add ROM to AP or PDA section, flash them both at the same time
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Thanks, did that, now the phone has started but it stuck at the first "Powered by Android" screen, not restarting but can't go any further and still cant get into recovery.
didscub said:
Thanks, did that, now the phone has started but it stuck at the first "Powered by Android" screen, not restarting but can't go any further and still cant get into recovery.
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Try flashing just the ROM again, and then try booting into recovery, and factory reset
Or try flashing TWRP 2.8.7.0 with ODIN, and then boot into recovery and factory reset
Use this guide (Don't worry about the SuperSU part if you don't need root, and ignore the reactivation part as you can't boot the phone yet - start at No.3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64961009&postcount=2
Are you flashing the latest Lollipop ROM too?
https://mega.nz/#!fVhhzRBC!A79uC8Fgg1mGCZOaujQCzBxcUUN9z_ctVVkigD8ffVM
*Detection* said:
Try flashing just the ROM again, and then try booting into recovery, and factory reset
Or try flashing TWRP 2.8.7.0 with ODIN, and then boot into recovery and factory reset
Use this guide (Don't worry about the SuperSU part if you don't need root, and ignore the reactivation part as you can't boot the phone yet - start at No.3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64961009&postcount=2
Are you flashing the latest Lollipop ROM too?
https://mega.nz/#!fVhhzRBC!A79uC8Fgg1mGCZOaujQCzBxcUUN9z_ctVVkigD8ffVM
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flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 - Doesn't go into revovery:
Recovery is not SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery
I was flashing with G900FXXU1BOJ1_G900FOXA1BOJ1_G900FXXU1BOJ1_HOME.tar.md5
didscub said:
flashed TWRP 2.8.7.0 - Doesn't go into revovery:
Recovery is not SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit : Recovery
I was flashing with G900FXXU1BOJ1_G900FOXA1BOJ1_G900FXXU1BOJ1_HOME.tar.md5
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Did you follow the guide I linked?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64961009&postcount=2
Pull the battery after flash, do not allow the phone to reboot first etc?
Because that error is usually associated with you allowing the phone to reboot Automatically after flashing TWRP
*Detection* said:
Did you follow the guide I linked?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64961009&postcount=2
Pull the battery after flash, do not allow the phone to reboot first etc?
Because that error is usually associated with you allowing the phone to reboot Automatically after flashing TWRP
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Pulled as soon as it said Pass.
This is so confusing, is the Stock firmware that you've linked to in Mega the same as the one I have downloaded?
Will retry with TWRP again. BRB
didscub said:
Pulled as soon as it said Pass.
This is so confusing, is the Stock firmware that you've linked to in Mega the same as the one I have downloaded?
Will retry with TWRP again. BRB
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BOJ1 yea, same one
Try different versions of ODIN, 3.09 up to 3.10.7 (Maybe even 3.07)
*Detection* said:
Did you follow the guide I linked?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64961009&postcount=2
Pull the battery after flash, do not allow the phone to reboot first etc?
Because that error is usually associated with you allowing the phone to reboot Automatically after flashing TWRP
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Definitely didt let it reboot & pulled the battery. Tried it twice to make sure.
I am downloading the Stock firmware that you have linked and will try that, is there any reason why it started to reboot constantly after I factory reset? It can't be hardware because there was never a HW problem before I reset it. I don't suppose you want to pop down from Durham and fix it?! lol
didscub said:
Definitely didt let it reboot & pulled the battery. Tried it twice to make sure.
I am downloading the Stock firmware that you have linked and will try that, is there any reason why it started to reboot constantly after I factory reset? It can't be hardware because there was never a HW problem before I reset it. I don't suppose you want to pop down from Durham and fix it?! lol
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To London? wanna pay the plane fare? lol
If you got that firmware from Sammobile, the one I linked you to is the same one, that's where I got it from, you could try some different droid versions, try a KitKat ROM too
Not sure why it would boot loop after you factory reset it, if reactivation lock was left on, you should still have managed to get to the welcome screen, but then be locked out of the phone until you entered his samsung account login
Sounds like something bugged out during the reset, and didn't reset properly, or corrupted one of the partitions, which the PIT file should have fixed
Stock recovery is cr4p though, I've ended up with a bootloop just clearing caches from it before, and had to flash TWRP to clear them properly, then flash stock on top again just to get it to boot
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To London? wanna pay the plane fare? lol
If you got that firmware from Sammobile, the one I linked you to is the same one, that's where I got it from, you could try some different droid versions, try a KitKat ROM too
Not sure why it would boot loop after you factory reset it, if reactivation lock was left on, you should still have managed to get to the welcome screen, but then be locked out of the phone until you entered his samsung account login
Sounds like something bugged out during the reset, and didn't reset properly, or corrupted one of the partitions, which the PIT file should have fixed
Stock recovery is cr4p though, I've ended up with a bootloop just clearing caches from it before, and had to flash TWRP to clear them properly, then flash stock on top again just to get it to boot
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OK - Sorry for the delay but unfortunately I had to do stuff - I would have happily sat and tried to fix it all day.
So, I did spend some time on it earlier and a few things happened.
I reinstalled different firmwares, and also tried TWRP 2.8.7.0 a few times with different versions of Odin but nothing would work.
I reinstalled the firmware BOJ1, nothing
Tried PIT again, nothing
Then, after trying PIT I got the Firmware error and connected to Kies... It worked, but now I just have a blank screen (another seemingly common issue with these paperweights) - Unsure what to do now, the phone is on, i can call it, find it with device manager but the screen is just blank. FML.
didscub said:
OK - Sorry for the delay but unfortunately I had to do stuff - I would have happily sat and tried to fix it all day.
So, I did spend some time on it earlier and a few things happened.
I reinstalled different firmwares, and also tried TWRP 2.8.7.0 a few times with different versions of Odin but nothing would work.
I reinstalled the firmware BOJ1, nothing
Tried PIT again, nothing
Then, after trying PIT I got the Firmware error and connected to Kies... It worked, but now I just have a blank screen (another seemingly common issue with these paperweights) - Unsure what to do now, the phone is on, i can call it, find it with device manager but the screen is just blank. FML.
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OK, so they phone is working, there's just no display...
OK, try resetting the phone remotely from here first
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
If it's not connected to the network - try this
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ory-reset-galaxy-s5-computer.html#post4365754
If that still fails, try flashing a stock KitKat ROM from Sammobile, see if downgrading the OS is a big enough change for it to overwrite whatever is causing the problem
Wondering if TWRP has flashed, but the no screen thing is stopping you from knowing one way or another - if we could get into TWRP, we'd have a lot more options, including custom ROMs
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Uploaded the latest KitKat ROM
Code:
https://mega.nz/#!eIQEAQ6a!ztOhVwFuI2MpD6OBhxC-TtgwUJQCxtwnfDQvFOl3g40
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OK, so they phone is working, there's just no display...
OK, try resetting the phone remotely from here first
https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager
If it's not connected to the network - try this
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ory-reset-galaxy-s5-computer.html#post4365754
If that still fails, try flashing a stock KitKat ROM from Sammobile, see if downgrading the OS is a big enough change for it to overwrite whatever is causing the problem
Wondering if TWRP has flashed, but the no screen thing is stopping you from knowing one way or another - if we could get into TWRP, we'd have a lot more options, including custom ROMs
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Uploaded the latest KitKat ROM
Code:
https://mega.nz/#!eIQEAQ6a!ztOhVwFuI2MpD6OBhxC-TtgwUJQCxtwnfDQvFOl3g40
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Thanks,
I'll wait for that to download and try.
So - I used accessibility mode to get into settings and do a factory reset... It was difficult, I even thought that the Dark Screen setting might have mysteriously have been turned on but nope.
Rebooted and got the Bootloader screen with the Samsung logo and Recovery Booting text, after a few minutes the screen went blank and the phone vibrated and then nothing!!! :crying::crying::crying:
I have just put it into download mode (I only know this because the many hours I've spent doing this I noticed that the battery and device goes cool when its in download mode) and will try the KitKat flash once its downloaded - Thank you for that btw.
Its so strange - it cant be an issue with the actual screen because it *sometimes* displays the logo.. What can it be?? Its also odd that from when I originally reset it, it could'nt boot into recovery. I'm worried that everything I have done has screwed it up more? Can the Recovery/Bootloader be "Broken"? Its so confusing, I hate tech that doesn't behave.
didscub said:
Thanks,
I'll wait for that to download and try.
So - I used accessibility mode to get into settings and do a factory reset... It was difficult, I even thought that the Dark Screen setting might have mysteriously have been turned on but nope.
Rebooted and got the Bootloader screen with the Samsung logo and Recovery Booting text, after a few minutes the screen went blank and the phone vibrated and then nothing!!! :crying::crying::crying:
I have just put it into download mode (I only know this because the many hours I've spent doing this I noticed that the battery and device goes cool when its in download mode) and will try the KitKat flash once its downloaded - Thank you for that btw.
Its so strange - it cant be an issue with the actual screen because it *sometimes* displays the logo.. What can it be?? Its also odd that from when I originally reset it, it could'nt boot into recovery. I'm worried that everything I have done has screwed it up more? Can the Recovery/Bootloader be "Broken"? Its so confusing, I hate tech that doesn't behave.
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Does sound like a possible hardware problem, but unlikely or a huge coincidence that it all started after resetting, so I'd be more inclined to think otherwise
Just remembered about this unbrick image / tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/g900f-debrick-img-lollipop-t3240626
Might be worth giving that a shot
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Does sound like a possible hardware problem, but unlikely or a huge coincidence that it all started after resetting, so I'd be more inclined to think otherwise
Just remembered about this unbrick image / tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/g900f-debrick-img-lollipop-t3240626
Might be worth giving that a shot
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OK - might be a massive chore rooting and installing busybox.. Worth a shot though. Can I not use it with Odin??
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OK - might be a massive chore rooting and installing busybox.. Worth a shot though. Can I not use it with Odin??
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You don't need busybox, that's for creating your own debrick image, the tutorial stops here:
Flash this Debrick file to your 16GB Micro SD card with Win32DiskImager
*Insert your Micro SD card into your computer (backup any information you may have on it we are going to ERASE, FORMAT it to ex FAT
*Open win32DiskImager
*Navigate to the location where you downloaded the correct Debrick file
*Select your Debrick file by double clicking on it
*In the upper right corner of Win32DiskImager you should make sure that the drive letter assigned to your sd card is selected.
***Which ever drive that is listed will be erased, formatted
*Click write in the bottom right hand side
put the Debrick SD card in the Phone, Pull and Replace the Battery
Plug phone in usb and boot into download mode
yout phone should boot into download mode then flash stock firmware via odin
Download link : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByA...ew?usp=sharing
You're saying you can't see anything on screen in download mode, just guessing it's there because it cools down - but that could also mean it's not in any mode
With this method, you might get a display to use, then you can flash normally with ODIN with download mode visible on screen
I bought an a Samsung galaxy S5, SM-G900F.
When I turned it on at first, it got over the Samsung animation, but after that only BLACK SCREEN and blinking blue LED was what i got.
So, i did a factory reset in the original recovery. This not helped my phone.
I tried to reflash the firmware with ODIN, but nothing. I tried to downgrade with ODIN but nothing at all, the phone went worse.
I tried to make it stocky again with Smart Switch, but after that, nothing changed again.
I can flash everything in DOWNLOAD MODE, but after that my phone does nothing.
Flashing a PIT file along with a firmware did not help.
WHEN, i flash TWRP recovery, i can enter it approx once in a hour. But after that, only the blue text ,,recovery booting. . " and my phone reboots,.
I also tried this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ft-bricked-t3311882/post65245516#post65245516 but it didnt help
In the current state with stock recovery again, i cant enter it. The phone now does not get over ,,Samsung Galaxy S5" text.
Does anyone could say something about it . . ? please
So this happened right after you bought it? Why didn't you first try to contact the guy that sold you the phone with a problem
id get a fresh tarball from sammobile.com/firmwares and flash it 3 times, yes 3 times. Delete the android folder from internal storage from TWRP before doing this tho.
Hi. Browsed for ages and always come here for answers.
Here's my problem.
2x S8s. SM-950f.
Updated to most recent software through software update. Both phones were glitchy and crashing and just generally irritating after.
Factory data reset etc. This did not resolve the problems, also led to one of them having issues with FRP (annoying)
Used Odin to try and flash the latest firmware (from sammobile, UK BTU) after flashing both, they reset and powered on. Got stuck at the S8 screen.
Restarted then both were at the "an error occurred during update" screen.
Managed to get back to download screen. Re checked the software and model numbers, even that the bootloader was the correct version etc. All was fine.
Connected to Odin, shows that it is connected, but nothing happens when clicking start.
Now after attempting that, both phones will not power on.
(One will when placed on the wireless charger, but just sticks at S8 screen) and download mode or reset screen can not be accessed. So, not exactly happy. And totally out of ideas
Any suggestions, beyond taking it to a shop to see if anyone can help.
yes .....dont tuch the phones for 24 hours let the battery die ...it will...connect to pc and then try download mode....u may need to press combination for like 1 minute to get to download mode....flash twrp reboot directly into it when odin says successfully .....wipe system data ....dont turn on phone download any custom rom flash and enjoy.....it will trip knox but worth than getting a new board....
Okay, will give that a try.
TWRP?
TWRP install
https://dl.twrp.me/dreamlte/twrp-3.2.3-0-dreamlte.img.tar.html: Download link for twrp SM-G950F (dreamlte)
Just said, wait until your device powers off due battery insufficience. Plug cable and hold at the same moment vol(down)+bixby+power. Then press vol(up) at the warning screen to proceed to odin mode. Let it charging a while like 1 h. Then unplug it and plug it to your pc. In Odin select ap the previous downloaded file. Take your mobile in your hand. With one hand, prepare your fingers to vol(up)+bixby and with the other hand start the flashibg process. Be careful, and take your hand directly from the mouse if you clicked start in odin, and position your one finger to power button, but dont click. If odin start pass, press immidiately the buttons (vol(up)+bixby+power) and let it to start into recovery. If you arrived to recovery, reply to us if not search for help!!!
Good luck
memreb
Still trying to get them on. Powered on to download mode but only for a couple of seconds and switched off again.
Can't get them to power on. Buggered
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Still trying to get them on. Powered on to download mode but only for a couple of seconds and switched off again.
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i have the same issue with my s8 but when i boot in download mode the screen goes black but if i press volupe up it connect to odin with black screen you shoud give it a try
Will try that
Okay, downloaded TWRP, can get phone calls nected to Odin but when I extract TWRP it doesn't give a valid file type.
Am I being dumb.
No files appear that Odin will recognise.
Also just shows as "recovery" no .tar or anything
Ignore above. Corrupted download.
Sorted.
Now when flashing TWRP is gets to a fail due to
"Complete (write) fail
Hi you should try flashing official firmware
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Hi you should try flashing official firmware
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The point of the thread us that I am.unable to do that.
So kinda useless post buddy.
Read the OP.
Anyone want two bootlooped S8s? Hahahaha
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Anyone want two bootlooped S8s? Hahahaha
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Not sure what stage your at and maybe some more useless ideas
1. Trying to flash twrp is kinda of useless if you can't get into your system need oem unlock for that.
2. Have you tried taking out Sim card and SD card and reboot.
3. If you can at least boot try smart switch as it has a emergency recovery option.
4. Trying rebooting in safe mode.
All been attempted