Okay , i have to admit, this device is **** for doing basically anything related to custom roms and installation flashes.
Note: I am just a noob, as i got to know what rooting and all this stuff is only like a week ago. So please correct me if i am wrong. All the stuff i post here will be things i did to Get out a bootloop. I'll try and update this thread if i can, but no guarantees cuz honestly i don't know what i am doing half the time lmao.
Anyways hopefully somebody else confirms this stuff:
Also i used LineageOs 17.1, NikGapps signed and magisk 21.4, i had NEVER had problems with twrp and fasboot itself, only problems with GETTING to TWRP and fastboot. if fastboot or recovery is damaged then idk what to do, because it never happened to me
These occured for me when i downloading wrong firmware/ wrong gapps and once when I tried to update gpu drivers, but it just soft bricked my phone:
Okay enough chat, here is the stuff i did to fix a softbrick:
Step 1: if you are stuck on a pure black screen you have to do is hold power and vol up until the realme logo comes back on. Although this is the toughest part to resolve as it didn't work for me consistently. (i tried only power for a minite, then power + vol down, then power + vol up and then suddenly on one power + vol up it started working and put me onto the realme logo).
Step 2: if you are now on the frozen realme logo ur basically chilling. (But also note: when i was trying randomn stuff on the frozen logo, i once felt two or three vibrations and then i went back to the pure black screen. )
Hold Power + Vol up until you feel a vibration and the second u do, keep power+ vol up held and also start holding vol down.
Step 3: thats basically it. U should on fastboot.
if anyone wants to correct me, because there is a chance that i am totally wrong, please do so. I just posted stuff that works for me because i know i can't be the only one who enocuntered this.
if this helped fix your phone please let me know.
Also note that i dont take resposibility for making things worse because i am only speaking empirically. I tried like 10 things, some of them workd and i posted them here. I dont know much about rooting and development yet so please dont hate me if i made things worse.
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I've been trying for over an hour now just to get it into fast boot mode and yet everytime it just boots normally. Now i am aware that you have to press the camera button while power on but obviously i haven't just been trying that i've tried it while powering on while it's on and all of the above to do with pressing the camera button but to no avail so i don't know where else to turn as if i keep going on (which for tonight i'm going to stop) i will destroy the F**ker with a plethora of tools i have downstairs and will enjoy it. it's unbelievably frustrating GAH. Thank you
You must first flash a kdz there is a thread somewhere here
Hi guys,
Been a samsung user since S2, unfortunately ive made people bring me their devices so i can polish them, if not fix.
I got an i9505 at the moment with a very strange issues:
It boots up, hangs on the boot logo.
It boots in Download Mode, but volume up button wont work, i've opened the device and yet the button was fine.
Sometimes just connecting it to the PC using USB, the device vibrates as if it's turning on, though it vibrates every 2-3 seconds. Device is Off btw.
Recovery Mode wont boot, Home Button + Volume Up + Power Button until the thing vibrates, i release the power button, and it just hangs there. Makes me doubt it is not even reaching the point where it knows where the recovery is. However, i got it in to the blueish "booting recovery..." once, but it hanged there as well.
Am clueless here, (re)searching usually brings me near the answer, but it hasnt, i hope the answers here will do it for somebody else.
Edit: since i am doing this out of pure compassion, i have no idea what is loaded inside .
PlutoDelic said:
Hi guys,
Been a samsung user since S2, unfortunately ive made people bring me their devices so i can polish them, if not fix.
I got an i9505 at the moment with a very strange issues:
It boots up, hangs on the boot logo.
It boots in Download Mode, but volume up button wont work, i've opened the device and yet the button was fine.
Sometimes just connecting it to the PC using USB, the device vibrates as if it's turning on, though it vibrates every 2-3 seconds. Device is Off btw.
Recovery Mode wont boot, Home Button + Volume Up + Power Button until the thing vibrates, i release the power button, and it just hangs there. Makes me doubt it is not even reaching the point where it knows where the recovery is. However, i got it in to the blueish "booting recovery..." once, but it hanged there as well.
Am clueless here, (re)searching usually brings me near the answer, but it hasnt, i hope the answers here will do it for somebody else.
Edit: since i am doing this out of pure compassion, i haven o idea what is loaded inside .
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Flash a stock rom base in your country mate via odin and you can download it from here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/ , then once your done downloading the file, Boot into Download mode (Power+VolumeDown) , Open Odin select PDA /AP , Connect both cables (Wait until you get a blue sign in Odin)and flash away.If you encounter any issues with the firmware (Any FC, Bootloop etc)Boot into recovery mode (power+vol up),Choose to wipe/factory reset. (THIS WILL ERASE ALL OF YOUR DATA INCLUDING YOUR INTERNAL SD CARD! Then choose reboot and you should be good to go! Have a nice day
Mate, is there a way to flash through Odin without pressing the Vol Up button, cause i am not aware of that?
I cant get past the first point of download mode, to actually enter you need to press Vol up.
PlutoDelic said:
Mate, is there a way to flash through Odin without pressing the Vol Up button, cause i am not aware of that?
I cant get past the first point of download mode, to actually enter you need to press Vol up.
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try to remove your battery for 10 sec and put it back mate , and then try O press and hold Power+Volumedown to see if you can boot it. or you can try to connect to kies 3
Already done that tbh. Battery was off for like a day. I was hoping for that qualcomm boot mode, but doesnt seem to work.
PlutoDelic said:
Already done that tbh. Battery was off for like a day. I was hoping for that qualcomm boot mode, but doesnt seem to work.
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I think the best u can do is get it to the service center for repair
Joku1981 said:
I think the best u can do is get it to the service center for repair
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Hence the thread. There was no other option left.
I usually do this to gain the knowledge for future use, is this a common death for the S4. the user that had it is definitely not a flasher, what couldve gone wrong?
PlutoDelic said:
Hence the thread. There was no other option left.
I usually do this to gain the knowledge for future use, is this a common death for the S4. the user that had it is definitely not a flasher, what couldve gone wrong?
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Options:
- WATER inside the phone
- Motherboard failed
- The phone felt to the ground
I'm running TWRP and tried Cloudystock which just boot loops. So I tried the vol down + power button trick to get into recovery/factory reset screen but it just doesn't work. I've read dozens of posts about how to do it and even videos just to make sure I am not going insane. I turn the device off by holding the power button. Release. Then press both power and vol down, soon as I see LG logo I release both and press them both again and NOTHING happens, it just tries to load the rom. I can get into download mode however.
My fingers hurt from holding these damn buttons in. In desperation I've even tried vol up and all 3 and everything in between. I've tried with power cable in and out and still the same result. I managed to do it earlier today but now nothing. What gives?
My concern is, while there are ways of going back to factory etc, I have some Titanium backups and photos I do not want to lose.
And how does one get into fastboot mode? Because I can find nothing on it, apart from people saying they are stuck in it. I wish I was.
As I said, I know I can follow some threads and return to stock, but I am assuming that will wipe the entire phone, losing all files and photos, which I don't want to do.
Sitting here at 3:30AM, hoping against hope.
hmm
Good evening everyone, i'm having a serious issue with my samsung A5. It was rooted, with custom recovery and custorm rom (Android 6.1 i think).
2 Days ago, a chewingum got stuck on my screen. I tried to remove it with nail paint remover, it did the trick but then my home button stopped working: the button itself can be pressed normally, but it won't work. I also experienced randomly long home button press actions, so i decided to turn them off. I thought that few drops of liquid may actually have gone beneath the home button. Few hours later, i experienced more issues: volume going up without anyone pressing the button (and the buttons are not stuck at all, and that side never got close to liquids), power button not doing his job etc. I tried to do a soft reset by recovery (cleaning cache and dalvik) but i ended up aslo factory resetting it for a distraction. Reconfigured the device, everything was back to normal (except the home button) but then i also experienced a couple of random volume up and crashes upon making phonecalls. SO i decided to reflash the entire rom, downloaded it + gapps, put into the decide, rebooted in recovery. Wipe cache, dalvik and also system i think, then i tried to intall the zip files but they were not there (probably i should have avoided wiping system, i get confused sometimes). I turned the device off and on, and now i'm stuck on bootloop (regular mode), can reboot it but it seems i can't go in either recovery or donwload mode (so no odin flash). Device is not recognized by the Pc. I keep rebooting it with power + home + volume down and as soon as i see the screen turn black, i try to press again volume up + home to enter recovery, but it goes straight to bootloop.
Any idea on how getting out of this situation? Thank you in advance
Dharmost said:
Good evening everyone, i'm having a serious issue with my samsung A5. It was rooted, with custom recovery and custorm rom (Android 6.1 i think).
2 Days ago, a chewingum got stuck on my screen. I tried to remove it with nail paint remover, it did the trick but then my home button stopped working: the button itself can be pressed normally, but it won't work. I also experienced randomly long home button press actions, so i decided to turn them off. I thought that few drops of liquid may actually have gone beneath the home button. Few hours later, i experienced more issues: volume going up without anyone pressing the button (and the buttons are not stuck at all, and that side never got close to liquids), power button not doing his job etc. I tried to do a soft reset by recovery (cleaning cache and dalvik) but i ended up aslo factory resetting it for a distraction. Reconfigured the device, everything was back to normal (except the home button) but then i also experienced a couple of random volume up and crashes upon making phonecalls. SO i decided to reflash the entire rom, downloaded it + gapps, put into the decide, rebooted in recovery. Wipe cache, dalvik and also system i think, then i tried to intall the zip files but they were not there (probably i should have avoided wiping system, i get confused sometimes). I turned the device off and on, and now i'm stuck on bootloop (regular mode), can reboot it but it seems i can't go in either recovery or donwload mode (so no odin flash). Device is not recognized by the Pc. I keep rebooting it with power + home + volume down and as soon as i see the screen turn black, i try to press again volume up + home to enter recovery, but it goes straight to bootloop.
Any idea on how getting out of this situation? Thank you in advance
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Sadly, no software can fix broken hardware, it's probably best, as you'll now know, not to pour chemical liquids onto electrical devices, and just what kind of chewing gum exists that requires such extreme cleaning measures from a flat, non-porous surface I'll never know.
That said, as for rebooting, a force-restart on your device *doesn't* require you to hold Home+Volume down+Power, that should only reboot you to bootloader/download mode.
Try again only holding Power+Volume Down. THEN, when your screen goes fully black, immediately switch to Power+Volume up+Home.
You should then boot into recovery mode without any loop.
Good luck!
D4ND310 said:
Sadly, no software can fix broken hardware, it's probably best, as you'll now know, not to pour chemical liquids onto electrical devices, and just what kind of chewing gum exists that requires such extreme cleaning measures from a flat, non-porous surface I'll never know.
That said, as for rebooting, a force-restart on your device *doesn't* require you to hold Home+Volume down+Power, that should only reboot you to bootloader/download mode.
Try again only holding Power+Volume Down. THEN, when your screen goes fully black, immediately switch to Power+Volume up+Home.
You should then boot into recovery mode without any loop.
Good luck!
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I didn't dip the smartphone into a cup of liquid, i just took a piece of cotton, poured a bit of nail pain remover (don't know the exact name in english, sorry) on it and then scratched the part where the chewing gum was on (on the soft touch back key, which works 100% fine).
I am trying using the method you described, but it seems i can't go into recovery. Maybe i'm not quick enough! will keep trying. If you have any other suggestions i will be glad to hear that!
You could try to make a USB jig, or buy one off of eBay. They're really cheap. Its basicly just a resistens that force the phone to download mode. It have worked fine for all my Sammy's including A310 so it probably works for A (15) series as well.
Just put it in USB connector and press power for a few secs and you should be in download mode.
Just an idea if everything else fails
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go to samsung
A hardware problem could NEVER be fixed by software ways... Unfortunatelly...
It seems that liquid made some changes on your PCB (maybe dissolved some isolators inside??)...
Anyway, go to service or replace it!
Hello everyone, i've updates about my problem and i would be glad if you could kindly point me in the right direction.
I purchased an USB Jig as suggested by one of you guys, i forced the device into dowload mode and installed a fresh stock firmware + custom recovery. When i try to boot i get a bootloop on samsung logo, and can't go into recovery probably because of the broken home button. I would like to enter recovery by using ADB command, i used to do it in the early days of Android but i'm a bit rusty and all the guides tell the procedure from an already functioning device. Since i can start it properly, is there a way to reboot it in recovery via ADB?
Thank you in advance
Dharmost said:
Hello everyone, i've updates about my problem and i would be glad if you could kindly point me in the right direction.
I purchased an USB Jig as suggested by one of you guys, i forced the device into dowload mode and installed a fresh stock firmware + custom recovery. When i try to boot i get a bootloop on samsung logo, and can't go into recovery probably because of the broken home button. I would like to enter recovery by using ADB command, i used to do it in the early days of Android but i'm a bit rusty and all the guides tell the procedure from an already functioning device. Since i can start it properly, is there a way to reboot it in recovery via ADB?
Thank you in advance
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if you can access Download mode try this. hold volume down+home+power button. once the screen is black simply turn your finger to volume up while still holding the power and home button then release when SAMSUNG appears.
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babyyeobo14 said:
if you can access Download mode try this. hold volume down+home+power button. once the screen is black simply turn your finger to volume up while still holding the power and home button then release when SAMSUNG appears.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but still couldn't get into recovery. I think the home button is really broken, therefore i need to access recovery in another way.
Cause i flashed the stock samsung firmware twice with odin and i can't still start the phone properly, every guide says that a wipe of cache and dalvik solves the situation. But i need to get into recovery for that.
I can't go into recovery with normal procedure probably because the home button is not working, and all the guides about adb commands say that you need to plug in your phone when it has fully started. So i either need a way to force the device into recovery with my computer, or a firmware that once flashed doesn't give me bootloop
Hey guys,
So here it goes. Phone was getting really slow, so I did a factory reset on it. Worked pretty fine for a few days and then suddenly yesterday phone started freezing while starting. Just get to see the HTC Logo but thats it. I have not unlocked the bootloader since I never felt the need to root my phone.
I have absolutely ZERO experience in rooting a phone or flashing the ROM. Please provide me a dummy's guide to fix the darn thing and get it running back up.
P.S:- I have the 4GB/64GB version
abhishek018 said:
Hey guys,
So here it goes. Phone was getting really slow, so I did a factory reset on it. Worked pretty fine for a few days and then suddenly yesterday phone started freezing while starting. Just get to see the HTC Logo but thats it. I have not unlocked the bootloader since I never felt the need to root my phone.
I have absolutely ZERO experience in rooting a phone or flashing the ROM. Please provide me a dummy's guide to fix the darn thing and get it running back up.
P.S:- I have the 4GB/64GB version
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Can you boot to download mode
abhishek018 said:
Hey guys,
So here it goes. Phone was getting really slow, so I did a factory reset on it. Worked pretty fine for a few days and then suddenly yesterday phone started freezing while starting. Just get to see the HTC Logo but thats it. I have not unlocked the bootloader since I never felt the need to root my phone.
I have absolutely ZERO experience in rooting a phone or flashing the ROM. Please provide me a dummy's guide to fix the darn thing and get it running back up.
P.S:- I have the 4GB/64GB version
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hi,
press and hold volume down + power key until the phone start into fastboot mode
then chose with volume up/down the "reboot to bootloader" press power button, then a white screen with colorfull font appers
then chose "boot recovery mode" in the same way as before and press power button, then a screen with a red exclamtion mark appears,
now press and hold power button + press volume up key several times, a screen appers,
now chose "WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET" and press power key,
after this has finished maybe there is a reboot option, chose it and press power button
this should bring your phone back to life
if not, or your phone makes noise or huanging, press and hold volume down + power key until the phone goes into fastboot there you can power down
if your phone does not boot normal then your phone need to send into service...
davi133