It's been a few months but it would either get stuck in the "Galaxy A36" screen or during the "SAMSUNG" screen and after some time just reboot itself on its own, like again and again. A single time it actually went into the OS but crashed after about 15 seconds and never did the same thing ever again. Since then it's been really unpredictable. Sometimes it turn on, sometimes it doesn't react, no matter what kind of buttons you push. Not being able to see the battery state doesn't help either.
Got this phone from a coworker. He's not the type of person to fiddle around with the system, so he didn't try to install a different firmware or anything. I can imagine something went wrong while updating (when did it last get an update though...) or while installing some kind of app or catching a virus. Or maybe the motherboard is just fried, that would be my guess actually.
So, what did i try next? Recovery mode... it seemed to be loading something and crashed shortly after. Next up i tried getting KIES and Smart Switch to work with it, but no response. Got the USB drivers atleast and ODIN connects with it. Tried flashing it with the original firmware. For some reason it failed the first couple of times (i've been reading battery has to be atleast 50% for it to work) but a day later after charging for long time it "worked" and shown me a green PASS. However it still didn't boot up, no matter how long i waited.
Tried recovery mode again but it just shows me a passed out Android man, lol. Tried booting up and sometimes got some messages in red like "Custom binary blocked by FRP lock" and "Recovery is not seandroid enforcing" whatever that means. I know ODIN has some more options, to wipe internals but i'd rather save everything on there. Running out of ideas here. Anyone?
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Hi All,
I've done a fair bit of Googling about this problem and I'm fairly certain my phones (hard) bricked, but I said I'd post just to make sure.
I have a Galaxy Note 4 N910F running a custom rom ( I cant remember which ROM, I think it was like Kyros Final Edition Note 5 Port or something) , I've been running it for a few months with no problem, last night I was uninstalling various apps from my phone, games etc... when my phone froze and turned off, when I turned it back on it was stuck in a bootloop, showing the galaxy note 4 screen vibrating twice and turning off and repeating.
I tried to boot into TWRP but it just froze on the Note 4 logo with "Warranty Bit Recover Set" or something along those lines at the top, when I took the battery out and put it back in, the phone would no longer turn on, nor will it charge, its completely dead.
I somehow managed to get it turned on again after a while, went into download mode and using Odin installed a stock rom, the install went fine however when the phone restarted after the install it said "booting to recovery" and ended up with a dead Android dude and a "no command message" , I got into recovery mode then and cleared the cache. Then I restarted the phone again and the same thing happened.
Now the phone wont turn on again, I've soft reset it, left it plugged in charging for a while and still nothing. Has anyone experienced something similar to my problem before? Any advice/help is much appreciated.
Thanks
Alan
Hello,
I suddenly started to have big problems with my Note4.
Everything went fine for about a half year (I bought the device from ebay).
Then, suddenly without reason, the phone rebooted.
Each day I got more and more reboots (it starts with freezings and then turns off), and eventually the device rebooted every 5-10 minutes.
From time to time, I got the message "kernel panic!" with "emmc read fail".
So I tried my best with google, nearly everyone said that the emmc flash is corrupted and has to be fixed by Samsung - but because my decive has knox 0x1 triggered, this is no option for me.
I already flashed the Stock Rom again with Odin, after a full wipe of everything.
This didnt change the problem.
So I've read about PIT files and repartitioning, and flashed the PIT file for my SM 910F DBT. The reboots cycles changed from every 5-10 minutes to every 30-60 minutes, sometimes everything was fine for some hours, but there still were these suddenly reboots, and everytime I had to remove the battery to got android booting up again.
I cant remove the battery so many times a day, I thought, so I searched for another solution again - thinking of something like checkdisk, to find the corrupted flash cells and maybe exclude them from use, so they couldnt crash the phone.
I found a description with android adb and "fsck" and thought that this may fix my problem - I tried and it failed, because I needed to root my phone again (maybe).
This is why i flashed twrp again. My phone booted in the new, custom recovery automatically. I wanted to put the zip file for superSU and the file for the custom Kernel (think I need that for root?) on my internal SD, so I wanted to shut down and boot normally - TWRP said "heey you dont have root, should we root your phone now? swipe for yes!" or something like that, so I did as they said.
From now on, I werent able to boot into normal android again. Neither into the recovery mode, the screen just stays black.
I can still boot into download mode - but everytime when I try to flash something with odin, odin starts and after a few minutes, he gives a red line : "flash write failure".
I'm totally upset and dont know what to do anymore. Is my note4 dead now, forever?
If you have any suggestions, please write something. I will be very thankfull, I need my phone very badly :/
Edit:
If I try to boot normalley, I got the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Keis & try again."
Kies troubleshooting says that it doesnt support my device..
Chocsy
no idea, everyone? still stuck
Look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/note-4-freezing-restarting-t3348821 , installing wake lock worked for me
Update 2018: emmc chip died later.... Needing wakelock is an indication emmc is going south appearantly
Can anyone PLEASE help??
My partner opted to do a suggested update on her S5, but didn't notice the wifi was off. The phone seemed to have done the update, but shortly after it rebooted itself, then again, then again. The frequency of reboot got quicker and quicker and now it loops between the Galaxy S5 splash screen and the SAMSUNG logo, but doesn't go any further.
I managed to boot the phone into reset mode, cleared the cache and then did a factory reset, but that did nothing to prevent the boot loop.
I then downloaded Odin (ver 10.3.7) and what I believed to be the correct firmware (G900FXXS1CPLV_G900FVFR1CPJ1_G900FXXU1CPIW_HOME.tar.md5).
Having checked the battery was charged, I followed the instructions of connecting the phone via USB, loading the md5 in the AP, checking Auto Reboot and F-Set time in the options and clicking the Odin Start button. I had removed the battery, replaced it and then booted it into the update mode (Power, Home, Volume Down, then volume up) with the screen confirming I was in the right place (....do not unplug.... etc).
The file loaded, (green bar at top of the Odin window on my PC) and Odin reported success. I then disconnected the phone, booted in recovery mode, reset the cache and then did a clear data, factory reset.
The same symptoms prevail, STUCK IN BOOT LOOP!!!!
The only thing different is that if I plug it into the USB on my PC, after a while the phone tries to turn itself on and goes into either a boot loop or freezes on the Galaxy S5 Splash screen or the SAMSUNG Logo.
I am charging another battery (just in case that is in some way to blame) and will try again to replace the firmware, but could I be missing something, do I need to do anything with PIT (I thought this was all taken care of by Odin using the MD5 file) or is there some other test I can perform that will show if the phone is fried???
MANY THANKS for looking!
ur going correct, try to reflash it again through odin and dont disconnect phone until it boots into system, it is taking some good time, so just wait and dont do anything this time like clearing anything or restoring. i hope ull get success.
THANKS - but...
Thanks Rayzen, I will try the whole thing again, but I think there is something more to this than a firmware fault!
There and gone again
OK, so on the 4th attempt I got the phone to take the firmware using Odin, it reported success and the phone rebooted itself (several times) and eventually appeared to boot to a new factory reset.
I put in a SIM card and entered my email and google account details and left it charging over night. This morning when I tried to use it, the screen froze and then it rebooted itself. Hey presto, the phone is back to square one with a boot loop.
ANYONE (please) got any suggestions?
THANKS
No one??
same here, same symptoms, same feeling.
when flash gone right... i feel lucky.. but for half hour only, rebooted and angain in boot loop.
I cannot even boot in recovery. flashed TWRP. from 5 boots in recovery only 1 success.
When trying to wipe phone in TWRP - it hangs.
still trying to install some other (custom) rom. still no success.
hope never dies
same things happened here! now cant get samsung galaxy s5 to boot...............
Are you sure your using right firmware? as it took me a few versions before it booted last time this happened?
Could any please confirm what is the right firmware for samsung galaxy s5 900F
It took another 6 or 7 attempts, left it over night and was about to trash it when it booted.
I then received a 'software update available' message and tried installing it. First attempt put the phone back into boot loop so I reflashed it again using Odin.
That worked immediately the over the network software update installed and now phone is 100%
Very frustrating but I got there!
glad you fixed it! ive tried three different firmwares and still nothing.
trying this one atm
G900FXXU1ANE2_G900FEVR1AND1_G900FXXU1ANE2_HOME.tar
oh and how long do they take to boot when there are sitting at the samsung glowing screen?>
I'm in UK and used what (I had to guess) was the best firmware.
I'll let you know which version it was when I get home tonight.
BUT I had all the problems with a single version and it eventually came good.
I read somewhere that overwriting a different core (from specific providers) with generic firmware, could lead to a world of pain until it gets full replaced... not sure if that's a good description (or has any fact to it) but it seemed to be re-loading and re-loading and re........ for ages, finally cracked it.
well mines booted now!but getting constant errors about samsung push!
If it'still booted, you'very made progress!
Push issues are mentioned elsewhere and can (eventually be sorted) but if you have a booted phone you should be able to get an over the air software update installed from the service provider....?!
I am having an issue booting my S7 Edge (US Unlocked)...thanks in advance for reading
Woke up in the middle of the night, checked a text, pull down menu froze screen, noticed battery at 1%...plugged in to charger
Next morning, black screen with solid blue notification light
Tried restarting several times with same result, but eventually it booted normally (one time)
Phone went back to same state...black screen, blue notification
Tried several restarts and eventually went to recovery mode...cleared cache, rebooted, no luck
Over the last day and a half I tried restarting many times with varying results
Always get "Rebooting Recovery...." on top of screen
Sometimes get Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge" screen, though most often not
Usually get the "Installing updates" screen, then "No Command"
Sometimes (rarely) I can get to recovery screen...though most often not
Sometimes in recovery screen I am frozen (volume buttons don't work for selection)
I can usually get into download mode
I've tried everything I can think of and find to get the phone to restart including letting the battery drain completely and doing a full recharge and restarting without SIM/SD
Any ideas on how I can get into my phone without a hard reset...i'd like to try and backup some files/texts first if at all possible. I haven't been able to get into safe mode
Any files I can load to SD or through ADB that would help?
Phone is stock...no rooting or roms (first time keeping a stock phone...go figure)
Thanks.
I've tried flashing stock firmware from updato and sammobile with no luck. Can never get past the "Recovery Booting...." screen. No help from smartswitch. Anything else I can try?
Having the same issue...
any help would be appreciated.
Tried flashing many times and got several different errors...often if failed on cache.img.ext4
I was able to flash BL + CP + CSC successfully, then flash AP successfully. Still had boot loop issues after that though, so not much progress.
Once I did get the "error...connect to smartswitch" screen, but smartswitch did not recognize device.
Not really sure where to go next from here.
Howdy, all! This is my first post on XDA, and it comes after days of frustration. I'm relatively new to the back-end of phones, especially android. What happened is this:
About 4 or 5 days ago, I woke up to my phone completely dead, despite being plugged in. I tried turning it on, and got stuck on the "Samsung Galaxy S7" screen for a while, and then finally a blue screen with the android logo saying "Installing update." That process seemed to end rather abruptly and then went back to the first loading screen, followed by a black screen, then "Samsung," and repeat. At this point I tried plugging the phone in to see if smart switch would detect it... and this is where my ineptitude with phones starts to show.
I didn't realize that smart switch has an emergency recovery mode under "file," (*sigh*) so when my phone didn't show up on the main screen I assumed the worst. After some google-searches, I went in to clear the cache through Android Recovery. I was still trying to save my data at this point, so I didn't just erase everything and start fresh. I regret that now.
After clearing the cache, I rebooted the system through the menu, and was stuck in loop with the first screen being all black, except for some blue text in the upper left hand corner saying, "Recovery booting." The screen would then flash back to a blue screen with the android logo and "Installing system update," and then go black and repeat the whole process. Getting back into the recovery menu was sporadic after this, but was possible occasionally. This is where my ineptitude REALLY starts to show...
Despite having my current rom version displayed to me multiple times on the recovery menu, I neglected to write it down or record it in any way. Instead, I googled "SM-G935A stock firmware," and was able to find a presumably helpful link on these forums guiding me on flashing stock oreo files through Odin. I say presumably, because in the hands of someone who actually has knowledge on this subject, the thread was incredibly helpful. In my hands, however, it seemed to create a monster. I flashed the stock files downloaded from the link, and all looked good- Odin gave a solid pass, and the phone rebooted to the normal initial two loading screens. And then disaster- another boot loop. But this time, I have no idea what firmware used to be on my phone before I started fooling around.
At this point, I've had one near success with a flash of SM-G935AUCS8CRK1 through Odin where I actually got a blue LED indicator for the first time, as well as the AT&T logo and chime. Now, however, it seems that I either get stuck in that loop, or back to the original "Recovery Booting," "Installing Update," loop.
The phone is not rooted. I don't have a custom recovery installed, and I'm not even sure if I ever got around to enabling developer mode through the OS settings.
ANY help is appreciated. I'm pretty sure I've made the problem significantly worse than it was originally, but I've at least learned a lot in the process- hopefully I won't mess things up this badly in the future! Thanks for taking the time to read through this mess!