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Galaxy Note stuck at boot screen after OTA update

Hi, My note is stuck at boot screen after the official OTA update. I tried googling but most seems to pertain to Rooted/flashed phones.
Mine is a new note which has not been rooted at all in the past. I downloaded to OTA update and it has been stuck at the bootscreen for the past few hours.
Any help appreciated!

1. Try pulling out the battery for a few minutes.
2. Boot into recovery mode and wipe cache and dalvik cache.

should i also wipe the data/factory reset in recovery mode?

No. God forbid, then you might end up with a superbrick

Thanks for your help
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

Unable to enter recovery mode
Hey I got similar problem, my phone gets stuck at Samsung logo screen. I am unable to enter recovery mode. When it shows android update screen after pressing recovery mode combination, my phone restarts.
Is there anyway I can get back normal mode without losing data on phone

indianphoenix said:
Hey I got similar problem, my phone gets stuck at Samsung logo screen. I am unable to enter recovery mode. When it shows android update screen after pressing recovery mode combination, my phone restarts.
Is there anyway I can get back normal mode without losing data on phone
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Keep them pressed for 3 seconds more then you end up to recovery. They need to be pressed while booting the device from reboot or off state, then you will end up in recovery or download mode.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

Yesterday, I received an OTA on my galaxy note and now it is also stuck in boot screen with the breathing samsung logo.
I tried to go into recovery mode using the 3 button combo, but it wouldnt enter into recovery mode. I get the green android logo with wire mesh and the phone reboots.
Can someone help me to boot my phone?

Got mine backup and running after OTA update gave me Samsung logo freeze issue
So after the 7MB OTA stability patch mine too was stuck on samsung logo.
Kies wouldn't recover it and putting into download mode or recovery mode didn't help. I too tried to go into recovery mode using the 3 button combo, but it wouldnt enter into recovery mode. I get the green android logo with wire mesh and the phone reboots but i didn't at the time try for 3 more seconds.
I then used ODIN and applied a downloaded Aussie Gingerbread ROM as i couldn't find Aussie ICS ROM. With my plan to do a Kies/wifi update to ICS. This caused acore and other processes to crash every few seconds. I then did a factory reset which got it stable and then tried to update to ICS but the phone said there were no updates available. Then I applied the international ICS using ODIN so i'm back were i was two days ago before the stupid 7MB patch.
Unfortunately, I don't think i can get anymore OTA updates but after the 7MB one i don't think i want to.
Long story short i think you should be able to go into recovery mode do a factory reset and it should be OK.

bigwalabig said:
Hi, My note is stuck at boot screen after the official OTA update. I tried googling but most seems to pertain to Rooted/flashed phones.
Mine is a new note which has not been rooted at all in the past. I downloaded to OTA update and it has been stuck at the bootscreen for the past few hours.
Any help appreciated!
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U can download stock ics and flash it through pc odin. Cheers.
Press 3 combo button to enter download mode and plug ur cable data once u have open pc odin with downloaded rom on pda :beer:
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ODIN voids warranty?
I have the same issue after receiving 7MB OTA update. I am unable to go into recovery mode(same green robot and wire mesh etc...), so i am going to use ODIN method... but will flashing stock ROM using ODIN void my warranty?? I am not rooted.
Thanks.

vinit.the.one said:
I have the same issue after receiving 7MB OTA update. I am unable to go into recovery mode(same green robot and wire mesh etc...), so i am going to use ODIN method... but will flashing stock ROM using ODIN void my warranty?? I am not rooted.
Thanks.
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To flash yoi have to root...which voids warranty
But not to worry
Check the videos in my sig...it will explain how to succesfully unroot and get back to normal :good:

Rulinglionadi said:
To flash yoi have to root...which voids warranty
But not to worry
Check the videos in my sig...it will explain how to succesfully unroot and get back to normal :good:
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Thanks.... but this is my aunt's phone, so rooting is not an option. I use HTC Hero... and we have RUU which we run on the PC and everything is restored to stock.... it removes root if you have it and also runs without root. Is there anything similar for samsung devices?
Also, now I am considering going for warranty repair... didnt want to do that at first as i have a really bad experience with HTC service centers... now lets see what samsung does..!!

Same problem here please find a fix!!

Rulinglionadi said:
To flash yoi have to root...which voids warranty
But not to worry
Check the videos in my sig...it will explain how to succesfully unroot and get back to normal :good:
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You don't need root to flash stock with PC Odin, and flashing any stock does not affect warranty. To use Odin you need phone in download mode (vol down, home and power until reboot into download)
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SOLVED!
vinit.the.one said:
I have the same issue after receiving 7MB OTA update. I am unable to go into recovery mode(same green robot and wire mesh etc...), so i am going to use ODIN method... but will flashing stock ROM using ODIN void my warranty?? I am not rooted.
Thanks.
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Just flash it using the same os version you already have installed in my case I had the same problem with this little ota update and I've just flash it with the same ics version that was installed and my phone was back with all my stuff and rooted... once you finish doing the re flash you'll get an on screen message saying "Fail to update try using samsung kies on your computer" or something like that...

Thanks... but I went for warranty repair .. and I got it back in 2 hours..... unfortunately I lost all my data .. even on external partition. Now it is on ICS and still I have a notification for available update ... which I wont do.
Anyone has had success with that update?
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Galaxy Note stuck at Samsung logo after automatic update..PLEASE HELP..!!

Hi guys,
First of all m a noob here and got here after doing alot opf research on google but have not find any solution yet. I have got a major issue with Galaxy note, never been rooted.
So I have been using ICS on my Galaxy Note for almost a month now, and a week ago, I saw a message telling me that an update had been downloaded and the phone would be rebooted to install the update.
I clicked the OK button in the dialog box, and my phone did reboot but is now stuck at the flashing Samsung logo (after the initial musical animation, which incidentally was terminated midway).The phone got quite hot after about 20 minutes, so I switched it off by pressing the power button. Then I switched it back on after a while, and it was stuck at the flashing Samsung logo. N now its stuck there..
Restart does not work...
Recharging does not work...
Battery swap does not work..
I contacted the service center, they say they will flash the firmware but all the data will be lost and also they are not taking this in WARRNTY.
Can anyone help me with this please.. its been dead for a week now.
sorry for bad english

re:
Also tried POWER OFF+VOL UP+HOME .. a android green logo comes up. but again phones goes to samsung logo and stucks...
however,POWER OFF+VOL DOWN+HOME button gets me to a yello triangle logo and asks if you want to install custom rom...
Please help me guys...!!

^^
where you using the stock kernel itself on ICS?
do the latter..
boot to download mode, then try to flash your phone back to GB using PC ODIN. Once it's in stock GB, work your way up again to ICS. And oh by the way.. sorry to tell you this, but I don't think you can recover back your data after since this process will erase everything on your phone.

letters_to_cleo said:
^^
where you using the stock kernel itself on ICS?
do the latter..
boot to download mode, then try to flash your phone back to GB using PC ODIN. Once it's in stock GB, work your way up again to ICS. And oh by the way.. sorry to tell you this, but I don't think you can recover back your data after since this process will erase everything on your phone.
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Thank you for the quick rply Sir,
actually i have no idea about stock kernel, as i said my phone was unrooted ,and only thing i did was using just small cracked apps sometimes.
So which stock GB should i download, there are so many here and m confused which one will work for me.
Thanks in advance Sir.

ankyyy said:
Thank you for the quick rply Sir,
actually i have no idea about stock kernel, as i said my phone was unrooted ,and only thing i did was using just small cracked apps sometimes.
So which stock GB should i download, there are so many here and m confused which one will work for me.
Thanks in advance Sir.
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hey.. dont' sir me.. we're not in the Army or in the military here okay Just call me John.. that's my name...
Here - >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 (courtesy of our good 'ol doc Ketan), Look for the stock GB of your region ( Page #2) and download it on your PC. Use PC Odin to flash it to your phone (in download mode)

letters_to_cleo said:
hey.. dont' sir me.. we're not in the Army or in the military here okay Just call me John.. that's my name...
Here - >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 (courtesy of our good 'ol doc Ketan), Look for the stock GB of your region ( Page #2) and download it on your PC. Use PC Odin to flash it to your phone (in download mode)
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Ok, Thanks again John.
i have i more doubt. The stock rom thread says "Install Kies on your computer, connect your phone and make sure that all the drivers installed correctly". i have installed kies but when i connect my phone to it, it gives me Mtb driver bot installed properly error.. would it create a problem?

Yes it would.. try to completely uninstall and reinstall Kies and try later on, to plug your phone again.

letters_to_cleo said:
Yes it would.. try to completely uninstall and reinstall Kies and try later on, to plug your phone again.
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Ok John,
M following your steps now,reinstalling kies and then flashing with gb rom. Hope it would work well. Will update you whatever happens.
Thanks again Bro,,!!

Sure! no fret! you can do it.. have confidence in yourself bud.
By the way.. don't forget my sig below?

[Q] Soft/Hard Bricked n7000?

Hey Guys im new here. In a REAAALYY messed up situation right now.
PLEASE HELP!!!:crying::crying::crying:
Had Carbon kitkat 4.4.2 rom flashed with Philz touch 6.19.
Phone suddenly crashed while using Whatsapp. It did not switch on,when i tried.
Tried re-flashing original stock 4.1.2 firmware (india version,coz im in India).
Used only PDA file(thats what was suggested in a website).
Flashed with Odin 3 v3.07. Got a "PASS" message.
BUT now came the problem. Phone got stuck at Samsung logo and switched off. Battery was about 70%
So I removed battery and restarted phone but same problem. Then I booted phone to stock recovery.
Did "data wipe/factory reset" and then "reboot now" option. Same result,i.e booted till samsung logo and then switched off.
So I again re-flashed stock 4.1.2 firmware(india version),but this time using Odin 3 v3.04(i know it may not make a difference).
Again got a "PASS" message.
Now, it started booting ,started downloading apps(eg:"downloading apps 32 of 63"...,etc).
After this phone booted to Stock Recovery.
This time i did "Reboot now"
It rebooted back to Stock recovery.
Again i did "reboot system" and then it booted back to stock recovery.
So kinda stuck in stock recovery loop.
If i unplug phone from PC,none of the buttons give a reponse(No download mode,stock recovery)
Is it hard bricked,coz when i plug phone back,i can get to download mode and stock recovery,just that it keeps rebooting to stock recovery again and again.
PLEASE HELP. Found everywhere on the net possible,couldn't find anything!
My dad would kill me if he got to know! :crying::crying::crying:
i know im asking for too much,being a new member,but please reply ASAP. Im freaking out here

Instead of pc, check with the charger connected... Could be a battery issue.

nokiamodeln91 said:
Instead of pc, check with the charger connected... Could be a battery issue.
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Maybe.But my battery was perfect before all this problem started. Its weird if it would just die off suddenly.
Also, i tried the wall charger,and the cable with another phone and its working properly.
I also tried charging with another charger,
Anyway, i tried charging via wall adapter, but then it automatically boots into Stock Recovery, even if i do not press any buttons.
even If i remove battery,put it on again and then put phone on charge,it automatically boots into stock recovery, without pressing any buttons.
And of course,pressing"reboot now" again boots it back to stock recovery.
Odin flash was successful with "PASS" message, and also i tried to factory reset and then "reboot sys now" but it made no difference.

avincric said:
Maybe.But my battery was perfect before all this problem started. Its weird if it would just die off suddenly.
Also, i tried the wall charger,and the cable with another phone and its working properly.
I also tried charging with another charger,
Anyway, i tried charging via wall adapter, but then it automatically boots into Stock Recovery, even if i do not press any buttons.
even If i remove battery,put it on again and then put phone on charge,it automatically boots into stock recovery, without pressing any buttons.
And of course,pressing"reboot now" again boots it back to stock recovery.
Odin flash was successful with "PASS" message, and also i tried to factory reset and then "reboot sys now" but it made no difference.
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Do u have KIES Disabled during odin? Are you using odin as Administrator? Did u disable firewall and antivirus when flashing with odin? Do u have the necessary files to root it in your sd card?A suggestion only that in your state, try rooting, installing recovery, and flash a custom rom to check if it boots
Note: You don't really have to install india vers. just because you're in india. Try newest ver available.

avincric said:
Maybe.But my battery was perfect before all this problem started. Its weird if it would just die off suddenly.
Also, i tried the wall charger,and the cable with another phone and its working properly.
I also tried charging with another charger,
Anyway, i tried charging via wall adapter, but then it automatically boots into Stock Recovery, even if i do not press any buttons.
even If i remove battery,put it on again and then put phone on charge,it automatically boots into stock recovery, without pressing any buttons.
And of course,pressing"reboot now" again boots it back to stock recovery.
Odin flash was successful with "PASS" message, and also i tried to factory reset and then "reboot sys now" but it made no difference.
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Try flashing philz ddlsc kernel using odin. Then boot into recovery. This time you will get cwm. Format system, data cache and preload. Then go to advanced menu/power options and choose reboot download. Connect to pc and flash the rom again.

Jackwu696 said:
Do u have KIES Disabled during odin? Are you using odin as Administrator? Did u disable firewall and antivirus when flashing with odin? Do u have the necessary files to root it in your sd card?A suggestion only that in your state, try rooting, installing recovery, and flash a custom rom to check if it boots
Note: You don't really have to install india vers. just because you're in india. Try newest ver available.
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thanks.let me try it out and i 'll tell you how it goes!

nokiamodeln91 said:
Try flashing philz ddlsc kernel using odin. Then boot into recovery. This time you will get cwm. Format system, data cache and preload. Then go to advanced menu/power options and choose reboot download. Connect to pc and flash the rom again.
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let me try it out,hope it works!:fingers-crossed:

avincric said:
thanks.let me try it out and i 'll tell you how it goes!
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The problem's worse now. Cant get phone to recovery mode. Only can boot into download mode.
As soon as i plug in for charge,the empty battery photo keeps popping on and off. Thats it.
I can only enter download mode,and not recovery mode.:crying:

avincric said:
The problem's worse now. Cant get phone to recovery mode. Only can boot into download mode.
As soon as i plug in for charge,the empty battery photo keeps popping on and off. Thats it.
I can only enter download mode,and not recovery mode.:crying:
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Were you able to flash the kernel?

Jackwu696 said:
Do u have KIES Disabled during odin? Are you using odin as Administrator? Did u disable firewall and antivirus when flashing with odin? Do u have the necessary files to root it in your sd card?A suggestion only that in your state, try rooting, installing recovery, and flash a custom rom to check if it boots
Note: You don't really have to install india vers. just because you're in india. Try newest ver available.
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The problem's worse now. Cant get phone to recovery mode. Only can boot into download mode.
As soon as i plug in for charge,the empty battery photo keeps popping on and off. Thats it.
I can only enter download mode,and not recovery mode.:crying:

nokiamodeln91 said:
Were you able to flash the kernel?
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No i couldn't, till yesterday phone was booting to stock recovery, but today, when i tried to follow your method, i put phone on charge but its not booting to stock recovery.

avincric said:
No i couldn't, till yesterday phone was booting to stock recovery, but today, when i tried to follow your method, i put phone on charge but its not booting to stock recovery.
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what the hell??? i have exactly the same problem! since yesterday!

dnlmihaila said:
what the hell??? i have exactly the same problem! since yesterday!
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yeah. i don't know what to do now. I'm going to try flashing the ICS stock firmware using Odin.
If that doesn't work,then I think i'll have to take it to some mobile phone repair centre.

avincric said:
yeah. i don't know what to do now. I'm going to try flashing the ICS stock firmware using Odin.
If that doesn't work,then I think i'll have to take it to some mobile phone repair centre.
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i tried GB, ICS... the same problem... is there anyone who solved this problem??

dnlmihaila said:
i tried GB, ICS... the same problem... is there anyone who solved this problem??
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I don't think so.I searched over the internet a lot.I couldn't find it at all. That's why i created this thread.

avincric said:
I don't think so.I searched over the internet a lot.I couldn't find it at all. That's why i created this thread.
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i have the solution for this big problem! today i went to a gsm service and tested all the ways to bring back my phone to life. i found only one solution that worked! i changed the battery. the mah part is dead and there is no way to bring it back to life, at least this is what i heard...

dnlmihaila said:
i have the solution for this big problem! today i went to a gsm service and tested all the ways to bring back my phone to life. i found only one solution that worked! i changed the battery. the mah part is dead and there is no way to bring it back to life, at least this is what i heard...
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I see. so after you changed the battery, did the phone boot up?
and if it did , did it boot up into the last firmware you had tried to flash?(i.e.,ICS,GB or JB)?

avincric said:
I see. so after you changed the battery, did the phone boot up?
and if it did , did it boot up into the last firmware you had tried to flash?(i.e.,ICS,GB or JB)?
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ok... so here is the history... i flashed at the gsm service ics 4.0.4 with their gadgets, not through odin... everything went well in the flashing process. after the flash was done, the old symptoms came back. so i tested tthe phone with another battery and the phone starder to work. i did not test my battery on other phone, but i am sure it's dead...

dnlmihaila said:
ok... so here is the history... i flashed at the gsm service ics 4.0.4 with their gadgets, not through odin... everything went well in the flashing process. after the flash was done, the old symptoms came back. so i tested tthe phone with another battery and the phone starder to work. i did not test my battery on other phone, but i am sure it's dead...
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I see.thanks! let me see if that works for me...

[Q] Issue on GT-N7000

Hi Team XDA,
I am facing issues with my GT-N7000
1. I was running on Slim saber 4.4.4 with TWRP
2. I flashed CWM 6.0.4.5 in TWRP and after restart my phone went in to Bootloop.
3. Then I restarted my phone on Download mode and flashed Stock Rom 4.1.2 from Sam Mobile on my GT-N7000 using Odin
4. It Stuck on Samsung logo again
5. I was trying to boot recovery mode but it was not booting (to wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik Cache)
6. I am able to start phone in Download Mode only and not Recovery mode. (using Hardware Keys)
Can anyone help me out coming out of this. I still believe if i can wipe my data/Dalvik/System Cache using ODIN my phone will start.

NikhilDj26 said:
Hi Team XDA,
I am facing issues with my GT-N7000
Can anyone help me out coming out of this. I still believe if i can wipe my data/Dalvik/System Cache using ODIN my phone will start.
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kinda strange issue,
usually if you've already flashed the original Samsung firmware, it will come together with "built-in" recovery which "possible" to be access in any circumstances,
hmmm, try to do odin again, with different frimware version from different country (I also didn't use my own country firmware) :silly:
by default, try to disable "auto-reboot" option on the odin,
once you've complete flashed the firmware, try to remove the battery for moment, and boot into recovery,
should be working
give it a try, I used to do it in my S Plus, :silly:

kazuna69 said:
kinda strange issue,
usually if you've already flashed the original Samsung firmware, it will come together with "built-in" recovery which "possible" to be access in any circumstances,
hmmm, try to do odin again, with different frimware version from different country (I also didn't use my own country firmware) :silly:
by default, try to disable "auto-reboot" option on the odin,
once you've complete flashed the firmware, try to remove the battery for moment, and boot into recovery,
should be working
give it a try, I used to do it in my S Plus, :silly:
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Nope. Its not booting in Recovery mode. I tried installing firmware from different countries.. but same case.
Even with CWM it is not booting in recovery.

NikhilDj26 said:
Nope. Its not booting in Recovery mode. I tried installing firmware from different countries.. but same case.
Even with CWM it is not booting in recovery.
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hmm, strange, however I did do some research for this kind of issues,
and most of my finding stated it might to do with hardware issues (case where unable to boot normally, only download mode),
however, I do believe you can try with older version of firmware (probably last year?)
and try disable "auto-reboot" on the odin,
upon odin stated "reset" quickly pull out the battery (providing the screen is completely closed/off)
and try to reboot into recovery mode by it combinational keys, "volume up + home + power" (hold it a bit longer till samsung logo disappear) :silly:
I've even try to soft-bricked my S Plus, and try this one, seems I can boot both normally and recovery (to do wipe)

[Q] Note 4 N910T stuck on boot screen

Hi,
My phone -Note 4 N910T- is stucked at bootscreen, and it can not to boot into recovery mode too. It is bootloop after upgrading by OTA from Kitkat 4.4.4 - N910TUVU1ANK4.
I tried to flash stock firmware( using both "N910TUVU1ANK4" and "N910TUVU1COD6" ), or full files stock firmware ( included PIT files),but it hasn't worked. I also tried to flash by Smatch Swich, everything seem OK but it can not fix.
I attached some photos of my problem for your reference.
Please help me.
Thanks,

You didn't mention if you tried using Kies?

DigitalChris602 said:
You didn't mention if you tried using Kies?
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I tried using Kies too, but it did not work.:crying::crying::crying:

I was going to suggest the same thing. Try using Kies and go to Tools\Emergency firmware recovery and see if that works.

Can you get into download mode?

Karakoram2 said:
Can you get into download mode?
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Yes, I can. One of my attached photos has shown as above. I tried to flash via ODIN or Smart Switch ( Kies 3), the program has shown OK but I still got the problem.

saclyvn said:
Yes, I can. One of my attached photos has shown as above. I tried to flash via ODIN or Smart Switch ( Kies 3), the program has shown OK but I still got the problem.
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It is pretty hard to brick these phones. Just in case you have a bad file or something. Grab the zip and follow these instructions. I know that all these files in this zip are good so it is worth a shot.
Even if you know what you are doing, follow the instructions exactly, you may be overlooking something. It happens to everyone sometimes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56226823&postcount=2

After you odin whichever firmware you flashed, wait about 10 min or so on that boot screen that is stucked. Then pull the battery out. Go into stock recovery but power+home+vol up. Then select wipe data/reset. Reboot and it should boot just fine.
At least that's how i fixed my phone that stuck few times like what you going through.

mutantblack said:
After you odin whichever firmware you flashed, wait about 10 min or so on that boot screen that is stucked. Then pull the battery out. Go into stock recovery but power+home+vol up. Then select wipe data/reset. Reboot and it should boot just fine.
At least that's how i fixed my phone that stuck few times like what you going through.
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The problem is my phone can not access to stock recovery or TWRP recovery. It just stuck at first bootscreen which is shown "Samsung Galaxy Note 4 powered by Android", then restart and stuck again. So that I can not wipe data or reset to fix.

saclyvn said:
The problem is my phone can not access to stock recovery or TWRP recovery. It just stuck at first bootscreen which is shown "Samsung Galaxy Note 4 powered by Android", then restart and stuck again. So that I can not wipe data or reset to fix.
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Since you can still get into download mode, what happens if you flash TWRP through ODIN? Step 10 in the instructions I posted assuming it is still rooted or start at step 8 if not. Just to see if you can get recovery working again.

You are wasting time...start over, it's your best and quickest fix....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...sy-steps-stock-odin-n910tuvu1anih-cf-t2903733