I have stock at&t S5 and it was working fine then just went it a bootloop. Tried going into recovery and doing a factory reset and even wiped cache and it still does it. Any ideas how i can get the thing to boot up? I have called for a warranty replacement but i's rather not wait for that if i do not have to.
thanks.
lfaulkner29 said:
I have stock at&t S5 and it was working fine then just went it a bootloop. Tried going into recovery and doing a factory reset and even wiped cache and it still does it. Any ideas how i can get the thing to boot up? I have called for a warranty replacement but i's rather not wait for that if i do not have to.
thanks.
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you did absolutely nothing prior to the bootloop?
i would use odin on a pc and odin the full stock tar (for your att s5) in AP slot.. this will wipe everything on internal memory but should work if nothing else is wrong
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i didn't do anything out of the ordinary no. just using some apps. i got it to actually boot if the usb cord was plugged into it when it rebooted which is kinda weird. anyways, it's working now so i'll mess with it and see if it does it again.
It appears to be a battery problem. Borrowed a friends battery and didn't have the problem, so I have ordered a new battery. Hopefully that will do the trick.
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Alright, here's the story. I needed to unlock my phone, so I looked up a few guides. I found one that I like and was checking to see if the ROM I had installed would allow me to enter in my unlock code after I got it, unfortunately it wouldn't. So I decided to flash the stock ROM for my phone. Odin did it's job, and everything seemed to go alright, but after Odin finished up, the phone still remained in the boot screen. I let it sit for a while, and it continued on for about half an hour. I restarted it, went to go do some things. I came back hoping that my problem would be solved, but nope, still a looping boot animation. Has anyone else had this problem, or have some idea on how I might work around this?
TLR; Phone is stuck on boot animation after flashing Stock ROM.
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Alright, here's the story. I needed to unlock my phone, so I looked up a few guides. I found one that I like and was checking to see if the ROM I had installed would allow me to enter in my unlock code after I got it, unfortunately it wouldn't. So I decided to flash the stock ROM for my phone. Odin did it's job, and everything seemed to go alright, but after Odin finished up, the phone still remained in the boot screen. I let it sit for a while, and it continued on for about half an hour. I restarted it, went to go do some things. I came back hoping that my problem would be solved, but nope, still a looping boot animation. Has anyone else had this problem, or have some idea on how I might work around this?
TLR; Phone is stuck on boot animation after flashing Stock ROM.
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Enter recovery and wipe data
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[B]thats the hardest brick man[/B]
happened to me while doing something stupid to my kernel... believe me it is impossible to fix.
i took it to my ISP they said its liquid damage but it wasnt i knew... they said BER(beyond economic repair)
so i took it to samsung and collected it after 10-15 days. from the looks of things they changed my motherboard.
you can return it even if warranty is void(they cannot tell if its void or not)
mine only blinked when i tried recovery,download or charge and showed logo when i turn on only.
Hi There,
You will need to enter the Recovery Mode and Have a Factory Reset and Wipe Dalvik cache. If the device doesnt enter recovery you can force it to do so using JIGG or Heidmall. After wiping if still no progress. You should check whether you have flashed the correct stock rom according to your Country.
Hi.
Since yesterday my galaxy s3 lte i9305 does not boot anymore, the blue cyanogenmod logo keeps turning for hours. I can however still go to the recovery (which was a few month old cwm). I completely wiped the phone (both caches, data, internal sd, boot, firmware etc ... all but the modem) and reinstalled the newest cwm and the newest nightly build three times now using heimdall and the external sd (connected my external micro sd to my computer sd card reader via adapter and put the zip on it). Just now I installed twrp-2.8.5.0-i9305 as a new recovery and installed everything again, but everytime - and also now - despite the seemingly successful installation, the phone is stuck at the cyanogen bootlogo.
Any ideas on how to get my phone running again?
Cheers
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Hi.
Since yesterday my galaxy s3 lte i9305 does not boot anymore, the blue cyanogenmod logo keeps turning for hours. I can however still go to the recovery (which was a few month old cwm). I completely wiped the phone (both caches, data, internal sd, boot, firmware etc ... all but the modem) and reinstalled the newest cwm and the newest nightly build three times now using heimdall and the external sd (connected my external micro sd to my computer sd card reader via adapter and put the zip on it). Just now I installed twrp-2.8.5.0-i9305 as a new recovery and installed everything again, but everytime - and also now - despite the seemingly successful installation, the phone is stuck at the cyanogen bootlogo.
Any ideas on how to get my phone running again?
Cheers
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I would try a factory reset from recovery and see if that helps. You did check the md5 for your downloads right?
Otherwise I would install the stock rom, then try again, this time(making sure you have a compatible recovery) just wipe caches, data, and format system, and then install CM
noppy22 said:
I would try a factory reset from recovery and see if that helps. You did check the md5 for your downloads right?
Otherwise I would install the stock rom, then try again, this time(making sure you have a compatible recovery) just wipe caches, data, and format system, and then install CM
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I did do the factory reset. I just wiped the areas separately as well. Anyway, I took your advice and installed the latest stock rom. Now I got the Samsung logo slightly flashing blue for hours instead of the cyanogenmod logo. Did not do anything else.
I suspect that its a battery issue in some way. The last weeks the phone lost its charge very quickly very often (not constantly though). Yesterday, the phone was in my pocket and then went off. It went into the constantly trying to restart despite the lack of batteries state until I removed the battery. Maybe that gives any clue?
ScPo said:
I did do the factory reset. I just wiped the areas separately as well. Anyway, I took your advice and installed the latest stock rom. Now I got the Samsung logo slightly flashing blue for hours instead of the cyanogenmod logo. Did not do anything else.
I suspect that its a battery issue in some way. The last weeks the phone lost its charge very quickly very often (not constantly though). Yesterday, the phone was in my pocket and then went off. It went into the constantly trying to restart despite the lack of batteries state until I removed the battery. Maybe that gives any clue?
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Try booting into stock recovery, then factory reset from there. Last time I went back to stock I had a bootloop until I did this, then it booted properly. If that doesn't work, maybe try new battery.
Have you tried booting up whilst plugged in to a usb charger?
noppy22 said:
Try booting into stock recovery, then factory reset from there. Last time I went back to stock I had a bootloop until I did this, then it booted properly. If that doesn't work, maybe try new battery.
Have you tried booting up whilst plugged in to a usb charger?
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Thanks for your helpful input.
I did what you said, even tried it twice now. Phone is still booting after 20 minutes now. I also tried booting up while charging the phone, yes. That was my standard procedure actually, but nothing changes when I unplug it. I don't have a different battery and I am wary of buying one just for the sake of trying. Tried that when my galaxy s 1 broke down and that didn't save the phone. At this point I am contemplating if the phone (s3) is broken now or not. It still reliably boots to the recovery, but it doesn't do much else. How are the chances?
Or has anyone any idea on how to proceed?
ScPo said:
Thanks for your helpful input.
I did what you said, even tried it twice now. Phone is still booting after 20 minutes now. I also tried booting up while charging the phone, yes. That was my standard procedure actually, but nothing changes when I unplug it. I don't have a different battery and I am wary of buying one just for the sake of trying. Tried that when my galaxy s 1 broke down and that didn't save the phone. At this point I am contemplating if the phone (s3) is broken now or not. It still reliably boots to the recovery, but it doesn't do much else. How are the chances?
Or has anyone any idea on how to proceed?
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Try to boot into recovery. Do a factory reset then boot straight into download mode and flash stock rom. You might have to redownload the firmware it could be corrupted.. If that doesn't work then you might have to send it in. It might cost about to fix. Or go to your local phone repair shop and see if they could fix it for cheaper
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Completely untouched phone from AT&T. Have never rooted or modded this phone in any way.
The update that came out this month was sending my phone into random boot loops. Would have to take the battery out and after a few tries it would stay on for a while then at some point in the day randomly go back to the boot loop.
I backed everything up through Kies then went into the recovery menu and attempted a factory reset. This sent the phone into a permanent boot loop -- would never turn on or off. Sammy logo flashes and it would reboot. Only way to get it to stop is to take the battery out.
Attempted to go back to 4.4 through Odin since those where the only firmware files I was able to find. Updated failed. Now, when I turn it on and I just get "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again."
Kies will not recognize phone. Cannot update firmare from internal storage because I can't even get into recovery menu -- it just goes right back to the same screen.
Called AT&T and the rep told me he would replace the phone through warranty even though I was past my warranty date. He told me this update has messed up a lot of phones and this is not the first he's of it. Then his manager gets on to approve the warranty replacement and she refuses to honor his promise -- tells me they won't do it, I'm SOL, and I can use my upgrade. Maddening!
Please help -- I need a working phone!
LiquidArrogance said:
Completely untouched phone from AT&T. Have never rooted or modded this phone in any way.
The update that came out this month was sending my phone into random boot loops. Would have to take the battery out and after a few tries it would stay on for a while then at some point in the day randomly go back to the boot loop.
I backed everything up through Kies then went into the recovery menu and attempted a factory reset. This sent the phone into a permanent boot loop -- would never turn on or off. Sammy logo flashes and it would reboot. Only way to get it to stop is to take the battery out.
Attempted to go back to 4.4 through Odin since those where the only firmware files I was able to find. Updated failed. Now, when I turn it on and I just get "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in kies and try again."
Kies will not recognize phone. Cannot update firmare from internal storage because I can't even get into recovery menu -- it just goes right back to the same screen.
Called AT&T and the rep told me he would replace the phone through warranty even though I was past my warranty date. He told me this update has messed up a lot of phones and this is not the first he's of it. Then his manager gets on to approve the warranty replacement and she refuses to honor his promise -- tells me they won't do it, I'm SOL, and I can use my upgrade. Maddening!
Please help -- I need a working phone!
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Most attempts to downgrade only flash the kernel so here is the OF2 kernel which should get your phone to boot again. Flash with Odin:
G900A_OF2_Stock_Kernel
Once your phone boots place the G900A_OC4_tF2_OTA.zip onto your extsd card and flash as update from stock recovery. That should get you back to 100% factory stock. Do a factory reset after flashing and if it still does not work I suspect a hardware problem.
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Most attempts to downgrade only flash the kernel so here is the OF2 kernel which should get your phone to boot again. Flash with Odin:
G900A_OF2_Stock_Kernel
Once your phone boots place the G900A_OC4_tF2_OTA.zip onto your extsd card and flash as update from stock recovery. That should get you back to 100% factory stock. Do a factory reset after flashing and if it still does not work I suspect a hardware problem.
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Thank you for the reply!!
Kernal flash worked and I was super excited to get back to recovery menu -- way more progress than I've had up until now!
Unfortunately when it went to reset after installing the update from external storage, it went straight back into the Sammy logo boot loop
Is there physical damage on the phone, thus why att didn't do the warranty?
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LiquidArrogance said:
Thank you for the reply!!
Kernal flash worked and I was super excited to get back to recovery menu -- way more progress than I've had up until now!
Unfortunately when it went to reset after installing the update from external storage, it went straight back into the Sammy logo boot loop
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Take it to Best Buy or an ATT Store and have them reflash it before you toss it away. Good luck
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Take it to Best Buy or an ATT Store and have them reflash it before you toss it away. Good luck
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No idea what just happened. I've been messing around throwing the kernel you recommended at it as well as the stock partitions. Kept getting back to boot loop but at one point it stuck out, said it was upgrading, optimizing apps, and now it's running. So weird.
I'm way too scared to do the factory reset at this point, though.
Thank you again for your help, I really appreciate it!
Edit: Unplugged the USB cable and it immediately shut off and went back into boot loop. Wow.
this sounds like a hardware problem.. i sent my phone to Samsung and they actually repaired it, it was the pba board, i had the same problem.. i flashed everything it needed to recover from a bootloop. and sometimes it would become non responsive. go to best buy and see what they tell you.
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Update:
Thanks to everyone for their replies. I was able to get the phone to boot thanks to everyone's help. Did this by flashing kernel then partitions which would allow the phone to boot.
I finally figured out that the phone would only boot if plugged directly into a power source. As soon as I disconnected the power cable, it would send it right back into the boot loop. I ran some battery "repair" and "calibration" tools but these did not fix the issue. Whenever I would run a battery drain tool, the stress on the battery would cause the phone to shut down.
All of this led me to believe it was an issue with the battery. I held my wife's S4 battery to the contacts on the S5, and it works just fine, even disconnected, and even with the stress test on the battery.
SO -- I'm going to buy a new battery and see if this fixes my problems. I think I just had the perfect storm of battery issues coupled with firmware problems.
I'm pretty sure I know what caused the battery to go haywire. I work in a max security prison and have to leave my phone in the car all day. Outside temperatures regularly hit 105F+ during the summer, so who knows how hot it's getting in the car. Obviously I always leave the phone turned off, but I suspect the high temperatures caused the damage.
Going to try to find a new battery today. Will keep everyone posted! Thank you again for all of the replies.
I had the same issue and would just like to thank you for the files! They helped me unbrick my phone! Much appreciated.
Alright so I recently got a unlocked note 4 (N910T) and after i upgraded to marshmallow the phone began to reboot at least three times a day. I had a micro sd card in there and took it out for several days. That didn't fix it. I flashed the original rom but that still didn't fix it. So downgraded to stock 5.1.1. Doesn't reboot as much but still freezes and gets really hot. I also got a new battery just in case that the battery was the problem. I've wiped the cache partition and did factory data reset. I've tried everything but it still keeps rebooting constantly even when I'm not using the phone. Any advice because to fix rebooting and freezing it is a real annoyance.
ctbrezenski said:
Alright so I recently got a unlocked note 4 (N910T) and after i upgraded to marshmallow the phone began to reboot at least three times a day. I had a micro sd card in there and took it out for several days. That didn't fix it. I flashed the original rom but that still didn't fix it. So downgraded to stock 5.1.1. Doesn't reboot as much but still freezes and gets really hot. I also got a new battery just in case that the battery was the problem. I've wiped the cache partition and did factory data reset. I've tried everything but it still keeps rebooting constantly even when I'm not using the phone. Any advice because it is a real annoyance. It also freezes a lot
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Try to flash firmware with pit file it will reparation and fix your internal memory incase there are some errors. download pit file from link below and use with stock firmware in odin. Make sure do wipe cacha & data factory reset just after finish flash firmware from recovery
https://mega.nz/#!yE0QkRgR!8DvGvAauRkb-2xmtH_3ZluoYwCvqNaaSOnXMLYB_CAI
Dont get his hopes up though. High chance it will not work as there might be an internal issue with the note 4
monkeyass408 said:
Dont get his hopes up though. High chance it will not work as there might be an internal issue with the note 4
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I am experiencing the same issues with my T-mobile Note 4. It started while running my stock 5.0.1 rooted with TWRP. i've had it for a year and half working GREAT, but last Thursday the whole slow, freezing and rebooting started all of a sudden.
Do you really think that it might be something physical with the phone?
Kr1sS129 said:
I am experiencing the same issues with my T-mobile Note 4. It started while running my stock 5.0.1 rooted with TWRP. i've had it for a year and half working GREAT, but last Thursday the whole slow, freezing and rebooting started all of a sudden.
Do you really think that it might be something physical with the phone?
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My response to this problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68559388&postcount=90
I tried what Trex888 recommended but it didn't resolve my issues http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68500780&postcount=96
I wasted many hours trying to troubleshoot with no ultimate success (monkeyass408 went thru similar issues). I'd recommend looking for a replacement device.
The note 4 will start to fall apart. Mine has and I've had it since OCT of the year the phone came out (14,15?) Battery dies randomly. I connect to charger and all the sudden it has 25% have two batteries. My camera can no longer focus. I am using this device as a backup because my s7 edge has a busted screen.
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I too have had this problem of interface freezes, crashes, reboots. I'm using Nova on Tekhd rom 7.4. Clearing cache and dalvik/art helped A LOT for a few days and it doesn't happen as often now, but it is depressing to see it happen at all after months of rock solid stability. It often froze with the stock music player going with screen locked so that may be related to the problem.
The way the interface reboots appeared suddenly made me suspect an app update somewhere, not failing hardware. The fact that clearing the dalvik helped supports this notion. On my phone at least everything works well including batteries (I have 3) and charging. It could be different problems for people reporting these issues, some hardware related. I have considered reformatting my 200gb sdcard, but after clearing dalvik it happens so infrequently that I haven't bothered.
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Trex888 said:
Try to flash firmware with pit file it will reparation and fix your internal memory incase there are some errors. download pit file from link below and use with stock firmware in odin. Make sure do wipe cacha & data factory reset just after finish flash firmware from recovery
https://mega.nz/#!yE0QkRgR!8DvGvAauRkb-2xmtH_3ZluoYwCvqNaaSOnXMLYB_CAI
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sorry to highjack but where do i put the pit file in odin? i downloaded pe3 and odin it and the phone is reboot loop hoping this will help.
swordmastr54 said:
sorry to highjack but where do i put the pit file in odin? i downloaded pe3 and odin it and the phone is reboot loop hoping this will help.
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After flash firmware do wipe data & data factory reset from recovery it will fix bootloop issue.and in the screenshot below you can see pit file selection tab in odin.
Trex888 said:
After flash firmware do wipe data & data factory reset from recovery it will fix bootloop issue.and in the screenshot below you can see pit file selection tab in odin.
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didnt work for me...lovely.
Edit: as soon as a posted it...it came up, wtf.
I've been using Moar rom on my Sprint Note5 for like a year. My phone has been fine until last night I had it charging and woke up to it in a boot loop.
I can only go into download mode and not recovery.
What are my options? My main concern is getting all of my pictures off.
Thanks
Just go back to stock with Odin. It will not erase anything on your phone. You can get all your photos off your phone then factory reset and root again. Just make sure repartition is not checked before you run Odin.
sparkeymat said:
Just go back to stock with Odin. It will not erase anything on your phone. You can get all your photos off your phone then factory reset and root again. Just make sure repartition is not checked before you run Odin.
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Did that, it did not work. Still a boot-loop. Has anyone else been on the same boat as me?