Stubborn bootloop - Galaxy S 4 Active Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My i9295 is bootlooping on the ROM splash screen. I'm getting the animation for the Samsung, SlimBean, CM or whatever ROM I have installed. I have done 2 stock installs using Odin, as well as installing root and CWM using Odin. I've also installed a new PIT file using Odin. Using CWM, I have tried several custom ROMs as well as doing a wipe and clearing the cache, and formatting system prior to a fresh install. And still I get back to a bootlooping splash screen. Other suggestions? TIA...

...nevermind
Pressing Volume up + Pwr on into stock bootloader, then doing a factory reset followed by a cache wipe has resolved the issue. Curiously, I did both of these w/CWM at least twice and had no luck.

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[Q] Stuck at boot screen after wiping

I installed CM 10 stable and Semaphore Kernel. Worked great. Then went to install gapps and got lots of FC's so I went on to clean cache, dalvik and to do a factory reset and suddenly I got stuck at semaphore/boot logo and couldn't go into recovery. Got the recovery fix and installed it via Odin, and it works. But, it doesn't allow me to install anything from external SD card, only internal. Of course, I don't have anything there.
What should I do? Any links for tar versions of CWM and CM 10 for i9000?
Hmmm, is it safe to assume everything will be OK if I just flash any stock firmware from sammobile?
Yup, that combined with this did the trick.

Stuck on Samsung logo screen after flashing stock ROM

I tried following the steps indicated in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997. I was able to successfully flash the ROM N7000DXLR5---4.0.4/12.07.30-N7000OLBLR2---Download--Philippines (Smart) . I was already on the last part where the phone should reboot and would install some applications but the phone is just stuck on the Samsung logo screen. I waited for almost 2 hours already. I tried taking out the battery and rebooting the phone but its still stuck in the Samsung logo. The Volume down+home+power key is still working as well as the volume up+home+power key. I don't want to take another step because I'm afraid of my phone getting bricked.
I previously had a Jellybean custom ROM installed but don't like it since S-Pen features aren't working.
Install philz ics kernel from stock recovery and reboot into recovery. You will see cwm. Now do a factory reset. Then reboot.
You need a factory reset but 4.0.4 is not a safe kernel, that's why you need Philz kernel.
If you want a full stock ROM with kernel (like I need to send for warranty repair),
flash any GB stock rom appropriate for you, (still hang at samsung logo),
factory reset on recovery and update using kies to 4.0.4
nokiamodeln91 said:
Install philz ics kernel from stock recovery and reboot into recovery. You will see cwm. Now do a factory reset. Then reboot.
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Stuck at Samsung logo
Stuck at samsung logo
running on siyah kernel v6.5b
tried to install alliance mod rom v8 and ended up at samsung logo
tried factory reset and also the wipe cache partition dint work erased the dalvik cache too
what do i do now??
I have access to root..
What do i do now??
algorithm101 said:
Stuck at samsung logo
running on siyah kernel v6.5b
tried to install alliance mod rom v8 and ended up at samsung logo
tried factory reset and also the wipe cache partition dint work erased the dalvik cache too
what do i do now??
I have access to root..
What do i do now??
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if you are using N7000 then siyah kernel is not meant for this device as yet.
try to philz kernel if you can access recovery and then try to flash alliance rom.
or simply flash stock rom accessing the download mode.

[Q] Can I factory reset using Odin?

So I was playing with Carbon ROM and left the phone totally emptied of battery overnight.
Wake up, charge the phone a bit, after boot it stuck at boot animation and bootloop.
Tried to go to recovery mode, stuck at TWRP intro screen and bootloop again.
Flash Carbon again using Odin, didn't fix the problem.
Flash official ROM using Odin, now phone boot directly into TWRP intro screen and stuck there.
Flash again using Odin together with PIT file, didn't solve the issue.
So, something seems to be stuck and I cannot factory reset.
Finally flash the stock recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2150822&highlight=root
Boot into stock recovery, factory reset/wipe.
Reflash ROM using Odin again. This time it works.
Is there a way I can do factory reset ONLY using Odin if I can't get to recovery mode like above?
I search the web but didn't find satisfactory answer.
AdliHebat said:
So I was playing with Carbon ROM and left the phone totally emptied of battery overnight.
Wake up, charge the phone a bit, after boot it stuck at boot animation and bootloop.
Tried to go to recovery mode, stuck at TWRP intro screen and bootloop again.
Flash Carbon again using Odin, didn't fix the problem.
Flash official ROM using Odin, now phone boot directly into TWRP intro screen and stuck there.
Flash again using Odin together with PIT file, didn't solve the issue.
So, something seems to be stuck and I cannot factory reset.
Finally flash the stock recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2150822&highlight=root
Boot into stock recovery, factory reset/wipe.
Reflash ROM using Odin again. This time it works.
Is there a way I can do factory reset ONLY using Odin if I can't get to recovery mode like above?
I search the web but didn't find satisfactory answer.
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Hi,
strange that you get a bootloop after a empty battery. I think something went wrong when you flash it. Didn't had such problems.
Odin is only for flashing recovery and rom. It can't only reset factory reset/wipe. You must use your recovery for that.
The recovery should work Always. Did you tried Volume up, main button and power button? Or trough the rom itself after restart?
What I did:
Rooted my stock rom with odin
Flashed CWM recovery ( not twtrp) in Odin.
factory reset/wipe
Format data and media
format system
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
Installed my Rom and Gapps in recovery
factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik
Reboot system
.
Maybe it works for you also.
Greetz
Somehow my recovery got corrupted and preventing the phone to boot properly.
The combo button work but it will just stuck there.
Flashing recovery seems to be the only solution.
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Hello,
Unfortunely you cannot do a factory reset/wipe data using Odin. Odin is only used for rooting & flashing roms but not doing a factory reset. You can do a factory by booting into recovery mode by doing Volume Up > Home Button > Power Button.
I hope everything goes well.
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Boot loop after flashing rom

So I've been attempting to install a rom, ANY rom on my phone and the results always seem to be the same. I boot into TWRP, wipe then install the rom. On reboot, the phone loads up the initial (black) samsung screen. Then buzzes twice and reboots. It will do this infinitely. It happens with any rom I've tried flashing. It has to be something I am missing or doing wrong. Does anyone have an idea what it is? I've even gone as far as completely wiping, odin in a stock image and then adding TWRP again. I just can't seem to figure it out.
re: bootloops
Tharkys said:
So I've been attempting to install a rom, ANY rom on my phone and the results always seem to be the same. I boot into TWRP, wipe then install the rom. On reboot, the phone loads up the initial (black) samsung screen. Then buzzes twice and reboots. It will do this infinitely. It happens with any rom I've tried flashing. It has to be something I am missing or doing wrong. Does anyone have an idea what it is? I've even gone as far as completely wiping, odin in a stock image and then adding TWRP again. I just can't seem to figure it out.
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You need to ODIN flash the stock original official COG2
firmware & odin flash cf-autoroot and the twrp recovery
before flashing the zip file rom.
Once that's done you can flash any N910T zip file rom in
twrp recovery without any issues.
Make sure to do a full wipe in twrp before you flash any
zip file rom to avoid bootloops and or getting stuck on
the samsung boot logo screen and be sure to do a full
and complete wipe which includes:
"System, Data, Cache, Dalvik Cache and last but not
least do a factory reset.
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Tharkys said:
So I've been attempting to install a rom, ANY rom on my phone and the results always seem to be the same. I boot into TWRP, wipe then install the rom. On reboot, the phone loads up the initial (black) samsung screen. Then buzzes twice and reboots. It will do this infinitely. It happens with any rom I've tried flashing. It has to be something I am missing or doing wrong. Does anyone have an idea what it is? I've even gone as far as completely wiping, odin in a stock image and then adding TWRP again. I just can't seem to figure it out.
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i dont know if we are having the same problem but try installing the original firmware via odin and see if that works. if it does not then we have the same problem and i dont know how to fix it, now i am stuck with my S4 wait for help from someone to help me fix my note 4

Phone reboots randomly - can't flash anything through ODIN or recovery

So I was running a custom rom for months now for my N910T without issue but yesterday the phone suddenly rebooted by itself while I was using it and would keep rebooting roughly every 3min.
I backed up everything in TWRP and wiped everything to reboot into a clean rom like factory reset but that didn't work as everything was still there and nothing was wiped. So I tried to flash a new rom but it failed and gave an error E: cannot execute upgrade binary.
I'm on TWRP 2.8.1.1 so I can't flash a TWRP update (have to be on 2.8.4 or above) and thought my recovery was too old. I then plugged phone in download mode and used ODIN to flash a new TWRP. It would write fail every time, no matter what I changed. I tried to install different versions of recovery and used different versions of ODIN with no success.
I also changed different cables and ports. I then tried to flash a stock rom through ODIN but it also says write fail. Basically I tried everything and searched on XDA and google and tried every method I came across. Anyone have this issue or suggestions?
tldr: Phone N910T reboots from home screen, write fail flash from ODIN and fail flash from TWRP recovery. Can't use phone because it would boot to home screen for a few min then just reboot again. Help!
tiskewlio said:
So I was running a custom rom for months now for my N910T without issue but yesterday the phone suddenly rebooted by itself while I was using it and would keep rebooting roughly every 3min.
I backed up everything in TWRP and wiped everything to reboot into a clean rom like factory reset but that didn't work as everything was still there and nothing was wiped. So I tried to flash a new rom but it failed and gave an error E: cannot execute upgrade binary.
I'm on TWRP 2.8.1.1 so I can't flash a TWRP update (have to be on 2.8.4 or above) and thought my recovery was too old. I then plugged phone in download mode and used ODIN to flash a new TWRP. It would write fail every time, no matter what I changed. I tried to install different versions of recovery and used different versions of ODIN with no success.
I also changed different cables and ports. I then tried to flash a stock rom through ODIN but it also says write fail. Basically I tried everything and searched on XDA and google and tried every method I came across. Anyone have this issue or suggestions?
tldr: Phone N910T reboots from home screen, write fail flash from ODIN and fail flash from TWRP recovery. Can't use phone because it would boot to home screen for a few min then just reboot again. Help!
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have you tried doing a factory reset/data wipe
xnknown said:
have you tried doing a factory reset/data wipe
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Yes I tried every wipe option possible. Wipe system, boots right into rom. Wipe internal, everything still there. Wipe data, factory reset, everything still there.
tiskewlio said:
Yes I tried every wipe option possible. Wipe system, boots right into rom. Wipe internal, everything still there. Wipe data, factory reset, everything still there.
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Then something I'm your phones been corrupted probably, your going to have to rma for a new device
has anybody come up with a solution to this problem im having serious boot and loading issues. i have flashed many roms and have never had a problem. i odin flashed the cog2 firmware then twrp flashed the tekxodus rom. something happened changing permissions with the built in setting with the rom and twrp was lost and i cant get back to a usable phone. odin flashed everything i can find for my phone and its not working everything either falis or goes to loop.
You probably corrupted your partition doing something wrong

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