Boot hangs factory reset doesn't help - Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I have a S5 Mini which hangs on the "Samsung" logo. I tried wiping the cache and did a factory reset but it doesn't help. I tried removing the battery for couple of minutes, removed SIM, SD card nothing helps.
What can i do? I've never rooted or installed a custom ROM but I'm willing to try I have a technical background (Java web developer). I just need a place to start. What are my options? It's a T-mobile branded phone I don't know if that is relevant or not. Oh i forgot it says "No command" when i enter the recovery mode.

Use Odin to flash the current stock ROM you have for your phone model (make sure the ROM is meant for the exactly phone model you have). You may have to flash it twice to work. If it doesn't or you get errors in Odin you may have a hardware problem...

lfom said:
Use Odin to flash the current stock ROM you have for your phone model (make sure the ROM is meant for the exactly phone model you have). You may have to flash it twice to work. If it doesn't or you get errors in Odin you may have a hardware problem...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks I was able to found the ROM for my phone and my provider. Flashed with Odin and it booted after the first try. Thank you.

Related

It seems I made a big mistake...

Hi All,
I was try to change the stock animation on Infinitum when after restarting I wasn't abble to sign in. There was a msg saying something baout "Report" "Ok"..." Settings.
I shut down the SGS and made a nandroid restore, the device restarted but it shows the Samsung logo blinking evry six seconds and a can't go to recovery anymore only downloading.
What should I do?
Thank you all in advance.
what program did you use to root your phone?
broncosfan007 said:
what program did you use to root your phone?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think was "OneClick Root"...
I'm trying to find .tar files to recover using Odin but I can't find... Old SGS + Froyo + Portuguese TMN (carrier)... Any help would be apreciated.
Heeeeeelpppp
Now things are getting very strange. I got the original firmware and flashed the Galaxy S with Odin. All went well without errors. But now, when restarting, the device makes the carrier original sound and is swapping between the carrier logo and galaxy logo, endlessly....
I can use the pseudo-CWM menu with the options Install from sdcard, Wipe Factory and Wipe.
Any help or idea to follow?
(I love this mobile )
Definitus said:
Now things are getting very strange. I got the original firmware and flashed the Galaxy S with Odin. All went well without errors. But now, when restarting, the device makes the carrier original sound and is swapping between the carrier logo and galaxy logo, endlessly....
I can use the pseudo-CWM menu with the options Install from sdcard, Wipe Factory and Wipe.
Any help or idea to follow?
(I love this mobile )
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm..when i screw something up with my SGS, I just go download, and make myself a stock ginger trough ODIN.
Try the steps for installing andy 2.3 as a preperation for CM7

I9305 is it bricked?

Hi Guys.
Got an I9305 here, I rooted it (apparently fine), then (via recovery) flashed a cusom ROM, rebooted but it stayed on the I9305 screen. Now I can't get to recovery, it will go to download but I can detect it via heimdall, and it still wont boot. Have I killed it or is there anything I can do to resurect it? I've been searching the forums here for ages, but I'm just going in circles with getting any closer to a solution.
Ideas?
-S
If you can get download mode then try flashing a stock ROM via Odin.
You're still in luck when you have download mode, when you don't have that or recovery then you start worrying.
PS: don't forget you have a I9305 when searching for a stock ROM.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk 2
aussiesausage said:
If you can get download mode then try flashing a stock ROM via Odin.
You're still in luck when you have download mode, when you don't have that or recovery then you start worrying.
PS: don't forget you have a I9305 when searching for a stock ROM.
Sent from my GT-I9305 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can get to download (the only place I can get), but neither Odin or Heimdall will connect to it, they both just sit there as if the phone isn't plugged in.
-S
Then you don't have the correct drivers installed
Have you used Odin/Heimdall before?
Rekoil said:
Then you don't have the correct drivers installed
Have you used Odin/Heimdall before?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
OK got it connect now, I've used Heimdall several times on my I9300 without problem so I think it's a hardware problem. I flashed a new recovery and can now get to that when needed but it still wont let me boot any ROMs I flash, it just hangs at the I9305 screen. Is there anyway I can reset the custom binary count from Heimdall/Odin or recovery so I can send it back to get replaced/fixed?
Try this before doing anything drastic, It's stock but rooted but do it through Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942150
Raistlin1158 said:
Try this before doing anything drastic, It's stock but rooted but do it through Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1942150
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No joy, looked like it worked, but stuck on the I9305 screen again ;^<
Sanukk said:
No joy, looked like it worked, but stuck on the I9305 screen again ;^<
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
These roms you've been flashing, do they contain a kernel? Hanging on boot screen can be indicative of a couple of things, firstly, if you have the wrong kernel, fix that. Secondly, try clearing data and cache, this can work wonders. Thirdly, if ADB is currently enabled, try bringing up a shell through it ("adb shell", note: not in recovery obviously, as this mode is already working fine) and type "dmesg", this will print out what the kernel is currently doing, usually if something is erroring you will see the same text re-appear multiple times. If the kernel initiation gets stuck in a loop it will literally never get out of it so that would be a good way to see that, could be a piece of hardware is damaged. Since you can get to recovery I reckon you should be able to mount system/data in that and enable ADB in android if it isn't already, I don't know how to do this though.
Good luck!
Something that's helped me before in this situation was:
Go to mounts and storage in recovery and format System, Data and Internal storage.
Then download stock firmware and Flash via Odin.
This pretty much wipes your phone of everything and gives you a fresh install
You have to wipe data after flashing a ROM
Hi Guys,
I tried flashing a stock ROM via Heimdall again, and this time it worked. The phone is still very flacky though, so I'm convinced it's a hardware issue. Managed to triangle away and get everything stock, so they should never know when I send it back for replacement ;^>
Thanks to all for your suggestions.
-S

[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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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] Hard bricked S6 Help plz!

I rooted the S6 using cf auto root. I'm not quite a noob but please forgive my ignorance. I installed twrp and had been using the XtreStoLite rom for about a week. I was selling the phone so I wanted to reflash the rom so he could run through the setup him self. There were no problems flashing the rom. It was up and running. I was installing apps and the phone froze. I held down the power until it restarted. Now it is in an endless loop. The Galaxy S6 powered by android splash screen appears but it reloops before the Samsung splash screen appears. I can get the phone into download mode and I've tried to reflash the stock firmware, bootloader, stock recovery, everything. Odin recognizes the phone and it looks like it is working but as soon as it gets to NAND write it fails. I've been told it appears like the recovery partition was erased. I've used andnew versions of odin. My friend who knows a bit more than me tried backing up my working S6's efs and copying it to the bricked phone. He even did some stuff with my pit file. I'm at a total loss. I would send it back to Samsung but the phone is blacklisted by T-mobile and I don't want them to repo it. Any help is greatly appreciated and I would happily make a donation to anyone who can help me.
I guess I'll be the bearer of bad news here... You're screwed... Most likely. There is, however, a 0.0001% chance you can find someone who can make a copy or port of their recovery partition and TRY to put it on your device. This seems like a long shot, but it may be your only bet.
Don't count on this, as I have never personally seen it done before.
Contact me i teamveiwer help you
Did anyone get this up and running? I'm curious I have the same exact problem...
hard bricked
tungkick said:
Contact me i teamveiwer help you
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
after installing trwp recovery phone restarted and is boot logo does nothing can someone help please. sm-920t 128gb
whats ur teamviewer maybe u can login and help
danloveslola said:
I rooted the S6 using cf auto root. I'm not quite a noob but please forgive my ignorance. I installed twrp and had been using the XtreStoLite rom for about a week. I was selling the phone so I wanted to reflash the rom so he could run through the setup him self. There were no problems flashing the rom. It was up and running. I was installing apps and the phone froze. I held down the power until it restarted. Now it is in an endless loop. The Galaxy S6 powered by android splash screen appears but it reloops before the Samsung splash screen appears. I can get the phone into download mode and I've tried to reflash the stock firmware, bootloader, stock recovery, everything. Odin recognizes the phone and it looks like it is working but as soon as it gets to NAND write it fails. I've been told it appears like the recovery partition was erased. I've used andnew versions of odin. My friend who knows a bit more than me tried backing up my working S6's efs and copying it to the bricked phone. He even did some stuff with my pit file. I'm at a total loss. I would send it back to Samsung but the phone is blacklisted by T-mobile and I don't want them to repo it. Any help is greatly appreciated and I would happily make a donation to anyone who can help me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try flashing unikernel v8 again inside twrp I bet it boots.
Side note never ever Advance wipe INTERNAL MEMORY
You'll wipe your internal memory backups the whole Firmware and even your boot.
---------- Post added at 07:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:52 PM ----------
androidddaaron said:
Try flashing unikernel v8 again inside twrp I bet it boots.
Side note never ever Advance wipe INTERNAL MEMORY
You'll wipe your internal memory backups the whole Firmware and even your boot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I didn't read it all that you attempted Odin...
KEEP IN MIND
You have to odin the same firmware build you had on it stock So if it was OJC build YOU have to use Ojc You cannot go from a newer 5.1.1 build to one earlier anymore So try the latest build OJC
It won't fail I bet .
Duh. ???
Pp.
I have the same problem and when i turn to the download mode is written another model. I have tried several steps in odin came back failed. Anyone can help please support me.....
What's on the boot screen? If it says FRP Locked or something similar, you need to go into download mode (if possible), connect to ODIN and flash the stock ROM from Sammobile.com. It will flash the stock kernel, ROM, etc. DO NOT reboot your phone. Go to your settings, unlock developer options, and toggle OEM Unlock OFF. Then you can reboot your phone and attempt rooting again.
literally same **** happened to me homie
just did this ****
/watch?v=lWuH7Km6GSQ
das youtube btw
Tmobile bricks the phone once someone black lists it and if you flash stock firmware...... always have custom rom installed and disable all network bands on dialer *#2263#

bootloop,no recovery can be installed from odin

i'll make it short
One night,i've used my phone,and before going to sleep(phone still working),i left it to charge.(That's at about 11pm).The morning i wake up,phone cannot boot in recovery nor in download.It was like dead.But i have left it to charge for some hours then charging animation came back,then phone could boot again,including download mode but not recovery(linegeos 14.1).Until today,i have tried to flash custom recovery,stock recovery,wipe file to wipe data and cache,tried to install cm12.1,but none of them worked,still stuck on bootloop.If i recall,the night i used my phone last,i tried to use lucky patcher to get unlimited coins on dream league,but with play protect,they warned me that google would give warning,but i did not do anything.After all the flashes including recovery and the rom that failed,i ticked the nand erase in odin but seems like nothing changed.And now i'm out of options,if someone could really help me please,this is the only phone i've got.Phone can boot fine,but not in recovery and it will not install idk why,please help me...
something i've seen in download is that after flashing recovery or wiping data,in the place of current binary,it writes something like sdcard write status:2(7) or something like that.
does any of you know the problem?
no answer?
pls help me
i have the same problem is so sad
so there's no fix?
I have the exact same problem in my i8190, despite of being totally stock. I'm trying to flash stock rom, stock recovery, custom recovery, custom rom, something... and nothing happens, Odin says PASS but it seems to be like there is no memory to write on. I'm thinking it could be some hardware issue :'(
then there's nothing to do...
so sad
If its software you could use this: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087010584
Flash it through odin
IkerST said:
If its software you could use this: https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=24269982087010584
Flash it through odin
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
this for i8190L not I8190
do you have any files for I8190?
Ioty1705 said:
this for i8190L not I8190
do you have any files for I8190?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My bad, search in this folder for your device http://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=38726
tried to install any software but does not work.I think it's a hardware issue,i'm not sure though!!
does any of you know what the problem means?
Hi everyone, I am having a similar problem. Last month I have tried to install novafusion RR distribution to s3 minI because it was rebooting all the time, but since I didn't liked it I went back to the original firmware. A few days ago my cell died, it wasn't turning on. The guy in the repair shop told me it wasn't the battery... the nextday it was turning on, buy keep rebooting. I bought a new original battery, charged it but still the same problem.
I tried to install twrp and central recovery via Odin but nothing works, it freezes on the "Samsung Galaxy s3 mini" or it reboot..
I would like to know if there is something that I can do, because I want to backup some contacts that were saved in the phone memory, sms and the last whatsapp chat, for some reason the last automatic one is from january...
Any ideas?

Categories

Resources