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Hello,
I am new to this forum, so If this is the wrong place I do apologize.
Ive recently purchased a new ET4G and decided to root it. I had another one rooted with no problems. Ive been using a couple different roms and this random reboot has became more frequent and has followed me with each ROM.
I have tried to ODIN back to a stock ICS build with Root and then flashing ROMS over again. I still received the same problem.
I am currently using FD26 stock with the addition of root. When the reboots happen. It seems to drain my battery drastically.
Example:This morning at 50% phone reboots and I am at 9% when it comes back on. After a couple reboots it becomes stuck and only a battery pull will allow it to reboot once again.
Anytime I flash a ROM I always follow the recommended flashing method. I do all the appropriate wipes. Id usually think It was the kernel, but even after trying different kernels the issue still happened.
If anyone could shed some light on what could be happening. I would be very appreciative.
do you do complete wipes prior to flashing?
Yes, I do. I usually wipe Davlik and then will run Caulkins format all zip before I flash any Rom. I always odin back to EL26 w/ CWM to flash through to avoid any conflicts with that.
I have no idea what to try next. I've went back to stock a couple times.
This same thing was happening to me honestly about 10 reboots a day and sometimes it would drain me down about 50% battery. I odined back to stock gingerbread using sfhubs latest method, reinstalled clockwork mod and have not had one reboot since. I think I may have heard though that the fd26 build has reboot issues so I would look into that as well. Though I see that you have tried what I have said not sure if you used sfhubs method or not but if so I would just take it back to sprint.
Have you tried flashing this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
I would flash the full restore and if it keeps rebooting unroot and return to Sprint for repair. In the meantime make sure you are not using a cheapo charger and even charge via usb only if its not too much trouble.
someguyatx said:
Have you tried flashing this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
I would flash the full restore and if it keeps rebooting unroot and return to Sprint for repair. In the meantime make sure you are not using a cheapo charger and even charge via usb only if its not too much trouble.
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Seriously, if you're having problems, to narrow it down you should not be on a leaked Android OS that is still in the testing stages. Always odin back to stock rooted to troubleshoot any issues, report back and we can get go from there.
Edit: If you need help getting back to stock rooted, please ask for help too.
Thanks for all the replies guys. I didn't try flashing the EL29 Restore, But I did try the EG30 and just OTA updated to EL29. It still didn't fix the reboot issue. Even when the phone wasn't rooted, it still would still power cycle. I just went ahead and restored it again and took it to sprint.
It happened about 10times while waiting to talk to a rep in the store. They didn't have a problem setting me up with a replacement. For now I will just use my old 3D. Thanks for the help though everyone.
I'm still stock EL29 till ICS comes out, but I get a reboot every couple days. It actually happened last night about 2AM and woke me up when the Sprint sound came on. Thought maybe there was some update (ICS?) that had caused it, but i didn't see any reason for it. It wasn't charging at the time and the battery was pretty full... Was hoping ICS update was going to fix this, but it doesn't sound promising.
RaheemA said:
Thanks for all the replies guys. I didn't try flashing the EL29 Restore, But I did try the EG30 and just OTA updated to EL29. It still didn't fix the reboot issue. Even when the phone wasn't rooted, it still would still power cycle. I just went ahead and restored it again and took it to sprint.
It happened about 10times while waiting to talk to a rep in the store. They didn't have a problem setting me up with a replacement. For now I will just use my old 3D. Thanks for the help though everyone.
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On a previous phone (Samsung Moment) I had that issue and it turned out to be a bad battery. They let me borrow a battery in the store and it went away.
Reboots are ICS related.
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revamper said:
Reboots are ICS related.
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got reboots in GB as well so I don't think its solely ICS related... IMO
Yeah... I still was hitting the problem while on Complete stock GB. The phone could have honestly had the problem prior to rooting and flashing. I didn't keep it stock long enough to know for sure haha
Probably not related, but I was having reboot problems due issues with App2SD, so i figure it is worth mentioning just in case...
Issue 25563: OS keeps rebooting when lots of apps are moved to SDcard! HUGE BUG IN ANDROID OS 2.3.5 (and higher)!
Hi everyone,
I've searched everywhere for a solution so please help!
Basically i've had my note 2 for around 3 months and it keeps freezing (so frustrating).
Surprisingly this happend on stock before i even rooted or anything like that.
I remember installing some game from the app store that started the freezing but i re flashed it on stock and this was ages ago. I went to samsung and they flashed it but they said that they dont know what it is. Without sending my baby away i'd love to get this fixed.
I've tried rooting, unrooting, different roms, clearing all the cashes.. apps to reduce lagg (incase it was something inducing it).
Im really clueless where to go with it..
(Freezes up to 5 times a day)
(On 4.1.2 because of custom rom)
(On Stock rom now trying to fix but still on 4.1.2)
Thanks for all your help in advance!
legendberry said:
Hi everyone,
I've searched everywhere for a solution so please help!
Basically i've had my note 2 for around 3 months and it keeps freezing (so frustrating).
Surprisingly this happend on stock before i even rooted or anything like that.
I remember installing some game from the app store that started the freezing but i re flashed it on stock and this was ages ago. I went to samsung and they flashed it but they said that they dont know what it is. Without sending my baby away i'd love to get this fixed.
I've tried rooting, unrooting, different roms, clearing all the cashes.. apps to reduce lagg (incase it was something inducing it).
Im really clueless where to go with it..
(Freezes up to 5 times a day)
(On 4.1.2 because of custom rom)
(On Stock rom now trying to fix but still on 4.1.2)
Thanks for all your help in advance!
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try flashing latest stock rom and dont install any apps and play around with it, if it still freezes they you may have a fauilty unit
do you notice the phone heating up at all if so try removing any cases/pouch you may have
brockyneo said:
try flashing latest stock rom and dont install any apps and play around with it, if it still freezes they you may have a fauilty unit
do you notice the phone heating up at all if so try removing any cases/pouch you may have
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Hi Broky
Its on stock at the moment and i've taken my case of because i thought it might be that before....
When i was in the samsung store it was flashed to the stock and i opened skype after the flash and it froze....
Dont know if this is much help?
Thanks!
Try super wipe script by zoot.
Then flash stock rom.
Don't tell it samsung or google account.
Play around with it like browse or do anything. If it still freezes then I am sorry then brockyneo is correct.
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Could be a faulty ram chip. Or flash chip. I don't think check disk works on flash drives. But if it was a hard drive that's be the fix.
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ya it shouldnt freeze if its been flashed back to stock rom,especially through odin as it near bullet proof
maybe try what UtkarshGupta with the superwipe and try again with a stock rom
if not then you maybe looking at a faulty unit :crying:
brockyneo said:
ya it shouldnt freeze if its been flashed back to stock rom,especially through odin as it near bullet proof
maybe try what UtkarshGupta with the superwipe and try again with a stock rom
if not then you maybe looking at a faulty unit :crying:
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Thanks a lot...
Is this quite a rare case? Im un able to re flash it at the moment but if it wasn't a faulty unit... what else could be the issue?
Thanks again for the help!
legendberry said:
Thanks a lot...
Is this quite a rare case? Im un able to re flash it at the moment but if it wasn't a faulty unit... what else could be the issue?
Thanks again for the help!
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What firmware do you have? 4.1.1 or 4.1.2? If you are on a safe kernel (latest 4.1.2 for example) you could try "Dummy File Generator" from Playstore. (there are many reports with succesfull fixes on freezes.) Or, better, take a look at this thread, everything you want to know is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
zetlorf said:
What firmware do you have? 4.1.1 or 4.1.2? If you are on a safe kernel (latest 4.1.2 for example) you could try "Dummy File Generator" from Playstore. (there are many reports with succesfull fixes on freezes.) Or, better, take a look at this thread, everything you want to know is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
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Hi,
thanks for responding! Im on 4.1.2 at the moment and il try the dummy file generator.... How does that exactly work?
Thanks again,
legendberry said:
Hi,
thanks for responding! Im on 4.1.2 at the moment and il try the dummy file generator.... How does that exactly work?
Thanks again,
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Hey legendberry! Did you fix your problem? I'm having the same issue on a stock rom. Resetting and wiping didn't help so I sent mine for repair but it got sent back to me unrepaired and the issue is still there
I have stock note 2, running 2.1 worked flawless since day 1 (was first release in France). Last 2 days been freezing. Have freed up space in internal and external sd. Still happens. Removed some apps, still happens. Reboot, sometimes it works for while then locks up. Very frustrsting as this is business phone.
......
I am in the same situation, because my Note 2 in the last few days has been freezing with maxed out cpu (as reported by the Cool Tool app).
I am now in the process of wiping everything and restoring in the feeble hope to overcome the problem.
Edit: i have wiped everything by formatting with Odin and reloading firmware, then restoring nandroid backup. So far so good, almost 24h without freezing.
Edit2: 2nd day, started freezing again 0
Same problem here, since 2 days my Note 2 freezes all the time, sometimes with 100% cpu load. Sometimes I can use it for a couple of hours, sometimes after reboot it freezes instantly. :S
I did a factory reset (stock 4.1.2), wiped everything but still the same issue...
Very, very frustrating!
To users above: When did you get your Note 2? I've had mine since Oct 10, 2012.
R: Note 2 constant freezing issue
Me too, phone bought in October 2012.
Today I flashed latest Italian firmware, MB2, and started over. No freezes. Even filling sdcard with dummy file generator, which in previous firmware (French MB2) gave several freezes.
Ok.
Then restored nandroid, data partition only, and wiped cache and dalvik. Lots of freezes again, device almost unusable.
So I thought what's the difference? When freshly flashed phone had Touchwiz, while after restore had Go Launcher.
Uninstalled Go Launcher. Bingo.
No freezes anymore so far.
Weird, uh?
I'll report how it behaves in next hours.
Edit: it was go launcher indeed. It's been updated for a reported crashes reboots problem. Now my device is rock steady.
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Currently having the same issue. What i had done is cleanwipe and restore to factory setting (4.1.2).
Just the moment i finished setting up, the problem occured.
Alright, so I am having this weird issue. I thought I found the fix for it several times, however, NO dice.
I've researched for a few hours now, I just don't know if I have over looked it or what. If it has been answered, I apologize.
I looked at the modified recoveries thread for newer s3 devices, but it doesn't seem to fit my area of error.
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I've been really curious to try some 4.3 roms. Of course, they are for D2SPR. I get them to flash correctly, after a full wipe. The issue happens right after I set everything up in the phone, and reboot. When I reboot I get hung at the splash screen. I have tried to reflash the rom muliple times only to fall flat on the splash screen again. Now, I don't have an SD Card in the phone, except, I left a TW rom in a folder. I use twrp, forgot to mention that. I rewiped the phone and installed that touchwiz rom, and still it wouldn't allow me to get past splash into that tw rom.
So the only way that I could think of to get out of this hole was to flash the rooted LJ7 tar file I have through ODIN. After getting the S3 into download mode, Odin successfully push LJ7 into my phone. Now again, I had an issue getting it to boot. I read somewhere that when this happens, I need to check the Erase NAND option in Odin. So I tried that out and forced LJ7 back on. After successfully flashing, it boots but gets stuck on the boot animation; the fix to that is booting into stock recovery and wiping once more. Then you are able to get into the OS.
I let the phone sit and take the OTAs till I get from LJ7 to MD4 so I re-root the phone using Odin and Chain Fire's root method. Now I am able to flash the recovery (TWRP) using OpenScript through Goo Manager.
I've only tried flashing Illusion and Carbon's 4.3 rom. The second time I used Carbon's rom. Same results. So I have no Idea what the heck is going on. Can anyone explain this to me better or point me into the direction that I need to go?
Thanks much!
your not the only one that has this problem i have the same thing have tried everything and most of the 4.3 roms same thing. no one on xda seems to know at least i havent gotten any help or responses i have just given u on 4.3. good luck finding any ideas.
Set it up I'm sure you restored some apps and data which may no longer be compatible. Or data which is corrupting the 4.3 rom. Try just flashing the rom setting up your Google account and don't add any apps. See if it does it.
Either way this seems to be a common issue across different devices and 4.3 seems it's part of using roms built on leaks and ports. None are bug free. Very similar to all gb leaks back in the day that would go into bootlooping.
Have a great day!
bbrita said:
your not the only one that has this problem i have the same thing have tried everything and most of the 4.3 roms same thing. no one on xda seems to know at least i havent gotten any help or responses i have just given u on 4.3. good luck finding any ideas.
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Well, it's good to know that I'm not the only one, however, it's horrible that it's happening to others. I appreciate you spreading the info!
edfunkycold said:
Set it up I'm sure you restored some apps and data which may no longer be compatible. Or data which is corrupting the 4.3 rom. Try just flashing the rom setting up your Google account and don't add any apps. See if it does it.
Either way this seems to be a common issue across different devices and 4.3 seems it's part of using roms built on leaks and ports. None are bug free. Very similar to all gb leaks back in the day that would go into bootlooping.
Have a great day!
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When I go to set up, I just install about 15 apps, I don't restore. I just download them fresh. I had a habit of doing that and it just stuck. I don't restore anything with Titanium or and root backup/restore app. Could one of those apps not be updated then that causes the partitions to get locked up, or just corrupt /data in general? If that's whats happening.
I just find it extremely odd that I (maybe others), can't wipe, and then re flash another rom; actually I can, it just gets stuck at the splash and never goes forward, that is what had me confused most. If I had an sd card, and formatted data itself, would that fly?
thanks Ed i have tried this after the first 2 tries . i dont have any problems installing 4.3 its just after rebooting it gets stuck. Like you said there are always bugs Im fine with using other roms for now. Hopefully when an official 4.3 drops problems will go away
Ive tried several ROMs over the years on my ATT GS3. Lately Ive been using the Liquid Smooth ROM. About 4 months after install I started getting screen flashes/colors, random restarts, the phone was getting hot and Ext SD card errors so it was pretty much unusable. Went to try some other ROMs and cant get them to flash. Tried Beanstalk, ProBAM, and Goodness Reborn and they fail immediately. Ive downloaded from different mirrors and the file size is identical. Ive tried flashing from internal and still wont work. Also updated TWRP throughout this process and didnt fix it. The only one that does flash is Synergy but im not a fan of 4.1. Would rather have 4.2/4.3.
Any ideas on why these ROMs arent flashing? Ive tried multiple times.
I dont know the ins and outs all that well but it seems something is corrupted. Would it make sense to odin back to stock/unroot and start fresh? Follow this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186967
Or is this a fixable issue without going through all that?
Who Am I? said:
Ive tried several ROMs over the years on my ATT GS3. Lately Ive been using the Liquid Smooth ROM. About 4 months after install I started getting screen flashes/colors, random restarts, the phone was getting hot and Ext SD card errors so it was pretty much unusable. Went to try some other ROMs and cant get them to flash. Tried Beanstalk, ProBAM, and Goodness Reborn and they fail immediately. Ive downloaded from different mirrors and the file size is identical. Ive tried flashing from internal and still wont work. Also updated TWRP throughout this process and didnt fix it. The only one that does flash is Synergy but im not a fan of 4.1. Would rather have 4.2/4.3.
Any ideas on why these ROMs arent flashing? Ive tried multiple times.
I dont know the ins and outs all that well but it seems something is corrupted. Would it make sense to odin back to stock/unroot and start fresh? Follow this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186967
Or is this a fixable issue without going through all that?
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From what it sounds, it could be a bootloader problem. Did you ever update to 4.1.2? All 4.3 ROMs require at least the 4.1.2 bootloader, which you can get without Odin'ing 4.1.2 from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321310
As always read, read and read. If this doesn't help, I recommend maybe trying out CWM (I'd restore back to your TouchWiz backup since that backups from TWRP and CWM aren't compatible.) If that still doesn't help, then by all means, Odin to stock, OTA to 4.1.2, root and go on. As always, this is just information from one member to another, so I am in no way, shape or form responsible for anything and everything that could go wrong.
The 4.1.2 ota update just came out today so no. I'll try that in the morning thanks!
Who Am I? said:
Ive tried several ROMs over the years on my ATT GS3. Lately Ive been using the Liquid Smooth ROM. About 4 months after install I started getting screen flashes/colors, random restarts, the phone was getting hot and Ext SD card errors so it was pretty much unusable. Went to try some other ROMs and cant get them to flash. Tried Beanstalk, ProBAM, and Goodness Reborn and they fail immediately. Ive downloaded from different mirrors and the file size is identical. Ive tried flashing from internal and still wont work. Also updated TWRP throughout this process and didnt fix it. The only one that does flash is Synergy but im not a fan of 4.1. Would rather have 4.2/4.3.
Any ideas on why these ROMs arent flashing? Ive tried multiple times.
I dont know the ins and outs all that well but it seems something is corrupted. Would it make sense to odin back to stock/unroot and start fresh? Follow this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2186967
Or is this a fixable issue without going through all that?
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Fail immediately? As in you're able to flash them but can't boot properly or you have glitches?
Sounds like a hardware issue to me. Hope you got warranty.
I click install, select the zip and it starts working for a couple seconds and fails.
Just updated the bootloader and ProBAM and Goodness failed. Tried Beanstalk and it completed fine. Gonna try it out for a bit. It is 4.3 so not sure what the issue it with the other ROMs yet
Beanstalk is up and running. Thanks drx!!
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Just dl'd Carbon ROM and CM 10.1.3. Both failed immediately when I used TWRP to flash them. Updated bootloader, updated SuperSU. Should I go back to CWM?
What am I missing? If there are no other ideas is my only option to ODIN back to stock and try again?
Who Am I? said:
Just dl'd Carbon ROM and CM 10.1.3. Both failed immediately when I used TWRP to flash them. Updated bootloader, updated SuperSU. Should I go back to CWM?
What am I missing? If there are no other ideas is my only option to ODIN back to stock and try again?
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Try Task650's rom. It's the most stable and smooth I've used. Also, he has good instructions on what bootloader to use.
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Moved to internal and flashed fine. Rebooting now.
Spent most of yesterday on AirDroid moving files back to my external. Came back and it looks like it killed the battery. Plugged in, rebooted and now my ext sd card wont show up. I bought a 64GB Samsung microcard off Ebay. Formatted on the phone and started tranferring files fine. Was going slow but working. Really dont want to format and start over but the phone wont even see it so I cant format it from the phone.
Hello everyone,
I really need your help with my wife's Metro PCS Samsung GS4 M919N.
The thing is, we are now living outside the US so I had to unlock her phone. After ordering the unlock codes, I decided to root the phone and use a custom ROM while waiting for the codes.
That is why I found this guide here: androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/790899-metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root-guide.html
So while reading the guide, I aimed to have the following accomplished at the end:
Recovery: TWRP
Custom ROM: CyanogenMod 10.2.1
I then started doing the guide for the TWRP recovery by using Odin. I got the message saying that the flashing passed and went ahead to restart to recovery to install CM 10.2.1 as a custom ROM. The thing is that I keep on restarting to the stock recovery not TWRP. So I went to YouTube and found a video showing how to flash TWRP using GooManager. After following that guide, I went to restart to recovery and I successfully got into TWRP.
Now, to achieve my goal, all that's left to do is to flash CyanogenMod 10.2.1 (jfltetmo).
Before doing that, I decided to make a backup. After using TWRP to do a backup, I proceeded to installing the custom ROM + gapps (wiped with the default settings). Everything was working I think (I handed the phone to my wife so she was he one testing it). After some time, she decided she wants the stock ROM instead so I decided to download the androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/783769-rom-recovery-flash-able-stock-m919nuvuamf2-rooted-deodexed-rom.html ROM.
I flashed the newly downloaded ROM + gapps (same file). This time, I couldn't get the gapps to work probably because it was meant for another version. So I decided to just restore from the backup I created earlier.
So, the usual stuff. Wipe. Restore. Restart.
Seems to be going smoothly because my wife was happy to see the old ROM she was used to.
Until the phone started to restart on it's own. (It's pretty much downhill from here on out).
At first I thought it was just a random thing that probably would never happen again. I was wrong as it became more frequent as days went by.
Recently I can't just restart the phone, I would have to remove the battery and then restart it. Now, it's getting really hard to restart the phone. Please help me fix this. I prefer to leave the phone rooted, but if the fix unroots the phone then so be it, anyway my wife prefers the stock ROM so only the unlocking was necessary.
Metro PCS Samsung Galaxy S4 M919N
Recovery:
TWRP 2.6.3.1
ROMs:
Stock Metro PCS
CyanogenMod 10.2.1
Let me know if you need more information from me. Hopefully I can restart the phone so I can give you some version numbers.
Thanks everyone!
I didn't read everything but just wanted to say
VERY GOOD THREAD!
this is how threads should be done. Very descriptive, organized, told us everything you did and asked for help! Good job man! Only negative is it prolly should have gone in Q&A section but irregardless very good thread!
About your issue, I recommend flashing stock Odin tar file to everything back to stock and reroot and start over. Flashing stock will not lock it again it will remain unlocked. But should get you back up and fresh. Just be aware it will erase all your data and all of the internal SD card.
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dokgu said:
Hello everyone,
I really need your help with my wife's Metro PCS Samsung GS4 M919N.
The thing is, we are now living outside the US so I had to unlock her phone. After ordering the unlock codes, I decided to root the phone and use a custom ROM while waiting for the codes.
That is why I found this guide here: androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/790899-metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root-guide.html
So while reading the guide, I aimed to have the following accomplished at the end:
Recovery: TWRP
Custom ROM: CyanogenMod 10.2.1
I then started doing the guide for the TWRP recovery by using Odin. I got the message saying that the flashing passed and went ahead to restart to recovery to install CM 10.2.1 as a custom ROM. The thing is that I keep on restarting to the stock recovery not TWRP. So I went to YouTube and found a video showing how to flash TWRP using GooManager. After following that guide, I went to restart to recovery and I successfully got into TWRP.
Now, to achieve my goal, all that's left to do is to flash CyanogenMod 10.2.1 (jfltetmo).
Before doing that, I decided to make a backup. After using TWRP to do a backup, I proceeded to installing the custom ROM + gapps (wiped with the default settings). Everything was working I think (I handed the phone to my wife so she was he one testing it). After some time, she decided she wants the stock ROM instead so I decided to download the androidforums.com/metropcs-galaxy-s4-all-things-root/783769-rom-recovery-flash-able-stock-m919nuvuamf2-rooted-deodexed-rom.html ROM.
I flashed the newly downloaded ROM + gapps (same file). This time, I couldn't get the gapps to work probably because it was meant for another version. So I decided to just restore from the backup I created earlier.
So, the usual stuff. Wipe. Restore. Restart.
Seems to be going smoothly because my wife was happy to see the old ROM she was used to.
Until the phone started to restart on it's own. (It's pretty much downhill from here on out).
At first I thought it was just a random thing that probably would never happen again. I was wrong as it became more frequent as days went by.
Recently I can't just restart the phone, I would have to remove the battery and then restart it. Now, it's getting really hard to restart the phone. Please help me fix this. I prefer to leave the phone rooted, but if the fix unroots the phone then so be it, anyway my wife prefers the stock ROM so only the unlocking was necessary.
Metro PCS Samsung Galaxy S4 M919N
Recovery:
TWRP 2.6.3.1
ROMs:
Stock Metro PCS
CyanogenMod 10.2.1
Let me know if you need more information from me. Hopefully I can restart the phone so I can give you some version numbers.
Thanks everyone!
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I agree with Elesbb. If the goal is jus tto get back to stock, just do an odin flash of the stock ROM. Be advised if you flash the latest Kit Kay update you will nto be able to go back to Jelly Bean. From your post it seems like you are partial to Jelly Bean. So if that's what you want, but sure you use the stock 4.3 ROM. You can find it around here on XDA somewhere with a quick search to make sure you have the right one.
As Elesbb said, you won't loose the 'sim unlock'. But you will lose root. However you can root the stock ROM just fine.
You might also consider one of the myriad of TouchWiz based custom ROMs. They are look just like TouchWiz that your wife wants, but have a lot of optimizations and options in them. Those should flash just like any ROM. If you still get the reboot issue then do the Odin back to stock, reroot, then flash the custom TW roms.
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Thread cleaned.
Rather than bashing a ROM or user let's keep on topic and help the OP resolved the problems he's having. Arguing over the virtues of a ROM doesn't help anyone.
Thank you,
Rwilco12
Before posting this thread I sent the aforementioned guide's poster (arocker). He sent me a reply saying not to use gapps as the stock ROM for Metro PCS already comes with Google apps. I'll try his suggestion first and see if the phone still reboots a lot.
If the problem persists, I will try the solutions mentioned here. Thanks a lot!
elesbb said:
I didn't read everything but just wanted to say
VERY GOOD THREAD!
this is how threads should be done. Very descriptive, organized, told us everything you did and asked for help! Good job man! Only negative is it prolly should have gone in Q&A section but irregardless very good thread!
About your issue, I recommend flashing stock Odin tar file to everything back to stock and reroot and start over. Flashing stock will not lock it again it will remain unlocked. But should get you back up and fresh. Just be aware it will erase all your data and all of the internal SD card.
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After trying arocker's suggestion to not flash gapps, the phone still reboots. So now, I am going to try your solution guys.
But before I do, I want to make sure that I am on the correct paths/links.
Here's what I found for the following:
ODIN
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/27-08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
I've had a couple of chances to use ODIN but only using specific functions like flashing a recovery file while the phone is in download mode. I don't however have any experience using ODIN to put the phone back to stock where the phone gets unrooted. Having the phone unrooted is fine by me as I only needed to have the phone unlocked.
Any step-by-step guides for using ODIN for this specific purpose guys? I don't want to mess this up again.
Thanks and sorry for the trouble.
dokgu said:
After trying arocker's suggestion to not flash gapps, the phone still reboots. So now, I am going to try your solution guys.
But before I do, I want to make sure that I am on the correct paths/links.
Here's what I found for the following:
ODIN
forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/themes-apps/27-08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
I've had a couple of chances to use ODIN but only using specific functions like flashing a recovery file while the phone is in download mode. I don't however have any experience using ODIN to put the phone back to stock where the phone gets unrooted. Having the phone unrooted is fine by me as I only needed to have the phone unlocked.
Any step-by-step guides for using ODIN for this specific purpose guys? I don't want to mess this up again.
Thanks and sorry for the trouble.
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No trouble at all, check out the stickies in the beginning of threads.
Look for guides similar to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335109
Pp. Good luck.
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PanchoPlanet said:
No trouble at all, check out the stickies in the beginning of threads.
Look for guides similar to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335109
Pp. Good luck.
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Hello PanchoPlanet,
Thanks for the link. I went ahead and tried to unroot without Windows (Mobile Odin) as per the instructions on the link. I downloaded everything and went ahead to install the Mobile Odin APK. When I ran it to install the Flash Kernel, the app told me that the device is not supported.
To my understanding the guide is for M919 devices but should work for my wife's device as well (M919N - Metro PCS). I would like to try the guide for using Windows but I'm not really expecting for it to work or I might mess it up more. I'll try to search some more and provide the links where this forum will lead me to. But if you have any ideas, please let me know asap. Thanks!
PanchoPlanet said:
No trouble at all, check out the stickies in the beginning of threads.
Look for guides similar to this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335109
Pp. Good luck.
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Ok, here's what I found:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2446497
It seems like the perfect thread for what I am trying to achieve. Will let you guys know if it is successful. But it will have to wait for tomorrow. Gonna catch some sleep.
Okay, I'm running out of options. I was able to flash the stock ROM using Odin 3.07. The recovery looks like it came back to the stock recovery as I no longer have TWRP installed. When I install Root Checker, I see that I am no longer rooted. That's good.
But my original problem is still here. The phone reboots a lot. The phone is so unstable that it is barely usable.
I am now going to try one more thing.
I have a Galaxy S4 (I337M) from Rogers Canada (my wife has Metro PCS M919N). Mine got rooted and has CyanogenMod 10.2.1 as a custom ROM. My phone is working perfectly while hers reboots a lot. I was thinking it was because of a faulty battery. So I am doing an experiment by swapping the batteries. So far no reboots have occurred, but I will continue to monitor this.
Any ideas why the battery is kinda messed up?
This thread talks about battery stuff and reboots:
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/530338/20131216/samsung-galaxy-s4-problems.htm
Batteries can go bad a lot of ways. Extreme temperature, factory defect, phone drops, moisture, etc.
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Android_Monsters said:
This thread talks about battery stuff and reboots:
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/530338/20131216/samsung-galaxy-s4-problems.htm
Batteries can go bad a lot of ways. Extreme temperature, factory defect, phone drops, moisture, etc.
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And 100% of the time, they eventually just get old.
dokgu said:
Okay, I'm running out of options. I was able to flash the stock ROM using Odin 3.07. The recovery looks like it came back to the stock recovery as I no longer have TWRP installed. When I install Root Checker, I see that I am no longer rooted. That's good.
But my original problem is still here. The phone reboots a lot. The phone is so unstable that it is barely usable.
I am now going to try one more thing.
I have a Galaxy S4 (I337M) from Rogers Canada (my wife has Metro PCS M919N). Mine got rooted and has CyanogenMod 10.2.1 as a custom ROM. My phone is working perfectly while hers reboots a lot. I was thinking it was because of a faulty battery. So I am doing an experiment by swapping the batteries. So far no reboots have occurred, but I will continue to monitor this.
Any ideas why the battery is kinda messed up?
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That's a wierd situation, by swapping batteries you basically performed a battery pull, which acts as a reset, that in it self may have cleared your issue.
Now if battery is bad that could be an unusual problem. Maybe just replacing the battery will be the end of your mystery.
Pp.
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The battery should be brand new as the phone was just recently purchased this April.
Anyways, so far no reboots have happened and any instability has not been shown at all. Everything looks ok, yet.
Anyone know if it is safe to swap batteries? Our phones have different S4 models. I'm not sure what the implications would be. Also what is this battery pull which acts as a reset? We've been pulling the battery a lot of times but the reboot still happens but not when we swapped batteries.
The batteries are all the same. Don't worry about that.
Even if its a new battery if could have just been bad. A manufacturing defect perhaps.
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
dokgu said:
The battery should be brand new as the phone was just recently purchased this April.
Anyways, so far no reboots have happened and any instability has not been shown at all. Everything looks ok, yet.
Anyone know if it is safe to swap batteries? Our phones have different S4 models. I'm not sure what the implications would be. Also what is this battery pull which acts as a reset? We've been pulling the battery a lot of times but the reboot still happens but not when we swapped batteries.
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This battery thing is wacky, anyway swapping batteries should not be a problem, it's just an energy storage container. Pulling the battery isn't like powering down the phone or resetting/rebooting ,sometimes devs request a battery pull to get the proper wipe effect that reboots can't provide.
You inadvertently solved your problem by accident. That's a good thing.
Pp.
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PanchoPlanet said:
You inadvertently solved your problem by accident. That's a good thing.
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I have quite literally solved the vast majority of my problems this way.
Its a preferred method.
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
Sometimes it's that "total disconnect "of power that kind of gets all the ducks lined up in a row and everything flows in the dynaflow.
Good.
Pp.
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its very important topics and it might seen for every galaxy s4 users.just wonderful topics.
This exact same thing happened on my mother's 6-month old S3. If you're still wondering, you could try putting the old battery and running a CPU stress test app. It should increase the current draw and trigger a shutdown.
EDIT: whoops, sorry to kind of zombie. Didn't check the date.
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