My completely stock S6 has started boot looping out of no where. The phone hasn't been rooted or anything. The phone has started to just shut down during use, freezing at different parts of boot (Samsung logo, Sprint Spark screen). It's been factory reset after taking it to Sprint but the issue still remains. Any ideas on how to save the phone before going to Samsung for a warranty claim?
Have you tried flashing a stock tar (OF7) with Odin?
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prototype7 said:
Have you tried flashing a stock tar (OF7) with Odin?
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No, not yet. Will that trip KNOX?
Jamin13 said:
No, not yet. Will that trip KNOX?
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No.
I think I'm just going to send it in. The phone booted to the Welcome screen after the reset and had the previous device/Google account screen. The whole login process looped around after the correct credentials were entered until the phone froze again.
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Hello,
I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 3 that has been rooted and flashed with the Cyanogen JB rom. I need to return the phone for warranty work. Triangle Away says that my counter is at 6. How do I restore the phone to the factory rom and reset the counter? Since the phone has to be rooted to reset the counter, how do I restore without adding to the counter? Should it be at 0 or 1 to send it in? I'm a little lost here. I appreciate any help I can get.
Dustin
I would suggest Triangle Away, then format/wipe/clear everything and then flash stock via odin. Odin will not trip counter. If on a non-stock I believe you must check the repartition box. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.
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ConeyKiller said:
I would suggest Triangle Away, then format/wipe/clear everything and then flash stock via odin. Odin will not trip counter. If on a non-stock I believe you must check the repartition box. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, please.
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How dangerous is Triangle Away? I bought and installed it on the phone already. Are there any precautions that I need to take? I do want to restore it with the original rom. Where would I get it?
Thanks btw!
dustinsroberts said:
How dangerous is Triangle Away? I bought and installed it on the phone already. Are there any precautions that I need to take? I do want to restore it with the original rom. Where would I get it?
Thanks btw!
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There shouldn't be any problems using triangle away
u can get the official stock from here sammobile.com
I followed the steps on this page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
I got past step 11 but now after restarting the phone is stuck at the Samsung logo during the boot. Any suggestions?
dustinsroberts said:
I followed the steps on this page. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710613
I got past step 11 but now after restarting the phone is stuck at the Samsung logo during the boot. Any suggestions?
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try shutting down your device and boot while holding the volume up, home button and power button simultaneously then do a factory reset from there. should work
So I rooted my SG3, SGH-I747 last night. Took a bit of looking as I recently updated to 4.3 OTA which made the process more difficult than I remember in the past on this phone, but got it done. I then found a ROM to flash, but flash failed. Before flashing, I did take a nandroid backup using TWRP, but after attempting restore with it, on boot up it gets through the samsung logo and then just sits at the AT&T load screen. I have tried to go in and perform factory reset (wiping cache, dalvik and system), but nothing is working. I then downloaded 4.1.1 stock firmware for this device to flash via ODIN but I get a FAIL, and same result, stuck at AT&T screen. Did I brick my phone?????
Please Help!
You cannot downgrade after 4.3 flash stock 4.3 to repair
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So I rooted my SG3, SGH-I747 last night. Took a bit of looking as I recently updated to 4.3 OTA which made the process more difficult than I remember in the past on this phone, but got it done. I then found a ROM to flash, but flash failed. Before flashing, I did take a nandroid backup using TWRP, but after attempting restore with it, on boot up it gets through the samsung logo and then just sits at the AT&T load screen. I have tried to go in and perform factory reset (wiping cache, dalvik and system), but nothing is working. I then downloaded 4.1.1 stock firmware for this device to flash via ODIN but I get a FAIL, and same result, stuck at AT&T screen. Did I brick my phone?????
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It Happened to me 2 days ago I am on Rogers. What i did i just flashed the update through Odin again and start from square one. It kept all my application and all my downloads . Good luck
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It Happened to me 2 days ago I am on Rogers. What i did i just flashed the update through Odin again and start from square one. It kept all my application and all my downloads . Good luck
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What update are you speaking of? I tried to flash stock 4.1.1 but got FAIL message.
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You cannot downgrade after 4.3 flash stock 4.3 to repair
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Would you happen to have link to download this file?
All the files are located at sammobile.com just download the one for your carrier
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All the files are located at sammobile.com just download the one for your carrier
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Okay, thanks for the help. Will try as soon as I can.
You can save the file quickly to cLoud and d/l at your leisure
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It's pCloud I really hate autocorrect
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Disable auto reboot in odin and try again..
After it says pass remove the battery for 10 sec and then reboot..
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Okay so I installed the stock 4.3 firmware, and it seemed that it was going to reboot, but does NOT boot up AT ALL.
Dammit.
Anything else I might be doing wrong?
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What update are you speaking of? I tried to flash stock 4.1.1 but got FAIL message.
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Do not flash anything from sammobile because you're on AT&T and they don't have the 4.3 files there. You already updated to 4.3 if you do happen to successfully flash something older through Odin you will have a paperweight for a phone.
Try to do a factory reset. And 4.3 takes a really long time to boot after a factory reset or fresh flash. You will think it is stuck just plug it in to the charger and come back in 10 minutes so you can not be impatient. Let it do its thing. When I Say a long time the last time (yesterday) I flashed a Rom (stock by loserskater) it took 4 minutes and 22 seconds to boot(I timed it had nothing better to do after hard bricking the phone for the third time in a week)
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Follow up on the issue.
Just so this thread didn't just stop, I wanted to give an update on my situation. Ended up hard tricking my phone and sent it off to get pba replaced. Should be getting it back soon, 70 dollars later.
Just happened
I tried to flash a new mod'd touchwiz launcher and tried to restore from a nandroid backup of dandroid.
After restoring stuck on boot logo.
Tried to wipe and restore again to no avail.
I put the rom back on the sd card and re-flashed and is up and working fine.
You might wanna try this (with your chosen rom).
hey guys, I don't really know much about rooting and all that stuff. i rooted it once out of curiousity but quickly went back to the stock firmware and reset the counter. months later (now) I recently started getting all these sim card errors I figured i installed the firmware wrong or something so i tried to redownload the stock firmware and upgrade from there
I launched odin 1.85 installed OUDHS-Recovery-jfltetmo-1.0.3.3 into the phone, ( it passed) and then i installed ROOT_M919UVUAMDL after it rebooted i started getting this
"kernel is not se android enforcing
set warranty bit: kernel"
I can still access cwm touch req0very v1.0.3.3 but I dont know where to go from here, i just want my phone back
Are you still getting sim card errors?
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lol well it wont go past the galaxy s screen. it stuck there and it gives me the error, also i believe its because the stock rom i got was android 4.2 but it was running 4.3. i dont even care what os runs as long as i get my phone running. i tried going through all the posts in the other threads but I dont understand some of the procedures to get them running. cyanogen mod looks nice and simple
I got it to boot up with a nexus rom, its really different from touch wiz it still gave me the kernel error when i booted it but it ran fine afterwards, i was also checking out the rom and it said that I only have 1.2 gb of ram when ireally have 2 gb. slowly but surely i'm starting to dig this changing of the roms, haha. can anyone hook it up with a link the latest firmware of stock touchwiz? i kinda want to get it running good by the weekend. thanks in advance
There's nothing wrong with the message at boot up, you tripped the Knox counter so that's why you get that message.. You can just flash a stock ROM if you want to go back to touchwiz
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well, it looks like i'm still getting the sim error message, could it be because its running 4.3 still? how do i get it back to stock and reset the counter so that i can exchange it at tmobile?
It's because you tripped the Knox bootloader. I usually just flash the stock ROM that came with the phone when exchanging.
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dfa1979 said:
well, it looks like i'm still getting the sim error message, could it be because its running 4.3 still? how do i get it back to stock and reset the counter so that i can exchange it at tmobile?
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You cannot reset it.. All you can do is flash the stock 4.3 firmware with Odin if you're thinking about doing an exchange
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You cannot reset it.. All you can do is flash the stock 4.3 firmware with Odin if you're thinking about doing an exchange
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wont they notice though?
Not in my experience. They just have stuff like Knox and the flash counter, so they have the upper hand in a dispute.
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Not in my experience. They just have stuff like Knox and the flash counter, so they have the upper hand in a dispute.
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wish me luck bros lol
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wont they notice though?
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Only if they check, which I don't think they will
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well, i got the replaced but guess what, it still has the sim card issue, i'm' a 3rd sim card so it seems like these phones are factory defective. looks like I will have to call samsung and try to get it replaced again.
I need help guys, i think I may have bricked my phone. Yesterday I tried updating the modem on mobile odin. I put the bin file on my phone and found it under modem # 2 and I flashed it. It then got stuck on the start up screen. I then tried to use the PC odin to install the new 4.4 update to see if that would rectify it, it now get hung up at the tmobile page of the start up process. I was on wicked V-10 w/MK2 before all this happened. Is there any thing I can do to fixed this?
Do a factory reset. Then reboot
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Do a factory reset. Then reboot
My S4 is Insane...is yours?
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I did that but it still gets stuck on the T-Mobile 4G LTE screen page. Anything else I can try or is it just plain screwed up?
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I did that but it still gets stuck on the T-Mobile 4G LTE screen page. Anything else I can try or is it just plain screwed up?
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Your only other option is to return the phone to factory stock. This will require flashing an old firmware and ROM. But at least it will revive your phone and give you a chance to start over. Go to this thread here for details on how to carry out the procedure.
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Your only other option is to return the phone to factory stock. This will require flashing an old firmware and ROM. But at least it will revive your phone and give you a chance to start over. Go to this thread here for details on how to carry out the procedure.
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Okay I tried using odin but i get a fail whenever I load the PDA (AP) slot, I have tried lots of times. Can I use the PHONE (CP) function?
From what I have read and seen in the forum mobil Odin is not to be used on the S4.
Now you know.
Try several factory resets in a row, if that works Odin back to factory stock.
Pp.
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Try booting into recovery and clearing data and cache.
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From what I have read and seen in the forum mobil Odin is not to be used on the S4.
Now you know.
Try several factory resets in a row, if that works Odin back to factory stock.
Pp.
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Did that and it worked, thanks
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Been running Notorized Stable 2 for a few weeks with no issues. Today I shut off my phone for a little while at work, when I went to turn it back on it went through the Samsung screen, Sprint Spark screen, then it vibrates once, goes black and doesn't do anything after that. I've tried factory reset, clearing/wiping everything and reflashing Notorized, same thing happening. No idea what to do now. HUGE thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Been running Notorized Stable 2 for a few weeks with no issues. Today I shut off my phone for a little while at work, when I went to turn it back on it went through the Samsung screen, Sprint Spark screen, then it vibrates once, goes black and doesn't do anything after that. I've tried factory reset, clearing/wiping everything and reflashing Notorized, same thing happening. No idea what to do now. HUGE thanks in advance for any assistance.
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Sounds like the reactivation lock from OE1 or OF5 build. Is that where you started before Noterized?
Can't boot after re-flashing CF Auto Root? Wiping everything and powering off and Odin OF5 stock tar could be your only option; Odin another stock tar would fail if you're on one of those builds. You'd have to boot and disable reactivation lock in Settings/Security and enable developer mode and USB debugging mode to get back to Noterized. But I'm not sure that's 0 issues, 100% compatibility. Unless maybe after all that, you can still see reactivation lock in security after booting Noterized? Still wouldn't know, myself; I'm still on OB7. (You have to tell me otherwise).
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Flash the recovery again. Just my guess.
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Sounds like the reactivation lock from OE1 or OF5 build. Is that where you started before Noterized?
Can't boot after re-flashing CF Auto Root? Wiping everything and powering off and Odin OF5 stock tar could be your only option; Odin another stock tar would fail if you're on one of those builds. You'd have to boot and disable reactivation lock in Settings/Security and enable developer mode and USB debugging mode to get back to Noterized. But I'm not sure that's 0 issues, 100% compatibility. Unless maybe after all that, you can still see reactivation lock in security after booting Noterized? Still wouldn't know, myself; I'm still on OB7. (You have to tell me otherwise).
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Yeah i was on stock OE1 when i rooted. I have tried reflashing w/ CF Auto ROot and then reflashing the ROM. Guess I'll have to try and track down a stock OE1 .tar?
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Yeah i was on stock OE1 when i rooted. I have tried reflashing w/ CF Auto ROot and then reflashing the ROM. Guess I'll have to try and track down a stock OE1 .tar?
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I'll save you the search trouble. Search for OF5 tar instead. There never was a OE1 tar release.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61877147
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I'll save you the search trouble. Search for OF5 tar instead. There never was a OE1 tar release.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61877147
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Thanks! I was searching for an OE1 tar for a while. I came across the OF5 but wasn't sure if i'd be able to use it or not. Downloading now. Hopefully it works. I owe you a beer if it does!!!
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I'll save you the search trouble. Search for OF5 tar instead. There never was a OE1 tar release.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61877147
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Alright, so i got the OF5 .tar flashed and I can finally get past the yellow spark screen, but not much further. The "Android is upgrading...optimizing app xx of xxx" window comes up. It'll update a few numbers, then resets and keeps looping like this. Any thoughts? Try and reflash?
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Alright, so i got the OF5 .tar flashed and I can finally get past the yellow spark screen, but not much further. The "Android is upgrading...optimizing app xx of xxx" window comes up. It'll update a few numbers, then resets and keeps looping like this. Any thoughts? Try and reflash?
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Did you check the OF5 tar md5? Wipe everything but ext sdcard? Did you power down prior to Odin stock tar. Is that all you flashed?
You're saying the initial boot after stock tar Odin fails?
md5 shared earlier and confirmed was aae4cbc9f8b12e61c42819cf8ae542bf
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Did you check the OF5 tar md5? Wipe everything but ext sdcard? Did you power down prior to Odin stock tar. Is that all you flashed?
You're saying the initial boot after stock tar Odin fails?
md5 shared earlier and confirmed was aae4cbc9f8b12e61c42819cf8ae542bf
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MD5 was good. Wiped everything at least 3 times. Powered down, waited, then booted into download mode, flashed the stock OF5 tar in ODIN. Once it passed, disconnected phone from computer. Phone started going through boot process(Samsung screen, Sprint Spark screen) after that is when the "Android is upgrading..." window pops up and starts optimizing apps, but it'll only get through a few before it freezes and the phone resets.
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MD5 was good. Wiped everything at least 3 times. Powered down, waited, then booted into download mode, flashed the stock OF5 tar in ODIN. Once it passed, disconnected phone from computer. Phone started going through boot process(Samsung screen, Sprint Spark screen) after that is when the "Android is upgrading..." window pops up and starts optimizing apps, but it'll only get through a few before it freezes and the phone resets.
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PM sent. If anyone knows what works in this situation please share it; I'm on OB7 and can't recall an issue like this being resolved with confirmation...which limits ideas to theories.
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