I stupidly tried to "Unroot" my phone by factory restoring it then flashing a stock rom and original firmware through Odin. Flashing the stock rom worked however when I tried to flash the firmware through Odin I got an "ext4 image fail" error. I am now stuck with a phone that does not boot. It is just stuck on a "Connect to Kies for emergency recovery" screen - but my phone is never detected in Kies. I cannot boot into recovery mode: I tried and I get the Samsung logo with the blue "RECOVERY BOOTING" text at the top for a split second, but then the screen goes black and I get this message at the top of the screen:
"image size too large!! W:1000, H:1920
display image fail
SECURE FAIL: KERNEL"
Basically, I had 4.2.2 Jellybean installed but wanted Kitkat (this was much earlier this year) and so I found a method of installing KitKat which also gave root access. Can't remember what I did to install it.
I have now successfully flashed CWM recovery through Odin but I have absolutely no idea what to do next. All the guides I have read talk about installing something through an SD card via the recovery menu, which I obviously cannot do because I can't reach the recovery menu.
Can anybody help me please, I am a complete newb when it comes to this stuff and I really don't want a useless phone :crying:
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was stuck on samsung logo . now the yellow triangle..device wont go into the logo menu again (the restarting part. stuck with yellow triangle telling me to go to recovery)
i tried flashing roms which failed to flash.. i then just restored my tablet
i had access to recovery till i tried installing a boatloader required for another stock rom on the rom section. that lead to the yellow triangle.
so no access to recovery.. i am currently in the middle of emergency recovery..and downloaded stock rom to flash through odin if that doesnt work
i am stressed out right now.. need my tab for school next week.. bricked it yesterday.. worked all day and night .. now i have odin to use after kies doesn't work
i was using twrp 2.5
the roms just wouldnt flash and i restored the system.. about 3 times i tried flashing and failed. then restored.. but stuck at logo
what to do from here?
the kies is at around 50% downloading stupid update of the software..for the note 8
sarmadpak10 said:
was stuck on samsung logo . now the yellow triangle..device wont go into the logo menu again (the restarting part. stuck with yellow triangle telling me to go to recovery)
i tried flashing roms which failed to flash.. i then just restored my tablet
i had access to recovery till i tried installing a boatloader required for another stock rom on the rom section. that lead to the yellow triangle.
so no access to recovery.. i am currently in the middle of emergency recovery..and downloaded stock rom to flash through odin if that doesnt work
i am stressed out right now.. need my tab for school next week.. bricked it yesterday.. worked all day and night .. now i have odin to use after kies doesn't work
i was using twrp 2.5
the roms just wouldnt flash and i restored the system.. about 3 times i tried flashing and failed. then restored.. but stuck at logo
what to do from here?
the kies is at around 50% downloading stupid update of the software..for the note 8
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That's suck, download your firmware from sammobile.com and make sure you get correct firmware labelled by country. then open up odin and load the firmware and put your tab into download mode and flash. If you're not sure how to use odin use guide from general section
Hi,
I have Galaxy S4 Mini VE GT-i9195i. The phone was a bit laggy, so I decided to factory reset. When I did it, the phone didn't booted. It was showing Odin download screen with red text "Could not do normal boot, odin mode" (or something like that). In thread [index] Galaxy S4 mini i9195i were some recoveries, so I used odin to recovery it. Now, when booting, it shows "Kernel is not seandroid reinforcing, set warranty bit:kernel" and when it boots up, there is setup screen (the one which shows when you firt turn the phone on), but the phone is spamming with message boxes "<random process or app> stopped working", so I can't do anything(by fast taping OK, I manage to get through few screens, but when it come's Google account choose, the screen goes black).
I tried another recovery, but none of them worked.
In the forum, there is also link to stock ROM, I think wiping all the data and flashing the phone with stock ROM could help, but last time I did something like this was about 5 years ago with Xperia, and I couldn't find any guide how to do this, so could you guys please tell me what to do?
Thanks.
adamjezek98 said:
Hi,
I have Galaxy S4 Mini VE GT-i9195i. The phone was a bit laggy, so I decided to factory reset. When I did it, the phone didn't booted. It was showing Odin download screen with red text "Could not do normal boot, odin mode" (or something like that). In thread [index] Galaxy S4 mini i9195i were some recoveries, so I used odin to recovery it. Now, when booting, it shows "Kernel is not seandroid reinforcing, set warranty bit:kernel" and when it boots up, there is setup screen (the one which shows when you firt turn the phone on), but the phone is spamming with message boxes "<random process or app> stopped working", so I can't do anything(by fast taping OK, I manage to get through few screens, but when it come's Google account choose, the screen goes black).
I tried another recovery, but none of them worked.
In the forum, there is also link to stock ROM, I think wiping all the data and flashing the phone with stock ROM could help, but last time I did something like this was about 5 years ago with Xperia, and I couldn't find any guide how to do this, so could you guys please tell me what to do?
Thanks.
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Sorry to hear about your situation. I think flashing the stock rom is the last best option. Anyways here r the steps:
1. Download Odin 3.1x.x version( its the program via which you can flash samsung stock roms, modems,recoveries and caches etc,...google it)
2.If possible, before doing anything to your phone, take a nandroid backup from recovery like TWRP or CWM)
3.Hold power+home+volume down button to boot into bootloader menu. Once booted, it will ask you to press volume up button to continue, do that.
4.Now connect your phone to your pc via data cable( kindly confirm that your pc usb ports are working properly otherwise the flashing will corrupt)
5. Open Odin. If connected properly, you will see the ID:COM tab turn blue mentioning the port name you connected.Now click AP on right hand side and search /select the location where your Stock rom(md5) file is located. Now on left side panel(logs) you will see something is going on. Wait for a few minitues and after processing is done (when you see the lines "leave cs...") Click start and relax.
6.It will take some time to flash the rom. If everything went well, there will be a "PASS" message on top left of Odin. The phone will boot into recovery and do some cleaning and reboot again.......................................................Congratulations!!
Note: I follow this method on GT-9192 and i think its same with your model.
I think the message "Kernel is not seandroid reinforcing" means incompatible recovery software for this device. Try different one.
The only working recovery for our phone is TWRP recovery. Flash the .img through flashify after rooting with Kingroot / Supersu me and you are done . Be sure to flash the stock rom through odin to fix any hiccups with app not responding and after proceed normally.
I don't know what happened but all of a sudden my gs4 stopped working and I could only get it up to the logo before it rebooted again. I am a total noob so I don't have any developer apps or firmware or whatever. I tried using Kies but I get stuck on the serial number part as I have entered everything on the box and behind the battery with none of them working. Now I am trying to use Odin but I think I messed up my phone even more. On the box it says M919NUVUEMK5 so I downloaded the firmware with that same code but originally I had downloaded the NUVUFOK one and used that. So I followed the guide and used that NUVUFOK file, and it seemd to be working as the download bar on my phone was almost done, but then all of a sudden it failed. I figured that was the wrong firmware so I went back and got the MK5 one, but now when I try to do the same thing with this firmware the bar only loads a tiny bit and then stops. Also the phone won't start up properly after I tried this, now it says there is an issue with the firmware upgrade and I need to use recovery mode in Kies. I have no idea what to do or what I am even doing, all I want to do is get my phone working again.
If you live in the US, you can take it to Best Buy an they will use there software to get it working again. Its hell of a lot less work.
Reformat
Operation Ivy said:
I don't know what happened but all of a sudden my gs4 stopped working and I could only get it up to the logo before it rebooted again. I am a total noob so I don't have any developer apps or firmware or whatever. I tried using Kies but I get stuck on the serial number part as I have entered everything on the box and behind the battery with none of them working. Now I am trying to use Odin but I think I messed up my phone even more. On the box it says M919NUVUEMK5 so I downloaded the firmware with that same code but originally I had downloaded the NUVUFOK one and used that. So I followed the guide and used that NUVUFOK file, and it seemd to be working as the download bar on my phone was almost done, but then all of a sudden it failed. I figured that was the wrong firmware so I went back and got the MK5 one, but now when I try to do the same thing with this firmware the bar only loads a tiny bit and then stops. Also the phone won't start up properly after I tried this, now it says there is an issue with the firmware upgrade and I need to use recovery mode in Kies. I have no idea what to do or what I am even doing, all I want to do is get my phone working again.
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Hello. You will need to reformat your device so odin can recognize it. This can be done by using odin to flash a custom recovery like TWRP. The download link for that custom recovery is: https://dl.twrp.me/jfltetmo
Once you have that downloaded open odin and select AP option. Browse to where you saved TWRP and select it. Now proceed with flashing like normal. after its done flashing turn off the device.
After it is completely off hold the power button and volume up button simultaneously until you see the blue words on the top right corner of the boot logo screen.
Now you are in the twrp custom recovery menu. Go to Wipe > Advanced Wipe then select everything except for external sd, USB, and internal storage.
Once it is complete formatting turn the phone off again and boot back into download mode. Now you can reflash the correct firmware for your phone. I recommend using this firmware instead since it is a whole image rather than an incremental update. After flashing this your phone will reboot, give you the loading android logo and then the phone will start up once again! Good luck
The phone is giving the firmware error message because you tried to flash an older firmware to the phone.
Download the latest firmware for your phone and reflash it using Odin and the original Samsung USB cable.
AndroidInitiate said:
Hello. You will need to reformat your device so odin can recognize it. This can be done by using odin to flash a custom recovery like TWRP. The download link for that custom recovery is:
Once you have that downloaded open odin and select AP option. Browse to where you saved TWRP and select it. Now proceed with flashing like normal. after its done flashing turn off the device.
After it is completely off hold the power button and volume up button simultaneously until you see the blue words on the top right corner of the boot logo screen.
Now you are in the twrp custom recovery menu. Go to Wipe > Advanced Wipe then select everything except for external sd, USB, and internal storage.
Once it is complete formatting turn the phone off again and boot back into download mode. Now you can reflash the correct firmware for your phone. I recommend using this firmware instead since it is a whole image rather than an incremental update. After flashing this your phone will reboot, give you the loading android logo and then the phone will start up once again! Good luck
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I downloaded it and it worked but now can't get past the "blue words" part. When trying to go into recovery it gives me either of two screens, one says "system software not authorized by samsung has been found on your phone." with red words "secure fail: kernel" or the blue words show up followed by red words that say "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" and then yellow words "set warranty bit: recovery". the phone is still resetting and freezing randomly.
Operation Ivy said:
I downloaded it and it worked but now can't get past the "blue words" part. When trying to go into recovery it gives me either of two screens, one says "system software not authorized by samsung has been found on your phone." with red words "secure fail: kernel" or the blue words show up followed by red words that say "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" and then yellow words "set warranty bit: recovery". the phone is still resetting and freezing randomly.
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you are using the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 right?
AndroidInitiate said:
you are using the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 right?
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Yes it is the SGH-M919N model.
Operation Ivy said:
Yes it is the SGH-M919N model.
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You need to boot into recovery holding volume up and power button simultaneously. Once your in recovery mode format it. then you can reflash stock firmware.
Hi
I'm new here so sorry if anything I say is a bit strange~
As the thread title mentioned I got a softbricked Samsung S4 mini LTE GT-I9195.
The Recovery is unavailable showing the dead android "no command"
Normal booting leeds to a bootloop.
Only download mode is available so I started flashing a stock firmware to it (I9195XXUCNK4_I9195QXZCOA1_DBT) via OdIn giving PASS
Which helped nothing~
I took the risk flashing with PIT file - which it survived - still softbricked.
I also tried flashing stock recovery and custom recoverys to it- helps nothing.
Now I guess I have to flash a new bootloader to it but I have no clue...
Isn't a new bootloader part of the stock firmware I tried to flash to it
Do I need a special PIT file?
Still no recovery, no ADB and bootloop....
Please help
EDIT:
Well about ADB...
When I plug in the phone the device doesn't offer win7 a ADB device (in download mode)
I cannot access Android 4.4.2 due to the bootloop - so I cannot enable USB debugging~
The recovery isn't startable with "no command" - so I also cannot enable it there...
Is the a way to flash something with ADB to the device via Odin/download mode?
USB-JIG didn't help either
Well the USB-JIG started the phone in download mode
And instead of showing "ODIN MODE" it said "FACTORY MODE"
But it didn't start flashing or something...
Download mode is still available~
Any ideas?
I rooted my device, everything was fine until then but i wanted a custom rom so i tried to install twrp via odin, this didn´t work and the phone would not boot (recovery error validating footer) so i downloaded the stock firmware in the forum, when i tried to flash it odin got stuck at "setup connection" for like 30 minutes so i restarted the phone and instead of going to the download screen it displayed "an error has ocurred while updating the software, use the emergency recovery function in smart switch"
Smart switch didn't work so i came back to odin, now when i try to flash the stock firmware it tells me "sw rev check fail bootloader device* binary 1" i can´t tell what binary the phone has because the notch is hiding it but i can tell that the problem is that i cant downgrade the bootloader, where can i get a newer firmware? or can i just force the downgrade somehow?
now i´m stuck with a phone that won´t boot :crying:
Xplow said:
I rooted my device, ...
now i´m stuck with a phone that won´t boot :crying:
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"ReiBoot for Android" (free demo ) helped me to enable download mode
odin could then flash stock firmware A105FNXXU3ATA1,
i had no lock to enable root or magisk "Error verifying vbmeta image"
but i can use the phone...
stoessel said:
"ReiBoot for Android" (free demo ) helped me to enable download mode
odin could then flash stock firmware A105FNXXU3ATA1,
i had no lock to enable root or magisk "Error verifying vbmeta image"
but i can use the phone...
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not sure what reiboot android is but his problem has nothin to do with that.. he just needs to dl n flash latest rev firmware..
theres frija, firmware halabtech n many other sites u can dl firmware at.
i have the same problem!!!!!
when i connect to my laptop the phone connect and 1 sec letter disconnect
anyone can help?!?
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