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I woke up this morning to my phone perpetually rebooting.
I was running a nightly of CM 11.
Now when I try to go into Recovery I get a screen that asks for a password. I have no idea what that password is as I did not set one. I tried wiping data to no avail. I tried flashing a new recovery via Odin this did not work (Odin said successful but the screen on the phone never showed the transfer of the file). No matter what wipe method I use in recovery it just says fail, doesn't work at all and hangs or will say it can't mount. I have searched and searched and tried and tried and I'm stuck. I even tried ADB that didn't work either. Please help!
Try flashing Philz Touch (based on CWM) over TWRP via Odin. I have always had good luck with CWM and Philz.
Download the tar version: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
audit13 said:
Try flashing Philz Touch (based on CWM) over TWRP via Odin. I have always had good luck with CWM and Philz.
Download the tar version: http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/d2att
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I tried this already. I cannot flash ANYTHING via ODIN. Odin states that the process completed but the bar on the phone on the download screen never shows up to show that it has accepted a file.
therecker said:
I tried this already. I cannot flash ANYTHING via ODIN. Odin states that the process completed but the bar on the phone on the download screen never shows up to show that it has accepted a file.
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Did you unchecked F . reset and unchecked auto reboot when you flashed recovery in Odin? After you flash the file you have to pull the battery then replace it and boot to recovery do not allow the phone to boot to OS or you have to flash again as your recovery will only stick if you pull the battery and boot to recovery after flashing it. After you get into it the first time all will be well with the world again you can flash your heart out.
I had twrp ask me for a password once I hit the back arrow key and told it to mount my external SD card then flashed my rom, bootloader, kernel and modem then rebooted no problem.
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theramsey3 said:
Did you unchecked F . reset and unchecked auto reboot when you flashed recovery in Odin? After you flash the file you have to pull the battery then replace it and boot to recovery do not allow the phone to boot to OS or you have to flash again as your recovery will only stick if you pull the battery and boot to recovery after flashing it. After you get into it the first time all will be well with the world again you can flash your heart out.
I had twrp ask me for a password once I hit the back arrow key and told it to mount my external SD card then flashed my rom, bootloader, kernel and modem then rebooted no problem.
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This did not work. When I use ODIN all that is happening is that ODIN says it has succeeded but the little progress bar that usually shows up on the phone when you are in download mode never comes up. I did try this method though and it didn't work.
I restarted the phone in ODIN mode then opened ODIN then connected the USB cable then unchecked the two boxes you mentioned then flashed a new non TWRP recovery then waited for ODIN to say successful then the phone never showed the progress bar so I waited 2 mins until I pulled the battery then I restarted phone directly to recovery and still have the password prompt. Even after hitting cancel I cannot interact with recovery because every option I choose just says fail. I cannot even mount external sd card.
What phone do you have? What was the most recent stock ROM on your phone? Maybe you can flash a stock ROM.
There is a copy of the stock Samsung 3e recovery (which we can't use to flash zips with) I'm curious if maybe it can overwrite what you have going on? On the password screen I wasn't hitting cancel I was simply hitting the back arrow key. I will see if I have a copy of the stock recovery, just maybe you can flash it then flash another recovery after that so you can fix your phone.
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I have Samsung Galaxy S 3 At&T (d2att) SGH-I747 whichever one of those you want. The most recent stock rom on the phone was when I bought it brand new a few months after it came out. I tried installing a stock rom. I tried this using ODIN and it failed. The issue here is that TWRP somehow encrypted the entire file system so NOTHING at all in recovery works. When I use ODIN mode it never shows on my phone that it is accepting a transfer from the computer. When I tried the stock rom via ODIN method it actually failed in ODIN instead of telling me it succeeded and then just not work. It failed at the point when it says Firmware Update Start...aboot.mbn...NAND Write Start!...Complete(Write) operation failed. I am up for any suggestions but I need them to be detailed instructions because I have tried so many things I need to know what exact steps to follow.
I believe the aboot file is a bootloader. Did you ever have a stock 4.3 ROM on the phone? If you did, it probably has the stock 4.3 AT&T bootloader which cannot be downgraded without bricking the phone which means you cannot flash a ROM with an older bootloader via Odin.
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I believe the aboot file is a bootloader. Did you ever have a stock 4.3 ROM on the phone? If you did, it probably has the stock 4.3 AT&T bootloader which cannot be downgraded without bricking the phone which means you cannot flash a ROM with an older bootloader via Odin.
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To my knowledge I never had a stock 4.3 ROM on the phone. The only stock ROM to touch this phone was the one that came on it. So be specific what are you actually suggesting in this post that I do?
therecker said:
To my knowledge I never had a stock 4.3 ROM on the phone. The only stock ROM to touch this phone was the one that came on it. So be specific what are you actually suggesting in this post that I do?
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I am surprised that the aboot file was giving you a problem because the bootloader can be downgraded as long as it is not a 4.3 bootloader.
Do you recall exactly which ROM was on the phone when you got it? Where did you get the stock ROM?
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I am surprised that the aboot file was giving you a problem because the bootloader can be downgraded as long as it is not a 4.3 bootloader.
Do you recall exactly which ROM was on the phone when you got it? Where did you get the stock ROM?
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It was a CM11 Nightly ROM from the very beginning of February. And before that it was a CM10.2 Stable ROM.
Which stock ROM was on your phone before you loaded a custom ROM?
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Which stock ROM was on your phone before you loaded a custom ROM?
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I have no idea. It was when I first got the phone in November of 2012.
Sounds like your phone may be running a 4.3 bootloader which means your bootloader is locked and cannot be downgraded. This may explain why you are getting errors when trying to flash Odin. There is no stock AT&T 4.3 ROM that can be flashed via Odin.
hello guys, im having a problem with a s4 mini, i dont have a recovery, a friend gave it to me with this problem.
I can get download mode but when i try to flash TWRP or CWM i get the OK signs in odin but it doesnt get into recovery, well it gets to recovery but it says "no command" (sin comando, in spanish).
It used to have jellybean and updated itself to kitkat, it never had a custom rom.
This is what the screen in download mode shows:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME : GT-I9195
CURRENT BINARY: samsung official
SYSTEM STATUS: Official
KNOX KERNEL LOCK : 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID : 0x0
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
WRITE PROTECTION ENABLE
I tried lot of things, but my last resort is to ask, if you have anything to help i appreciate!
maybe should try stock rom next with odin.
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maybe should try stock rom next with odin.
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Already tried many stock firmwares for i9195 , when odins flashes it, it reboots to recovery and it says "NO COMMAND" ( Sin comandos ) then reboots and starts again with that.
Did you get this fixed mate. I'm pulling my hair out with the same problem. My son messed up a perfectly good phone that I had used for 3 years, and the toerag won't tell me what he did. (apparently he was texting when it when down) Tried various version of stock ROM and I get get diddly squat. ODIN fails to write the firmware and I get aboot on the phone screen. Current problem is stuck on Bootloop. Might just throw the thing away and buy a new one. Would like to fix it though....I'd be eternally grateful for any advice....Thnx
Capokhatpin,
Your son didn't do anything to your phone ! It's just faulty hardware and common problem to Samsung S4 Mini ...
And until now there are dozens of phones that are broken and there is still no solution for that problem.
So, leave the kid alone ...
Cheers !
I have the similar problem at my i9195 - at booting directly to recovery after "successful" flash of cwm over odin or heimdall, the stock recovery appears again without any change...
So did I understand it correctly that there is no chance to fix it?
lupus92 said:
I have the similar problem at my i9195 - at booting directly to recovery after "successful" flash of cwm over odin or heimdall, the stock recovery appears again without any change...
So did I understand it correctly that there is no chance to fix it?
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No I think you have different problem, are you flashing cwm recovery 2x? You need to flash it once then boot immediately back into download & flash it a 2nd time. If you only do it once or you do a normal boot between flashes it will not work, start again.
2x? Hmh, i tried it (both odin and heimdall), but it doesn't work either (also 3x or 4x)... again just stock recovery.
The story behind it: An update from stock rom failed, and after it it stuck at boot logo. When starting recovery, error messages that mounting /system failed appear. So I decided to try to flash CM on it -> first custom recovery. I tried the CM recovery, CWM recovery, Twrp.... No success. In Odin mode it says "Current Binary: Samsung Official" and "System Status: Official".
Any ideas how to fix it?
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2x? Hmh, i tried it (both odin and heimdall), but it doesn't work either (also 3x or 4x)... again just stock recovery.
The story behind it: An update from stock rom failed, and after it it stuck at boot logo. When starting recovery, error messages that mounting /system failed appear. So I decided to try to flash CM on it -> first custom recovery. I tried the CM recovery, CWM recovery, Twrp.... No success. In Odin mode it says "Current Binary: Samsung Official" and "System Status: Official".
Any ideas how to fix it?
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I couldn't do it, i threw it away, just give the kid a slap, don't keep trying, you deserve better.
God**** phone.
IronRoo said:
No I think you have different problem, are you flashing cwm recovery 2x? You need to flash it once then boot immediately back into download & flash it a 2nd time. If you only do it once or you do a normal boot between flashes it will not work, start again.
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So, I tried also to flash the stock ROM by booting it with „debrick“ image from SD card and flashing from „download mode“ went good, but after reboot it was same and I couldn't boot into „recovery“ with message „No command....“ or something like that. And You write that I have to flash only CWM or other TWRP recovery and then twice in the row. Is that correct ?
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So, I tried also to flash the stock ROM by booting it with â??debrickâ?? image from SD card and flashing from â??download modeâ?? went good, but after reboot it was same and I couldn't boot into â??recoveryâ?? with message â??No command....â?? or something like that. And You write that I have to flash only CWM or other TWRP recovery and then twice in the row. Is that correct ?
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No, sorry I misunderstood @lupus92 original situation.
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So, I tried also to flash the stock ROM by booting it with �¢??debrick�¢?? image from SD card and flashing from �¢??download mode�¢?? went good, but after reboot it was same and I couldn't boot into �¢??recovery�¢?? with message �¢??No command....�¢?? or something like that. And You write that I have to flash only CWM or other TWRP recovery and then twice in the row. Is that correct ?
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jobs done so back to xda.
I have wondered if in situations like the above where nothing seems to work if a nand erase in Odin would help, but I've never seen it mentioned here on the S4 Mini forum. Is there a reason?
I've not researched it or tried it, but have seen it done on other forums (maybe the S4????). You have to use the full original stock firmware that originally came with your phone at the SAME TIME (else it will brick) I think and have a back up of your imei (though it should rebuild?). I'm not even sure if it deletes ALL partitions or leaves some ..... might be worth looking into it. @lupus92
IronRoo said:
jobs done so back to xda.
I have wondered if in situations like the above where nothing seems to work if a nand erase in Odin would help, but I've never seen it mentioned here on the S4 Mini forum. Is there a reason?
I've not researched it or tried it, but have seen it done on other forums (maybe the S4????). You have to use the full original stock firmware that originally came with your phone at the SAME TIME (else it will brick) I think and have a back up of your imei (though it should rebuild?). I'm not even sure if it deletes ALL partitions or leaves some ..... might be worth looking into it. @lupus92
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I have here an S4 Mini and when I boot it with SD Card and 'debrick' image on it, it always fail to write to nand but it allow me to go to 'download mode' and to flash original stock ROM but after succesful flashing and reboot it still have no acces to recovery...
Does flashing only any custom recovery would help ?
Any idea ?
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I have here an S4 Mini and when I boot it with SD Card and 'debrick' image on it, it always fail to write to nand but it allow me to go to 'download mode' and to flash original stock ROM but after succesful flashing and reboot it still have no acces to recovery...
Does flashing only any custom recovery would help ?
Any idea ?
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I don't think another recovery will help, but I'm no expert about this sort of thing. I would say it's worth a try through.
If that doesn't work and you are at the point of throwing your phone away, I wonder if it's worth giving the "nand erase all" command a try as it has been shown to fix write permissions (though I'm not sure if this is your problem) and other major issues software issues. But as it deletes the entire nand memory so you need to be very careful & know exactly what will hapen. You need a backup of your efs/imei (I'd use 2 methods just to be sure as have just read someone couldn't restore it from some app),( can you boot into system?) Also you must use a FULL stock ROM with pit file etc to rebuild partitions.
For example the guy below with a regular S4 seems to be in similar situation, though for different reason, he was able to recover using nand erase all. But our phone is different of course!
Also have read one case where guy had to flash stock with nand erase all ticked then had to immediately reflash stock again without erase ticked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/help-nand-erase-t2863345
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edit; Also another S4 thread they have flashed bootloaders to fix write access to partitions,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
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http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-i535-unbrick-soft-brick-125413/
IronRoo said:
I don't think another recovery will help, but I'm no expert about this sort of thing. I would say it's worth a try through.
If that doesn't work and you are at the point of throwing your phone away, I wonder if it's worth giving the "nand erase all" command a try as it has been shown to fix write permissions (though I'm not sure if this is your problem) and other major issues software issues. But as it deletes the entire nand memory so you need to be very careful & know exactly what will hapen. You need a backup of your efs/imei (I'd use 2 methods just to be sure as have just read someone couldn't restore it from some app),( can you boot into system?) Also you must use a FULL stock ROM with pit file etc to rebuild partitions.
For example the guy below with a regular S4 seems to be in similar situation, though for different reason, he was able to recover using nand erase all. But our phone is different of course!
Also have read one case where guy had to flash stock with nand erase all ticked then had to immediately reflash stock again without erase ticked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/help/help-nand-erase-t2863345
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edit; Also another S4 thread they have flashed bootloaders to fix write access to partitions,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
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http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s3-i535-unbrick-soft-brick-125413/
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Thanks for sharing your thoutghs, but unfortunately I can't boot anymore to 'Download mode'. [emoji45] It can be still booted by 'Debrick' image from SD card but nothing more then that. From there I can't go anywhere further. Without SD Card it doesn't give signs of life except if it is attached via USB it shows as QHSUSB_DLOAD...
I have no time now to play with the phone, but I will try in the weekend again to come to 'Download mode' and to flash again recovery or to erase flash nand cause I have already EFS back up somewhere on my external HD and then we will see what will happened. Thanks again and cheers !
Edit: I can't flash anything thru 'Debrick image' via Odin 3.09. It always give error: Faild to write mmc nand... It can't erase nand nor boot to 'Download mode' ... So I'm clueless at the moment... It looks as the nand is damaged and it can't be accessed anymore... Sadly, I think this S4 Mini will be ended as spare phone for parts only for my girlfriend phone... That's it... If someone have more ideas about it I can still try it... Cheers !
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My Note2 was having reboots -with its stock rom- time to time. It's gone for good yesterday. Shortly; I'm not able to load anything from ODIN, such as another stock rom, PIT file, twrp or cwm recovery file. All ends up with a "NAND Write error" for ODIN 3.11 , "Write error" for ODIN 1.3.
As you can understand, device can work on Download mode, but had no access to Recovery mode.
Device has a constant "Galaxy Note II" screen.
What should I do? I'm about to give up and going to look for a new motherboard or JTAG.
Thanks!
I use odin 3.09 or 3.07... I would recommend removing the battery connection for 5 minutes. Once you reconnect thw battery, boot straight into download mode and flash the original rom you have on your device. If it fails, try a newer rom.
The latest rom on my device will error in odin with any previous stock roms because of the latest boot loader.
Have you tried using different USB cables and USB ports?
Tech guys confirmed that emmc chip is gone. :/
Trying to fix a friend's GT-N7105. At the moment it just bootloops the Samsung bootloader screen (which shows the model number GT-N7105).
I can boot it into download mode just fine. On download mode it just says that both the "Current Binary" and "System Status" are "Custom".
I've tried flashing the stock ROM for the phone (the latest for the Optus version) with Odin. I've also tried doing a firmware restore through Kies 2. Both of these complete fine, but the phone continues bootlooping the Samsung logo.
I've tried directly flashing the newest bootloader with Odin, and I've tried flashing a custom recovery with Odin. I've tried flashing the stock firmware with the device's PIT file and re-partition selected. Nothing seems to change how the phone behaves. I can't boot into recovery mode (it just continues the Samsung logo bootlooping).
The emmc doesn't seem busted, since it happily downloads the full system.img when flashing. Odin/Kies finish flashing without errors, so I'm stumped. Any ideas?
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Trying to fix a friend's GT-N7105. At the moment it just bootloops the Samsung bootloader screen (which shows the model number GT-N7105).
I can boot it into download mode just fine. On download mode it just says that both the "Current Binary" and "System Status" are "Custom".
I've tried flashing the stock ROM for the phone (the latest for the Optus version) with Odin. I've also tried doing a firmware restore through Kies 2. Both of these complete fine, but the phone continues bootlooping the Samsung logo.
I've tried directly flashing the newest bootloader with Odin, and I've tried flashing a custom recovery with Odin. I've tried flashing the stock firmware with the device's PIT file and re-partition selected. Nothing seems to change how the phone behaves. I can't boot into recovery mode (it just continues the Samsung logo bootlooping).
The emmc doesn't seem busted, since it happily downloads the full system.img when flashing. Odin/Kies finish flashing without errors, so I'm stumped. Any ideas?
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Make sure that you have pressed power + volume up + home button to boot into recovery (maybe you have known already)
And try to format everything: data, system, cache,...Wipe everything. There should be some adb commands to do it without recovery. After that reflash stock ROM again to see if it work.
@Passa91
@ginga133
I can access to recovery mod from odin !
I confirm when I flash this file (BTW it is recovery & cash fix file made by chainfire ) , via odin my phone reboot into stock recovery !!
you can try it At your own risk
here ( in recovery) you can do what you need (delete cash / data..... reboot)
my PC win10 pro 64bit, odin v3.11.1
my phone N7100 twrp 3.0.2.0 , stock kernel , custom rom......
kindly check attached pictures
at last I hope it will help
Regards
xcorona said:
@Passa91
@ginga133
I can access to recovery mod from odin !
I confirm when I flash this file (BTW it is recovery & cash fix file made by chainfire ) , via odin my phone reboot into stock recovery !!
you can try it At your own risk
here ( in recovery) you can do what you need (delete cash / data..... reboot)
my PC win10 pro 64bit, odin v3.11.1
my phone N7100 twrp 3.0.2.0 , stock kernel , custom rom......
kindly check attached pictures
at last I hope it will help
Regards
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Thanks for that. This seems to be for the N7100. I tried flashing that file both as is and when replacing the included recovery with one appropriate for the N7105. Still just boots back to the bootloader (looping, same as before). Certainly didn't make anything worse.
If I leave it alone, sometimes it randomly makes it to the animated Samsung logo, where it plays the boot sound (dun dun dun duuun dun), but then this animation loops forever (I have tried leaving it overnight).
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Thanks for that. This seems to be for the N7100. I tried flashing that file both as is and when replacing the included recovery with one appropriate for the N7105. Still just boots back to the bootloader (looping, same as before). Certainly didn't make anything worse.
If I leave it alone, sometimes it randomly makes it to the animated Samsung logo, where it plays the boot sound (dun dun dun duuun dun), but then this animation loops forever (I have tried leaving it overnight).
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sorry to hear that
i think N7105 differs from N7100 {modem & kernel (boot*img ) }afaik, I cannot confirm
anyhow I did not find an alert from the developer regarding this matter (N7105/N7100) in his post
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1932327
at last thanks for reporting your results
Regards
xcorona said:
@Passa91
@ginga133
I can access to recovery mod from odin !
I confirm when I flash this file (BTW it is recovery & cash fix file made by chainfire ) , via odin my phone reboot into stock recovery !!
you can try it At your own risk
here ( in recovery) you can do what you need (delete cash / data..... reboot)
my PC win10 pro 64bit, odin v3.11.1
my phone N7100 twrp 3.0.2.0 , stock kernel , custom rom......
kindly check attached pictures
at last I hope it will help
Regards
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I've flashed the file, but still having the same bootloop problem. It is ok, I have ordered a new motherboard now. Thanks for the input.
Hi, I've digged through much of xda and not found a satisfying answer. My phone boots into download, is detected by odin (7,8,9,12 all ok), and whatever I do, odin says it was successfull. I tried flashing the stock ROM, the official ROM with 4.4.2, pit file, all in vain. Before crashing my s4 was running cm13 with twrp3.0.2-1. When turning phone on, it just displays "Samsung GalaxyS4 mini / GT-I9195 label on black screen, with "set warranty bit: kernel" in upper left corner. Download mode boots ok, but recovery - twrp 3.0.2-1 logo is displayed for about 8 seconds, and then phone reboots to "normal" mode - displaying the logo.
It would be great if some of you had an idea of what to do as I've been trying on my own for 3 weeks now and nothing changed for better.
As there are people looking at this thread, it would be great to hear from you! I still did not succeed in flashing anything, twrp screen shows for 8sec and then phone reboots to normal, which is samsung splash screen. I'm using samsung drivers, have tried different usb ports, used different computers, still nothing.
Did you try 4 files firmware?
http://firmware.smartphonewp.com/download-samsung-galaxy-s4-mini-gt-i9195-full-firmware-4-files/
Hi,
Unfortunately I can't help you here, but I have a similar problem and it might be related to yours. I have also have a Samsung S4 mini GT-i9195 LTE. Originally with Android 4.4.2 but lately with no OS at all. And I can't figure out how to get one back. What happened, chronologically and (very) detailed:
I rooted my phone with KingoRoot, which worked fine as far as I can tell. When I didn't like the KingoSuperUser-App I installed SuperSU. But it failed to work, apparently because of Knox or something like that. I later wanted to flash my phone with a LineageOS ROM (lineage-14.1-20170505-nightly-serranoltexx-signed.zip) and therefore I wanted to install TWRP as custom recovery. As the usual way with Odin seemed a bit complicated to me at the time, I decided to install the "TWRP Manager" App, which went well. But as soon as I tried to install my ROM with it, it asked if my bootloader was unlocked. So, after searching the internet about that and it said that Samsung phones usually have an unlocked bootloader and only have to be rooted, I went on with installing the LineageOS ROM using the TWRP Manager. Mind you, I am not talking about the custom recovery that you have to boot in to by pressing Vol-Up+Home+On/Off-Button, I am talking about the app that you can download and just needs root permissions to do the same stuff. I had downloaded the ROM-zip onto my SDcard before and wanted to flash it from there.. Now, when I let the app go on, the screen just went blank. And this might be the moment I overreacted. I panicked and tried to start my phone again. But it only went as far as the Samsung logo and didn't go further and I had to pull the battery to turn it off. I then tried to boot into recovery mode by pressing Vol-up+home+On with no result, I then tried with Vol-down+home+On and found Download mode with:
Code:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: GT-I9195
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1 -> this one might have been 0x0 the first time
CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30
BOOTLOADER RP SWREV: 2
WRITE PROTECTION: Enable
After some research I downloaded Odin3 (v3.12.5) and managed to flash TWRP (2.6.3.0) onto my phone. And I found the ROM-zip file, but it would not let me unpack and flash it and it didn't help to uncheck the "Zip file signature verification." When I tried to flash I always got the same error massage:
Code:
Updating partition details...
Running boot script...
Finished running boot script.
Installing '/external_sd/lineage-14.
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file foun
Warning: No file_contexts
Target: 1493971678
detected filesystem ext4 for /dev/bl
Can't install this package on top of
E: Error executing updater binary in
Error flashing zip '/external_sd/lin
Updating partition details...
And it gives a "failed" response. Now, I tried moving the zip to internal_sd and flashing with no better result. I also tried to flash a stock ROM which I downloaded from Sammobile.com. This didn't work either. The adb push method and the sideload didn't work out either.
Interestingly, when I go to "Reboot" -> "Power Off" to turn the phone off I get a dialog:
No OS installed! Are you sure you wish to power off?
-> "Swipe to power off"
-> then comes the next dialog:
Install SuperSU?
Your device does not appear to be rooted.
Install SuperSU now?
This will root your device.
-> "Swipe to install."
Which had no effect at all but to inform me that my phone apparently isn't rooted after all. I therefore downloaded the S4Mini_RootKit_v2.zip and tried flashing it, which was successful. But I still got the same dialog when powering off and I couldn't install the zip files either.
That's where I am now and I really don't know what to try or do next. As I could flash TWRP onto my phone, shouldn't it also be possible to flash an OS?
I hope this was a precise enough description. If someone has any further question, please ask.
@albaCross @desolate_sorrow
Try an factory reset with the recovery.
Download a multiple Firmware from Sammy with PIT.file
Boot into Download mode.
Download Odin 3.07 or 3.09 not newer
Flash all Files with Pit.file
Reboot.
bierma32 said:
@albaCross @desolate_sorrow
Try an factory reset with the recovery.
Download a multiple Firmware from Sammy with PIT.file
Boot into Download mode.
Download Odin 3.07 or 3.09 not newer
Flash all Files with Pit.file
Reboot.
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I posted this thread precisely because my recovery DOES NOT work. No option for factory reset. It just reboots after ~8 secs of twrp 3.0.2-1 screen. Flashed with ODIN 3.09, official intern. ROM from sammobile into AP and drive. google. com /file/d /0Bx2R0nz6jh17bllKenctWnVsWkE/edit <-- this PIT file. Also tried this pit with different versions of twrp - 2.6, 3.0, 3.1 - still no change at all, no recovery booting
@desolate_sorrow
But you are not tried a multiple ROM with PIT.file.
You flashed only a Single File ROM under AP.
On the multiple ROM you can extract the CSC File and than you have the PIT.
Pit you can only flash with Odin and a ROM.
bierma32 said:
@albaCross @desolate_sorrow
Try an factory reset with the recovery.
Download a multiple Firmware from Sammy with PIT.file
Boot into Download mode.
Download Odin 3.07 or 3.09 not newer
Flash all Files with Pit.file
Reboot.
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Perfect! Worked like a charm for me! While factory reset itself did nothing to improve the phone, the other stuff worked. I flashed my phone with the .tar.md5 file I extracted from the .zip file (from sammobile.com) using Odin 3.09 and my phone works again, thank you soo much!
I then rooted it again and flashed LineageOS (lineage-14.1-20170505-nightly-serranoltexx-signed.zip) onto it. It worked but during the first startup I got the error massage "Setup wizard keeps stopping". I then tried the newest (20170519) version and got the same error again. Any Idea how I might repair this?
About the pit. file: what exactly is the difference between this multiple pit file, a "usual" pit file and the .tar.md5 file I used?
On a multiple ROM file is all separately, Bootloader, Phone , Modem and CSC file.
The PIT file is the partion File of the RAM. You can extract this seperat from the CSC file.
To the issue the the gapps. Try an older Version or flash first the LOS and setup WiFi.
Than flash Opengapps with wipe cache and dalvik than normally works the wizard.
bierma32 said:
@desolate_sorrow
But you are not tried a multiple ROM with PIT.file.
You flashed only a Single File ROM under AP.
On the multiple ROM you can extract the CSC File and than you have the PIT.
Pit you can only flash with Odin and a ROM.
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i got the same problem, that the recovery is not working, flashing a multiple rom with pit doesn't help (neither recovery nor rom is working).
but i guess the main problem is, that i got a REV02 phone and I only can find REV01 firmware (e.g. this one here: http://firmware.smartphonewp.com/download-samsung-galaxy-s4-mini-gt-i9195-full-firmware-4-files/)
are there any REV02 firmwares out there, which maybe can help? or does anyone (@bierma32, @albaCross or @desolate_sorrow) got any other ideas?
bierma32 said:
To the issue the the gapps. Try an older Version or flash first the LOS and setup WiFi.
Than flash Opengapps with wipe cache and dalvik than normally works the wizard.
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Thanks for replying. I tried flashing the LOS ROM and booting without gapps. According to TWRP it was successful. But when I booted for the first time I got similar error messages as before "[any app name] stopped running". Just with several names and all of them one after the other. Most of them appear to be named something like .android.com with different pre- and suffixes.
I then tried a more actual version of LOS with a similar result (same error message, similar names). After several times I decided to go back to my previously created TWRP backup (of the stock ROM with root access and several of the more annoying apps removed, also I had checked all partitions when backing up): I did a custom recovery and recovered my backup file and it seemed to work, TWRP said "success". On booting I again had the now so familiar error messages on the screen. Same happened when I flashed the stock ROM and recovered my backup after that, or at least tried. While TWRP still said it was a success it would not get past the screen where you choose your language.
After this I gave up and went back to the stock ROM and "rebuilt" my old phone. Maybe my phone just doesn't like anything but the stock ROM, so I should probably just stick to it.
But, just out of curiosity, what exactly is the problem with the phone if neither custom ROMs nor system backups work on it properly?
1of16 said:
i got a REV02 phone and I only can find REV01 firmware
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this was me just 2 days ago!
i was on lineage os 7.1.1 with TWRP and was stuck wanting to go back to stock.
i flashed many many roms and they all failed in ODIN.
Eventually i found a Netherlands ROM that did not fail on the REV02 check - might be worth a go!
my thread
good luck!
Hello,
I own s4 mini gt i 9192
i have rooted it with kingroot when it was in a stock firmware, then i have decided to install lolipop rom with twrp with superuser in it, everything gone smooth i have used my phone over 3 months, one morning i woke up, the battery level was 43 %, i have set it in the charger returned back after 30 minutes and have seen that it only got 3% energy, pulled out the battery and inserted back, charged the phone for a while in a turned off mode, and powered it one, strangely it started but showed some kind of upgrading panel on the main screen than immediately it turned off and started to restart again and again, i have booted it in recovery mode, wiped the cache restarted the phone, main screen turned on to enter my password but in a seconds it went black again, opened it up in twrp recovery mode, went into advanced settings and wiped something in there(i can not exactly remember the name of the thing i have wiped but there was an option to wipe it in twrp advanced settings, it warned me "that my phone would not start correctly but anyway i have done it") after it's wipe phone started with s4 mini logo, and restarted like this over and over again, in recovery mode it only shows twrp logo no options panel to access to internal or external sd card, neither wipe or factory just nothing but twrp logo. I have flashed the 4 files recovery pack, (pit, ap,csc and etc,) but same it is never helped, i have used multiple recoveries, and the original stock rom from sammobile, but it has nor cure, i am a newbie on tech and xda please if you could help me, i have tried to post it to xda forms but i did not find a button to post a thread, thanks.