Boot Loop - Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok I feel stupid. I have been this stuff for a while but I just got a new in box Note 4 to play with and trying to root. CID is 15 and it came with 6.0.1 and I just Odin to 5.1.1 and it just boot loops. I tried running the Odin several times and same thing.
I flashed this file 5.1.1 N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVZW2BPA1_N910VVRU2BPA1_HOME.tar
What am I missing here?

Not alot of help in this Note 4 area... You all are to quiet. LOL It seems like the rooting community is going away. I myself will not own a phone that is not rooted. Running the Moto X Pre as my daily driver and it's an awesome phone.
So I will post what I did to fix this Boot Loop Issue after trying to downgrade firmware to 5.1.1 from 6.0.1. I picked up the Note 4 from a local sell new in box for 100 bucks I figured what the hell kool phone to play with.
Ok I just flashed this official verizon 5.1.1 firmware N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVZW2BPA1_N910VVRU2BPA1_HOME.tar with Odin 3.12 again
So After I got done flashing this firmware I did these steps.
1. Turn phone off completely.
2. To start the phone, press the following keys simultaneously: Power Button, Home Button, Volume +
3. When the first logo can be seen on the screen, release the power button, but hold the Home button and the Volume + button pressed
4. It now appears on the screen of your phone, a small menu. Navigate with the Volume + and Volume - keys. An entry is selected by the Power Button
5. Select in this menu now "Wipe Cache Partition".
6. After you have selected the entry the Wipe cache is flushed. This takes a few seconds. Then it automatically returns to the small menu.
7. Now select the top entry with "Reboot Now"
Also while I was in that menu area I went ahead and did a factory reset wipe all data.
My Verizon Note 4 is now on 5.1.1 and works.
Now I will continue to root this thing.

kendive said:
Not alot of help in this Note 4 area... You all are to quiet. LOL It seems like the rooting community is going away. I myself will not own a phone that is not rooted. Running the Moto X Pre as my daily driver and it's an awesome phone.
So I will post what I did to fix this Boot Loop Issue after trying to downgrade firmware to 5.1.1 from 6.0.1. I picked up the Note 4 from a local sell new in box for 100 bucks I figured what the hell kool phone to play with.
Ok I just flashed this official verizon 5.1.1 firmware N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVZW2BPA1_N910VVRU2BPA1_HOME.tar with Odin 3.12 again
So After I got done flashing this firmware I did these steps.
1. Turn phone off completely.
2. To start the phone, press the following keys simultaneously: Power Button, Home Button, Volume +
3. When the first logo can be seen on the screen, release the power button, but hold the Home button and the Volume + button pressed
4. It now appears on the screen of your phone, a small menu. Navigate with the Volume + and Volume - keys. An entry is selected by the Power Button
5. Select in this menu now "Wipe Cache Partition".
6. After you have selected the entry the Wipe cache is flushed. This takes a few seconds. Then it automatically returns to the small menu.
7. Now select the top entry with "Reboot Now"
Also while I was in that menu area I went ahead and did a factory reset wipe all data.
My Verizon Note 4 is now on 5.1.1 and works.
Now I will continue to root this thing.
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so the bootloop was caused by ? im gonna guess dmverity but it could also just been misflashed ....failing to uncheck the reboot upon flash option for example . powering the phone all the way down then into recovery ....id like to go with misflash if you had failed dmverity you would have seen a red message in recovery stating that was the case

Boot Loop help or can I pay someone to fix?
So my wife's Note 4, not rooted. Must have failed during a forced update. It's gone into 2 types of boot loops. Either it says 'Recovery boot' only, with no recovery menu, followed by the 'Galaxy' screen, and then back to the boot loop. Or it shows the Galaxy screen, and just barely begins to initialize the 'Samsung' logo with the 'S' first, and then back to boot loop.
I've tried about 3 different firmwares through Odin, including successful ones that 'Pass'. And it still exhibits the same loops. I've tried bootloaders in Odin, about anything you can imagine. It's clearly not bricked, but I cannot for the life of me make progress.
The old battery I thought was going bad (a lot of bad battery problems with loops), and I bought a new battery. But given it will only loop (outside of the download screen), I can't even get the batteries to charge because it's either looping or on download screen.
Any questions or ideas? Or is there a user who is an expert I can ship and pay to fix?
I'm a novice in large part. Thanks guys.

geigercounter said:
So my wife's Note 4, not rooted. Must have failed during a forced update. It's gone into 2 types of boot loops. Either it says 'Recovery boot' only, with no recovery menu, followed by the 'Galaxy' screen, and then back to the boot loop. Or it shows the Galaxy screen, and just barely begins to initialize the 'Samsung' logo with the 'S' first, and then back to boot loop.
I've tried about 3 different firmwares through Odin, including successful ones that 'Pass'. And it still exhibits the same loops. I've tried bootloaders in Odin, about anything you can imagine. It's clearly not bricked, but I cannot for the life of me make progress.
The old battery I thought was going bad (a lot of bad battery problems with loops), and I bought a new battery. But given it will only loop (outside of the download screen), I can't even get the batteries to charge because it's either looping or on download screen.
Any questions or ideas? Or is there a user who is an expert I can ship and pay to fix?
I'm a novice in large part. Thanks guys.
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Hi when in odin ensure you untick reboot after flash . Power it all the way off upon sucessful flash then power it back on into recovery (hold up volume power home) wipe cache wipe dalvik reboot system. The power off is absolutely crucial and the most common flash error. If this doesnt work repost shouldnt be too hard to fix things is damn near unbrickable

If you change from 6.0 to old 5.1.1 firmware with Odin it will go into bootloop. You must do factory reset, than use Odin to flash 5.1.1 and than do another factory reset.

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Phone keeps rebooting and not going into os

Flashed a new kernel with aokp jb with the lastest update, and when I went to fix permission it look an accessive amount of time so I waited and waited until I restarted the phone. Now the phone just boot loops, as soon as it hits the aokp animation. Held down the menu and volume button on boot and it brought me to an area where if I press the volume up button I can "install a customer os" then it brings me to "ODIN MODE" and has the andriod dude pic and says downloading do not turn off target..... however it just hangs there and hasn't done anything past that point.. Any ideas?
You need to hold menu and vol+
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Steve_Maio said:
Flashed a new kernel with aokp jb with the lastest update, and when I went to fix permission it look an accessive amount of time so I waited and waited until I restarted the phone. Now the phone just boot loops, as soon as it hits the aokp animation. Held down the menu and volume button on boot and it brought me to an area where if I press the volume up button I can "install a customer os" then it brings me to "ODIN MODE" and has the andriod dude pic and says downloading do not turn off target..... however it just hangs there and hasn't done anything past that point.. Any ideas?
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vol + and menu for recovery mode
vol - and menu for download mode
if fixing the permissions don't fix the problem, check if you pick a kernel for ICS or JB. If you have the right kernel, perform a full wipe and flash your rom again and see if it boots.
Reinstall aokp and full wipe. Let it boot once before installing a custom kernel. Its a common occurrence and a known "problem." Just let it boot once as stock aokp and you should be fine.
partial boot, power off
I have a similar problem, I have an At&t samsung galaxy s3 I had flashed a Rom that I didn't like and was restoring from previous back up, I didnt want to re load all the apps and data I had on that restore as I was running low on device memory so I went to "advanced restore" and there were 4 options to choose, I chose the top option. I don't recall what it is because I cant get into recovery now doing the menu volume+ or using the jig I have to get into Download mode and start over completely. When I power on it flashed Samsung, then Samsung galaxy s3 then screen goes black and powers off. I am assuming when I chose the 1st option I restored the OS but not the bootloaders. I have read previously how to load them from the sd card but can't find that post. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PLEASE HELP: Phone stuck in boot, can't access recovery

Oh my I think i screwed my phone up
I tried flashing ZenSeries 6.42 kernal (wipe cache and davlik) and everything seemed fine. Went to boot up and i get passed the splash screen, but the phones stays stuck on with the google nexus logo and never boots to my lock screen. I tried taking out the battery and going into recovery but it's a no go. I press volume down and power and i go into "odin mode" and it's telling me it's "downloading" then if I hit the power button it takes me back to boot loop. I've been away from the scene due to new marriage, school and work so I'm not sure if i lost touch and forgot how to use my phone like a hacker should anyone know how i can fix this?
cyaiphone said:
Oh my I think i screwed my phone up
I tried flashing ZenSeries 6.42 kernal (wipe cache and davlik) and everything seemed fine. Went to boot up and i get passed the splash screen, but the phones stays stuck on with the google nexus logo and never boots to my lock screen. I tried taking out the battery and going into recovery but it's a no go. I press volume down and power and i go into "odin mode" and it's telling me it's "downloading" then if I hit the power button it takes me back to boot loop. I've been away from the scene due to new marriage, school and work so I'm not sure if i lost touch and forgot how to use my phone like a hacker should anyone know how i can fix this?
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Volume Up & down + power to boot into the bootloader & then use the volume keys to change "start" to "recovery"

Htc desire 526g stuck in boot loop

Hi guys, months ago i rooted my HTC 526G with Kingoroot. I later tried to update the software over wifi. It updated but in restarting its now stuck in boot screen and sometimes goes into recovery by itself. Is there a way I can revive the firmware? Any help appreciated
HTC Desire 526G
I have problem like this ....cant fix it
Warning/Disclaimer: This will erase everything you have on the phones internal memory. (if you have play store set up right, you can just log back in afterwards and it will pull all your data/apps back, however if you don't, make sure to backup any contacts, data, ect that may be on the phones storage before attempting this) (then again, if you were already trying to root, you should have had everything backed up already anyway )
Charge the device to at least 50% (or an hour or two at least if the battery was completely dead)
Hold the Volume Down Button, Press power button, keep holding the volume down button
Phone should boot into HBOOT or Download mode,
use the volume up and down buttons to highlight Recovery Mode
press power button to select Recovery Mode
Phone will reboot with a red triangle icon, press all three buttons at the SAME time (vol up, vol down, power)
use the volume up and down buttons to highlight Clear Data (Factory Reset) press power button to select, let it finish clearing /data/ and /cache/
Once this has completed, Pull the battery out, let it sit for like 30 seconds without the battery
Put battery back in
hold power button for a while until it vibrates, release power button
let it sit at the htc boot screen for 10 minutes phone should eventually move to the verizon boot screen (if it goes over 10 minutes on the htc screen, try procedure again)
Post here if you have any trouble.
Still have problems
wassti said:
Warning/Disclaimer: This will erase everything you have on the phones internal memory. (if you have play store set up right, you can just log back in afterwards and it will pull all your data/apps back, however if you don't, make sure to backup any contacts, data, ect that may be on the phones storage before attempting this) (then again, if you were already trying to root, you should have had everything backed up already anyway )
Charge the device to at least 50% (or an hour or two at least if the battery was completely dead)
Hold the Volume Down Button, Press power button, keep holding the volume down button
Phone should boot into HBOOT or Download mode,
use the volume up and down buttons to highlight Recovery Mode
press power button to select Recovery Mode
Phone will reboot with a red triangle icon, press all three buttons at the SAME time (vol up, vol down, power)
use the volume up and down buttons to highlight Clear Data (Factory Reset)
Once this has completed, Pull the battery out, let it sit for like 30 seconds without the battery
Put battery back in
hold power button for a while until it vibrates, release power button
let it sit at the htc boot screen for 10 minutes phone should eventually move to the verizon boot screen (if it goes over 10 minutes on the htc screen, try procedure again)
Post here if you have any trouble.
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i've done the procedure but unluckly i'm still having this problem, did someone fix the loop with this method? should i just wait for custom roms? :crying:
I had it happen to me after trying to root with just about every tool out there, mine would boot up but wouldn't go past the htc boot screen white background green htc. After I cleared the data a few times (at least 3) it came back up, try the procedure more than once. Also be patient and wait the full 10 minutes for it to come back up, sometimes it can be slow to load for the first time after this kind of wipe.
wassti said:
I had it happen to me after trying to root with just about every tool out there, mine would boot up but wouldn't go past the htc boot screen white background green htc. After I cleared the data a few times (at least 3) it came back up, try the procedure more than once. Also be patient and wait the full 10 minutes for it to come back up, sometimes it can be slow to load for the first time after this kind of wipe.
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Try to root with "PhilZ Recovery by Ajit", search on google, i don't remember where i have download it, but it is an .exe file.
After you install it on your computer, you select USB debugging, and connect your phone to the computer, the rest of the process is auto.
After the installation process, the phone will autoreboot in recovery, here you will select ---> Advanced Function---> RE-root System (SuperSU).
After that, reboot, and install SuperSU from GooglePlay.
Success.
Root without boot loop (you may want to wipe Dalvid Cache before reboot after selecting root).
I hope this works for you ( it worked for me HTC desire 526g ).
Have a nice day.
IF you dont find the Philz, contact me, i wil send it to you.
Philz Recovery by ajit is designed for devices using the Mediatek processor; Sadly our 526 (no g, no +) uses a qualcomm processor. I do not recommend anyone to attempt to use "Philz recovery by Ajit" to attempt to root their HTC 526 as at best it will fail and at worse it will flash a non-compatible recovery and turn your device into a hard-brick.
wassti said:
Philz Recovery by ajit is designed for devices using the Mediatek processor; Sadly our 526 (no g, no +) uses a qualcomm processor. I do not recommend anyone to attempt to use "Philz recovery by Ajit" to attempt to root their HTC 526 as at best it will fail and at worse it will flash a non-compatible recovery and turn your device into a hard-brick.
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I know...i said it is for HTC 526G.
Yep, I know you said it; just needed to clarify for other members so there is no confusion if someone comes here from a google search or what not
This forum is for 526 only, not the g or +
Bricked
I tried to wipe, but it still staing on htc screen...can someone do a backup or something and send me a link and reply me. i need it
sorry for bad english
I have the same problem please help us
emwakishi said:
Hi guys, months ago i rooted my HTC 526G with Kingoroot. I later tried to update the software over wifi. It updated but in restarting its now stuck in boot screen and sometimes goes into recovery by itself. Is there a way I can revive the firmware? Any help appreciated
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I've exactly the same problem... does anybody have a rom for this model?
emwakishi said:
Hi guys, months ago i rooted my HTC 526G with Kingoroot. I later tried to update the software over wifi. It updated but in restarting its now stuck in boot screen and sometimes goes into recovery by itself. Is there a way I can revive the firmware? Any help appreciated
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/htc-desire-526g-bootloop-solution-t3241938
solve it by flashing rom using re recovery mode
I also got 526g+ totally finished only restarting I asked so many mobile repairing places no luck at all
PodolskiMeki said:
i've done the procedure but unluckly i'm still having this problem, did someone fix the loop with this method? should i just wait for custom roms? :crying:
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Similar bootloop condition HTC 526g
wassti said:
Warning/Disclaimer: This will erase everything you have on the phones internal memory. (if you have play store set up right, you can just log back in afterwards and it will pull all your data/apps back, however if you don't, make sure to backup any contacts, data, ect that may be on the phones storage before attempting this) (then again, if you were already trying to root, you should have had everything backed up already anyway )
Charge the device to at least 50% (or an hour or two at least if the battery was completely dead)
Hold the Volume Down Button, Press power button, keep holding the volume down button
Phone should boot into HBOOT or Download mode,
use the volume up and down buttons to highlight Recovery Mode
press power button to select Recovery Mode
Phone will reboot with a red triangle icon, press all three buttons at the SAME time (vol up, vol down, power)
use the volume up and down buttons to highlight Clear Data (Factory Reset) press power button to select, let it finish clearing /data/ and /cache/
Once this has completed, Pull the battery out, let it sit for like 30 seconds without the battery
Put battery back in
hold power button for a while until it vibrates, release power button
let it sit at the htc boot screen for 10 minutes phone should eventually move to the verizon boot screen (if it goes over 10 minutes on the htc screen, try procedure again)
Post here if you have any trouble.
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My phone was also rooted using kingroot. I received an OTA update and I downloaded it. Once the download was complete, the phone restarted and got bootlooped. Occasionally, it goes into recovery. I tried factory resetting it several times as mentioned in the solution. But each time I turn the phone ON again after factory reset, it is looping. Its not stuck at the boot logo. Instead it reboots automatically and in some cases to recovery. So the wait-for-10-mins thing is not working for me.
1. I received a stock ROM from the Russian section of XDA. Will flashing that ROM using the stock recovery using "install update from SD card" help me recover my phone from bootloop?
2. Will flashing the stock ROM unroot the phone? Presently, even after the factory resetting, "check the software partition" option in recovery returns a message "error - system has root". So I was hoping that unroofing might fix the problem. Will it?
3. If the above method fails, is there any other method? Like flashing a custom recovery or flashing a custom ROM etc?
Please help me fix the phone. Thanks in advance.
I am experiencing the same problem and have tried everything to avail, will this devise ever work again its still stuck with a white screen and green HTC
negomo said:
I am experiencing the same problem and have tried everything to avail, will this devise ever work again its still stuck with a white screen and green HTC
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Hey negomo. I just fixed the phone yesterday. It seems that installing an OTA update while the phone is rooted can result in a bootloop or bricking(as in my case). I fixed this issue by flashing a stock ROM of the HTC 526g which I got from another Russian forum in XDA. Anyway I am posting the link of that stock ROM here.
( I am not allowed to post link. So please delete the spaces to get the actual link)
h t t p s :// yadi.sk/ d/gNKBahgZiwGmo
Once you download it do the following procedure
1. Copy it to an SD card and insert the card in your phone.
2. Press power button+volume up key button to enter HBOOT menu (while turning on the phone, press power and vol up button instead of power button alone)
3. Choose recovery option and press volume down to enter
4. Press power button once to enter recovery
5. Choose "install update from SD card"
6. Wait till it finishes installation
7. Wipe cache
8. Reboot phone
PS: I had already done a factory reset from recovery menu. I don't know if that had helped.
This will bring your phone back to life. Give around 10 mins for the first boot.
I hope I was able to help you.
Hit thanks if I did.
how to know my device 526g or 526
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[solved] zenfone 2 mess

Hi,
I have a zenfone 2 Z00A, a month old from AndroidEnjoyed. It seems to be in a bit of a mess.
1) There is no system update utility installed - not in the settings/about menu or under apps/all
2) It won't run Pokemon Go - it gives the incompatible message that rooted phones give
3) I can't boot it into recovery mode - I get into the boot loader, select recovery mode and get a dead android with exclamation mark and the word "error" underneath. Takes a while on power button to get it to shutdown in that state.
4) Can't get it to recognise the 6.0 update. Tried various filenames in the internal memory but it never sees it.
While I have significant computer expertise I don't do much with phones and I could well be doing some of this wrong. I am not sure what else to try. The boss of my life wants both Pokemon Go and also 6.0. Done lots of googling and trying but no luck so far.
Cheers Paul
3)At dead android guy with error
press power and vol+ together for 3 secs - let go of power -- 1 sec later let go of vol+
if no recovery there , you will have to fastboot flash recovery at bootloader state.
what build number and date in settings is it?
This wouldn't happen to be a 2e would it?
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betchern0t said:
Hi,
I have a zenfone 2 Z00A, a month old from AndroidEnjoyed. It seems to be in a bit of a mess.
1) There is no system update utility installed - not in the settings/about menu or under apps/all
2) It won't run Pokemon Go - it gives the incompatible message that rooted phones give
3) I can't boot it into recovery mode - I get into the boot loader, select recovery mode and get a dead android with exclamation mark and the word "error" underneath. Takes a while on power button to get it to shutdown in that state.
4) Can't get it to recognise the 6.0 update. Tried various filenames in the internal memory but it never sees it.
While I have significant computer expertise I don't do much with phones and I could well be doing some of this wrong. I am not sure what else to try. The boss of my life wants both Pokemon Go and also 6.0. Done lots of googling and trying but no luck so far.
Cheers Paul
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first of all when you boot into recovery mode. as you get error screen. press and hold volume button. then click volume plus once and release power button. now if you want to update to 6.0.. it is most important that you back up your data and factory reset the device. then update to 6.0 via sideload
Thanks Guys, you got me on the right track. I have sideloaded a version of 5.0 and then 6.0. The 6.0 version required a later version of 5.0 to install. Funny now we have a software upgrade menu item in the right place and pokemon go works fine.
One thing though your instructions didn't work. To get past the dead android with the message "error" you need to press and hold the power and volume up for three seconds and then release the volume key. Worked every time but your way never worked.
Again many thanks for the help. The hardest part was getting the phone away from the wife when it one had a nearly full battery and two wasn't immediately wanted back.
Cheers Paul

910V stuck on bootloop

I have a 910V which stuck in bootloop, I flashed the stock 6.0.1, 5.1 firmware, using Odin, both of them loaded fine, so far I haven't seen any EMMC error or any other errors using Odin, I can go into recovery and I can do factory reset, but as soon it goes past Samsung logo it restart again. I swap batteries, there is no Sim, SD card in it, I don't have EFS backup. I also tried this N910VVRU2BOG5_VZW2BOG5_Verizon_USA_v5.0.1_Repair_Firmware still no go.
I am having the same issue, stock verizon, never rooted, no new apps installed / no reasons for boot loop... itll go as far as the verizon logo then immediately restart over and over again
using ODIN v3.12.3, I tried the following, all loaded none fixed the problem:
N910VVRU2CQI2_N910VVZW2CQI2_N910VVRU2CQI2_HOME.tar
N910VVRU2CPF3_N910VVZW2CPF3_N910VVRU2CPF3_HOME.tar
N910VVRU1BOAF_N910VVZW1BOAF_N910VVRU1BOAF_HOME.tar
N910VVRU2BPA1_N910VVZW2BPA1_N910VVRU2BPA1_HOME.tar
in odin I uncheck the restart in the options tab
then start...
once done I turn phone off completely. Start phone with Power Button, Home Button, Volume +, then itll say installing then go to the menu -> Select in this menu "Wipe Cache Partition", then factory reset wipe, then I pull the battery and turn on. goes to boot loop every time...
then i tried this : https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/help/verizon-note-4-flash-odin-t3470166 POST #4 - still didnt work
tried many many things just gets to the verizon logo and restarts...
using odin to flash firmware only - dont know if anything else will help. open to suggestions...
Maybe you could try booting in safe mode.:
Put the phone in download mode.
Once in download mode, hold all buttons at once and keep holding them (power, volume up+down, and home). It will take you to a menu, one of the options is safe mode.
Once in safe mode you can install apps using adb install. If you can do that, then you can run the apps by starting their main activity.

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