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I'm having a weird issue with the phone not booting up, and wanted to see if anyone could offer some insight.
Got the S3 the beginning of the month, the only thing I did was use this guide to root the phone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 Have not put any custom rom on the phone, just the rooted stock. It was running smoothly till last week. Put my phone in my pocket leaving a building and got in my car pulled it out and I was faced with the dreaded "Glowing Samsung Logo." Nothing I did would get it to boot. I tried restarting (Holding Volume Up and Power,) then taking the battery out and restarting. No luck, get the ATT logo (droplets) and music, then the glowing samsung logo and nothing. I then tried taking the battery out and letting it out for the drive home. Get home, nothing still does the same thing. I then thought maybe it's the battery, so with the phone off I let it charge for an hour, tried to start it up and same deal no go.
I then did all the reading I could. I could get into Download Mode and Recovery, so I first tried wiping cache. That didn't work, glowing logo again. Then I bite the bullet, do a factory wipe and get the phone back up and running.
My first assumption through problem solving was that I did something wrong. Putting it in my pocket maybe the buttons got pressed in a weird manner. Maybe it's an app. But after setting the phone back up, it was running smoothly again - til last night. I set my phone down last night and when I come back to it I see the glowing logo again. Repeated all my steps again, no luck booting up, just a glowing logo. I figured I would take it to an ATT store to see what they can diagnose, but they are closed. So I used Odin again and tried just re-applying the rooted stock back on. No luck, bite the bullet wipe the phone and it's up and running again.
Can anyone give me any insight into what is happening. I have looked at the Sudden Death threads and it would seem that I don't have the issue. Maybe a bad assumption, but the fact that I can always get into Download Mode and Recovery leads me to think I don't have the Sudden Death issue. I'm perplexed and can't think of why this issue is happening or what the cause is. I would like to find the root cause of what is going on.
Anyone have any suggestions or things to investigate that would help me find out why it is happening?
OfficialDoughboy said:
I'm having a weird issue with the phone not booting up, and wanted to see if anyone could offer some insight.
Got the S3 the beginning of the month, the only thing I did was use this guide to root the phone - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 Have not put any custom rom on the phone, just the rooted stock. It was running smoothly till last week. Put my phone in my pocket leaving a building and got in my car pulled it out and I was faced with the dreaded "Glowing Samsung Logo." Nothing I did would get it to boot. I tried restarting (Holding Volume Up and Power,) then taking the battery out and restarting. No luck, get the ATT logo (droplets) and music, then the glowing samsung logo and nothing. I then tried taking the battery out and letting it out for the drive home. Get home, nothing still does the same thing. I then thought maybe it's the battery, so with the phone off I let it charge for an hour, tried to start it up and same deal no go.
I then did all the reading I could. I could get into Download Mode and Recovery, so I first tried wiping cache. That didn't work, glowing logo again. Then I bite the bullet, do a factory wipe and get the phone back up and running.
My first assumption through problem solving was that I did something wrong. Putting it in my pocket maybe the buttons got pressed in a weird manner. Maybe it's an app. But after setting the phone back up, it was running smoothly again - til last night. I set my phone down last night and when I come back to it I see the glowing logo again. Repeated all my steps again, no luck booting up, just a glowing logo. I figured I would take it to an ATT store to see what they can diagnose, but they are closed. So I used Odin again and tried just re-applying the rooted stock back on. No luck, bite the bullet wipe the phone and it's up and running again.
Can anyone give me any insight into what is happening. I have looked at the Sudden Death threads and it would seem that I don't have the issue. Maybe a bad assumption, but the fact that I can always get into Download Mode and Recovery leads me to think I don't have the Sudden Death issue. I'm perplexed and can't think of why this issue is happening or what the cause is. I would like to find the root cause of what is going on.
Anyone have any suggestions or things to investigate that would help me find out why it is happening?
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It's just a simple bootloop, do you have any recoveries installed? If yes then make a nandroid backup, do a factory reset, then restore data.
Ali7000 said:
It's just a simple bootloop, do you have any recoveries installed? If yes then make a nandroid backup, do a factory reset, then restore data.
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Actually no custom recovery installed, had no intention to install a custom rom so I heeded the warning on the thread - " flashing a custom recovery will trip your counter no matter the method used." My most important data is sitting on the external SD, so I had that precaution in place.
I did start looking at the custom recoveries (CWM/TWRP,) know how they work (had CWM on my HTC Inspire) but in this case something is causing the phone to bootloop. I see the benefit of getting up and running quick, but I want to find the source of the problem.
Thanks for the response and taking time to answer.
OfficialDoughboy said:
Anyone have any suggestions or things to investigate that would help me find out why it is happening?
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OfficialDoughboy said:
Actually no custom recovery installed, had no intention to install a custom rom so I heeded the warning on the thread - " flashing a custom recovery will trip your counter no matter the method used." My most important data is sitting on the external SD, so I had that precaution in place.
I did start looking at the custom recoveries (CWM/TWRP,) know how they work (had CWM on my HTC Inspire) but in this case something is causing the phone to bootloop. I see the benefit of getting up and running quick, but I want to find the source of the problem.
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It could be your hardware. Of course this is not my area of expertise. You could try to install a custom recovery, wipe everything (system, data, cache, dalvik) and try reinstalling the rooted rom via ODIN. You can use Triangle Away later if needed. If you do not want to go through all of this, you can try going through warranty (just be sure you counter is not tripped and you have stock unrooted before you do).
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It could be your hardware. Of course this is not my area of expertise. You could try to install a custom recovery, wipe everything (system, data, cache, dalvik) and try reinstalling the rooted rom via ODIN. You can use Triangle Away later if needed. If you do not want to go through all of this, you can try going through warranty (just be sure you counter is not tripped and you have stock unrooted before you do).
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Thanks for the reply. I have all my apps now backed up with Titanium Backup just in case. I also checked for Sudden Death Syndrome with the eMMC Check app and it says I don't have an affected phone. I'm going to give it another week and see if the same thing happens again. If it does I'm going to go through warranty to get a replacement.
OfficialDoughboy said:
Thanks for the reply. I have all my apps now backed up with Titanium Backup just in case. I also checked for Sudden Death Syndrome with the eMMC Check app and it says I don't have an affected phone. I'm going to give it another week and see if the same thing happens again. If it does I'm going to go through warranty to get a replacement.
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Honestly I suggest going into stock recovery and doing a factory reset and wiping cache. When you flash back stock with Odin you usually have to do a factory reset anyway because it will bootloop.
About tripping the flash counter is almost a non issue as all you have to do is use triangle away and Odin flash back to stock and its gone.
hednik said:
Honestly I suggest going into stock recovery and doing a factory reset and wiping cache. When you flash back stock with Odin you usually have to do a factory reset anyway because it will bootloop.
About tripping the flash counter is almost a non issue as all you have to do is use triangle away and Odin flash back to stock and its gone.
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I actually did that, sorry I wasn't clear in my original post. This last time, I wiped the cache and rebooted the phone, that didn't work. Then I tried Odin to see if I could save internal data, re-flashed and again couldn't boot. Last thing I did was do a factory reset through stock recovery and got the phone to boot.
Hi all. I'm in a real pickle here and hoping someone can tell me how to get out of this mess. It's a bit of a long story, but I'll summarise as best I can.
I've had my Galaxy Note 2 LTE (N7105) for a year and I rooted it pretty much the day after I got it. I'm not new to rooting at all (fourth Android device since 2010, all rooted), but I still feel like a noob at times. Over this 2014 Easter period I had time off so I decided to change ROMs.
I was previously using CM 11, which I had been using pretty much since I rooted. And I had updated CM at least once a month, sometimes more frequently. So I was looking for some new ROMs, downloaded about 5 and tried them out. The last two I tried was OmniROM (a 4.4.2 ROM) and CM 11 Remix (also a 4.4.2 ROM). I was using TWRP 2.7.0.2 to do the wipes, caches, flashes, etc. I had no issues flashing OmniROM, but when I flashed CM 11 Remix, I couldn't get in the first time. I was stuck in a boot loop. I pulled the battery, got back into recovery and tried flashing again. Still boot looping. I think the mistake I made was a Data Format. Either way, I finally got CM 11 Remix to load by first wiping, flashing the ROM, GApps, a sensor fix, a camera fix, Devil Kernel and then Super SU. However once in the ROM I was getting constant Google Play Store / Services FCs. Oh, and yes, I went through the typical brand new Android setups, entering my Google account and so on... I found that if I cleared data / caches on both Google Play Store app and Google Play Services app, it gave me temporary joy but as soon as I tried to download any app in Google Play I'd get the FC. Also, my signal was totally gone. I tried flashing back to OmniROM as it was my last known good and working ROM, but now that was boot looping. I even tried some of the other ROMs from that bunch I had, including AOKP. All would boot loop.
So after much trying different GApp packages, I decided to best thing to do would be restore it to stock, root again, then go for the custom ROM (hopefully CM 11 Remix) from a nice clean slate. So I did this. I downloaded the Android 4.3 stock ROM from SamMobile here. Installed Odin 3.07, then loaded it up and flashed the stock ROM. All seemed to go great, but when the ROM was done and phone rebooted, I get stuck in another boot loop! This time at the white "Samsung" logo with the glowing blue edges. Not the model number screen. Also my LED light is on blue, if that means anything.
So I found this thread (post at top of page) which suggests I need to flash the PIT file during the stock ROM installation with Odin. So I found the PIT file here, and I'm ready to flash this along with the stock ROM... HOWEVER, I read something somewhere (can't find it now) that implied if I'm on Android 4.3, flashing a PIT is a bad move. Can anyone comment on that? I guessing since the stock ROM is 4.3, I'm technically on 4.3 (even though I can't get into it).
Or if anything else I'm doing immediately stands out as a seriously stupid move, please let me know. I've been without normal use of my phone for a couple days now and ironically I'm at the point where I'm considering going without a phone for the rest of my life... LOL! AS IF I COULD!
Anyways, any help will be much appreciated!
EDIT: I just realised I should have posted in Troubleshooting, not General Questions... If mods want to move this, please do.
i just suggest that you flash the stock odin without the pit and see if its working out or not. sometimes playing with pit files can screw up your device even more...
btw... next time you play flashing... i'm suggesting you make a backup of your working custom. its will save you lots of time if this kind of problem happen.
edan1979 said:
i just suggest that you flash the stock odin without the pit and see if its working out or not. sometimes playing with pit files can screw up your device even more...
btw... next time you play flashing... i'm suggesting you make a backup of your working custom. its will save you lots of time if this kind of problem happen.
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I don't have any working ROM. All I have now is a boot loop.
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I don't have any working ROM. All I have now is a boot loop.
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I had a problem with my device where I was stuck at boot loader as well, but it was from the rar file of the rom(cm 11) cause I tried downloading it again and it worked.
I suggest you prepare Odin and the stock firmware, wipe factory/cache dalvik, system (advanced), then flash stock firmware, to bring everything back to normal.
Banutu said:
I had a problem with my device where I was stuck at boot loader as well, but it was from the rar file of the rom(cm 11) cause I tried downloading it again and it worked.
I suggest you prepare Odin and the stock firmware, wipe factory/cache dalvik, system (advanced), then flash stock firmware, to bring everything back to normal.
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Hmmm, I'm not stuck at boot loader, just boot loop. Maybe you meant that?
To clarify, all I can do now is...
1. Boot normally and end up in a boot loop (at "Samsung" white logo with glowing blue edges).
2. Boot into Download mode and from there I can use Odin to flash / install.
3. Boot into stock recovery, which I've never used before (only ever used custom recovery).
I've prepped Odin again, ready to flash the stock firmware, but I've never done a wipe / factory reset with Odin. I don't see any Advanced settings? Did you mean I can do it elsewhere? Cos I see I can do wipes / factory reset from stock recovery.
So should I do that AND then go into Download mode and flash stock firmware with Odin?
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Hmmm, I'm not stuck at boot loader, just boot loop. Maybe you meant that?
To clarify, all I can do now is...
1. Boot normally and end up in a boot loop (at "Samsung" white logo with glowing blue edges).
2. Boot into Download mode and from there I can use Odin to flash / install.
3. Boot into stock recovery, which I've never used before (only ever used custom recovery).
I've prepped Odin again, ready to flash the stock firmware, but I've never done a wipe / factory reset with Odin. I don't see any Advanced settings? Did you mean I can do it elsewhere? Cos I see I can do wipes / factory reset from stock recovery.
So should I do that AND then go into Download mode and flash stock firmware with Odin?
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ohhh my bad, I meant boot loop (stuck at samsung logo), mine was stuck there but then after it restarts and goes into recovery mode
do these following steps and you should be fine with your device.
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Wipe factory/reset
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Advance > format/system
Now you have no rom or any OS to load,
1. Power off the device
2. Open Odin on your PC(right click run as administrator)
3. power on your note in Download Mode
4. Connect your device to your PC via USB
5. odin should recognize your device, something blue like " ID" or something there, you should be familiar with that.
6. click PDA, and find the official stock firmware zip you got it from samsung website, and make sure it fits your device(for example if you have your note from italy you should have ITV)
7. Hit Start and it should finish in 5-10 minutes.
Its the cleanest way with Odin, I did some crap on my device and that's how I return it to normal.
Banutu said:
ohhh my bad, I meant boot loop (stuck at samsung logo), mine was stuck there but then after it restarts and goes into recovery mode
do these following steps and you should be fine with your device.
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Wipe factory/reset
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Advance > format/system
Now you have no rom or any OS to load,
1. Power off the device
2. Open Odin on your PC(right click run as administrator)
3. power on your note in Download Mode
4. Connect your device to your PC via USB
5. odin should recognize your device, something blue like " ID" or something there, you should be familiar with that.
6. click PDA, and find the official stock firmware zip you got it from samsung website, and make sure it fits your device(for example if you have your note from italy you should have ITV)
7. Hit Start and it should finish in 5-10 minutes.
Its the cleanest way with Odin, I did some crap on my device and that's how I return it to normal.
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All good! Cheers man!
I actually went ahead and booted into stock recovery and did the factory reset and partition wipe before I saw your post. And the stock firmware I'd flashed with Odin previously is now booting and I'm finally back in!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Just need to root this bad boy and get back to a nice shiny custom ROM.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
invertedskull said:
All good! Cheers man!
I actually went ahead and booted into stock recovery and did the factory reset and partition wipe before I saw your post. And the stock firmware I'd flashed with Odin previously is now booting and I'm finally back in!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Just need to root this bad boy and get back to a nice shiny custom ROM.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
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I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
Banutu said:
I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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I have another hurdle... Some built in security is stopping SuperSU from running. It's not Knox, but something like it. I get this error message:
"Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info."
How can I disable this? I've searched on Google already but so far nothing is helping and I can mostly only find info about Knox...
EDIT: It was goddamn Knox all along... And I just disabled it by means of SuperSU. Finally!
invertedskull said:
I have another hurdle... Some built in security is stopping SuperSU from running. It's not Knox, but something like it. I get this error message:
"Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info."
How can I disable this? I've searched on Google already but so far nothing is helping and I can mostly only find info about Knox...
EDIT: It was goddamn Knox all along... And I just disabled it by means of SuperSU. Finally!
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Lolol, see your finding your way on your own ^_^, I was about to give you this link and suggest you to read the comments as well
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Fix-Root-Problem-on-Android-4.3-for-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note2-Note3.html
Unfortunately for me I don't have Note 2 =(, I have an S II Plus, I hope to get Note 2 next month can't wait =S
Banutu said:
Lolol, see your finding your way on your own ^_^, I was about to give you this link and suggest you to read the comments as well
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Fix-Root-Problem-on-Android-4.3-for-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note2-Note3.html
Unfortunately for me I don't have Note 2 =(, I have an S II Plus, I hope to get Note 2 next month can't wait =S
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Heh, yeah, all is well in my world once again!
The Note 2 is a great device man. I am sure you'll love it. The Note 3 looks great also, but I don't like the ribbed sides (I'm fussy) and last I read there's an eFuze that goes off once rooted or something along those lines. That's sh!t.
invertedskull said:
Heh, yeah, all is well in my world once again!
The Note 2 is a great device man. I am sure you'll love it. The Note 3 looks great also, but I don't like the ribbed sides (I'm fussy) and last I read there's an eFuze that goes off once rooted or something along those lines. That's sh!t.
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What do you think about the new oneplus one, do you think I should get that instead?
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk
Banutu said:
What do you think about the new oneplus one, do you think I should get that instead?
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk
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Hmmm, I haven't seen that one... Feel free to PM me a link.
Help Me!
Banutu said:
I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
mroldman281 said:
My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
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If you have access to anything, and don't get JUST the boot loop, then you DO NOT have the same case I was in. You are probably able to recover from this. Try posting on the Tf Forums. The guys over there are "specialists" in Asus Tf tablets, and as you'll see on this thread (http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...-boot-loop-after-doing-routine-cm-update.html), they gave me a lot of help. Not that I was able to recover, but they were awesome dudes.
mroldman281 said:
My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
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mroldman281, You didn't post again, so I don't know, If You found solution, but since I had same simptoms, and after four days of reinstalling different stock roms, wiping and even messing with PIT via Odin etc..I can say, that in my case the reason for boot loop was faulty battery. The phone worked when it was plugged in and restarted soon after i unplugged USB cable, and just lopped afterwards. Replacement battery put everything back in order. And I am one happy Camper!
Hope this info helps someone else with boot loop problem
same problem stuck in bootloop
hey guys i have the same problem bootloop all the time i tryied stock firmware but nothing happend avec i rooted my note 2 and intalled a costom recovery and a many roms but stuck in bootloop i didn't chage baterry , by the way i wiped cache and reset factory and clear dalvick cache but the same always bootloop
what u suggest i do
ps : i can acces to bootloader or download mode it charge normally
woow get back my note 2 lte alone
hey guys i get back my note 2 i don't know how but it was a succes :victory:
first : i tried so many afficial firmware 4.4.2 and costom roms but didn't change the problem of bootloop
then i remembred what version i was in it was 4.1.1 so i download it from sammobiles thenks to them flash it and boooom the note 2 lte start like a charm
i want to thanks everyone for their help even if they didn't help directly but this past 3 days i read almost all the threads about note 2
well i thinks one of the selutions here is to revert back the the original stock firmware like i did so maybe will fix the bootloop
Device: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 WiFi Tablet ((GT-N5110))
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Last night I started to attempt to return my GT-N5110 to the complete Stock ROM and everything however after spending HOURS looking for the Stock ROM files, I decided to try downloading the ROM directly from the Note 8.0 Toolkit. After it finished downloading and I installed it via ODIN like the toolkit asked, I tried to turn my tablet on and now it won't boot past the Samsung logo boot screen.
If someone could please give me the URL of the correct files needed as well as to a walk-through webpage so that I can fix this annoying problem and get my Note 8 up and running again, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Unfortunately I have been unable to find anything that even looks like it could work on my GT-N5110 on here so I have been rather hesitant to try using the stock files for a different model of the Note 8.0 rather than whichever is needed for the WiFi model. I've finally thrown in the towel and am asking someone, ANYONE, for some help.
Thanks guys!
you can get mostly all of stock firmware on sammobile.com
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/2/
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I downloaded the firmware from that site and followed the instructions that were provided with the firmware download however I'm still stuck at the Samsung boot screen. I tried leaving it alone for a while since I know that after installing a gapps file, the first boot may take a little bit but it stays on the same screen.
There has to be something I'm missing because I've never had this much trouble with any of my devices before. I thought to try an Emergency Firmware Restoration using Kies but my tablet doesnt show as being connected in Kies.
Anyone know what I'm unknowingly doing wrong?
Get into stock recovery and factory reset, should clear up the being stuck at Samsung boot.
CKrzacz said:
Get into stock recovery and factory reset, should clear up the being stuck at Samsung boot.
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CKrzacz said:
Get into stock recovery and factory reset, should clear up the being stuck at Samsung boot.
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^^^^^This^^^^^
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Check this post out, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289441 if CKrzacz's tip didn't work.
I ended up having to use CF auto-root, I was able to update cwm from within it.
After I tried rooting (didn't notice the guide I was using was 3 years old until it was too late) my phone got the "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" and "SET WARRANTY BIT: KERNEL" . And it would not ****ing start up. My phone was 4.4.4 and I was trying to flash some 4.2.2 or later stuff onto it I guess, it messed my phone up. The only one and I mean ONLY one that would work was the 4.2.2 auto-root.
I was on kies before all of it and now kies won't even read my phone. Any way I can get my phone back to normal now, and possibly try the rooting again? It's slow and laggy now, my SD card won't be read, and my wifi doesn't work. I'm quite miserable but at least my phone works.. I have root access now so maybe I can fix it from within the phone? I appreciate the help!
EDIT: I tried getting cyanogen rom onto it and it got all messed up again after that, wouldn't get past cyanogen loading animation so I had to figure out how to fix it again for another 3 hours -.-
dameware said:
I ended up having to use CF auto-root, I was able to update cwm from within it.
After I tried rooting (didn't notice the guide I was using was 3 years old until it was too late) my phone got the "KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING" and "SET WARRANTY BIT: KERNEL" . And it would not ****ing start up. My phone was 4.4.4 and I was trying to flash some 4.2.2 or later stuff onto it I guess, it messed my phone up. The only one and I mean ONLY one that would work was the 4.2.2 auto-root.
I was on kies before all of it and now kies won't even read my phone. Any way I can get my phone back to normal now, and possibly try the rooting again? It's slow and laggy now, my SD card won't be read, and my wifi doesn't work. I'm quite miserable but at least my phone works.. I have root access now so maybe I can fix it from within the phone? I appreciate the help!
EDIT: I tried getting cyanogen rom onto it and it got all messed up again after that, wouldn't get past cyanogen loading animation so I had to figure out how to fix it again for another 3 hours -.-
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Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
Download the NH7 or NK2 firmware (both are 4.4.4) and flash it using ODIN. Not sure why Kies isn't seeing your phone, it should, but ODIN should work. You may have to flash, pull battery, flash again, all without rebooting, for it to take.
This will get you back to stock. Then, if you want to root, get the CFAutoRoot for the phone, this will flash a non-stock recovery to give you root. This will give you the SEANDROID messages you were seeing. Use Triangle Away, if you want to get rid of them.
Rob
rlichtefeld said:
Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-tmobile/general/firmwares-official-mdl-mk2-nb4-t2816508
Download the NH7 or NK2 firmware (both are 4.4.4) and flash it using ODIN. Not sure why Kies isn't seeing your phone, it should, but ODIN should work. You may have to flash, pull battery, flash again, all without rebooting, for it to take.
This will get you back to stock. Then, if you want to root, get the CFAutoRoot for the phone, this will flash a non-stock recovery to give you root. This will give you the SEANDROID messages you were seeing. Use Triangle Away, if you want to get rid of them.
Rob
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It won't read it because my phone is now too old of a device for the program (2.2.2 or whatever). Thank you very much I'm trying all this right now, finally a firmware download that doesn't take 6 hours because of horrible servers!
I will update on if this works or not, I'm guessing it will
I am having a similar situation. I used CM installer to root my S4 then the screen went white and the Installer stopped working. I tried to reset but only got the same Enforcing and warrant messages and the CyanogenMod loading screen.
I am trying to get to recovery mode by doing power+home+volume up button. I got into there and seeing a menu of commands. What should I do now? Will factory reset get me back into original state or I need to install a zip?
Lopakas said:
I am having a similar situation. I used CM installer to root my S4 then the screen went white and the Installer stopped working. I tried to reset but only got the same Enforcing and warrant messages and the CyanogenMod loading screen.
I am trying to get to recovery mode by doing power+home+volume up button. I got into there and seeing a menu of commands. What should I do now? Will factory reset get me back into original state or I need to install a zip?
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Done and done! It all worked out, thank you thank you!
Now to try cyanogen and my device will be back to beast mode.
Just do what he says and you should be fine; factory reset never did anything for me :/
I'm having one hell of a time with this tablet. This is pushing a month and I'm still not satisfied with my tablet.
Tonight I finally tracked down what I had hoped was a stock firmware for my tablet. Halfway through the download it timed out and when I went to download it again, the same thing happened.
So I tried to take my tablet that isn't "properly rooted" anymore and use Odin 9, instead of Odin 10, and place kitkat on my device rather than be stuck with Lollipop 5.0.2. All of this because The Sims Freeplay app isn't working and I can't find another soul on the face of the earth who can give me an answer to why this is happening.
Now I'm stuck on the samsung logo. I managed to get it back in download mode and that's where I flashed Lollipop 5.0.2 through Odin 10. I figured that would solve my problem. It didn't, but at least I got TWRP back on my device.
I never recovered anything that came with my tablet. I did not think I'd ever go back to unroot nor did I know how to back it up in the first place. So there's nothing in my recovery I can boot from. So what I did was I came back here and I downloaded the recovery for TWRP. I flashed it from my SD card, it told me it was successful... now what? I've rebooted and my device still loads to the samsung logo...and just stays there. The little confetti animation happens behind the logo, but that's it. It doesn't turn off. It doesn't reset itself.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG?!
I've already voided the warranty on this device and I regret almost daily that I decided to root in the first place. I say this only because I think rooted devices are top-notch, but I haven't been having very much luck with them. It took me a week to root. When I finally rooted then my favorite app game stopped working. Then I figured I could flash the stock firmware easily (but it seems like every place I go to find kitkat or even stock lollipop I can't find or I do, but files are corrupt or sites are full of ads).
I can't use my device at all now except click around in TWRP which isn't doing me any good.
I just want my tablet back. I spent 500 dollars on this thing and I haven't had time to even enjoy it. It's only two months old.
Please. Again. Someone HELP me. I want to figure this out and I don't want to accept that I bricked my device because I've watched plenty of videos on youtube and people are stuck with a phone that's resetting and all they do is fix it right there in front of my eyes.
Why can't I fix this? What is it that I'm not doing properly?
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I'm having one hell of a time with this tablet. This is pushing a month and I'm still not satisfied with my tablet.
Tonight I finally tracked down what I had hoped was a stock firmware for my tablet. Halfway through the download it timed out and when I went to download it again, the same thing happened.
So I tried to take my tablet that isn't "properly rooted" anymore and use Odin 9, instead of Odin 10, and place kitkat on my device rather than be stuck with Lollipop 5.0.2. All of this because The Sims Freeplay app isn't working and I can't find another soul on the face of the earth who can give me an answer to why this is happening.
Now I'm stuck on the samsung logo. I managed to get it back in download mode and that's where I flashed Lollipop 5.0.2 through Odin 10. I figured that would solve my problem. It didn't, but at least I got TWRP back on my device.
I never recovered anything that came with my tablet. I did not think I'd ever go back to unroot nor did I know how to back it up in the first place. So there's nothing in my recovery I can boot from. So what I did was I came back here and I downloaded the recovery for TWRP. I flashed it from my SD card, it told me it was successful... now what? I've rebooted and my device still loads to the samsung logo...and just stays there. The little confetti animation happens behind the logo, but that's it. It doesn't turn off. It doesn't reset itself.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG?!
I've already voided the warranty on this device and I regret almost daily that I decided to root in the first place. I say this only because I think rooted devices are top-notch, but I haven't been having very much luck with them. It took me a week to root. When I finally rooted then my favorite app game stopped working. Then I figured I could flash the stock firmware easily (but it seems like every place I go to find kitkat or even stock lollipop I can't find or I do, but files are corrupt or sites are full of ads).
I can't use my device at all now except click around in TWRP which isn't doing me any good.
I just want my tablet back. I spent 500 dollars on this thing and I haven't had time to even enjoy it. It's only two months old.
Please. Again. Someone HELP me. I want to figure this out and I don't want to accept that I bricked my device because I've watched plenty of videos on youtube and people are stuck with a phone that's resetting and all they do is fix it right there in front of my eyes.
Why can't I fix this? What is it that I'm not doing properly?
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I just skimmed through all this reading, so I may have missed a few things. The thing I didn't see if factory resetting. You need to factory reset in twrp. Just go to wipe and factory reset. Now reboot and wait at least 20 minutes as it does take quite a while to boot.
If doesnt do, transfer a custom stock based ROM for your device (any KK ROM should do) to your SD card. Factory reset in twrp and flash ROM. Now reboot and wait.
Typically, flashing with Odin takes 20 minutes to boot up for the first time. Just be sure you factory reset.
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
I just skimmed through all this reading, so I may have missed a few things. The thing I didn't see if factory resetting. You need to factory reset in twrp. Just go to wipe and factory reset. Now reboot and wait at least 20 minutes as it does take quite a while to boot.
If doesnt do, transfer a custom stock based ROM for your device (any KK ROM should do) to your SD card. Factory reset in twrp and flash ROM. Now reboot and wait.
Typically, flashing with Odin takes 20 minutes to boot up for the first time. Just be sure you factory reset.
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Ok. I just factory resetted. Then I went to reboot and clicked "system". Now it restarted and brought me back to the same samsung logo... do I wait 20 minutes on that screen?
geekery15 said:
Ok. I just factory resetted. Then I went to reboot and clicked "system". Now it restarted and brought me back to the same samsung logo... do I wait 20 minutes on that screen?
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Yep.
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Yep.
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By any chance does it take longer than 20 minutes?
It's been 28 minutes and I'm still on the Samsung logo.
geekery15 said:
By any chance does it take longer than 20 minutes?
It's been 28 minutes and I'm still on the Samsung logo.
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Sometimes. Try and wait 10 more minutes.
If it doesn't boot, I think you may have to flash a custom stock based ROM and flash it from your SD card in twrp.
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Sometimes. Try and wait 10 more minutes.
If it doesn't boot, I think you may have to flash a custom stock based ROM and flash it from your SD card in twrp.
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Custom Stock Based Rom? Does that mean I'll push myself further away from a stock firmware? Also... where do I find one and are there instructions for it? I thought roms were firmwares up until like 4 hours ago and I've been reading of roots for a little over a month now.
I see you've got the same tablet. By any chance are you running 5.0.2 lollipop and do you happen to know having a rooted device is the reason why The Sims Freeplay won't get past it's splash screen or if it's the app itself and it's newest update that made it wiggy?
I'll flash whatever at this point, but my main reasons for continuing to mess with my tablet was because of not being able to play the sims on there. Every other game I play works.
geekery15 said:
Custom Stock Based Rom? Does that mean I'll push myself further away from a stock firmware? Also... where do I find one and are there instructions for it? I thought roms were firmwares up until like 4 hours ago and I've been reading of roots for a little over a month now.
I see you've got the same tablet. By any chance are you running 5.0.2 lollipop and do you happen to know having a rooted device is the reason why The Sims Freeplay won't get past it's splash screen or if it's the app itself and it's newest update that made it wiggy?
I'll flash whatever at this point, but my main reasons for continuing to mess with my tablet was because of not being able to play the sims on there. Every other game I play works.
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The only thing I can suggest is download this to your SD card and flash it in twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56345482
The Sims may not work because its uncomptiple with lollipop.
Simply, hit wipe in twrp, hit advanced wipe, and tick system, dalivk and cache. Then go back and install the Cm11 zip and reboot. Hopefully it gets you booting
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I'd actually flash this as its more like stock just debloated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/development/prerooted-stock-touchwiz-rom-t2973107
You need to wipe system, dalvik, cache and data then Install via twrp.
Wait at least 10 to 15 mins after install for initial boot up.
For future reference whenever you go back to kitkat from lollipop you need to wipe the data and cache partition first.
By the way some apps and games do not work on rooted devices for security reasons.
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Yep.
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Sometimes. Try and wait 10 more minutes.
If it doesn't boot, I think you may have to flash a custom stock based ROM and flash it from your SD card in twrp.
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I'd actually flash this as its more like stock just debloated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/development/prerooted-stock-touchwiz-rom-t2973107
You need to wipe system, dalvik, cache and data then Install via twrp.
Wait at least 10 to 15 mins after install for initial boot up.
For future reference whenever you go back to kitkat from lollipop you need to wipe the data and cache partition first.
By the way some apps and games do not work on rooted devices for security reasons.
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I understand that. That is why I clicked unroot in supersu and tried the game app, but it still wouldn't work. On my galaxy note 3 I run 5.0 lollipop and my game works fine. My phone isn't rooted and I never decided to root it and then unroot it.
Is an app smart enough to know when a device has been rooted and if are those that hack their actual game on rooted devices uses cloak or xposed or both to by pass their root?
I rather be unrooted for the sake of the game, but how does one find the stock firmware? Or is it not possible at this point?
Sorry for any confusion.
ashyx said:
I'd actually flash this as its more like stock just debloated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/development/prerooted-stock-touchwiz-rom-t2973107
You need to wipe system, dalvik, cache and data then Install via twrp.
Wait at least 10 to 15 mins after install for initial boot up.
For future reference whenever you go back to kitkat from lollipop you need to wipe the data and cache partition first.
By the way some apps and games do not work on rooted devices for security reasons.
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Okay. I installed or flashed ironrom to my tablet from twrp. i followed the directions it told me and I decided to pick the regular rom above the custom one that was close to stock. Then it told me that it was going to reboot; which it did. When it came back it got stuck on the same samsung loading screen so I powered it off, went back into TWRP (because powering off now isn't possible, more like restart) and I went to "Reboot " and then I clicked "power off".
I guess I'll be waiting for 10 to 15 minutes.
I Pray I did this correctly.
geekery15 said:
Okay. I installed or flashed ironrom to my tablet from twrp. i followed the directions it told me and I decided to pick the regular rom above the custom one that was close to stock. Then it told me that it was going to reboot; which it did. When it came back it got stuck on the same samsung loading screen so I powered it off, went back into TWRP (because powering off now isn't possible, more like restart) and I went to "Reboot " and then I clicked "power off".
I guess I'll be waiting for 10 to 15 minutes.
I Pray I did this correctly.
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Thanks for all the help! I'm finally back to where I want to be and the ss freeplay seems to be working. I can't thank you both enough.
geekery15 said:
Thanks for all the help! I'm finally back to where I want to be and the ss freeplay seems to be working. I can't thank you both enough.
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Why did you reboot back into twrp? You should have just let it do its thing after it rebooted.
So for any others that may happen upon this thread.
What was your solution?
ashyx said:
Why did you reboot back into twrp? You should have just let it do its thing after it rebooted.
So for any others that may happen upon this thread.
What was your solution?
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I did because I thought it had to be shut down before I powered it on and waited. I realized afterwards that you probably meant to just let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
Are you asking me my solution or other peoples solution?
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Are you asking me my solution or other peoples solution?
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Your solution.
cant reboot after failed encryption
I was trying to encrypt my galaxy tab s, which is rooted and has lollipop 5.0. Afrer reading encryption failed. I tried to reboot in recovery via twrp. My device doesn't reboot, it just acts like its going thru the motions. Only to return to twrp recovery menu. How do I reboot the system clearing the failed encryptions. I am a noob and any suggestions would be much appreciated.
You will have to go into recovery and wipe the data and cache partition then reboot.
It may take a while to boot up after that.
Well I thought my solution was using IronRom... but i'm not too sure now.
I just got back from work and I went to turn on my tablet and it took me to the same loading screen and then after about 5 minutes it tells me that the system can't respond. It asks me to click "ok" or "wait" ... clicking either just turns my tablet off.
Now the screen has dimmed. It's turning on when it wants and sometimes it'll show me the time in the upper right hand corner, but it won't let me do anything because it's a black screen.
What does all of this mean?
I just noticed if I click the "power button" it just flashes my tablet desktop then goes back to black, but it shows me the battery percentage and the time in the upper right hand corner...
smt 800 stuck in logo
SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S 10.5 WIFI WHAT IT CAN AND CANT DO
i HAD ROOTED AND INSTALLED LOLLIPOP 5.0 WITH SUPER SU AND TWRP RECOVERY.
I THEN TRIED TO ENCRYPT WHICH FAILED.
MY DEVICE SAID TO REBOOT SYSTEM AND THEN TRY TO ENCRYPT AGAIN. AFTER REBOOTING, MY DEVICE IS STUCK WITH (logo screen)THE SAMSUNG TAB S NAME AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND ANDROID ON THE BOTTOM. I then rerooted with cf auto root thru odin. Odin and my tablet went thru the motions. When everything was complete and device should have initialize, but didn't. This part of the process didn't happen.
I am able to go into DOWNLOAD MODE and can get to manual mode, but I seem to have lost recovery. Here is the info.
android system recovery <3e>
kot49h_t800xxu1af8..
the binary reads: samsung official
system status: custom
Do you have any suggestions.