Phone Bricked or Infected - weird artifacts and bootloop (S4 i9505) - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4

MY PROBLEM IS INSANELY RARE AND (propably) HARD TO FIX
Hello!
I've had i9505 for over 4 years now, I had many problems with root, custom rom etc but I always find ways to fix them - not this time!
Since yesterday, I can't boot to the system. It started when I was just in my ES file explorer and suddenly some weird artifacts popped up and I couldn't see anything (its not a physical screen problem!) then my phone turned off itself so now, I'm trying this:
Hikd power button --> *short vibration* --> Samsung S4 logo pops up --> black screen --> again vibration --> ... and again and again. It just loops here.
So I left it for a night hoping that when I wake up it will be finally working again but no, NOW it was stuck on 'SAMSUNG' logo (the one with a blue background). So I pulled out the battery and the phone started restarting again (boot loop).
But there is something new about this situation. Every 2 or 3 restarts there are ARTIFACTS on the screen. For now, I've experienced 3 different ones and I managed to catch one of them with camera (see image below)
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There is another one with a blue code in really small size, couldn't catch it fast enough tho.
This is what I have been doing with my phone before all this crap happened:
1. I installed 'Udemy' app from Google Play
2. I installed Modded Google Play via Lucky Patcher
3. I updated Lucky patcher
4. I edited build.prop to make my phone visible as s7, but then i changed it back
I think these artifacts may be caused a virus or just broken system files - I don't know :/
And pretty much that's it. I really want to know what possibly could cause this issue.
Please, everyone, I've always found ways to fix problems without flashing phone, so I believe I can now.
I have access to download mode and TWRP recovery.
But one more thing about TWRP - when I try to copy a file or wipe cache, error message pops up "E: Unable to mount storage". Is it possible, that for the first time ever my phone actually got infected?
If I catch any new artifacts, I will show them here.
I would be grateful for any help at this point, thanks
LOGCAT FILE:
https://pastebin.com/sPDJ0QQP
TWRP RECOVERY FILE:
https://pastebin.com/2Y0Fmew5
//Edit I'm not sure if the images are visible although the links are okay

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Having trouble turning my EVO off

When I hold the power button and then touch the turn off option I am unable to hit "ok" or "cancel" on the final confirmation screen before turning off the phone. Most of the time both options are completely unresponsive to touch although the back button does work to get out of the power down process. I have had success a few times if I start from power down process from the browser as opposed to the home screen. I searched and couldn't find anything on this. Any help?
This is the screen I'm having trouble with:
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Update: It won't even work for me when I start from my browser now. This is isn't the only menu I'm having issues with either. For instance, I can't select "edit" from ##data# either, only view.
I want to say this happened somewhere in the process of running the ruu on my pc to go back to stock from aloysius and then re-rooting and loading the flipz stocker. All of that, of course, was an attempt to fix my rooted 4g issues. But I can't even complete all those steps since the ##data# menu is "broken". I'm definitely frustrated.
run the RUU again, if youre still having screen issues try and get it replaced, it might be a hardware problem.
Just finished with ruu again and 4G is fixed but the screen issues remain. Yeah, I'm guessing hardware now too...just a funny coincidence with what I was doing yesterday. Now I'm faced with:
1) replace and forget about root for a while- too many issues!
2) return/cancel/droidx
every phone will have its issues, refering to the droidx, it sucks you had so many issues with rooting your phone. not to throw it in your face or anything, but there are plenty of us who have rooted phones and are quite content, give it another go if you'd like, plenty of help here.
Yeah it does sound like my issue is truly unique.
Anyone have or hear of something like this?
Some more info:
I tried to reset my now stock phone through setting>privacy. The "Reset phone" button is unresponsive so I can't do that either. I pulled the battery and then turned it on holding down the volume down button and then got into the stock recovery. I selected the factory reset from there and while the phone reset the first message that flashed while it was going through the process was:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Does that mean anything to anyone?
Posting from my new build 3 EVO. Best Buy exchanged for me after work, no questions asked. In fact, they didn't even look at my old EVO.

[Q] Is my SPH-L710 Toast?

Hi guys, I've been scouring Google for 3 days now and can't come up with an answer, everything says use Odin for this and use Odin for that... well I can't.
A few days ago I downloaded an app from the Google store Linuxonandriod or something like that, it's pretty much an installer to place Ubuntu on your phone side by side with Android, the instructions began with rooting the phone, I began that process and believe I accidently loaded the incorrect pda to the phone (I have so many files now on my comp, I have no clue which one I selected). Odin rebooted the phone and that's that.
If I try to turn on the phone it goes to the first screen that just says SAMSUNG then turns off, never getting to the Samsung Galaxy III screen. The USB on the phone seems to have been botched, none of my computers will recognize it (Windows or Linux), the phone will not even charge. I can however get into both recovery and download modes without problem.
Naturally, download mode does no good because the USB is useless and I do not have clockwork mod installed on the phone to bypass the verification error.
I tried to simply install clockwork via recovery in hopes that would do something, but I get a verification error with that.
Is there anyway around this using the SD card or am I holding a $300 paperweight?
Thanks
Maybe try this-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
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bilgerryan said:
Maybe try this-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
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Thanks, for the link. I did check it out, but couldn't figure out what the poster was talking about with drive letters and such. That dmesg | tail told me nothing about my sd. I unzipped everything to the card by a different method but my the computer still wouldn't recognize the phone, so booting back into windows did nothing.
Sorry for the delay in response, I've been extremely busy with work.
I'm still at a total loss on this.

LG G4 - LG Flashtool Not flashing KDZ files completely

So I recently got an LG G4 from a friend, he wants me to fix it.
No, you needn't laugh at me behind my back. Feel free to to do it to my face.
[Edit]
Sorry is took so long to get these screens guys. Life happened.
We have two videos and an image. Will get more if necessary.
[/Edit]
TL, DR:
Phone problems:
Not booting, appears to be boot-looping. No SODS.
Cause of phone problems:
Unclear, was not in possession of the phone when they began.
Flashing problems:
LG Flash tool reaches 9% then fails. Consistently. Persists across multiple KDZ files, USB cables and ports.
So the basic jist is I haven't the slightest idea why the phone stopped working in the first place, so can't tell if it is hardware or software related, but I've taken it upon myself to try and fix it.
The problem with the phone is your basic boot-looping, though I am not sure as to the severity of the brick.
I haven't encountered any Screens of Death in my interactions with the phone
Anyway, I have the KDZ files and everything else I need to restore the phone.
When I put the phone into download mode and begin the flashing process, it does begin the flashing process, the little terminal place in the download mode screen (on the phone) starts showing more text, like it should, and the arrows start spinning.
Then when the flashing process hits 9%, it will stop working.
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Computer side of things:
Phone side of things:
[EDIT]
For some reason adding the files to the post is not working, so here are the links instead:
9% Screenshot
Computer Recording
Phone Recording
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I've restored LGs in the past using the KDZ method, even LG G4s, so I know what to expect.
Never once have I run into this problem though. It's an entirely new problem for me.
I should also mention that the result persists even after I downloaded a fresh copy of LG Flash tool, the LG drivers as well as the KDZ files themselves.
Another interesting, though probably unrelated quirk I've seen is that any time I put it to charge, it won't stay in that battery charging screen it normally should while it's off, but instead try to boot itself almost immediately after it gets to that screen.
I'll try to grab some screens, maybe a video to show exactly what's going on, but in the meantime, any and all help would be appreciated.
-Kris
Sounds like ilapo bootloop.
attach some screen shots...surely we will help
you need LGUP to flash KDZ files..

ZenFone 2 - Flash memory failing?

Hi everyone,
This is regarding my ASUS ZenFone 2 ZE551ML (1.8 GHz CPU, 4 GB RAM, 16 GB ROM). A few days ago, after 1 year and 11 months of excellent service, suddenly I saw that some of the apps (Play Music, ASUS MiniMovie) were corrupted. But a simple uninstall and reinstall fixed them. Later that day, I was about to open settings when a message popped up "Unfortunately, settings has stopped". Rebooting the phone did not fix it and I was totally stuck as I was unable to clear the data also for the settings app which also requires "Settings" to function. I managed to do a factory reset after which, I could not even get to the home screen because that involves the Settings app as well.
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I went on to proceed with factory reset from the recovery mode and to my shock, the recovery mode was also corrupted. Screen just froze with a USB logo. I tried to flash the recovery with xFSTK but got write error.
Then I took apart the device and cooled the flash memory (SK hynix manufactured) with some IPA.
The device booted up and was able to get to the home screen. Then I followed the ASUS standard downgrade procedure to downgrade the device from Marshmallow to Lollipop (which should force flashing of the recovery as well and everything). Phone was stable then. Then following ASUS standard upgrade procedure, I upgraded to Marshmallow and did a factory reset again. Set up everything and phone is rock stable now, performs good as new with no slow downs or anything.
My question is "What exactly happened?" It was never rooted and very well taken care of (even looks like new). Is the flash memory failing? Can the firmware get corrupted on its own?
Any answers would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hello I am also having the same issue? Can you please explain more about the way you have recovered. I love my Asus Zenfone2. I am trying to do Factory RESET which causes this issue. Do you mean, use IPA to clean the Memory side? Please help me. My email ID is [email protected]
Firstly, try to flash it with xFSTK using the tutorial here on XDA. If it fails, then you need to take the phone apart.

[Mi10T Pro] App selection stopped working. I am looking for help

Hello
This is my first post so please be understanding.
I have been using the phone from the beginning as a regular user. I haven't made any modifications or changes to it (like root change etc.)
Recently, the official update of MIUI to version 13.0.8 appeared and after that the application selection stopped working. I had no problems with the phone before.
For example: An attempt to open a pdf file brought up a window with a list of various applications that handled the file. The same thing happened with other files or URLs. I have several browsers, so depending on what I wanted to open the Internet address with, I indicated the right choice.
Now the window shows up, but trying to tap the three dots immediately brings up a random app, each time a different one, no additional window pops up. No list of any apps expands.
I thought that maybe the problem will solve itself after resetting the phone. I set everything up again, did not restore any backups. Unfortunately, the problem is the same. I don't have any default settings.
What can be done? The problem is very irritating. I have no idea.
Apart from this problem, everything else works fine.
I will appreciate any help or suggestions
Screenshots are in Polish, if necessary I can translate.
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Hello, I suffered from the same bug for a long time until I found the culprit.
You just have to uninstal updates of the Xiaomi Mi Browser (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mi.globalbrowser). Sadly it can't be easily uninstalled. Maybe it can be done with ADB, but I have not tried yet. Remember to disable automatic updates from the PlayStore to avoid it to update. This will cause the bug again.
I also suffer other bugs like an ugly and forced dark mode when the battery is below 40%. I was always tempted to install a custom ROM, but the stock camera features (manual focus, lens distortion correction, 108 MPX, zoom...) are important for me.
Thanks for the help. This solved part of the problem. Now I have a choice when opening files but still no choice when opening URLs.
Maybe someone else?

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