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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagnumChaos17:
GT-I9505 stuck in boot, no recovery menu

I was happy with my S4 with 5.0.1 stock ROM and CM-Auto Root when it began to restart randomly. Now I think the problem was the battery, but before that I tried to fix it deleting some apps, wiping cache and data, then reflashing stock firmware and or custom recovery. Now I have a new battery in a soft-bricked phone...

After flashing stock firmware, it reboots displaying logo and the "recovery booting..." blue message. Nothing else. Nothing happens even after waiting 15 min.

If restarted, same behavior, removing battery or not.

If recovery boot, same screen, "recovery booting..." blue message, no recovery menu.

Download screen shows:

ODIN MODE

PRODUCT NAME: GT-19505

CURRENT BINARY: Samsung Official

SYSTEM STATUS: Official

KNOX KERNEL LOCK: 0x0

KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 0x1

CSB-CONFIG-LSB: 0x30

WRITE PROTECTION: Enable

eMMC BURST MODE enabled

What I've tried:

- two different 5.0.1 stock ROMs from SamMobile (I9505VJUHOC1 and I9505VJUHOK1), always using Odin 3.10.7 from the same source

- TWRP 2.8.6 and 3.0.0 with Heimdall and Odin

- philz_touch_6.58.7-jflte

- flashing with PIT / Re-partitioning, with and before ROM

- CM-Auto root (jfltexx and jfltevj) over freshly flashed stock ROM

If TWRP or PhilZ Touch 6 Recovery is flashed, the recovery boot shows:

RECOVERY BOOTING...

RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING

Set Warranty Bit : recovery

Odin always shows perfect logs and results.

I don't need to press Home button for download or recovery boot. Using Volume-Down/Volume-Up with Power button is enough.

I'm using brand new, original, completely charged battery, original cable, onboard USB port, Kies drivers, Odin 3.10.7 from SamMobile and Odin 3.07 from AndroMods, always run as Administrator. Tried with and without SD / SIM card.

Please help... Thanks in advance for any ideas and suggestions!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
So the phone doesn't boot in recovery nor the rom?

Normally, for the stock recovery, you also have to use the home button to boot into it. So that's strange.

Did you untick auto reboot?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Hey guys, my brothers S4 just crashed and boot looped, and we're looking for a stock English ROM, from what I can see, there are no English stock ROMs?

Which region / latest stock is the best to set to English for use in the UK?

Cheers
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagnumChaos17:
Exactly.

Yes, and there's a discussion about it here: Save your home button. Not needed for booting to recovery

Yes, tried that also, rebooting after removing the battery for some minutes.

Thanks!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Have you tried SamFirm ?

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Try flashing the rom or recovery tar twice in succession.

When updating the modem, sometimes it wouldn't stick, so doing that made the flash stick. It may be an option here too.

And try one of the S4 dead boot repair guides. Just Google it.

You've pretty much tried every thing else in the book and it didn't help. If this doesn't work then it may have a hardware problem.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VienCervantes:
Thanks! I will make a backup just to be sure. Btw i will update via kies
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borgqueenx:
have they already fixed shutter speed in some rom?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laochek:
overheated or fried cpu?

Hi, when my s4 was stock and new, my geekbench2 was about 3200-3300, quadrant 12100-12800, antutu 24000-25000

I have been playing around, used pre rooted stock firmware and tested the benchmarks still the same. After I tried KT kernel, then foxhound with faux kernel with overclocking and undervolting. Qudrant manage high 13000 and geekbench2 3100. But once I used antutu, the phone shuts down and turns black. Had to connect charger to wake device up.

I reverted stock firmware without root and antutu at range from 13000 to 16000. however qudrant still 12000 and geekbench2 3300. device is very hot. using the device feels the same, not sluggish. Cannot figure out whats wrong. Did i fry my cpu?:crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] valenfrank:
which kernel?

Hey everybody, wanna help?

As of now I'm using the latest Foxhound ROM on my s4 with KT Kernel.

Do you think it would be better if i change Kernel? Don't know, maybe Adam would be a good choice?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kantjer:
If you fried your cpu it would not be booting at all.

Give the Rom some time to settle down after flashing it. Just leave the phone settle for 30 minute after flashing and see if it still feels hot. If not reboot and try again, I have seen the CPU stuck on max speed and it would be corrected by a reboot.

And do yourself a favour and stop running those so called benchmark tests, they only make you nervous and don't mean anything. If your phone feels snappy that should be enough.

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Only you can decide what's the best kernel for you.

Just test a few and stick with the one you like. Or trust the Rom developers choice and just stick with the stock kernel.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lither:
Is there a topic or website which shows you the comparison of the i9500 and i9505 such as camera, sound and other quality
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sirus2012:
Please can someone help me get my S4 working again my heads getting in a right old spin coz i cnt solve the problem, I have one of the live demo units and i thought flash custom recovery new software and done.......well that was no the case :( i now have a demo unit that turns on and just sits on the samsung screen. like an idiot i did no backup (lesson learnt) think i need to re do the whole thing but have no idea where to start but i do know i need to use odin, where can i get all the right files from? everyone i tryed just fails or when looking things up i get lost :( please help
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] norml:
Take a deep breathe, and chill, you can get into DL mode, you can still connect to odin, I think this is totally fixable, go to ur OG post and look at my reply.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

Look in the first post.

Under "getting started "

Samersh72 has a thread to unbrick

Follow that.

:)

Sent telepathically from my S4
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] msquare:
I have an I9500 and it is rooted, and i have CWM as well. When i go into recovery, it shows a dead android with a red triangle. Message says something like Applying multi-CSC. I applied the pre-rooted rom yesterday from Djembey but havent done anything else yet. Can someone please help?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malybru:
Hi,

djembey's ROMS are for i9505 phones only.

Look HERE and seek help in getting it back to stock.

:)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayushsocool:
galaxy s4 screen giving annoying flashes

hii,

i have encountered this very strange problem. I had recently got a s view cover and a sony 16gb microsd card. Soon i started to encounter problem with my device.The screen gives flashes after evry few minutes. and this thing only happen when i am using my mobile data.When i noticed carefully, the black screen which generally appears while closing the s view cover (with date and time) is flashed for a fraction of second when i am using mobile data after evry few minutes.This is extremely annoying. I even removed the s view cover and got back to the simple cover but the problem doesnt go away.

p.s.: i am using i9500.i even recently got the lcd replaced from a samsung service centre because it had broken and they had to replace it twice cozz first time they installed a faulty piece.This mobile has been giving me only headaches. :crying:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alankabalan:
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone is having trouble sending group messages through GO SMS. When I try sending a group message, it says "converting to MMS" and then gets stuck on the sending action. After about a minute, it gives me an "unable to send message" error. I have enabled the MMS group option in the settings too. When I try sending a group message with this option disabled, it sends SMS messages to each recipient individually. Is anyone else having this problem? I am currently using the GoldenEye ROM, could this be the reason why its not working for me?

Thanks again in advance guys
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashwinmudigonda:
Some questions on the features

I have had the phone for slightly over a week now and I have some burning questions:

1) Blocking Mode.

I thought this was similar to CM's Quiet Hours. I want my phone to ring from all contacts, and the notifications to mute between certain times during the day. Whatever boxes I checked and left unchecked, I could not get this to work. What does this mode really do?

2) Swipe to unlock

When I casually swipe, I get half the sound most of the times. I have to swipe from the middle all the way until the edge of the screen for it to fully unlock. Is this typical?

3) Smart Stay

When the screen begins to go to sleep, if I look back at the screen, it doesn't bring it back to full brightness. the screen goes to sleep. Is this intended behavior?

4) Smart Scroll

Doesn't work at all. Neither the eyes nor the device tilt. I tested this on the Chrome browser and nothing scrolled.

5) Air Jump

Doesn't work with gmail.

6) I got the Tmobile version. What model number should I look for when I start to play with custom ROMs?

7) I find the phone gets hot sometimes. I don't play games at all. Just browse the web, and surf Facebook and make calls. Is this normal?

8) How easy is it to gain root for this device?

9) Why was CM mentioning that the support for Exynos devices were minimal? Does this affect this phone?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitastrudl:
Coudlnt find any inverted gapps in the s4 subforum, so im wondering if i could use these on my I9505 running CM? Are any inverted gapps compatible with s4?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1797292
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Have u installed any new application? Coz almost all applications use data network. So better to do a fresh installation to get rid of it.

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I am stock rom and having go sms pro. I dont have the problem like u. When i send a group message, it goes like a text message only. U need to checj the setting of ur installed rom or just reinstall go sms pro.

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For T mobile version, we have seperated forum for s4.

But few question i can answer here:

1) no blocking mode is something diff.

2) never happened with me.

4)u need to tilt ur neck instead of ur eyes.

5) it will work with TW applications.

6) this has a dedicated thread.

7) yes buddy its normal and if possible get ur phone updated via kies.

8) there might b any cf root for ur mobile forum check there.

9) again what variant u r using is upon. If ur T mobile is octa exynox version, then u must worried about else no worries.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayushsocool:
hiii,

no i didnt install any new app. but i do remember doing a setting change. i had changed the network mode to gsm only lately. and this device doesnt give me any such problem while i am using wifi or the data network is turned off.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] D™:
Buddy again i would say its a problem of an application which need a data connection.

Actually i was on galaxy R. I need to wipe data to get rid of it.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] *Detection*:
Yea thanks, but there are no English region codes (That I know of), so I'm wondering which foreign region would be best to flash, that would be the easiest to set to English

Prior to the crash, he was running a Chinese Lollipop ROM set to English, but half the stuff was still in Chinese lol

EDIT - Looks like a hardware fault, we managed to fix it by re-flashing TWRP, then it crashed again, and this time won't even boot into Download mode or recovery
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K3RN3L H3LP3R:
Have you tried to wipe data/cache? And then flashing original rom with odin ? Because you didnt mentioned if you really wiped all data/cache. This is recommend to have a new and fresh firmware otherwise not all data will be renewed.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mohmad ali:
Hi guys

is it possible to connect external usb wireless adapter to my GT-I9505:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MagnumChaos17:
Thanks! But as I said, I can't boot in recovery mode. When I could, yes, I wiped data/cache before flashing stock firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] underdogsvip:
hi, I have a problem with my GS4 i9505

since 2 days ago, it won't charge using a wall charger. instead, the message "power sharing" download pops out.

however the devices charges if i connect it to PC usb port, but not recognized by the windows (malfunctioned).

i tried to switch cables, chargers, and batteries with my brother's S4, but the problem still persist.

i looked up for answers, and they suggests me to clear cache in recovery but the method doesn't change anything
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
The phone's USB port may be faulty.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

What's the adapter? You can try plugging it in to test anyways, can't you? I wouldn't rely though on the stock kernel recognizing the adapter, since you'd need some modules. Maybe a quick Google search regarding the adapter model and i9505 could gather you better results ;)?

Hi,

That sounds like a complicated problem... Usually what I always suggest is to untick auto reboot, remove the battery before putting the device in download mode, then flashing the recovery.

After the successful flash, you boot the phone directly into recovery (volume up and power), then in recovery you wipe everything: system, boot, data, cache. That leaves your device without any firmware, that means it won't boot anymore, so you flash a different one.

Other possibility if your device keeps rebooting or in a bootloop is to try booting the phone in safe mode, which is booting, holding the power button until Samsung appears on the screen, then press the volume down button. Good luck!

Hi,

I suggest you search for it in your own device forum.

Hi,

A quick youtube search returned me a lot of results, here's the first one - https://youtu.be/2bi2ABdz81E.

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FahrenGrade:
I am still running stock rooted 4.2.2 on an GT-I9505 lol can I just install TWRP 3.0 and flash MM or do I have to manually upgrade via ODIN to KK and then LP and then MM?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
If u can find a lp bootloader with know removed flash that, if not then you can just flash latest LP bootloader and modem via odin as you need lp bootloader to run lp & mm roms

Sent from my SM-G903F
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FahrenGrade:
*KNOX removed you mean?

and must I use ODIN or is there a way to flash them in TWRP?

I'm running a linux system...

additionally could you clue me in as to which modem/bootloader (are they the same thing or separate flashes?) i need for my gt-i9505?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
You don't necessarily have to flash a bootloader and modem. The custom roms work without them. Though it is recommended to have them updated in order to avoid signal and other issues.

Modem and bootloader are separate files. You can look through the last pages of the modems thread in the general section, you can find links with the latest modem and bootloader there.

Don't bother looking through the main thread, it hasn't been updated. Just go to the last page of the thread and start from there.

I think you can use Heimdall on Linux systems to flash those files.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yapsha:
Sorry noob here ,

I want to ask something ,

I have samsung S4 I9506 but there is no LTE option ,

How i get that option ? , I read in the first page but i don't get it

Fyi : My country support 4G/LTE

(Sorry for bad english)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chashmaa:
My s4 9505 back side on sticker imei as a 15digit.like as 123456789012345 but with *#06# it displayed 123456789012345/8.which mean bro pls anyone explane.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Download "phone info Samsung" from play store, you can check your imei and serial number to see if they match
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chashmaa:
Both r match bro by phone info.but why differant with *#06# code?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Nothing it should display your original IMEI what does phone info says?

In settings
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajkumarl5307:
How to unlock Samsung country code lock
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLordxX:
Hi,

What do you mean by country code block?

Hi,

Check this link - http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/help/imei-sv-phone-represent-t1343341

Hi,

Your device should have LTE access, try going to settings and mobile networks to see if LTE is enabled, also check with the carrier if you have the right APNs for LTE.

All the best,

~Lord
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khaliq mehmood:
Hi i have s4 l720 its a sprint mobile now is convert to i9500 how to install lolipop without pc i have no computer...missin hotspot in setting also there is no option for hotspot when i open zapya or other hotsopt apps show me in hotspot not support
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FrankSTC:
NFC not working on I9505

Hy guys,

I tried to search any solution, but didn't find it, for the moment ....

Has someone encountered problem with NFC?

When I try to activate it, the NFC button appears in gray (as unselectable) for a little moment, then it returns in "deactivated" mode

I'm using CyanogenMod 13 now, but I tried with Albe95 S6 porting also with same results.

I tried several wype/advanced system data wype/ reflash......:crying: to come back with a stock ROM but I can't install it (no bootloop, just the "samsung" boot screen is always dispayed :( ) and... I would use CM13 :angel: .

I have read about this problem on the Galaxy S4 mini, fixed replacing the file "nfc_nci.msm8960 " in the folder "system/lib/HW" , so I tried to copy the "nfc_nci.bcm2079x.MSM8960.so" from a stock-working S4 in order to try to replace mine one (yes.... I tried by this way :D ) unsuccessfully.

Before I also tried to change the battery (I've also read some people suggest to check the back cover.... :(:rolleyes::eek::confused::confused::confused: WTF!!!????) with the other S4 one and I've seen the problem doesn't come from the battery (my battery works fine with NFC in the other S4)...

Has someone a "magic link" to a thread about the solution? If not, may be usefull to open it?

Sorry for my long writing and probably not so perfect english....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveHert:
Help!!! My phone is frustrating me, plus odin fails at everything

Hi Devs, I would appreciate it if you guys could just spare some few minutes of your time to help me out with my phone.

So I bought this barely used Samsung Galaxy S4 (i9505) from a guy. It came with android 4.2.2 and a boatloader/Baseband of SC04E0MUAMG2 and when I boot on it shows ntt-DoCoMo before booting up (so am guessing it was locked before, it came unlocked because every SIM I have tried has worked, and also it came rooted).

The issue is I really want to upgrade to Stock Lollipop or a custom lollipop rom like Aurora or Albe95 roms, but each time I try flashing a stock rom using Odin, it says fail (usually its when it gets to ' NAND write start, Auth fail '). Since Stock refused working I decided to try Flashing a custom rom using a custom recovery, it flashed successfully but when I tried flashing the modem and boatloader for the custom Rom, Odin would show fail again, I tried if on every port on my system and even unticked F.reset and auto-reset, but the result was still fail.

So I bought mobile odin pro to try out the stock again, it did install the stock but it was buggy, camera wasn't working, Mic wasn't working, the back button wasn't working. I just had to remove it. Currently am on Imperium 12.1 custom Rom( i installed it because it didn't require flashing modem and boatloader. The only problem is camera and Mic still won't work on this rom, but when I go back to the backed-up android 4.2.2 everything works fine. So yeah, that's my predicament. I am clueless as to what to do next so please help me out. I would really like to use a stock or custom Rom
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Which odin are you using? Also did u enable usb debugging prior to flashing?

Sent via S4 power!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveHert:
I did the basics, enabled usb debugging, installed latest Samsung drivers, tried up to 5 different versions of Odin including v3.09, 3.10.6, 1.85. :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Did you also try different USB ports and different cables? A lot of times Odin issues are caused by the USB or the cable.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveHert:
I have tried different ports, I lost my original USB cord, have tried using the cables I have, one that came with my Lumia and another that came with my BlackBerry, but they both failed
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Try to get an original Samsung one, maybe borrow it, and try with that.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] X-Lucky-Messi-X:
What are some custom ROMs based on HTC Sense for Galaxy S4?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
I haven't seen any since in this forum. Maybe there were some prior to lollipop.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wipeout7777:
Screen issue

Hi everyone, i Just wanted to post an issue i was having that i couldn't solve myself in the chance that maybe someone could help me here. Well the issue is that for some reason green lines have appeared on the left side of my phone. they sometimes go away randomly or when i open the camera app they go away completely, i have factory reset and restored my phone but nothing seems to be working any ideas would be awesome :)

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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon.d.stowe:
HELP!

Could someone PLEASE point me in the direction of a GOOD AND WORKING download link for the stock firmware S975LUDUANB1 - unless im just an idiot I can't find it anywhere. And so help me god, if someone says, "uh Sammobile.com idiot" I'm going to scream, because NO, it aint on there.

Thanks in advance guys
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phantomize:
i9506 soft bricked

I have a GT-i9506. I tried to flash CM12 unofficial by Arter97 + corresponding kernell + Gapp as per instruction. Phone was stuck on CM logo on boot, waited over 30mins no response. Wiped System using TWRP and reflashed the i9506 ROM by T-Shock which includes kernell. The rom is unstable with no working wifi (i was using this prior to CM12). Currently rom-less

Not too sure what exactly is going on, anyone have any ideas? Thank you in advance.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rhoban:
Going back to stock usually fixes this stuff.

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Flash the stock rom. If a new rom doesn't fix it, it may be a hardware problem.