yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
If possible, flash your Nandroid.

If you're unable to, then see below:

Something is wrong. Most likely user error as this has happened to me with installation of other ROMs. Once because I installed the wrong recovery, etc.

Without knowing exactly what the reason for your boot loop is,I would ODIN the Samsung Stock Firmware, which would bring the S4 back to stock, and start over, by rooting and installing a custom recovery, then flashing the ROM again, after checking the MD5 checksum, and making sure the ROM download matches.

The above won't take too long, but I think it'll save time rather then trouble shooting your current issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chronos3k:
Okay. I will do that. I am using TWRP for my recovery. Should I use CWM or any other?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
I also use TWRP 2.5.0.2 without issue.

What version TWRP do you have, and do you have a Nandroid or are you installing the stock Firmware?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chronos3k:
I don't actually know what a Nandroid? I am guessing it is a backup of everything, if that is so no i do not. I am jut downloading the stock version of the s4 and going from there. I was using the same version.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] malybru:
Hi,

Once you have a working recovery,go to the backup/restore option and always make a backup of a working system (nandroid).

This is something you will be able to fall back on when things go wrong.

:)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
Yes, always have a Nandroid ready to go just in case, as malybru mentioned.

Here is the Firmware, but it seems you have it already.

http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-M919&details=Galaxy_S_4_T-MOBILE
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chronos3k:
laonstr supposes

Thanks guys!! Hey now I learned something new lol :laugh:, I found this Samsung stock firmware http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2267895 . Would that work too or the one that you showed me is better? I'm better with computers than phones. :laugh: Learning something new is hard but rewarding. Sorry for the misspelling. Its very late over here and I really want to fix this before I go to sleep. Nevermind I looked at both and they are exactly the same thing so thank you again! I will let you know how it goes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
That is the same Firmware as my link. When you click on your link it'll bring you to the same Firmware.

I'm learning something new all the time myself, with my S4 and assorted ROMs and how-to's, as well as with non related xda stuff ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chronos3k:
Awesome! It worked. It was in a boot loop again, but to get rid of that I just factory reset and wiped the cache. Now do i just do the same thing I did to root it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
Use CF-AUTO-ROOT by Chainfire.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2294005

If not already, read the op, and your link is in post #3.

Install your custom recovery, and Bingo,,Bango, your set :)

Good work. It's a satisfying feeling to get outta that bootloop.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] devynbf:
Quick question.

Anyone know how I could make a .tar.md5 file into a flashable .zip file?

Trying to make a stock rom flashable without having to use Odin.

Please get back to me, even with a PM please.

Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chronos3k:
Thanks! I just installed the stock firmware. Im at work when I get home im going to reistall it. If the samr problem occurs, could it be a bad download or no? Just wondering. Thanks guys for all your awesome help!!!:)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
Check the download to the original file and make sure the MD5 checksum matches.

Use md5 checker from the Playstore or MD5 Check, I believe it's called, from your pc.

Wipe:

System

Data

Cache

Dalvik cache

Prior to installing the stock firmware from via ODIN.

You shouldn't have anymore issues hopefully ;)

Edit:

Please clarify what you mean by you just installed it and going to reinstall it at home. Do you mean you download the Firmware to your pc and are going to install it on your device later?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] griffinking_:
turn phone on and stuck at the"tmobile 4g lte" screan at the turn on screan

I tried taking advantage of my rooted phone and try to nandriod back up my phone. to get ready to download custom rom and before i even did .that i completed the back up then i rebooted the phone and got stuck on the " tmobile 4gLte" on the turn on screan. i remove the battery and it happens all over again.

my father will kill me helpp please he bought me this and i messed it up.

PLEASE HELP Me Fix this i would appreciate it.:crying::crying::angel::confused::eek::mad:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
Relax, dude. You didn't break it.

Can you boot into recovery? If yes, wipe cache and dalvik and reboot. 90% chance that fixes it if you didn't do anything else but make a nandroid.

You can also restore your nandroid.

Or since you have a recovery installed and want to flash a custom rom anyway, just do a full wipe and install the new rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
Don't worry. We'll got your back ;)

Pull battery

Install battery

Don't turn on phone

Go into recovery

Wipe Cache and dalvik cache

Reboot

See if that works.

Let me know

Edit:

@ Skipjacks

You beat me to it. After I posted, I just saw your post.

We're on the same page figuratively and literally ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] griffinking_:
Thsnk yall

thank you !!!

You guys are awesome it worked but all my contacts and text msgs are gone..including all my apps..except for the nasty bloatware ...but i can live because my phone is now up and running
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Chronos3k:
Sorry for not being clear works crazy. Um I Odined (not sure if thats a term:silly:) the stock firmware and it works fine. I am going to reflash the Infamous ROM.Hopefully this works!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Biker1:
Great to hear that :)

You can Purchase Titanium Backup for apps and a lot more.

My Backup Pro from the Playstore is also really good for backing up calls, texts, apps, etc.

I have both.

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Ah, I gotcha. That's good news ;)

Prior to flashing the ROM, follow my md5 checksum comments previously.

Btw, it's ODIN. No biggie.

Edit:

I just reread your post. Odined is good Lol!

I always use ODIN'd as the past tense. I'm sure there are many other ways to write it :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
That is why you lost your data.

ODIN replaces everything the way you did it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] dtptampa:
Can we use the I9505 kernels, or do they have to be one designed for jfltetmo?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Can
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] iamgodlion:
Hello guys,

(I'm new to XDA -Developers website so I'm learning)

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-M919V) it's my first android phone.

It's the Wind/T-Mobile one. I have a few questions.

I want to put Cyanogenmod on my S4 but I'm little bit worried it won't work.

I've did research about people putting Cyanogenmod and they said they said that they don't get 4G signal in terms of data and have to change base band. Is that true?

I live in Toronto, Canada and I got the phone from Wind Network. So I was wondering will the Cyanogenmod Mod work on this Samsung device without and problems using the Installer of course. Device is Rooted.

Also just in case if anything goes wrong. I can use Odin to restore it to it's original firmware?

Here's the details I got from "Sammobile Firmware Page":

PDA: M919VVLUFNE1

CSC: M919VYVLFNE2

MODEM: M919VVLUFNE1

Version: Android 4.4

(Original Firmware)

So that's all the questions I have to ask.

Thanks,

iamgodlion
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
Yes. You can always use Odin to restore it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] iamgodlion:
Thank You SkipJacks!!

So to confirm. The CyanogenMod can work on my S4 from Wind without any problems?

If any problem comes up I can use Odin and the firmware from Sammobile to restore it to factory settings?

Another question once I am ready to do this what can I use to backup text messages / call logs and then restore them to the new ROM?

Does Titanium Backup to the work?

Also to do the process I can use CyanogenMod Installer correct?

Sorry for the many questions I just wanna confirm this because first time trying CyanogenMod.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
Search on play store to find apps that can back up call log and text.

Yes you can Odin back to stock in case of issues.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] iamgodlion:
Update Wind S4

Hello guys,

I wanna say thanks to SkipJanks and a103. You guys helped a lot answering my questions.

I have cyanogenmod on my S4! Finally after awhile since I got the phone. I did the whole process and everything seems good haven't tried the phone with the data on too see any problems. But everything checks out. Also used Titanium Backup Pro to save call logs and sms messages and they got restored perfectly. I just add the google now launcher for the home.

Thanks agains guys for the help!

iamgodlion
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
Glad it worked out for you, welcome to the world of flashing ROMs [emoji6]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
Now try not to get carried away with it. Flashing and updating roms gets addictive and time consuming in a hurry!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] HamburgerxDDD:
Hi, I would like to ask if I can still update my phone even if i towelrooted it?

I tried using About device > Software update but i received an error

(Currently at 4.4.2)

Can someone recommend a stable ROM for me? thanks

(Also, is updating through Samsung Kies is recommended 4.4.2 to 4.4.4)

Note: Getting stucked at downloading mode

Write eNabled thing
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] vedik_:
Galaxy S4 Wifi Problems

My Galaxy s4 has been having wifi issues from yesterday and the wifi doesnt work although mobile data works. Although some websites such as bing.com and youtube.com work, Google and yahoo don't work. My son has a galaxy s4 and he has no issues with wifi. I've already factory reset my phone but no luck. This is so frustrating because I cannot use internet on my phone!!!! Please Help!!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
No one can help you unless you give more details such as stock ROM or custom ROM /kernel, rooted or not rooted, any other modifications done to the device etc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] vedik_:
I am using the stock rom Android 4.4.4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] det0xx:
Sim Undetected Error

Has anybody been getting this sim unable to be detect errors on thier phones? a reboot fixes it but im curious if it was in my end(phone/sim card) Im on the Insane Hybrid rom. 4.4.4 etc no mods other than the one he rom includes. I tried flashing an AOSP rom like cm/slim/carbon/AOSPa and i still get the error.

Any insight would help.

Im aware i should flash to stock again to see if i can reproduce or fix my problem but am holding off because im extremely lazy to do the process lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Well Done Sheldon:
Strange Text Message

I got this strange message on my phone (sgh-m919) from 129.(see attatchment) Isn't 129 T-Mobile? Does anyone know what it means. Thanks.

View attachment 3058127
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] inuakio:
emulator streaming help, special situation

I'm currently using splashtop to stream my desktop to my android phone while I'm playing dolphin emulator. It works very well but it still fails to bring me the extra step needed to do what I want. What I'm trying to do is somehow stream only one window instead of the entire desktop screen. The reason for this is so I can play the emulator streamed to my android while someone else is using the computer. So they can open a web browser or whatever over the view of the emulator while looking at the computer monitor and it won't affect me because only the emulator window is being streamed. I found a possible way to stream only a specified area of the screen but as soon as something else was in the specified zone it would stream that instead. I'm using a Mac as the desktop because my Windows laptop is too slow for dolphin and as well would like to stream to my iPad 2 because if the larger screen but thought acrorss android would be easier to do first.

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I had the same problem with the SIM card and rebooting it would fix it. After a while though it progressively got worse to the point of restarting my phone like 10 times for it to detect it. Got a new SIM card and had the same issue a few hours later. I had to have tmobile replace my phone with a new one and have had no problems since. They are very understanding of this situation with this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jackiesprat10:
return to stock so i can unlock SIM network unlock PIN

i've been up all night, i've plowed through xda forums, followed instructions to the T

no love yet

i have a t mobile sg4-m919 phone

i did ota updates

then, I installed cyanogenmod no problems

THEN i bought a NET10 byop sim kit $59.00 ($50 of that is for my unlimited plan)

i put the sim card in and when I turned the phone on it asks me for my SIM network unlock PIN (I hit dismiss, phone boots to main android)

wifi works, camera works (just fyi)

... so i begin reading this forums for answer.... so far on these forums i find...

*************************************

"GOAL::

SIM Unlock

PREREQUISITES::

Samsung Galaxy S4 M919

ROM: M919UVUFNB4 (STOCK)

FILES NEEDED::

Odin 3.07

7zip

M919UVUFNB4_M919TMBFNB4_TMB.zip

M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_TMB.zip

PROTOCOL::

Flash M919UVUAMDL (4.2.2) modem.bin

Unlock SIM per this guide: http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=2283068

Flash M919UVUFNB4 (4.4.2) modem.bin back

From: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2780006

***************************************

I am returning to factory rom because I want to enter *#27663368378# as described at

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2283068

*************************

so far in my travels, i am not able to return to factory rom (M919UVUAMDL_M919TMBAMDL_TMB)

because odin says "fail (auth)"

to get odin to successfully flash me back to factory i am believed to need a "pit"? file?

i found this one, "WIND.pit" (which claims to be a pit file from another m919)

still, no love on getting odin to flash me back

any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated

i've been up all night, i got a few hours of sleep this morning

i am on KONA BLEND coffee v1.5 (with lots of milk and sugar)

Toodles
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
Since you took ota you can't go back to MDL, you'll need to go to the latest ota firmware you took. That's because post MDL the bootloader have Knox which doesn't allow you to downgrade to previous stock firmware.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] inuakio:
please help me

Please help me with my previous issue. This is where I was directed for help in another thread.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jackiesprat10:
ok, Thank you, i am wondering if the dailer code would work after the ota updates

sigh

i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first i shoulda make a backup first
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
If you go back to Stock if should work. I've read people sim unlocking phone on stock ROM only. I've done that myself on stock ROM only.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Skipjacks:
No one is ignoring you.

We just don't know the answer. You are trying something very unique. There isn't a road map for it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] inuakio:
I understand that but I never said anyone was ignoring me. I'm just asking for any ideas on the situation.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] timg11:
What causes the side-by-side re-arrangement of my lock screen?

I have the SGS4 SGH-M919, Android 4.2.2, WickedV8 ROM.

Normally my lock screen looks like this:

Once in a while, my lock screen changes to this side-by-side arrangement:

I have not done anything to cause this change, and I am unable to find a way to change it back to normal other than rebooting the phone.

The "pencil" icon does not cause anything to move. If I try long enough, a message will appear that says something like "your security settings prevent changes to the lock screen". I can still unlock the phone, but the small pattern is less convenient.

I do not find anything in Settings that would control the layout of the lock screen.

Can anyone explain why this changes and how I could prevent it or change it back to normal without a reboot?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] inuakio:
This has happened to me several times before. I never found the exact cause but seemed to be triggered by my screen being in landscape or somehow switching to landscape during the locking process with screen rotation on. I would as well have to reboot as well until I noticed some weird thing. Try opening your device from that screen and going into an app you can switch from landscape to portrait though orientation of the device. Go to landscape and then portrait and lock your phone to see if it fixes your lock screen. I'm not saying it will but that's how it worked for me. I haven't had the issue since using the Swype unlock option instead.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AlphaDecay90:
Soft Brick, can't reach recovery

Hey folks,

I was running CM11 Snapshot M12 with CWM recovery 6.0.4.4 (however I might have updated it with Rom Manager, but I don't think I ended up doing it) with no problems for the past month or so after coming from about 2-3 months of using stock. Everything was great and I had no issues, until today.

The phone froze up in the middle of a phone call on speakerphone, and after about 5 seconds rebooted itself. At the time, I figured this was no big deal, my old GS2 running CM10.1 did this occasionally. But after the reboot, the GS4 stayed on the standard first boot screen, showing the white "Samsung Galaxy S4" logo/text as well as the usual 3 small lines of text in the top left corner (whose exact content I do not remember now, unfortunately. The color of the lines of text is blue, yellow and red, and say something about 'SEANDROID not being enforcing' and 'SET WARRANTY BIT : (something)'.)

After I realized the phone was not booting normally, I did a battery pull, waited a few minutes, tried again, didn't work, repeated this process a few more times until I accepted that this was probably a soft brick. I tried booting into recovery, but the phone would not boot into recovery, only showing the standard first boot screen (white "Samsung Galaxy S4" logo/text) as well as a blue line of text at the top left saying "Recovery booting.....". After trying multiple times and waiting roughly 10 minutes each time for the recovery screen to appear, I decided to try and flash back to stock through Odin. I tried flashing the TMB-M919UVUAMDL-1366964131 and TMB-M919UVUFNB4-20140314115123 (v 4.4.2) .tar Stock roms through Odin3 1.85 and 3.09, trying different times with either Auto-Reboot or F. Reset Time checked, or both. None of these attempts of these worked, and changed nothing with the boot screen or my ability to reach recovery.

I also tried flashing CWM Recovery 6.04.4 and CWM Touch 6.0.3.2 recovery that I found online. With the second recovery, I was able to reach this message when trying to boot into recovery:

Recovery Booting....

RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING

Set Warranty Bit : Recovery​

So far, nothing has worked, I'm wondering what else there is left for me to try. I'm vaguely aware of PIT files and that they're used to repartition phones, but I have no idea how to use them correctly or where to find them and which one to use. Also, apologies if this is an issue others have already found a solution to, but I searched this thread, the T-MO GS4 XDA board, and the web in general for about an hour and found nothing. I would search more but I have a final exam tomorrow that I need to study for. :rolleyes:

Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated!! :fingers-crossed:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
I would Odin back to stock. Which bootloader you were on? Make sure that you Odin back to the same firmware.

You can get the firmware here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2816508

Once you go back to Stock, reroot - flash custom recovery and then the ROM you want. All the best [emoji106]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AlphaDecay90:
Hey, Thanks for the quick reply.

I tried the firmware you linked, but it gave me the same result: stuck at 1st boot screen with the text "Recovery booting...." in the top left of the screen, in blue.

Here's a link to how it looks like, sorry for the crap quality but it's the best i could muster on short notice.

I used Odin V3.09 and the 4.4.2 stock rom, since that's what came on my phone when I bought it. Should I have used the 4.4.4 stock rom since I was using CM11? Is it possible to root/install custom recovery/install CM11 from stock 4.4.4?

Thanks again, any advice helps :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
Try to pull out the battery and start the phone again. If at all it goes to recovery again just restart it. BTW the firmware you flashed using Odin - was is successful? I had to flash it twice to stick. I'm at work so might not check the thread frequently. All the best dude.

Also the firmware is only for T-Mobile Galaxy S4, just to be sure [emoji6].
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AlphaDecay90:
Yes, the firmware flash through Odin was successful, at least according to Odin. I flashed the NB4 firmware, 4.4.2. Also, leaving the battery out of the phone overnight did nothing to help. I still cannot boot or access recovery. The phone just says "recovery booting" when trying to boot into recovery, but never actually moves past that stage. When trying to boot normally, it's still stuck at the Galaxy S4 logo but without the "recovery booting" message in the top left of the screen.

Functionally the only part of the phone that I can access is download mode. I can try flashing again later today, but I've been flashing firmwares over and over again since yesterday afternoon and gotten zero results. Is it possible that maybe using a PIT file to repartition the phone might help? Also, should I try flashing 4.4.4, even though my phone originally came with 4.4.2? I feel like I'm exhausting my options of what to do here, is there anything that I haven't tried?

EDIT: UPDATE- I discovered that I can reach stock recovery now by having the phone plugged into the AC adapter. I have no idea why this works, but it does, so I guess it's a good thing. However, wiping cache/factory reset did nothing to let the phone get past the first boot screen. I've included pictures of the recovery options, but they're barely readable. Recovery looks like this:

Android System Recovery <3e>

KOT49H.M919UVUFNB4

Volume up/down to move highlight;

power button to select

reboot system now

apply update from ADB

apply update from external storage

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

apply update from cache

_________________________________________

# MANUAL MODE #

-- Appling Multi-CSC...

Applied the CSC-code : TMB

Successfully applied multi-CSC
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] a103:
Yes you can flash 4.4.4 from the link. Also while doing it make sure you flash twice back to back and then reboot. In case it gets stuck on Samsung logo, Boot into stock recovery do wipe Data /factory reset and reboot. It should work.

Don't select apply update from cache.

You are making progress [emoji106]
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PanchoPlanet:
[MENTION=5330451]AlphaDecay90[/MENTION], your not alone with your issue, apparently there are others with same boot loop issue after flashing CM.

This thread may help in case you missed something.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=57457332

I will monitor and hope you find a solution soon.

Pp.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jasonwilson75:
unlock tmobile s4

I need help unlocking my phine. I have tried two separate codes. *#0011# and *#276663837# neither open debug screen