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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] felipehso:
Flash stock w Odin + wipe data/cache

About 2 days ago I got this problem also. First thought it was from the rom, but later realized it happened with every rom. Did some search about this problem and found some topics including this one.

What worked for me was flashing a stock rom via Odin. The first boot wasn't booting, so went to stock recovery and wiped data and cache and everything was fine. Just rooted it again, flashed the custom rom and by far it's working fine, already rebooted 3 times to test. Also I saw on this post that it may be because of the audio mod..I remembered that I installed some audio mods like beats boost and viper4android before I got this problem. Does anyone knows if this may be the cause ?

If anyone come across this problem I recommend flashing stock rom via Odin. Also thanks for the helps of everyone :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AxAtAx:
This problem requires to odin back to stock, then re-root, install your recovery, and then a custom rom. What happens is TWRP gets corrupt. and it will either act like it is flashing, which is a simulated flash, and or will ask for a password within TWRP, if it says that, quit wasting time and ODIN it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] PSPNikos:
I spent weeks trying to work this problem out, every time I kept getting stuck on it. I found that it sorted itself when I flashed the OMEGA software onto my phone, at first it spent a very long time on the start up logo, but left it for about 5 minutes then it sorted itself out. Spent many hours getting it to work after it kept getting stuck, but OMEGA rom seems to work for me, I currently have the GT-I9505, unfortunatly with a broken screen at the moment :/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] felipehso:
Yea, I remember it began to ask for a password every time I boot in recovery with TWRP. If I knew that would've Odin it ;S

I thought it was from the system/phone..never would imagine it could be a corrupt TWRP
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] AxAtAx:
This is not true, I use the same version since it was released, and I have not had a format data issue yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] JMS23:
My phone gets stuck with the blue colour legend Recovery booting. I am unable to enter safe mode, any ideas? been surfing google for 6hrs with no proper answer. Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] mrbmg:
This just happen to me last night. I had to Odin back twrp recovery then restore a backup. I'm using 2.5.0.2. This isn't the first time it's happend either so everyone thinking 2.5.0.2 is the saviour is mistaken.

I still use twrp though but I make sure before flashing anything I'm at home just in case it happens.

If I flash something I will clear davlik and cache ( last night it was BioShock kernel ) then fix permissions then reboot and on the reboot it will flash twrp real fast then boot screen into continuous boot loop. Vol+up+power doesn't work. Only download mode works.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] welsh4522:
My phone is stuck on the Samsung boot screen I've tried erasing cache, factory resting it and flashing stock romance with Odin and nothing works. Help please.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] anna_anderson:
stuck in bootloader

hey my S4-i9500 is stcuck on boot loader i cant go to recovery mode and downloading mode . I tried to press those 3 button volume up and down, nothing worked. When i take out the battery and fit the battery again it starts automatically, i also showed to shopkeeper if there is problem in the powerbutton but everything was fine, i tried using odin ,kies but nothing happened . The logo keeps on restarting, can someone please tell me now what i will do?

THANKS :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] audit13:
Did the shop try using a USB jib for force the i9500 into download mode to re-flash the stock firmware?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Arthur9128:
My XDA II is Traditional Chinese version, I would like to upgrade it to WM2003 SE, even change it to English!!

ROM Ver. 1.66.06CHT

1.08.00

Ext. ROM 1.66.174

Anybody can return best solution to me.

Thanks & regards
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy991:
Hi world.

Today i do a little error...i was in the recovery mode for flash a zip and finish in sideload...I have a black screen with: Sideload started..now send the packge you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>.

So i try to power off my HTC One with the botton, with tool kit all in one but nothing.

I also try to put command like adb reboot ecc ecc from the cmd and try the 4 option of the FAQ.

But my HTC One is blocked...Is there a metod to power off the device? I should wait the natural power off of battery but i think there is not so good for the device(it was over 90% battery).

Thank you for the attention guys :)

p.s. i don't able to use adb sideload, i read something but i don't able to learn
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
try POWER + VOLdown for 10 sec then release power btn
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy991:
Thanks for the answer...i try but the device not go to power off.

When i try toghter (power and a vol down or up) the two soft touch(menu and back) will go to on and off with the lights...

Other solutions/combinations with the buttons?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a box of kittens:
Hold vol down and power together keep holding for 15 seconds... Or try just power button..but if not let device run out of battery
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy991:
Nothing...the device doesn't want to go off. It's strange that i can't power off the device from this submenu of CWM/recovery...:(
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clsA:
did you put it under a bright light and hold the power for 15 seconds ?

the bright light trips the sensor so the phone doesn't think its in your pocket
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhonsok:
Press and hold the menu button at the same time, but at the same time you are doing that shine a light over the proximity/ambient sensors.

I know it sounds weird but aroma use to freeze up on me and when it did someone mentioned to do exactly this to get the phone to reboot/turn off.

It works for me every time. Nothing will happen until I shine a light at the sensors.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andy991:
Oh s**t.... I didn't think at the sensors :angel:....here is night and i have all the lights off....Thank you so much guys!!

I try from 2h..... and i think that i never resolved until the end of my battery :D
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tigersfa8:
Before I try rooting my phone, wanted to double check couple of information.

I have a verizon galaxy note 2.

I updated the patch that came out in May when it asked me to update OTA.

I have been reading up on this site: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2272066.

Am I ok running VZW-Gnote2-CASUAL-NoYouVerizon-CASUAL-R638b-Nightly.jar? I know there are different versions, but do not know if it will work with the latest update from Verizon that I have.

Thank you~
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
As long as you are on the VRAMC3 update it should work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tigersfa8:
Yea, the bulid number is at vramc3.

Which casual should I use? the latest one or...? On Adamoutler page, there are a whole list of them...

Thanks~
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] a1rb0rn:
Yes, the "no you, Verizon" exploit is the latest and will work on all stock builds.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tigersfa8:
I'm on the team win recovery project. What do I do next?

Is there a guide to optimize my phone?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] universexda:
Well at least now you have root so you can enable neat features in some apps. Of course you can flash roms. See the developer sections and read up on which you may want to flash.

Ridin' a Note 2 blast
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tigersfa8:
So rooting is basically just getting to that team win recovery project screen to do other things? Do I run Cause each time I want to install new roms?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] manbat:
Flash ROM zips from Recovery....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tigersfa8:
I'm sorry, I'm still learning, what do you mean by recovery? I don't know to run Casual again? How do I flash rom zips now... Or post a link to where I should read up on this.. Thanks~
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] manbat:
TWRP....is recovery.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] plainbum:
To get into recovery, shut down, then press your power/home/volume up buttons all at the same time, then wait, it should boot into team win recovery. Then you can install goodies on your phone.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tigersfa8:
I have successfully rooted my device and installed a rom. For some reason, when I press the down volume, home button, and the power button, it goes into odin mode, downloading do not turn off target, and stays on that screen for a while. (This has occurred about 4 times even after pulling battery out and doing it again.)

How long do you stay on that screen for usually?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
To boot into recovery it is Vol Up, Home, and Power from a powered off phone. Vol down, Home, and Power will put you into Odin.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] tigersfa8:
from odin, what do i do now to flash different roms?

thanks~
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] jcollier:
You don't flash roms from odin. You flash roms from TWRP (team win recovery).
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] shangrila500:
Honestly if you don't know you don't flash ANYTHING in Odin unless you have to restore to stock then you need to go to the Development section and read droidstyles sticky before you soft brick your phone. You need to have a better understanding of the process before you jump in the deep end.

If you still don't understand how to flash Roms after reading droidstyles guide then watch some YouTube videos on how to flash Roms, DO NOT download any of the Roms those people in the videos are flashing unless they are made for the Verizon Note 2. Never ever flash something for another phone unless you want a potential brick, the only other phones Roms we can flash are the N7105 (LTE version of the international Note 2), the AT&T Note 2, and the T-Mobile Note 2 and even then you can only flash their Touchwiz Roms with a conversion mod. It will be best if the only Roms you flash, until you understand everything, are ones you get from the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development sections on XDA.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] universexda:
No you don't have to run Casual again. That's done and won once you see TWRP. You flash (install) roms from TWRP ("recovery"). I recommend that you search "how to flash a rom using TWRP" on You Tube. Then I would read the TWRP thread in one of the xda dev sections and or do google/bing search on TWRP. And starting out at first I would only flash roms from the xda Verizon GN2 dev section. I would forget about roms you hear about elsewhere until you are comfortable with TWRP and the xda dev section roms after 2-3 months. The point being to avoid soft or even hard bricking your wonderful device. Take your time, let the knowledge soak in because the rom world will still be there when you're ready. Good luck.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] felixjohan:
It's possible to use the sense 3.6 camera on ViperInc ????
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] MoonMaster345:
I'm not sure why you'd want to do that as the sense4 apk is waaaay better, but i think you could possible extract one from any of the 3.6 sense roms (Revolution, Ascension, Leak, MIUI4) and install it?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] brymaster5000:
I don't think sense 3.6 stuff works on 4. I remember when Viper was being worked on - I tried something of that nature (might have even been the camera) and it didn't work. But of course you are free to try. Don't forget to set permissions after copying it in place.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] cloudi602:
i just created myself a problem...i went in TWRP and into wipe and did a formated.... i when i flash the ROMS everything is fine... booted up everything... the problem is when i turn my phone off and turn it back on the phone is stuck at the samsung galaxy s4 logos... can someone please help me solve this problem...

Tmobile

Rom - Wicked v4
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Misterjunky:
re: stuck

Have you tried to go into twrp recovery and do a "factory reset" then reboot the phone

a couple times and see if the problem persist?

If it does then you will need to Odin flash the stock M919 Tmobile Jellybean Touchwiz 4.2.2 firmware.

(did you flash a AOSP/AOKP/CM10 rom prior to having this problem?)

good luck!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] cloudi602:
I have figured out what the problem was... I don't know if it true or not but it worked for me... i reflash my phone using formatted option and got in goomanager and i reinstalled open script recovery and it work now.... thank god... THANK YOU FOR THE INFO APPRECIATED VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] :
I have the same issue on my wicked rom, what exactly did you do to fix it, I'm at a loss

Sent from my S4 (AKA The baddest of the bad)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jerzyboy2421:
I'm also having the same problem. I flashed a euroskank ROM, it runs fine. But I want to return to stock ROM. When I flash it, I see an "error restoring /data" ... when I reboot, all I see is the Samsung screen and it stays there. Help!! lol :crying: I don't have another backup of my stock ROM! I'm afraid I'll need to find it somewhere and flash it to the external SD card with ODIN.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mihailiasi:
My phone wasn't accepting any SIM. I found i guide on the forum (mtty block checker).

I used the commands given there, and after that the phone died. It doesn't charge, no image. On USB is Qualcomm Diagnostics Interface and NMEA Device.

I can't make it power on?

Is there anything I can do, to bring it back to life?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Hakim Rahman:
If your device can't go to bootloader mode by Hold Camera + Power buttons together and reset with stylus, then you can try using Frankenkaiser by jockyw to fix it !! or you can ask massivekid to make it according latest radio version that is on your device
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mihailiasi:
None of the solutions provided in those topics didn't worked. I am a beginner, I don't know what to do. Can someone help me?

I don't see anything on the phone screen.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mihailiasi:
Nobody can help me?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] mihailiasi:
I think my device was Security Locked, so i am not able to access all the commands via MTTY. How can i unlock it via MTTY, since i can use HARD SPL, or any other usb tool?
[HTC Desire X] zsoltmazlo:
Hy everybody,

I barely get my new desire x but the sense ui doesn't seems to be good for me, I fell in love with the stock android (as the google designed it) on my nexus 7. Is there any working one of jelly bean (4.1) for desire x? please help me, I searched a lot but not found anything, if i'm wrong and there is a stock jelly bean please link for me:)

Thanks for anybody,

zsoltmazlo
[HTC Desire X] syedhmed:
There is no such stock jelly bean for our phone ! Cyanogen mod which is like stock jelly bean is under development ! There is an alternative for sense ! Try nova launcher !
[HTC Desire X] zexl455:
Stock android for our DX is avaliable, but a very buggy version. Install Nova launcher or Apex launcher, it's your best shot.
[HTC Desire X] syedhmed:
Cm 9 is ice cream sandwich ! What he's asking for is jelly bean ! [MENTION=609725]zes[/MENTION]
[HTC Desire X] dansou901:
Yeah, you'll have to wait for CM 10.1, which will take a while...
[HTC Desire X] zsoltmazlo:
Aaah, guys, you made me sad :( OK, not you but the fact that there is no stock JB for my little phone. Thanks for the advices, I'm already using Holo launcher HD for getting the holo feeling but it's not the same :( Stock android is simple, clean and very easy to use, I think that's why I want it on my phone.

If there any information out there when will CM 10.1 go out for this device?
[HTC Desire X] dansou901:
No, not yet. The devs are working on it, but just don't ask for ETAs, as it is a difficult task without the right kernel sources.
[HTC Desire X] zsoltmazlo:
OK, thanks for your help.
[HTC Desire X] syedhmed:
Alpha build of stock jelly bean is out ! Released today !
[HTC Desire X] zsoltmazlo:
Yeah I saw the announcement on G+, but the Desire X isn't in the supported devices list. But I hope that if the source code will roll out then there will be some candidates who will build it to DX too.
[HTC Desire X] syedhmed:
This might help you ! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2337389
[HTC Desire X] MihaiA7X:
We just need to pe patient. I'm sure that someone will make an AOSP Stock Jelly Bean for Desire X. On Galaxy mini I waited to years for a vanilla android to appear. But it was worth the waiting :D
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
Some thing very strange happened yesterday, suddenly my pattern I have used for a year now stopped working. when I click forgot password and sign into my google account it still doesn't work (maybe because I have no internet access?) it says wrong username or password. I found a way to reset the gesturekey through adb, but I think the pattern is blocking my adb, because when I have it plugged in adb devices lists no devices... I am pretty sure usb debugging was on though from when I got my token ID for unlocking the bootloader... any help would be much appreciated. factory reset would be very bad because I NEED the playlists I have on my rezound, HOURS were spent on those and I use them a lot for work and I don't think I can recreate them...
[HTC Rezound] Max725:
If you can get into recovery (power + vol down), you can flash a ROM without wiping data (only cache / dalvic). I think it should disable all screen security (and return all system settings and apps to their original states), but not affect third-party apps. Alternatively, you could flash a system.img from an RUU using fastboot (something like "fastboot flash system system.img"). Any playlists belonging to third-party apps should be unaffected.

I'm not an expert in this, though, so maybe you should wait for confirmation before trying it. It may also be good to make a nandroid backup first.
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
Yeah... but the problem with that is is that I am bootloader locked. And to unlock my bootloader I need adb... and you cant flash roms with bootloader locked.

I was hoping someone would have an idea to get me adb access to the device so i could use something like this... in hboot and recovery still adb wont recognize
[HTC Rezound] Insertnamehere12:
Try hitting the Emergency Call Button on the lockscreen, then while in the dialer you may be able to access the settings via the notification pull down. I know that there have been several phones in the past that have "Overlooked" bypassing the pattern lockscreen in this manner.

You may also be able to access all of the hidden HTC menus through there "Secret" codes in the dialer. I forget what all of them are but its usually #*#*{number sequence}*#*# > call. There might be something in there to enable USB Debugging.

If you get USB debugging working, there is an old temp root script that we originally used to unlock the rez that should give you Root adb shell access. Copy all of the data in the /data/app/{Your App Package Name} to a folder on your SD Card.That is where your playlists should be saved if they are not saved to the SD Card. If they are in the SD Card, they may be under the Android folder somewhere.
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
First and second things dont work. any of the secret dialer codes return with an error saying that they arent emergency numbers is there a way to enable usb debugging through hboot or something?
[HTC Rezound] Insertnamehere12:
Pull your SD card and pop it into the PC... you might luck out and have your playlists there. What app are are they stored in?

I highly doubt that there is a way to do it through HBOOT. HBOOT is pretty much HTC's Utility for Flashing entire partitions from images to the phones NAND w/o the use of a PC and having a lockout control. IE RUU's, Recovery, and Kernels.

Having a locked bootloader means that you can only flash, with HBOOT, PH98IMG.zip files that have been digitally signed by HTC. So no custom recoveries, or PH98IMG.zips that only have system and kernel images.

I highly suggest that if you manage to get your data... that you backup and unlock or S-OFF your phone. Get a custom recovery on there so that you can nandroid backup and have access to a Root Shell in recovery mode.

Titanium Backup can extract User Data from nandroid backups now in case you ever have to wipe data because of an issue like this.
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
thanks, they are located in the stock music app
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
looks like I'm out of luck. I'm just gonna factory reset and hope and pray it keeps the playlists...
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
Now that I am s-offing does anyone know is just a paper clip will work for connecting the pin to gnd? or do i really need a ethernet strip or whatever.
[HTC Rezound] carngeX:
Some people have had luck with a paperclip, but I wasn't able to get it to work after about 30 min of trying. Any piece of wire should be able to work, really. I ended up using a 25-foot speaker cable I had hooked up to my stereo system. Worked fine.
[HTC Rezound] Insertnamehere12:
I used a plain paper clip when I did it. Just make sure to ground yourself before hand

You touching some very sensitive parts of the mainboard while doing this

Double Check before hand... I know bootloader unlock wipes your phone. I don't remember if Soff will too

Check your SD Card under the Android and Data folders... your playlists are probably on there somewhere. 98% sure HTC stores playlists on the SD card... just don't remember if it was Internal or External on the rezound
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
It's best to use a different sd card just in case it gets messed up. Had 2 get deleted, easily fixable , but you will lose data on the card.
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
thanks so much! alright one last question... i am about to bootloader unlock... i was gonna a few months back and got the unlock_code.bin, but since then it has been a few months and a factory reset, will the same unlock_code.bin work or do I need to get a new one?

EDIT: I got impatient. Yes it worked.
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
I'm kind of a noob when it comes to this stuff, so what do you mean by grounding myself? and double check what?
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
He just means to touch your wrist or hand to something metal prior to your phone to discharge any possible static electricity. Check to see where your music is stored by using file explorer or root explorer because if it is on internal it will get wiped.
[HTC Rezound] Insertnamehere12:
He is unable to check via this method because of the lock pattern issue. I believe he is trying to S-OFF so he can flash a new ROM and access his playlist data to export it. I am still Unsure if it is stored on the Internal SD Card, External SD Card or in /data

Static Electricity will murder electronics, some test equipment I've worked with would cost 3-5000 dollars to fix after just a 0.2v static charge.... Typical static charge can be upwards of 10,000 V.

While touching something metal will discharge static electricity, it may not discharge all of it. Touch something metal that is connected to earth ground, like the metal of outside of your computer's case.

Also what I meant by double check was research your S-OFF method... it May wipe your Phone, Internal, and/or External SD Card.
[HTC Rezound] blu422:
I think the playlists are gone..... :( they wont show up in the stock music app... but alas... I will make do, but I'm gonna make sure to S-OFF, and install a recovery and get a nandroid on my computer so it doesnt happen again, i just unlocked my bootloader and gotta wait till i get home (I am on vacation right now) in a few days to have access to my linux computer then I will be S-OFF thanks again everybody, especially insertnamehere12! I think I will end up throwing on a rom that lets me use t-mobile usa... any suggestions?
[HTC Rezound] andrix10:
For the code are u talking about *#*#4636#*#*, use it sometimes when my 4g doesn't work lol