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Stuck On Bootloop Can Anyone help?

Ok So I tried Flashing the recovery through rom manager and when it downloaded it asked for su permission I Pressed allow clockwork gave me an error stating i did not have enough rights to flash recovery rom manager force closed and the phone turned off and now when I try restarting I get a boot loop at the LG screen. When I press Vol- + power it says S/W Upgrade Please wait while upgrading but does not do anything after that its been on the screen for more than 20 minutes any ideas how i could fix this?

Are you rooted?

Have u tried a battery pull? After that try to boot up to bootloader by holding power+vol down(u shouldnt get the update thing after battery pull). Make sure it says s-off. It seems like ur not rooted correctly since u got the permissions error

Yea I Rooted Using One Click method I was able to use root for other programs like titanium back up tried a battery pull already and tried holding vol down + power but it takes me to the upgrading screen

I'd give the nvflash method a shot. When I flashed cwm, I specified the wrong file and couldn't boot. Once I figured that out and got it right it booted up fine.

edwards33 said:
Ok So I tried Flashing the recovery through rom manager and when it downloaded it asked for su permission I Pressed allow clockwork gave me an error stating i did not have enough rights to flash recovery rom manager force closed and the phone turned off and now when I try restarting I get a boot loop at the LG screen. When I press Vol- + power it says S/W Upgrade Please wait while upgrading but does not do anything after that its been on the screen for more than 20 minutes any ideas how i could fix this?
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You'll need to have the recovery flashed using the NVFlash method as previously stated. The Rom Manager method seems pretty worthless to me so far. Also, have your USB cable unpugged when trying to boot to recovery.

Great news I pulled the battery while it still said upgrading I turned on by holding volume down and power and I held until and android Icon came up and it rebooted itself and loaded as if I had done a master reset thanx for the tips
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Awesome, glad to hear it.

[Q] TWRP won't download from the TWRP manager app

I have been trying to download and install Team Win Recovery Project from the TWRP Manager app, since GooManager is down, and whenever I select "Install recovery" is takes me to the download page then a downloading progress bar pops up. I didn't do anything for 10 minutes and it didn't even start to download. I restarted the app, re-installed the app, and even restarted my phone and nothing changed. Why isn't TWRP downloading. I have the Samsung Galaxy S4 (SGH-I337) and I used the codename jtleatt on TWRP manager. I have root access but I don't know if my bootloader in unlocked or not. I checked to see if TWRP installed without my knowing but it hasn't. I still have the stock recovery.

Try finding a .zip version of TWRP for your phone and then just flash it thru recovery. that what i did and it worked
My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t
Dont forget to thank me if i helped

I went to the TWRP website and downloaded the latest version of TWRP which is 1.7.1.0. Then I went into the TWRP Manager app and selected the file to install it. Then I selected my phone and it started to download. Oddly the progress bar, as I mentioned before, started to actually work and it finished and it said that it was successful. I then selected "Reboot to Recovery". My phone rebooted and it took me to a screen that said " Downloading" "Do not turn off target" it stayed this way for about 10 minutes. At this point I knew something was wrong so I took out the battery and turned my phone back on. It just went right back to that screen. So then I started to panic because I though my phone was done for. Then I turned it off and turned it back on, but I pressed the volume done button, home button, and power button. This took me to a custom rom downloading screen then I pressed "Cancel" and my phone rebooted like normal. No damage done. I even restarted my phone and it booted up just fine. Why did this happen.
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Try flashing the zip file thru recovery( using the button sequence) and go thru their. you dont have twrp installed as a recovery so thats why it fails
My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t
Dont forget to thank me if i helped

How can I just get the Downloading Do not turn off target to go away and for the stock recovery to come back. I don't know if I can even install TWRP with this happening so I want to start fresh
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downloading mode is a mode that is used for flashing a phone with a PC!!
you can remove battery in downloading mode if no process is going on(that means not connected to pc via odin)
to go to recovery....
Power off your device completely.
Press and hold Volume Up, Home and Power buttons simultaneously.
Release the buttons when the phone’s screen flickers or the Stock / CWM / TWRP Recovery logo appears.
That is it, after you release buttons, you will be taken to the main Recovery Mode menu.
Use its settings to apply any tasks you wish in order to improve your Galaxy S4 operating system.
To reboot back to normal Galaxy S4 mode, you need to return to the first Recovery screen and select ‘reboot system’.

I want to get rid of it completely. Every time I go into recovery download mode pops up. How do I get it to stop going into download mode and for it to go to my recovery. I have tried the remove battery method and I can boot up my phone fine but it keeps going into download mode when I want to go to recovery.
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what keys do you press to go to recovery???

He probably did something that lost the recovery, try flashing cwm or twrp via odin see if it fixes it
My device:
Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket (rooted)
Rom:AOSP (4.4.2)
Carrier:At&t
Hit the Thanks button if i helped

Could having a locked bootloader and incorrectly install twrp cause this. Or could just trying to flash TWRP with a locked bootloader do this?
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I'm having this problem as well.
When I try to install TWRP through TWRP manager it just stays at 0.
I've also tried ROM Manager to install cyanogen mod, and that one also just never downloads either.
I tried using KK SD Card Fix but that did nothing.

You need to update the TWRP app. They fixed this problem in there new update. I still wouldn't work for me because the Samsung Galaxy S4 AT&T has a locked bootloader.
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[Q] Some other functions of my device not working.

Hi there. I need help for my device. After I rooted my Samsung galaxy core I8262 i'v planned on installing the CWM Recovery. But before that, I tried to back up my device using the TITANIUM Backup. While the backup procedure is on the process my phone shuts down (because the battery is low i guess). After then, when i turned on my phone, the boot process stops only at the SAMSUNG logo. But after a couple of restarts (maybe 10 i guess) my phones passes the boot process of the SAMSUNG logo. Now while i'm using my device I've found out some other malfunctions like:
1) I can't detect and bluetooth devices even other devices tried to detect me but its undescoverable.
2) I can connect to a hotspot device, but i cant access the Internet even if it has a connection.
So far those where the problems that i had encountered yet after the backup problem occurs. What should I do in this kind problem? Should i upgrade my firmware?
Thanks

Flash your rom stock with odin

pepmat said:
Flash your rom stock with odin
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How will i do that? Thanks?
I already have an Odin v1.85 but I dont really know how to do it?
Im new in this ^_^

Download the stock firmware from the site SamMobile, then turn off your phone and press Power + Volume ↓ + Home and vibrates when the phone leaves the power and press volume ↑. Then connect your phone to the PC, open odin, click pda and select the file . md5 of the stock rom you downloaded and click start.

pepmat said:
Download the stock firmware from the site SamMobile, then turn off your phone and press Power + Volume ↓ + Home and vibrates when the phone leaves the power and press volume ↑. Then connect your phone to the PC, open odin, click pda and select the file . md5 of the stock rom you downloaded and click start.
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What does the procedure do? What was gonna happen if i do it?
I just wanna have knowledge on how its done ^_^. Before I'll try this one. Thanks man!

I think I bricked my Samsung Galaxy S6 SM-G920I

Ok, so I tried to root my phone using odin and cf auto but at the end of the process when my phone got rebooted I was stuck on the logo screen for ages and this small red text showed at the top saying something like recovery is not seandroid enforcing. So after searching through solutions I tried formatting the phone but when I tried to go into recovery mode it just rebooted back to the logo screen. So I then tried to reinstall the firmware but after doing this Odin said failed and then my phone got rebooted and is now stuck on the message "An error has ccured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software." But Samsung Kies and Smart Switch says my device is not supported and when I try to go into recovery or download mode the phone just turns of and goes back to the error screen. Can anyone please help me. This is a new phone and my parents would kill me if they found out I screwed it up already.

Hsinorat said:
Ok, so I tried to root my phone using odin and cf auto but at the end of the process when my phone got rebooted I was stuck on the logo screen for ages and this small red text showed at the top saying something like recovery is not seandroid enforcing. So after searching through solutions I tried formatting the phone but when I tried to go into recovery mode it just rebooted back to the logo screen. So I then tried to reinstall the firmware but after doing this Odin said failed and then my phone got rebooted and is now stuck on the message "An error has ccured while updating the device software. Use the Emergency recovery function in the Smart Switch PC software." But Samsung Kies and Smart Switch says my device is not supported and when I try to go into recovery or download mode the phone just turns of and goes back to the error screen. Can anyone please help me. This is a new phone and my parents would kill me if they found out I screwed it up already.
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Put your phone in download mode and use odin to flash ROM. It will work.
Good luck

1) smartswitch or kies wont work at all because you already tripped your knox
2) recovery is not seandroid enforcing <- this text shows you have custom recovery installed.
3) you possibly didnt turned knox off. settings>lock screen and security > find my mobile> there will be an option to switch it off
now solution
1st of all you havent bricked it! its soft bricked and not hard bricked(hard brick wont even turn on)
what you can do is let the battery drain off totally charge it and try to put it in download mode > odin > flash stock rom first(important step).
from there try to turn it on if it does you great. and dont use cf auto root if you are not familiar with it download some other roms which are way better than stock touchwiz,pre rooted and way better than it(like the note5 rom for s6 by arter).
by the way keycombinations >
downloadmode = vol down+home+power to switch off download mode vol down+ power only
recoverymode= vol up+home+ power
if you can put it in download mode follow my steps and hopefully you can,just keep trying

Dr.No.pt said:
Put your phone in download mode and use odin to flash ROM. It will work.
Good luck
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My phone wont go into download mode. When I press the button combination, the phone reboots and goes back into the screen saying the software error again. And the first time I tried to flash stock the phone is how the error message came up.

ben_cool said:
1) smartswitch or kies wont work at all because you already tripped your knox
2) recovery is not seandroid enforcing <- this text shows you have custom recovery installed.
3) you possibly didnt turned knox off. settings>lock screen and security > find my mobile> there will be an option to switch it off
now solution
1st of all you havent bricked it! its soft bricked and not hard bricked(hard brick wont even turn on)
what you can do is let the battery drain off totally charge it and try to put it in download mode > odin > flash stock rom first(important step).
from there try to turn it on if it does you great. and dont use cf auto root if you are not familiar with it download some other roms which are way better than stock touchwiz,pre rooted and way better than it(like the note5 rom for s6 by arter).
by the way keycombinations >
downloadmode = vol down+home+power to switch off download mode vol down+ power only
recoverymode= vol up+home+ power
if you can put it in download mode follow my steps and hopefully you can,just keep trying
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Ok so I let my phone completely drain of charge, then the second I put it on charge, the phone goes to the software error screen. Download mode just reboots phone into the error screen and recovery mode doesn't seem to do anything. Ill see if Odin recognizes the phone though

Ahm probably you missed something that could help you resolve your issue in much less time.
1. Press Vol Down + Power Button for 5 seconds until it reboots. After the screen is off then quickly switch to Vol down + Home + Power button to access download mode.
It is the key combination to safemode but it your case, it will just force restart your phone. No need to drain your battery.
2. Maybe most of the newbies always missed this part before doing anything to their phone. Backup (either on smart switch or Nandroid*best option)
3. You need to have proper samsung usb drivers installed and check in odin if your phone was recognized.
The only thing I see from your first post is that the firmware installation (odin) was interrupted. Please let it finished installing before doing anything in ur phone. Check faulty usb ports/usb cables to ensure your pc/laptop works well with ur s6.
Let us know how if u still encounter any issues.

Hsinorat said:
Ok so I let my phone completely drain of charge, then the second I put it on charge, the phone goes to the software error screen. Download mode just reboots phone into the error screen and recovery mode doesn't seem to do anything. Ill see if Odin recognizes the phone though
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do as the guy above said in 1st step thats a key step to put it in download mode

Thank you guys
The phone is all good now. It turns out that the software error screen was also the download mode. So I flashed the stock rom and everything is fine now. Thanks for the help.

ben_cool said:
1) smartswitch or kies wont work at all because you already tripped your knox
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Even though knox is tripped you can use smartswitch.
I know this because I have done it.
I rooted my phone, installed custom kernel, etc.
I then broke the screen, and since it was a hardware issue, I got it covered by my phone provider. (I am in Aus, we have different warranty laws compared to the USA.)
But I had to return it to stock. So I used Smartswitch to do so, even with knox tripped.

Samsung Galaxy S4 bootloop

Hi, I have a Galaxy S4 I9500 and I'm using GEAR CM13
The ROM was working fine until a while ago, but now suddenly there's a bootloop. Last thing I remember doing was accidentally holding the power button a bit long (while trying to lock the phone) so the power off/reboot menu came up and and then I tried to exit from it, but the menu didn't go away and the phone entered into a boot loop
Now, the Samsung i9500 logo just keeps flashing every 5 seconds. I'm unable to enter into recovery mode. I can enter download mode but it just exits out of that after 5 seconds and starts flashing i9500 logo again. I read about a hack to remove battery as soon as I enter download mode and it worked. It stays on download mode now. ODIN recognizes the device. What can I do using ODIN to fix the bootloop? Is there any ODIN flashable zip? I'm on the latest [20160711] build. I have important data in my device. Please help me recover it
I know I can reflash stock ROM and from there, reflash GearCM13 but I do not want to lose data as much as possible. I'm trying for fixes which do not wipe my data partition. I will go ahead with the standard method if I do not find a fix to recover from bootloop without losing data.