I tried to do a system update on my rooted Verizon galaxy s4. I rooted woth towelroot have xposed framwork with about 10 modules amd safestrap recovery. Not sure if that would affect this.
Anyways I tried to do the system update to what I assumed was 4.4.4 happened the first week of November. Im currently on 4.4.2 and it got stuck in download mode. At the top had the typical could not do normal boot odin mode red writing. I disabled xposed before the update but forgot to unroot. My phine got stuck and I tried to boot into recovery and I got the error about "installing a custom os can cause critical errors press volume up to continue with download or volume down to cancel."
When I press volume down phone boots and all is seemingly well. Now I cant boot into download mode or recovery. All I can do is a normal boot or it happens as stated above all over again. When I normally boot im offered to go into safestrap but if get soft bricked or bootlooped again I will be doomed. The update file was labled xxx-Sdm 1.0 system update-xxx. I used titanium backup to freeze and then remove it but the problem persists. Any advice on how to fix this or any information would be greatly appreciated. Or if it will interfere with updating to lolipop as well. I would also like to know if I will still be able to root should I update to 4.4.4 or 5.0. Thank you for your time.
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Hi,
You can try a factory reset to get back into the device. That will wipe your apps and data...
Or you can return to stock and try again,
> Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4 > Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4 Android Development > [GUIDE] No-Wipe Factory Images (Restore from any soft-brick without wiping data)
Your problem could be cause of root... But definitely you can't do an OTA update without properly uninstalling Xposed first. That's why you're stuck now.
If you need further help, you can ask here,
> Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4 > Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!
Thank you. Thread closed.
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Hey guys, I was using my Galaxy S3 and i realized that the wifi continued to screw up. I was running Android Kit kat so i went into settings looking for a factory reset button and never found one. I then boot into TWRP Recovery and clicked Factory reset and checked system partition (where i messed up) when reseting and then finished with a No OS message. I then tried to flash several zips designed specifically for my device and all got bad zip error... I then tried to odin back to stock firmware and got the fail message several times. I need some help here, can somebody lead me in the right direction? Thanks in advance!!
I have a samsung tab 3 7" lite (or sm T110.)
I downloaded the CWM recovery which was not a problem. The problem that I encountered however was that I was not able to get to it.
I did not know however, that when you push the power+home+volume up combination that it can take up to 60 seconds to get into CWM recovery.
Frustrated I downloaded an app to get me into the CWM. I downloaded "reboot recovery" by Qbanin from the playstore.
The app said it required root accces which at that point i did not have yet. the app however seemed to work fine.
The app led me straight to the recovery mode. However I am now unable to go back to a normal boot.
I can still get into download mode and or recovery mode but this is all my tablet currently does.
After this debacle i figured there must be some setting somewhere which enables this boot to recovery. So I started whiping the dalvik cache, the regular cache, I did a factory reset. and I also formatted the cache. I installed root acces from a .zip. I installed a custom rom (T110UEUANE4.Full.Rooted.Deodexed.June2014). But nothing helped.
Never did i get any warnings or errors.
I have been googling since friday and cant figure this thing out.
How do I get back to normal boot?
Please help me
Hi
For more relevant answers you can post your question in the related forum for this device:
> Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 > Galaxy Tab 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
FYI: [VIDEOS] Galaxy Tab 3 7in How to root, recovery, roms, & Kitkat
Good luck
Thread closed, thank you.
Specs
Samsung galaxy tab 2
Verizon 7.0 lte
Towel root
I was on the tablet messing around not with files but just browsing the Internet and tablet takes a hit like something shocked it. Went to black screen when it came back up it will only go to the Verizon screen and stop there, everyone says it's a boot loop but not so sure. Towel root was only a couple of hours old .so no recovery on my part, I have tried factory reset, wipe cache. Wipe cache factory reset. Everybody says this will take it out of a "boot loop" but I'm not sure this is what this is. I've been having some issues with finding some tracking files on this tablet so wondering if someone is remotely accessing this tablet also. Please help don't know what to do..
alltattoodup said:
Specs
Samsung galaxy tab 2
Verizon 7.0 lte
Towel root
I was on the tablet messing around not with files but just browsing the Internet and tablet takes a hit like something shocked it. Went to black screen when it came back up it will only go to the Verizon screen and stop there, everyone says it's a boot loop but not so sure. Towel root was only a couple of hours old .so no recovery on my part, I have tried factory reset, wipe cache. Wipe cache factory reset. Everybody says this will take it out of a "boot loop" but I'm not sure this is what this is. I've been having some issues with finding some tracking files on this tablet so wondering if someone is remotely accessing this tablet also. Please help don't know what to do..
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Well no it may not technically be bootlooping. First things I do when getting a new device, find root, find custom recovery, root, and install custom recovery, but doesn't matter now.
Probably need to reflash stock firmware
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[GUIDE] Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 OR 7.0 Rooting/CWM/Restoring To Stock
Frequently Asked Questions - Galaxy Tab 2
The Galaxy Tab 2 Help Thread [Ask Any Question!]
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alltattoodup said:
Specs
Samsung galaxy tab 2
Verizon 7.0 lte
Towel root
I was on the tablet messing around not with files but just browsing the Internet and tablet takes a hit like something shocked it. Went to black screen when it came back up it will only go to the Verizon screen and stop there, everyone says it's a boot loop but not so sure. Towel root was only a couple of hours old .so no recovery on my part, I have tried factory reset, wipe cache. Wipe cache factory reset. Everybody says this will take it out of a "boot loop" but I'm not sure this is what this is. I've been having some issues with finding some tracking files on this tablet so wondering if someone is remotely accessing this tablet also. Please help don't know what to do..
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I would be tempted to download the latest Stock ROM for it from an XDA developer thread and cleanly flash it using ODIN.
If it still wont boot then, then I would suspect a Hardware Issue. Either way a complete flash with Odin will Fix or prove the situation. Good Luck
Only place to find the stock firmware is from Samsung.
If Odin recognizes your tab you may be able to flash.
Your network tab ( LTE ) has no support in xda and all the tab2 wifi variant roms and recoveries that are listed in xda will super brick what's left of your tablet.
I think it's time for a new tablet.
Pp.
Earlier today, I got an error upon starting up my Samsung Galaxy S5 (T-Mobile) that says "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped." My background has been turned to black and none of the buttons work properly. The phone IS rooted (and has been for about a week), but runs on stock OS (5.0 Lollipop) and stock recovery. I have never flashed a rom on this phone. I already tried restoring from a Titanium Backup I made yesterday before this error ever showed up, but it did nothing. Perhaps it's relevant that this error first happened after I booted the phone in recovery mode (to see what stock recovery looked like), then selected "reboot phone." I also already tried wiping the cache partition, wiping the System UI cache, and rebooting is Safe Mode. None of these worked. I thought unrooting the phone might help, but I accidentally uninstalled SuperSU without removing the root. With the System UI down, I can't install any apps at all, such as SuperSU again or a file explorer that would allow me to remove the "su" folder in /system/bin/. Now I have no way of unrooting, short of wiping the phone. I DO NOT want to do that. How do I get my phone back to normal?
--EDIT-- I finally gave in and did the factory reset. I rooted it again using the same method as before (in order to use Titanium Backup), and just to see what would happen I went to recovery mode. Sure enough, I was greeted with the same error as before. I had already rebooted the phone normally multiple times before trying to use recovery mode, so I have no doubt that the stock recovery mode is the cause of these issues.
Signal2Noise said:
Personally, I don't like Titanium Backup. I seem to be in the minority with that opinion, but it's given me issues in the past. Try flashing a non-stock recovery like TWRP for your S5 and either wiping your phone or wiping and flashing another ROM.
Samsung phones seem to dislike rooted users for some reason
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Too late, I already wiped the phone. I re-rooted using Chainfire's auto-root, then flashed CWM so that stock recovery doesn't screw me over again. Before restoring from the backup, I booted into CWM recovery and restarted the phone. No error. I hope it stays that way, this whole thing is a huge hassle. There really needs to be a disclaimer with Chainfire's auto-root telling people to get rid of stock recovery!
Hi there
You'd be best served asking for help from the experts who own your device, here:
T-Mobile Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck
[Q] Stuck on TWRP/System Recovery. Need help.
Hello, first time posting here.
So like the title says, my phone is stuck on System Recovery. I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 (A500F model), rooted, and with TWRP installed.
The phone was running fine for 3 months without problems, so I guess it must be from recent installs, but I haven't installed anything since last week. The last action I did prior to this problem was going to System Recovery via Link2SD app, since the usual button combination didn't work. So I guess the fault lies there? At this point I have tried everything I can do, like restarting, rebooting, wiping, factory resetting, and I even restored a backup but it still goes to System Recovery after every restart.
This is my first problem on Android phones, so I hope you can help me.
If you need more information, I'd gladly provide.
Cheers.
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