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boot loop - can't navigate bootloader to get into recovery mode

hi there,
I'm running CM11 nightly late feb. For no apparent reason my phone went into a boot loop this morning (n.b. I didn't flash a new rom or installed a new app). Now it constantly reboots (literally) and doesn't get further than the CM11 boot video or google logo.
If I press volume down and power, it will head into bootloader - but - I can't navigate beyond 'shut down' or 'restart bootloader'. It doesn't execute two consecutive volume up or down commands. In other words, it's impossible to get into recovery mode. Also, because my phone doesn't boot further than the video or logo, I can't make a fastboot or adb connection via my laptop.
Does anybody know how I can fix this issue? I'm clearly running out of luck. Many thx in advance!

reflash recovery?

Try to boot into recovery with cmd: fastboot boot TWRP.img (TWRP or your current custom recovery)
Then restore a nandroid backup or wipe data/system/dalvik
You can still flash the factory images. Fastboot mode is enough. Guide

suikerchiller said:
Now it constantly reboots (literally)
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Stuck power button. Mash the power button really fast for 20 seconds to unstick whatever is in there.

gd6noob said:
reflash recovery?
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can't flash anything, because phone is constantly rebooting. Have opened up the phone and took the battery out for 1 minute. Didn't help either. After starting up the phone I get stuck in the boot loop again.
Anyone else an idea?

suikerchiller said:
can't flash anything, because phone is constantly rebooting. Have opened up the phone and took the battery out for 1 minute. Didn't help either. After starting up the phone I get stuck in the boot loop again.
Anyone else an idea?
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The phone doesn't reboot in the bootloader right?
If it doesn't either do what primokorn said or flash the factory image.
Sent from my Nexus 5

El Daddy said:
The phone doesn't reboot in the bootloader right?
If it doesn't either do what primokorn said or flash the factory image.
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Well the issue is that it only stays for a fraction of a second in bootloader, which gives it enough time to navigate one step up or down. Not enough time to get into recovery.
How can I do what Primoken said? It doesn't seem to be possible to do a flash when the phone is constantly rebooting?
Thx for helping me out guys, much appreciated!

suikerchiller said:
Well the issue is that it only stays for a fraction of a second in bootloader, which gives it enough time to navigate one step up or down. Not enough time to get into recovery.
How can I do what Primoken said? It doesn't seem to be possible to do a flash when the phone is constantly rebooting?
Thx for helping me out guys, much appreciated!
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Have you ever kept your phone in narrow pocket? Because it's definitely sounds to me like a stuck power button.

Simonna said:
Have you ever kept your phone in narrow pocket? Because it's definitely sounds to me like a stuck power button.
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It's not a power issue. Also unscrewed my phone to see if that was what caused it. Nothing in there, mechanism functioned correctly.
UPDATE: For some reason my phone booted up out of nothing. I managed to flash an older ROM via CM Updater (through settings)- which seemed to work. Apps were updated and it was running normally. But after a couple of minutes it restarted out of the blue and now back to square one again.
Guess there's a chance I'll probably get a normal start up soon. Is it a good idea to do a factory whipe restart through the settings menu? Or is Primokorn's method safer?

suikerchiller said:
...Or is Primokorn's method safer?
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Yes.

Soft/Hard Bricked N5 For No Reason

Hi,
this is my first topic and post so don't blame . On last Friday (05.31.2014) I was at school but it was free day so i was enjoying my 1 month old N5. I was using Elix-R rom with kernel included in this ROM. When I was sitting on Google Play my phone did soft reboot but bootanimation was ''scratching'' and bugging. I had decided to do a restore but i was done in 14 second so i knew something went wrong. When I tried to reboot my phone was stuck on google logo and it was rebooting to the same state over and over again (after about 10 seconds). When I came home i tried to flash stock rom's images but i got the same result. oh, and I forgot. When i was restoring, TWRP boot again but it was still restoring. I had some CM zips so i flashed them but it didnt help either. After flashing stock i had tried to access stock recovery but i got same result as before(Google logo). Some time ago I read about temporary booting recovery so i tried it but i didn't help. On Saturday I boot up phone again and i saw stock rom's bootanimation ''scratching'' and loading again as before after ''soft reboot'' on Friday. Now I've locked and re-unlocked bootloader again but i forgot about typing ''fastboot reboot'' in cmd. I've just clicked Power button on N5 and small android with loading bar appeared but after several seconds it stopped and booted again. I accessed the bootloader again and flashed stock images. Then locked/unlocked again and my phone is not booting and i cant access any recovery.
I really dont know what to do. I haven't modified my kernel or something. I haven't done anything bad - I was just surfing the internet and downloading apps from GP. I hope you'll understand all because I'm sure my English is not good enough. Thank you guys for help already

MaxtremePL said:
Hi,
this is my first topic and post so don't ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... or help already
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try to press the power button for some minutes and see if it boots

MaxtremePL said:
Hi,
this is my first topic and post so don't blame . On last Friday (05.31.2014) I was at school but it was free day so i was enjoying my 1 month old N5. I was using Elix-R rom with kernel included in this ROM. When I was sitting on Google Play my phone did soft reboot but bootanimation was ''scratching'' and bugging. I had decided to do a restore but i was done in 14 second so i knew something went wrong. When I tried to reboot my phone was stuck on google logo and it was rebooting to the same state over and over again (after about 10 seconds). When I came home i tried to flash stock rom's images but i got the same result. oh, and I forgot. When i was restoring, TWRP boot again but it was still restoring. I had some CM zips so i flashed them but it didnt help either. After flashing stock i had tried to access stock recovery but i got same result as before(Google logo). Some time ago I read about temporary booting recovery so i tried it but i didn't help. On Saturday I boot up phone again and i saw stock rom's bootanimation ''scratching'' and loading again as before after ''soft reboot'' on Friday. Now I've locked and re-unlocked bootloader again but i forgot about typing ''fastboot reboot'' in cmd. I've just clicked Power button on N5 and small android with loading bar appeared but after several seconds it stopped and booted again. I accessed the bootloader again and flashed stock images. Then locked/unlocked again and my phone is not booting and i cant access any recovery.
I really dont know what to do. I haven't modified my kernel or something. I haven't done anything bad - I was just surfing the internet and downloading apps from GP. I hope you'll understand all because I'm sure my English is not good enough. Thank you guys for help already
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Did you try to wipe in recovery, maybe that gives some more info about what went crazy

GtrCraft said:
Did you try to wipe in recovery, maybe that gives some more info about what went crazy
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as i said i cant access any recovery

MaxtremePL said:
as i said i cant access any recovery
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try to press power button for some minutes.. it should boot to google logo ... try this and see if Your phone is not bricked
edit: or see here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53000619&postcount=2

EnricoD said:
try to press power button for some minutes.. it should boot to google logo ... try this and see if Your phone is not bricked
edit: or see here
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phone boots normally but then it starts bootlooping with google logo. i've tried also Dead_Nexus5 but it didnt help either. Im losing hope ;(

can you still get into the bootloader?(power button + volume down, both pressed down until its booted)

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simms22 said:
can you still get into the bootloader?(power button + volume down, both pressed down until its booted)
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luckily i do

MaxtremePL said:
luckily i do
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Well then you should be fine. If your bootloader is still unlocked flash a custom recovery via fast boot then flash a ROM/gapps/su.

simms22 said:
Well then you should be fine. If your bootloader is still unlocked flash a custom recovery via fast boot then flash a ROM/gapps/su.
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hmmm for some reason i didnt think about it lol i'll try ty

MaxtremePL said:
hmmm for some reason i didnt think about it lol i'll try ty
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let me know..

[Q] please help with bootloop galaxy note 10.1 !!

Hi everybody,
I have installed TWRP on my SM-P601 galaxy note 10.1 using odin on this link teamw.in/project/twrp2/206. It's succesfully installed but i couldn't get into recovery mod, i've tried all the button combinaisons but couldnt!
But i tried to get in using this app's com.koushikdutta.rommanager by clockworldmod, with the option (Reboot into Recovery) and now i'm stuck in a kind of bootloop when i turn it on, there is just the logo "samsung galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition".
Without the charger it stays on this until the battery runs out! and when i put the charger it runs and get stuck in the bootloop again. is there away to fix this wit
having to take off the battery? i can get in download mode !
Thank you a lot for your help

zakaria1193 said:
Hi everybody,
I have installed TWRP on my SM-P601 galaxy note 10.1 using odin on this link teamw.in/project/twrp2/206. It's succesfully installed but i couldn't get into recovery mod, i've tried all the button combinaisons but couldnt!
But i tried to get in using this app's com.koushikdutta.rommanager by clockworldmod, with the option (Reboot into Recovery) and now i'm stuck in a kind of bootloop when i turn it on, there is just the logo "samsung galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition".
Without the charger it stays on this until the battery runs out! and when i put the charger it runs and get stuck in the bootloop again. is there away to fix this wit
having to take off the battery? i can get in download mode !
Thank you a lot for your help
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I have exactly the same problem now. I tried to update a kernel via TWRP and now boot loop. I can't even get into download mode, let alone recovery mode, just reboots automatically when hold the power button down.

mattdb said:
I have exactly the same problem now. I tried to update a kernel via TWRP and now boot loop. I can't even get into download mode, let alone recovery mode, just reboots automatically when hold the power button down.
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I don't get into download mode at the first try i keep trying many times, maybe it's the same thing for you too. apparently i need to flash stock rom with odin on download mode, that's what you should do too if you get to download mode.

I have same problem...
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mattdb said:
I have exactly the same problem now. I tried to update a kernel via TWRP and now boot loop. I can't even get into download mode, let alone recovery mode, just reboots automatically when hold the power button down.
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Noobie here, and not sure if I know enough to make much sense.
I had a similar situation occur today.
New to me but a 2nd hand p600 which rooted today and then I used Odin 3.10.6 to flash TWRP and found myself in a boot loop similar to the description.
I panicked bigtime and feverishly googled my way to to this message thread and my hopes were raised when I read the OPs message and then got dashed to find no solution posted .
After perhaps 20 attempts of getting combined button pushes and releases correct. (it never happened ) I was desperately trying almost anythiing and then got to TWRP File manager, then Reboot, then System, then Normal Reboot and finally Success! I got the regular reboot. Phew!
Hope it helps

Well, I let it sit over the weekend and the battery complete depleted. I was then able to get into TWRP and Download mode when I applied power, I have since flashed a new rom and whewwww, up and running again. Before the battery went dead, it wouldn't do anything but reboot.....

Galaxy s3 sch-I535 bricked and infinite loop everywhere

Hi guys. So I got a samsung galaxy s3 with a custom rom (Cyanogenmod I think 11 or 12) and the smartphone is completely in a bootloop due to the rom not working. I was obviously going to try to flash the stock firmware through ODIN and forget about CM but I have a problem: the phone everytime I plug the battery, it turns on showing the s3 screen and so and after a few seconds or a minute the screen goes black and goes back to the logo and it doesnt matter if in I'm download or recovery mode, those two things work fine but for a few seconds and then the smarphone loops back to the boot screen son in few words: my recovery and download mode are tecnically not working due to that. Is there any fix?
So the general thing is a s3 sch-i535 with CM in a bootloop.
ps: If need more specific information feel free to ask

dark_paradox17 said:
Hi guys. So I got a samsung galaxy s3 with a custom rom (Cyanogenmod I think 11 or 12) and the smartphone is completely in a bootloop due to the rom not working. I was obviously going to try to flash the stock firmware through ODIN and forget about CM but I have a problem: the phone everytime I plug the battery, it turns on showing the s3 screen and so and after a few seconds or a minute the screen goes black and goes back to the logo and it doesnt matter if in I'm download or recovery mode, those two things work fine but for a few seconds and then the smarphone loops back to the boot screen son in few words: my recovery and download mode are tecnically not working due to that. Is there any fix?
So the general thing is a s3 sch-i535 with CM in a bootloop.
ps: If need more specific information feel free to ask
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Is there any chance that you have a power button that is sticking?

dawgdoc said:
Is there any chance that you have a power button that is sticking?
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Yeah I actually tried it and it worked, thanks for the solution (but now I feel a little bit dumb haha)

dark_paradox17 said:
Yeah I actually tried it and it worked, thanks for the solution (but now I feel a little bit dumb haha)
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You're welcome. Power button issues seem to occur more than they should, based on posts I've read.

Hard Bricked S7 After Stuck on Samsung Logo

Hey guys,
I flashed DARKLORD's S8 port yesterday evening. Everything was perfect. However, I noticed that the ROM was rooted with SuperSU system-less and thus didn't pass SafetyNet. I wanted to install Magisk in order to get Magisk Hide and pass SafetyNet. So I checked which kernel the ROM used. It was SuperStock 2.5.0.
I downloaded a clean, non-rooted SuperStock 2.5.0 kernel and flashed it through the recovery in order to get rid of SuperSU. The next reboot took really long. I went to bed after waiting for 30min, leaving the phone plugged in and on the Samsung boot logo with the typical blue notification LED that shines when the phone powers on. When I woke up the next morning, I noticed that the notification LED had turned off, but the Samsung logo was still there. I force rebooted the phone with the power-volumedown-homebutton combination. I noticed that it took quite long for the phone to turn back on again after the screen went black (10 seconds or so). I went into recovery and flashed DARKLORD's ROM again in order to get the original, working kernel back. Halfway through the flashing process the phone turned off and now it's dead.
I plugged it in for an hour, nothing. Not even the notification LED turns on when plugging it in. I can't get into download mode or recovery, I can't do anything.
Is my only option to send it to Samsung or is there any other way to get it to work again? Thank you in advance!

Kikill3r said:
Hey .... Thank you in advance!
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Can you Boot into Download Mode or TWRP Recovery? If Recovery isn't working for you - Boot into Download Mode and use Odin to Flash the Stock Firmware - And extracted then Flash TWRP img.tar with Odin and go from there.
Edit: just re-read your post and you are certain that you can't get into Download Mode? Have you tried to only Press Power and Volume Down as well?
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shaggyskunk said:
Can you Boot into Download Mode or TWRP Recovery? If Recovery isn't working for you - Boot into Download Mode and use Odin to Flash the Stock Firmware - And extracted then Flash TWRP img.tar with Odin and go from there.
Edit: just re-read your post and you are certain that you can't get into Download Mode? Have you tried to only Press Power and Volume Down as well?
Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Tapatalk
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I tried everything. Nothing worked, it did nothing. As I said, not even the LED turned red when I plugged it in. In the end, I went to a Samsung support center and they replaced it. Apparently it was so broken that they couldn't even find out that it had Knox 0x1....

Kikill3r said:
I tried everything. Nothing worked, it did nothing. As I said, not even the LED turned red when I plugged it in. In the end, I went to a Samsung support center and they replaced it. Apparently it was so broken that they couldn't even find out that it had Knox 0x1....
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Hmmm sounds like a plan :good: when something happens to knox 0x1 device hard brick it to still have warranty.