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Hello First post here so hopefully in the right place! I've got a nexus 5, UK model purchased around January time. I had rooted, running stock with SuperSU installed and a few apps installed with xposed mod.
It was running perfectly fine, until a few days back where I was required to reboot, it then got stuck at the Google screen and wouldn't go past that, I turned the phone off for a while and eventually could get into it.. Great, until it happened again.. I spoke to a friend who said perhaps it was the xposed which was causing it, so I flashed back to factory, ran it for a while and it was fine, so went back to root and tested it, was stable so I reinstalled xposed.. It then got stuck in the bootloop again, so flashed to factory certain that it was xposed causing issues. I'm now running factory, however the phone will still get stuck in bootloop but will also randomly reboot itself now.. Has anyone experienced this? After scanning the forums I can't find anything so hopefully someone can help!! My boot loader is still unlocked.
Thank you, Jordan.
arsenaljordan said:
Hello First post here so hopefully in the right place! I've got a nexus 5, UK model purchased around January time. I had rooted, running stock with SuperSU installed and a few apps installed with xposed mod.
It was running perfectly fine, until a few days back where I was required to reboot, it then got stuck at the Google screen and wouldn't go past that, I turned the phone off for a while and eventually could get into it.. Great, until it happened again.. I spoke to a friend who said perhaps it was the xposed which was causing it, so I flashed back to factory, ran it for a while and it was fine, so went back to root and tested it, was stable so I reinstalled xposed.. It then got stuck in the bootloop again, so flashed to factory certain that it was xposed causing issues. I'm now running factory, however the phone will still get stuck in bootloop but will also randomly reboot itself now.. Has anyone experienced this? After scanning the forums I can't find anything so hopefully someone can help!! My boot loader is still unlocked.
Thank you, Jordan.
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Are you able to flash a custom recovery? like TWRP, PHILZ, CWM? try it.
if successful, flash a custom Rom. just to discard the possibility of emmc failure.
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
Are you able to flash a custom recovery? like TWRP, PHILZ, CWM? try it.
if successful, flash a custom Rom. just to discard the possibility of emmc failure.
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I am able to flash a custom recovery and so forth, so wouldn't think it to be emmc failure.
arsenaljordan said:
I am able to flash a custom recovery and so forth, so wouldn't think it to be emmc failure.
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It doesn't really exonerates emmc from being bad yet. now, wipe and flash a Rom, a stock/aosp based one
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
It doesn't really exonerates emmc from being bad yet. now, wipe and flash a Rom, a stock/aosp based one
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I have already flashed the stock recovery and ROM back to the device
This is my first post and I'm not sure where to put it but I hope this is right.
I'm kinda new to flashing ROMs and was trying to flash one using safestrap on my GS3. I couldn't find one that worked and went back to my stock ROM. In the stock ROM cell service completely died and wouldn't work, to combat this problem I removed all ROMs, ROM slots, and wiped the stock ROM cache. Nothing. So then I restored to my nandroid backup I made yesterday and that deleted my OS. Now when I boot it just gets stuck at the second Samsung boot logo (there the first one that just says "Samsung" and "unlocked", then the second on says "Galaxy SIII" or something) now I have no OS and I'm not sure how to fix this, can I get some help please?
Okay, I got the stock firmware installed but I still have no service anywhere. Any ideas?
apcake said:
This is my first post and I'm not sure where to put it but I hope this is right.
I'm kinda new to flashing ROMs and was trying to flash one using safestrap on my GS3. I couldn't find one that worked and went back to my stock ROM. In the stock ROM cell service completely died and wouldn't work, to combat this problem I removed all ROMs, ROM slots, and wiped the stock ROM cache. Nothing. So then I restored to my nandroid backup I made yesterday and that deleted my OS. Now when I boot it just gets stuck at the second Samsung boot logo (there the first one that just says "Samsung" and "unlocked", then the second on says "Galaxy SIII" or something) now I have no OS and I'm not sure how to fix this, can I get some help please?
Okay, I got the stock firmware installed but I still have no service anywhere. Any ideas?
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Uhhhmmmm would flashing the modems help? (directed towards the more knowledged users)
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poppers162 said:
Uhhhmmmm would flashing the modems help? (directed towards the more knowledged users)
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It might. It depends on what modem they are currently on
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apcake said:
This is my first post and I'm not sure where to put it but I hope this is right.
I'm kinda new to flashing ROMs and was trying to flash one using safestrap on my GS3. I couldn't find one that worked and went back to my stock ROM. In the stock ROM cell service completely died and wouldn't work, to combat this problem I removed all ROMs, ROM slots, and wiped the stock ROM cache. Nothing. So then I restored to my nandroid backup I made yesterday and that deleted my OS. Now when I boot it just gets stuck at the second Samsung boot logo (there the first one that just says "Samsung" and "unlocked", then the second on says "Galaxy SIII" or something) now I have no OS and I'm not sure how to fix this, can I get some help please?
Okay, I got the stock firmware installed but I still have no service anywhere. Any ideas?
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First thing I would do is make sure your imei is still present in the about phone section. If it is, move on to the next step.
I would go completely back to stock, Odin flash either the stock 4.3 or 4.4 image depending on which you were on. If you're unsure, post what it says in download mode.
If you do that and you still have no service, then go to verizon and get a new sim card. Flashing a new modem wouldn't fix this situation.
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First thing I would do is make sure your imei is still present in the about phone section. If it is, move on to the next step.
I would go completely back to stock, Odin flash either the stock 4.3 or 4.4 image depending on which you were on. If you're unsure, post what it says in download mode.
If you do that and you still have no service, then go to verizon and get a new sim card. Flashing a new modem wouldn't fix this situation.
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it appears as though the sim was wiped
apcake said:
it appears as though the sim was wiped
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Grab a new sim card.
I'm having issues with my Galaxy S6. I used Odin to return to stock, and now I'm getting an "Unfortunately, IMS Service has stopped" error every 2 or 3 seconds. The phone is essentially unusable.
Other Galaxy phones have had similar issues, and I've tried some of their suggestions. I wiped Media Storage and factory reset the phone through the recovery. I tried to find the DRM app to wipe, but it's not there in the app manager. Does anybody have any suggestions? They are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Im having that same issue. I bricked my phone for about a week and I had just got the tar files to open and return my device to stock. Is it saying you have service? Ive been looking this up everywhere and have no luck with the s6 problem.
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I'm having issues with my Galaxy S6. I used Odin to return to stock, and now I'm getting an "Unfortunately, IMS Service has stopped" error every 2 or 3 seconds. The phone is essentially unusable.
Other Galaxy phones have had similar issues, and I've tried some of their suggestions. I wiped Media Storage and factory reset the phone through the recovery. I tried to find the DRM app to wipe, but it's not there in the app manager.
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Why did you return to stock? If you are planning to return/exchange the phone, then you may run into trouble if it is unusable.
3 options:
1. Attempt to reflash stock via Odin and hope it fixes the problem.
2. Restore a nandroid.
3. Clean flash a custom rom.
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Why did you return to stock? If you are planning to return/exchange the phone, then you may run into trouble if it is unusable.
3 options:
1. Attempt to reflash stock via Odin and hope it fixes the problem.
2. Restore a nandroid.
3. Clean flash a custom rom.
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i tried to reflash stock again and the same message kept coming up. i thought that restoring would wipe root so i dont know how you could flash a custom rom onto it. would you do that through the Odin program??
LiquidPhoenix said:
i tried to reflash stock again and the same message kept coming up. i thought that restoring would wipe root so i dont know how you could flash a custom rom onto it. would you do that through the Odin program??
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Did you try restoring a nandroid?
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sublimaze said:
Did you try restoring a nandroid?
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i never backed up a nandroid. im pretty new to android phones and the deep stuff because the only thing i ever learned was iphone. do they auto backup? and if so, how could i restore it??
thank you for your patience, i know its driving you crazy haha.
LiquidPhoenix said:
i never backed up a nandroid. im pretty new to android phones and the deep stuff because the only thing i ever learned was iphone. do they auto backup? and if so, how could i restore it??
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Android lollipop gives you the option to transfer your apps to a new device when you setup the new device. You are also given this option when you flash a custom lollilop rom, because the setup wizard will see this as a new device. However, you should always make a backup of a good working rom setup prior to flashing a new rom or any mods. When I say a "good working rom ", I mean a rom that you might possibly want to go back to, in case your next rom flash doesn't go well or it has major issues that prevent you from using it as a daily driver (which you won't know until you flash it, obviously). The stock rom is definitely a "good working rom", and you should ALWAYS make a backup of stock before flashing anything else.
Since you don't have a backup of stock, then you are stuck with Odin getting you back to bone stock, which apparently isn't quite doing the job. The only other thing I can suggest is flashing a stock rooted rom (eg, no mods other than root). But make sure you clean flash, which also means mounting & wiping /system in recovery. I forgot how to do it in CWM/Phil's recovery, but in TWRP go to Mount, tap /system then go back to the main menu, go to Wipe > Advanced and select cache, dalvik cache, data and system, then swipe to erase. Now you have a totally clean slate.
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Android lollipop gives you the option to transfer your apps to a new device when you setup the new device. You are also given this option when you flash a custom lollilop rom, because the setup wizard will see this as a new device. However, you should always make a backup of a good working rom setup prior to flashing a new rom or any mods. When I say a "good working rom ", I mean a rom that you might possibly want to go back to, in case your next rom flash doesn't go well or it has major issues that prevent you from using it as a daily driver (which you won't know until you flash it, obviously). The stock rom is definitely a "good working rom", and you should ALWAYS make a backup of stock before flashing anything else.
Since you don't have a backup of stock, then you are stuck with Odin getting you back to bone stock, which apparently isn't quite doing the job. The only other thing I can suggest is flashing a stock rooted rom (eg, no mods other than root). But make sure you clean flash, which also means mounting & wiping /system in recovery. I forgot how to do it in CWM/Phil's recovery, but in TWRP go to Mount, tap /system then go back to the main menu, go to Wipe > Advanced and select cache, dalvik cache, data and system, then swipe to erase. Now you have a totally clean slate.
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Ive tried looking online for software thats compatible with my carrier (cricket) but I couldnt find it. The way that I bricked my phone was trying to flash TWRP recovery on my phone. Cricket is through at&t and has the locked bootloader. I used pingpong root to root it but apparently it wasnt compatible with my phone. I'm kinda stuck.
LiquidPhoenix said:
Ive tried looking online for software thats compatible with my carrier (cricket) but I couldnt find it. The way that I bricked my phone was trying to flash TWRP recovery on my phone. Cricket is through at&t and has the locked bootloader. I used pingpong root to root it but apparently it wasnt compatible with my phone. I'm kinda stuck.
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I have never messed with Cricket phones. I know they piggyback on the AT&T network, but I don't know if the firmwares are different. You could go to a Cricket store and look at the display S6 to find out the exact firmware version, and try to find that on the web (posting in the AT&T forum might yield a faster response). But trying to flash TWRP was not a good idea. Good luck!
I was attempting to return the phone to stock so I could sell it. I flashed the Cricket firmware, and ever since then I get the IMS service error. I can't flash a new ROM because I unrooted through Pingpong Root. When I flash through Odin, I only flash the AP .tar. Would it make a difference if I flashed all 4 (BL, AP, CP, CSC)?
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I was attempting to return the phone to stock so I could sell it. I flashed the Cricket firmware, and ever since then I get the IMS service error. I can't flash a new ROM because I unrooted through Pingpong Root. When I flash through Odin, I only flash the AP .tar. Would it make a difference if I flashed all 4 (BL, AP, CP, CSC)?
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I tried this just now and all it said was "attempt thread failed (0/0)"
boristhebladexx said:
I was attempting to return the phone to stock so I could sell it. I flashed the Cricket firmware, and ever since then I get the IMS service error. I can't flash a new ROM because I unrooted through Pingpong Root. When I flash through Odin, I only flash the AP .tar. Would it make a difference if I flashed all 4 (BL, AP, CP, CSC)?
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Yes it does make a difference to flash it into 4 different parts in case you have the entire firmware
Just wanted to throw my 2 cents in here, i woke to this lovely issue, which was rendering my phone unusable. I use a program call YouMail for voicemail, creeps my friends out when they get to my voice mail. Uninstall this program after wiping every cache imaginable, voila, no more issue. I haven't tried to reinstall it yet since i need to get some work done. Hope it helps in some way.
I have the same problem after flashing the stock firmware thru Odin on my S6 from Cricket. I also tried Factory Resert and Wiping the Cache, nothing seems to help at all. I get the annoying message about the IMS service. I've tried clearing the cache from contacts, ims service but no luck at at. Is there any other ROMs out there for the S6 from Cricket. Right now my phone is completely stock and has no service. Any word of advice would help, Thanks !
Edit: I flashed the CSC file thru odin and it got rid of the IMS error but now I have no service.
SRobby said:
Just wanted to throw my 2 cents in here, i woke to this lovely issue, which was rendering my phone unusable. I use a program call YouMail for voicemail, creeps my friends out when they get to my voice mail. Uninstall this program after wiping every cache imaginable, voila, no more issue. I haven't tried to reinstall it yet since i need to get some work done. Hope it helps in some way.
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Not an expert in any sense of the term, so ignore this if it's dumb. When the OP and others having this issue are bringing your phones back up, does the issue start prior to phone setup? Or is your Google account restoring some app that could be causing the issue?
it didnt solve my problem
I have the s6 edge though ..do i have to wipe and install the rom again??
Unfortunately ims has stopped working pop up
I noticed the spinning sync icon at the top my s7 phone. It was constantly trying to sync my messengers app to the cloud. (I tuned the sync function off an it seems to have stopped the annoying message from popping up. :good::fingers-crossed:
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boristhebladexx said:
I was attempting to return the phone to stock so I could sell it. I flashed the Cricket firmware, and ever since then I get the IMS service error. I can't flash a new ROM because I unrooted through Pingpong Root. When I flash through Odin, I only flash the AP .tar. Would it make a difference if I flashed all 4 (BL, AP, CP, CSC)?
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just root the device an then install root unistaller
find all apps with the word ims
unistall all apps
restart phone
Magic!!!!
Ok, I am a regular student here and have rooted several phones.
I rooted OE2 on a Verizon S6 with Ping Pong then I took the OTA from Samsung and lost root.
I then decided to try and return to stock after constant annoying update messages.
So I used ODIN to flash OE2 and all He++ broke loose.
I have not been able to boot up for 2 days. I have factory reset and reflashed with ODIN multiple times.
Sometimes it will go through optimizing apps and either shutdown or lockup, then it will quit after a while and not do anything other than the Samsung screen.
I cant boot into a real recovery and wipe cache because the firmware from sammobile.com doesn't have any recovery other than totally stock so, its applicable option is factory reset.
The blue light will pulse when not charging as well.
I am currently downloading the PD2 Firmware hoping it will work.
I would really appreciate any help, thank you.
xxvisionrider said:
Ok, I am a regular student here and have rooted several phones.
I rooted OE2 on a Verizon S6 with Ping Pong then I took the OTA from Samsung and lost root.
I then decided to try and return to stock after constant annoying update messages.
So I used ODIN to flash OE2 and all He++ broke loose.
I have not been able to boot up for 2 days. I have factory reset and reflashed with ODIN multiple times.
Sometimes it will go through optimizing apps and either shutdown or lockup, then it will quit after a while and not do anything other than the Samsung screen.
I cant boot into a real recovery and wipe cache because the firmware from sammobile.com doesn't have any recovery other than totally stock so, its applicable option is factory reset.
The blue light will pulse when not charging as well.
I am currently downloading the PD2 Firmware hoping it will work.
I would really appreciate any help, thank you.
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It should work with the PD2 update. Once you accept an update you cannot go backwards in firmware only forwards. Every OTA is a bridge that burns as you cross it.
OK, will let see what happens. I tried the emergency recovery options on smart switch and it didn't work at all. It wouldn't go past recognizing the phone.
I was able to attempt to Odin flash pd2 this am but the pit files I got here reported as corrupted. Then I could no longer locate the pd2 file I downloaded after trying to flash it in odin. It was also from a link on here as well... So I will try again tonight.
Its been a rough several days..... I have uninstalled the kies leftover files via terminal, installed java updates, installed Heimdall updates, tried the one click Heimdall, attempted to learn what in the He}} the Heimdall program was asking me to load as I have no clue which files go where in the program, read tutorials on it.
I unzipped my PD2 (Verizon) file and it runs for a minute and then tells me the file is corrupt. It is the 3rd MD5 I have downloaded. I have no retrievable PIT file and have downloaded no less than 12 of them all of the USA VZW type and ODIN and Heimdall do not like any of them.
I really do not know what to do from here other than throw this POS in the lake. I am so far past frustrated I don't know what to do.....
Any help would be truly appreciated.......
Thanks!
I give up, not really any help here either so I just paid $200 deductible. Bummer.
OK, my S6 (verizon) locked up today and immediately went into bootloop. I've tried wiping cache, i've tried wiping system/data, i've tried factory reset. It'll either lock up doing that, or it will complete and then go right back into the boot loop.
I tried using ODIN to flash the stock rom but i get the error: SW REV CHECK FAIL Device: 4 Binary:1
If I boot into recovery, it always starts at "Installing system update" (this was before I tried to update the stock rom or anything) and sometimes it will lock up doing that, sometimes i'll get into recovery, but as I've said so far nothing has gotten my phone into a useable state.
I tried KIES 3, but it just complains that my device is not supported.
Any suggestions will be hugely appreciated, this phone is only a year old and I really can't afford to replace it out of pocket.
Thanks!!
mattbooty said:
OK, my S6 (verizon) locked up today and immediately went into bootloop. I've tried wiping cache, i've tried wiping system/data, i've tried factory reset. It'll either lock up doing that, or it will complete and then go right back into the boot loop.
I tried using ODIN to flash the stock rom but i get the error: SW REV CHECK FAIL Device: 4 Binary:1
If I boot into recovery, it always starts at "Installing system update" (this was before I tried to update the stock rom or anything) and sometimes it will lock up doing that, sometimes i'll get into recovery, but as I've said so far nothing has gotten my phone into a useable state.
I tried KIES 3, but it just complains that my device is not supported.
Any suggestions will be hugely appreciated, this phone is only a year old and I really can't afford to replace it out of pocket.
Thanks!!
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Kies3 doesn't supports S6 I guess. Use smart switch.
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you can do emergency initialization with smart switch, instructions below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/help/how-to-smart-switch-emergency-t3383448
Thank you for replies. Smart switch is telling me my SN is invalid, it is the IMEI number from the phone, and I've confirmed there were no typoes. I did finally get ODIN to work with a newer firmware, but after updating the phone just returns to a bootloop. I'm thinking its a hardware issue at this point.
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Thank you for replies. Smart switch is telling me my SN is invalid, it is the IMEI number from the phone, and I've confirmed there were no typoes. I did finally get ODIN to work with a newer firmware, but after updating the phone just returns to a bootloop. I'm thinking its a hardware issue at this point.
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Did you enter the model number correctly i.e. SM-G920V or so?. Not really familiar with smart switch. Used once without issue.
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Rosli59564 said:
Did you enter the model number correctly i.e. SM-G920V or so?. Not really familiar with smart switch. Used once without issue.
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Yes, it accepted the model number and yes it was correct.
hi, did you try downloading the official 6.0.1 firmware the n flash it using odin. try flashing BL and AP, the bootloop cause might be because of your bootloader, imho
I had already tried flashing AP. After reading your suggestions i tried flashing BL as well. Now it gets to the red Verizon screen (which is new, it was bootlooping before it got there) but it just hangs there now. The "pluse" in the Verizon V logo keeps going, so its not completely locked up, but it never actually boots.
At this point I think i need to just replace it but I'll still accept any suggestions on things to try if anyone has any thoughts!
I appreciate all the help already provided.
im sorry to hear that mattbooty, lets not loose hope, how about downloading an old 5.1.1 bootloader and 5.1.1 official firmware for your phone variant. make sure that the bootloader goes to BL and the firmware goes to AP. , btw BL and AP should be both checked in odin before starting to flash the phone. Im sure this has something to do with bootloader img
OK, so after the last post, i did another factory reset from within the recovery options (this is after odin flashing BL and AP) and this time it got past the Verizon screen and to the new android setup screen!
I'm working on setting it up now and fingers crossed it doesn't lock up and go back into boot loop. I will update.
nice to know that my post was helpful mattbooty, btw did you downgrade to 5.1.1 just like what i've told you?
morloonie said:
nice to know that my post was helpful mattbooty, btw did you downgrade to 5.1.1 just like what i've told you?
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I didn't, that was using the 6.0.1 firmware. I had tried that firmware originally but was given an error "SW REV CHECK FAIL".
Prior to the phone bootlooping originally I had noticed it started locking up every now and then. Since getting it working again (for an hour or so) it has already locked up once, but it did boot right back up this time. Fingers crossed that doesn't mean its going to start bootlooping again soon.
thanks again for all the assistance.