I tried to install Xposed framework, and every other time it succeeded, but this time installing it an error came up saying there's not enough space, I thought that it didn't install, so I went on with my stuff, apps started crashing and I decided to reboot my S6, and that's when it was stuck on the Samsung logo, I've been trying all kinds of apps to recover it without data loss, that didn't work so I moved on to trying to factory reset my device, that didn't work either, tried to get a backup of my device, but it couldn't detect any contacts, videos and images, tried ADB too, it doesn't detect the device, I don't have a bootloader installed, because I'm stupid, recovery mode did nothing, smart switch displayed that my device isn't supported, but it is, I'm running Lollipop on stock ROM, I don't know what to do next, can I recover my phone without data loss? Do I have to flash it? Any help is appreciated!
Lollipop, stock ROM, SM-G920F
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Alright, so yesterday I tried to root my tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 Wifi) yesterday by installing TWRP and then loading the Superuser zip found in their link in the play store. It worked fine--I had root access and all was going fairly well. I then tried to make a small tweak to the build.prop file by changing ro.build.version.codename from REL to L.
When I rebooted to apply that change, I could not start up, so I did a factory reset (not a big deal, no essential files on there). It then booted fine, but when I reinstalled/updated all my apps, the Google services were crashing like mad. So I reverted the build.prop file back to REL and again it would reboot, so I did another factory reset and all was good; the Google apps were fine.
Well I was still rooted and I wanted to take advantage of all that time I spent doing it, so I downloaded the bootanimation zip found on this thread and replaced my bootanimation.zip that was already on there. I restarted to see the animation, and this is when the real nightmare started happening. I could not boot now at all.
I did another factory reset, and still it wouldn't boot. I then used TWRP to do a full reset, and still nothing. I did an advanced reset and somehow managed to delete the operating system files (I have no idea how), causing TWRP to say that no operating system was installed. I still couldn't boot, of course.
Finally, I decided I had had enough of this rooting ****. I searched all over the internet looking for a North American version of my stock ROM, and finally found one posted on this forum post. I wouldn't normally trust any random file, but I was getting desperate here. I used Odin to flash that ROM, and there were no errors. Now when I go into recovery, it gives me stock and not TWRP, so I know that was probably successful.
However, I still cannot boot. I get stuck on the screen that says Samsung Galaxy Tab 3, which sometimes goes away and then comes back. I can't send it in for warranty, because it still says "custom" in the recovery mode. How can I fix this? any ideas?
I really want my tablet back :crying:
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
My Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge is not booting even after a factory reset
A mobile app. for Android was installed successfully and since then I’m only having issues with my Samsung mobile:
- Since the installation of both the Hockey & Mobile Banking apps, my mobile freezes during any regular action and after a few seconds the device auto-restarts itself intermittently; this happened during the weekend while in use;
- Sunday night I uninstalled both the Hockey & Mobile Banking apps and the phone continued to freeze and restart intermittently. I was able to boot in SAFE MODE.
- This morning after the phone was turned off and turned on, the phone is not loading; the boot is looping and unable to reach the menu. I’m able to boot in SAFE MODE.
- This morning I did a Factory Reset, when done I get the “welcome” screen and right thereafter, the mobile freezes, auto-restarts and the boot keep looping.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Hey guys, any suggestions...? I tried last night restoring the OS using Samsung Smart Switch application and the process went just fine the first time and during the setup process the phone just restarted against and for stuck in bootloop again.
I did a second attempt but after the PC is don and the phone boots it gets stuck.
Sometimes after restoring stock firmware and you get a bootloop, you have to boot to stock recovery and factory reset then wipe cache partition.
I know you said you did that once before you posted, you did that before you used SmartSwitch. Have you tried factory reset since restoring with SmartSwitch?
Yes, I did with SS last night; I did it again this morning and after completing the 100% software download, it started updating the device and at 97% it stopped and got the message "FAILED".
now as we speak, I restarted it again and now it's at 66^ downloading the files.
How can I perform a clean install using SS...? or do I need ODIN...? I want to keep the mobile as original as possible.
If you can find your stock firmware, download it and flash it with Odin, it's more reliable.
Maybe a stupid question: Where can I find my stock firmware...?
My info:
PDAIX / CSCI2 / PHONE: PHH (XFA)
I found the Firmware on SAMMOBILE: https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/galaxy-s6-edge/SM-G925F/XFA/download/G925FXXU4DPIX/108273/
Is this a stock Firmware and reliable source...?
Sammobile is a very reliable source, if that firmware is the newest one for your model number and country/region/carrier then you're good to go.
I did install Firmware corresponding to my phone (PDAIX / CSCI2 / PHONE: PHH (XFA)) using Odin, I can use the phone for like 2 or 3 minutes and then it freezes, restarts and gets into boot loop.
Any more drastic measurements to take...? Is there an online tool to test the hardware function(s)...?
After flashing stock firmware, have you tried booting to stock recovery then do the factory reset and wipe cache then reboot.
Yes, I did...!
In ODIN, do I load only the "AP"...?
In most situations, AP is all you need if the firmware is an all in one firmware file, if you have a 4 part firmware then you need to put each part in its corresponding tab/slot in Odin.
Sometimes you have to flash more than once to be successful.
My phone is running like a horse now...! No more intermittent restarts nor boot looping.
I just did a clean install of Android 7.
The clean install of Android 7 went fine and now it's working back again, was because I changed the "Reactivation Lock" to OFF; I think this helped.
Good afternoon or whatever time you have there, greetings. So here's the situation: I've been trying to root my Samsung J2 Prime, about two days ago, using KingRoot, KingoRoot, and FramaRoot, but to no avail, they did not work. So, becoming desperate, I ventured to the dangerous thing I regret doing: flashing its firmware. So I've attempted to root it with Odin, and then it said "To start up your device, enter your password." And I was dazed, I don't have a password! And if it really had a password before, I don't know! Moving on, I've not attempted to wipe its data, knowing the files in it. So, I tried to recover it on Odin by opening download mode, the FRP Lock is on, so unfortunately most of my ventures are unsuccessful. Then, after entering an incorrect password (on the home screen something of the "To start up your device..." screen), it proceeded to wipe factory data, which then prompted my phone to have a bootloop, however I could still access download mode, but not recovery mode. Then, when I've somehow managed to access recovery mode through root boot on Odin, I've wiped my factory data and the cache partition. Then, after a few attempts, I used some firmware I've downloaded and it said it worked for me so I was at first. But when I checked my phone, it would no longer turn on! As in it wouldn't boot at all, even remotely. The charging screen won't even appear. I'm going crazy. I've tried to remove the battery then return it, to no avail it won't work. I really don't think it's a battery issue. Can anyone help?
(Btw, I've been following random YouTube videos whose links I've not saved, and some random pages. Also, I'm not sure with my carrier, but I'm more confident that it's Globe.)
Are you install stock rom to your device through odin?
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Stock Galaxy S7, no root, no dubious apps, only AirWatch Agent: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airwatch.androidagent required for installing a corporate email client on the personal phone.
Everything worked fine for months, until yesterday, when the app AirWatch crashed, and would not start.
The user decided to reboot the phone. On the reboot, the phone got stuck on the second Samsung logo animation.
Wipe cache, force restart, reboot, reboot bootloader were tried, hoping to fix this boot issue, but without success. The phone still stays stuck at the Samsung logo animation.
What I'm looking for: to avoid phone ROM reflashing, because it has no backup and the data on the microSD card is encrypted.
I want to recover the personal data, by any means.
Any suggestions on how to achieve this?
Thank you.
If you can't flash stock, and have already wiped cache, and the guy doesn't have a backup (dumb), then there's not much else you can do really
I'm not sure which part of the phone the encryption key is stored, but you could try flashing just the Bootloader part of the ROM with ODIN
Also not sure if flashing the same stock ROM over the top, but using HOME_CSC instead of CSC to avoid the factory reset, would mess up the encryption, but as a last resort it would be what I would do
Backups are good, if the data is so important to encrypt I can't see why it would not also be backed up
I understand your point and I agree with it.
As a sidenote, that encryption was required by the app AirWatch, not by the phone's owner.
We'll try those steps as a last resort, but for the moment, we're gathering information, since most of the options are a "no way back" process.
For example, I'm thinking about a way to inspect the boot process, and alter it if there's something there that hangs.
Could this be possible? Is there any documentation about this?
germanino said:
I understand your point and I agree with it.
As a sidenote, that encryption was required by the app AirWatch, not by the phone's owner.
We'll try those steps as a last resort, but for the moment, we're gathering information, since most of the options are a "no way back" process.
For example, I'm thinking about a way to inspect the boot process, and alter it if there's something there that hangs.
Could this be possible? Is there any documentation about this?
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You could trying running a logcat with the phone connected to USB during boot, not sure if it will connect to adb though, worth a shot
https://www.xda-developers.com/install-adb-windows-macos-linux/
If it works it should show you what it's hanging on, no idea how you would fix it though without a custom recovery