Galaxy S4 cant access recovery mode - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

Hey everyone, brand new here
Recently, I tried to enter recovery mode so I could flash cyanogenmod, but when I try to get to recovery mode it takes me to odin mode and at the top left it says "could not do normal boot." I can still get back to home screen by restarting the phone, but I really want to get cyanogenmod. I provided a screen shot of my phone info If anyone needs it. Thanks
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antonsadeghi said:
Hey everyone, brand new here
Recently, I tried to enter recovery mode so I could flash cyanogenmod, but when I try to get to recovery mode it takes me to odin mode and at the top left it says "could not do normal boot." I can still get back to home screen by restarting the phone, but I really want to get cyanogenmod. I provided a screen shot of my phone info If anyone needs it. Thanks
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You have a MK2 build. No custom recovery, no CM, no AOSP. Only Safestrap. Do a little research before you brick your phone.
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Start reading here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
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Yp-G1 wont boot, only flashed a kernel

HI guys me again, heres the story, i went into cwm recovery, wiped everything i could in it, booted to download mode, flashed terrasilent through odin, i had it set to auto reboot so it did that and its stuck on the terrasilent screen, cant get into download mode, when will i learn lol
TheFro74 said:
HI guys me again, heres the story, i went into cwm recovery, wiped everything i could in it, booted to download mode, flashed terrasilent through odin, i had it set to auto reboot so it did that and its stuck on the terrasilent screen, cant get into download mode, when will i learn lol
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if you wiped everything, that means you wiped /system which means you have no OS anymore.
take out the battery --> put it back in --> hold power and volume down --> and flash a rom via odin/heimdall
I cant get into download mode, by pressing vol down and power, but the kernel animation runs
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TheFro74 said:
I cant get into download mode, by pressing vol down and power, but the kernel animation runs
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you have an intl or a us device?
International
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It shows up in odin but when i go to flash something it gets stuck on setupconnection
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International
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Well I the kernel animation runs, you should still be able to get into cwm. Can you confirm this please?
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How do you boot into cwm again?
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TheFro74 said:
How do you boot into cwm again?
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Pull out battery, put it back in, power and volume up
Make sure to press both of them at the same time
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No, just the samsung logo then kernel animation
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Bricked pllzzzzzzzz help

I just bricked my s2 the phone just shows a (phone triangle pc) the phone is not booting in recovery or download mode and odin is not even detecting my phone plzzzz is there any way........
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What was the cause? What were you trying to do? Bit more info please.
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I was flashing stock ics i selected the file but forgot to select pit file(i was in a hurry )
The odin stuck in the middle and that's the cause......
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Edit: odin is now detecting my device but when i try to flash a rom it fails :banghead:
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So you selected "repartition"?
He forgot to flash the pit file I guess, and that saved his device.
@ OP: Chill out and share with us what are you doing, what you wanna do and how are you planning to do it.
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sohail77 said:
I just bricked my s2 the phone just shows a (phone triangle pc) the phone is not booting in recovery or download mode and odin is not even detecting my phone plzzzz is there any way........
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Why the hell have you choosen a ROM with a .pit file ?
gastonw said:
He forgot to flash the pit file I guess, and that saved his device.
@ OP: Chill out and share with us what are you doing, what you wanna do and how are you planning to do it.
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Now odin is detecting my phone and when i try to flash a rom it says "FAIL"..... Do guys have any ideas on what should i do :banghead::banghead::banghead:
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Yeah, a bunch.
A little searching won't harm, just check the first 5 pages of Q&A.
We still don't know what you've done so far, so I guess you're in panic mode because you're not sharing this info with us.
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Does anyone ever had this symbol on their s2......... Because i see many people on YouTube with this symbol.......
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That's forced download, it's like download mode, but in this case, your phone is begging you to flash something.
As I said before, you need to tell us what phone you've got in order , for us, to tell you what you oughtta flash.
PS: for the love of god, what's up with the flowers!
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gastonw said:
PS: for the love of god, what's up with the flowers!
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Mothers' day
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gastonw said:
That's forced download, it's like download mode, but in this case, your phone is begging you to flash something.
As I said before, you need to tell us what phone you've got in order , for us, to tell you what you oughtta flash.
PS: for the love of god, what's up with the flowers!
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Lol
It's My sisters bed sheet
Update : as said in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21659039 i flashed kernel through odin and now my s2(i9100g) is stuck at the galaxy s2 logo and now i can't reboot in recovery or download and now odin doesn't detect my device now i think i don't have any chance to flash a rom :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: i think i got into a bigger trouble
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First off, say hi to your sister for me.
Second of all, get an I9100 ROM.
Third, when on that exclamation mark screen, flash that ROM.
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gastonw said:
First off, say hi to your sister for me.
Second of all, get an I9100 ROM.
Third, when on that exclamation mark screen, flash that ROM.
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How can i flash the rom without my phone booting in recovery or download mode and my odin doesn't recognise my device
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sohail77 said:
Does anyone ever had this symbol on their s2......... Because i see many people on YouTube with this symbol.......
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Aren't you getting that screen?
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gastonw said:
Aren't you getting that screen?
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In stuck at this screen forever
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That exclamation mark error is telling something bad has happen with earlier flash, ie unfinished flash, corrupt files etc. Back in the old days people usually use usb jig to force phone into nornal download mode again. That happen to me once and what i did is remove battery, hold the three button combination for download mode and while still holding those buttons, force reinsert the battery. Phone should boot into download mode and should be detected by pc and can be flashed via odin. Good luck with it
an0nym0us_ said:
That exclamation mark error is telling something bad has happen with earlier flash, ie unfinished flash, corrupt files etc. Back in the old days people usually use usb jig to force phone into nornal download mode again. That happen to me once and what i did is remove battery, hold the three button combination for download mode and while still holding those buttons, force reinsert the battery. Phone should boot into download mode and should be detected by pc and can be flashed via odin. Good luck with it
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Thanks
It booted in the download mode now downloading rom.........
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One more question I'm downloading from sammobile so can someone tell me best way to flash through odin.... Do i need a pit or what
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[Q] Too much rebooting time after factory reset

Hello all
I was doing factory reset on my Samsung Galaxy y duos GT-S6102 using ClockWorkMod recovery. For this I followed these steps. After it, on rebooting the system, it's taking too much time. It has already been upto 8-9 hours and still in process and it's being annoying now
Please tell me what's the general time it takes to reboot after formatting using ClockWorkMod recovery?
Sounds like you wiped your system partition, flash a new ROM or a backup
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demkantor said:
Sounds like you wiped your system partition, flash a new ROM or a backup
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Thanks for the reply demkantor. Yes I wiped my systems partition. So what to do now to get my phone start? For flashing a new ROM it requires the phone to be switched on.
Can you not boot into bootloader or recovery?
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demkantor said:
Can you not boot into bootloader or recovery?
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I am booting it into normal mode. Doesn't work
So you are saying you can not boot into recovery or bootloader no matter how hard you try? The only thing you can do is boot to os and it fails?
There is no way of getting into recovery mode or bootloader?
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demkantor said:
So you are saying you can not boot into recovery or bootloader no matter how hard you try? The only thing you can do is boot to os and it fails?
There is no way of getting into recovery mode or bootloader?
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No, I am saying that I tried both recovery or bootloader mode, it fails. And even booting in normal mode fails. The only thing I am seeing for hours while booting is the black screen with my phone name.
Unfortunately if you can't get into bootloader and have no functioning os or recovery there is nothing to do but JTAG, unless you phone has a download mode function. I'm unfamiliar with your specific phone but many samsungs have a download mode, can you get into this.
demkantor said:
Unfortunately if you can't get into bootloader and have no functioning os or recovery there is nothing to do but JTAG, unless you phone has a download mode function. I'm unfamiliar with your specific phone but many samsungs have a download mode, can you get into this.
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Yes....my Galaxy y duos GT-S6102 has download mod. What to do with it now?
Use Odin or hiemdall to flash back to stock, it will be like the day you got your phone, everything but SD card will be returned to stock.
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demkantor said:
Use Odin or hiemdall to flash back to stock, it will be like the day you got your phone, everything but SD card will be returned to stock.
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I used Odin and it worked. Thanks a lot :victory:
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Use Odin or hiemdall to flash back to stock, it will be like the day you got your phone, everything but SD card will be returned to stock.
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I used Odin and it worked. Thanks a lot :victory:

no recovery

Hey guys, I recently got a replacement device from best buy because my old ones screen broke. I successfully rooted the new device using the towelroot method. I just tried to install the loki recovery via goomanager and when I rebooted it just boots into odin mode and says that it "could not do normal boot." I've tried everything I can think of but cant get it to boot. Any help?
christianstudebaker said:
Hey guys, I recently got a replacement device from best buy because my old ones screen broke. I successfully rooted the new device using the towelroot method. I just tried to install the loki recovery via goomanager and when I rebooted it just boots into odin mode and says that it "could not do normal boot." I've tried everything I can think of but cant get it to boot. Any help?
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Have actually research what firmware you have and what recovery can be used. You do know that unless you have mdk...you can't use goomanger or twrp or Cwm right?
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decaturbob said:
Have actually research what firmware you have and what recovery can be used. You do know that unless you have mdk...you can't use goomanger or twrp or Cwm right?
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How many times do you think this same question has been asked and answered?
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riker147 said:
How many times do you think this same question has been asked and answered?
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Countless times....not even 15 mins of reading anything...
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christianstudebaker said:
Hey guys, I recently got a replacement device from best buy because my old ones screen broke. I successfully rooted the new device using the towelroot method. I just tried to install the loki recovery via goomanager and when I rebooted it just boots into odin mode and says that it "could not do normal boot." I've tried everything I can think of but cant get it to boot. Any help?
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I believe you are going to have to go with SafeStrap 3.72. You don't have an unlocked bootloader but Safestrap isn't bad. You can still install some really good roms
The problem is that I can't boot my phone now. It just boots into Odin mode. When I got my phone originally it wasn't mdk so I didn't have to deal with safestrap. So I didn't know there was other options.
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christianstudebaker said:
The problem is that I can't boot my phone now. It just boots into Odin mode. When I got my phone originally it wasn't mdk so I didn't have to deal with safestrap. So I didn't know there was other options.
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this is a stickie in general forum that all new S4 people should be required to read...I can not imagine how some one ignores a thread when its titled
What you need to know before, during and after modifying your verizon S4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
christianstudebaker said:
The problem is that I can't boot my phone now. It just boots into Odin mode. When I got my phone originally it wasn't mdk so I didn't have to deal with safestrap. So I didn't know there was other options.
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if you can get into download mode and have Odin, flash a full wipe or a no wipe tar and start over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172

I am reaching out for help. ODIN not flashing, and bricked.

Hello fellow members.
I have an S4 SCH-I545
I feel as if I'm out of options, I have read many forums for the past 3 days and cannot find a method that works. I am currently soft bricked and cannot get ODIN to successfully flash anything. When I pull the battery and try to boot it immediately takes me to ODIN Mode, and I can't seem to get into anything but that. Just recently it has given me a new image that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I don't exactly know what it is referring to but I have Kies and there is only an emergency recover area and that does nothing.
Am I out of options? Any help is extremely appreciated.
If I left anything out let me know.
jeffysonp said:
Hello fellow members.
I have an S4 SCH-I545
I feel as if I'm out of options, I have read many forums for the past 3 days and cannot find a method that works. I am currently soft bricked and cannot get ODIN to successfully flash anything. When I pull the battery and try to boot it immediately takes me to ODIN Mode, and I can't seem to get into anything but that. Just recently it has given me a new image that says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." I don't exactly know what it is referring to but I have Kies and there is only an emergency recover area and that does nothing.
Am I out of options? Any help is extremely appreciated.
If I left anything out let me know.
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What build were you on prior to this?? Jellybean...Kit Kat ?
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Mistertac said:
What build were you on prior to this?? Jellybean...Kit Kat ?
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aircooledbusses said:
Alright, I know this is not the help/question/noob thread, but I'm I'm a pickle. Redirect me if you must. Verizon s4 that was on nc5 baseband-i don't know the bootloader, but it was 4.4.2 if that helps. Rooted with towel root and twrp through too manager. Yeah, I know that's where the problem came from. So now the phone is (hopefully) in a soft brick state stuck in down load or Odin mode. Odin recognizes the phone. I don't care to keep DAT or retain root, I just was it to function. Is the nc5 full wipe with the pit my correct next step? Thank you in advance, razz me if you must, I deserve it
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Looks like me and snoopy are in the same boat, or at least our phone is in the same soft brick state. Is there any hope?
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aircooledbusses said:
Looks like me and snoopy are in the same boat, or at least our phone is in the same soft brick state. Is there any hope?
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Absolutely there is hope. We just need to know what exact build your phones were on prior to this soft brick. Then we'd know what Odin files to give you.
Then if there were still errors you could post them here for more help.
What were you guys doing exactly that brought you to this point?
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Mistertac said:
Absolutely there is hope. We just need to know what exact build your phones were on prior to this soft brick. Then we'd know what Odin files to give you.
Then if there were still errors you could post them here for more help.
What were you guys doing exactly that brought you to this point?
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I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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aircooledbusses said:
I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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Alright sorry to make you write that again.. I just now saw you included your quote from an earlier post.
Are you able to hop onto your PC and copy and paste what the Odin error is into this thread?
Trying to flash a custom recovery on anything other than MDK will certainly lead to a soft brick most of the time. However you should be able to recover your phone back.
Using the full wipe NC5 Odin file should do it.. However if that's not working for you only those errors being posted here will allow the right people to help you along.
May seem silly but have you tried simply trying another USB cable? I've seen people on here have Odin flashes fail just due to the cable.
Grab the Odin errors though if you can
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Mistertac said:
Alright sorry to make you write that again.. I just now saw you included your quote from an earlier post.
Are you able to hop onto your PC and copy and paste what the Odin error is into this thread?
Trying to flash a custom recovery on anything other than MDK will certainly lead to a soft brick most of the time. However you should be able to recover your phone back.
Using the full wipe NC5 Odin file should do it.. However if that's not working for you only those errors being posted here will allow the right people to help you along.
May seem silly but have you tried simply trying another USB cable? I've seen people on here have Odin flashes fail just due to the cable.
Grab the Odin errors though if you can
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Thank you, I'm traveling for the next few days, but will get set up with a different Samsung stock cable at my PC and report back. Knowing there is hope is a relief.
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Thank you, I'm traveling for the next few days, but will get set up with a different Samsung stock cable at my PC and report back. Knowing there is hope is a relief.
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There's definitely hope. If Odin can't bring you back I bet Heimdall could. It's a little more involved but obviously worth it.
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Awesome! I've never used hemidal yet, but have recently been doing much better with adb commands, so I'm totally willing to learn. I'll post back here in a few days
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I was trying to flash Hyperdrive and ended up having to update to NC5, I can't remember what my phone was out of the box, I will be able to tell you in a few hours when I get my box. I just got the phone last week, so probably 4.3.
aircooledbusses said:
I had baseband nc5. It was android version 4.4.2. Phone worked and I rooted it with towel root, the phone was rebooted and checked root with rootchecker. Then I flashed twrp 2.7.1 for jfltevzw with gooo manager and after that my problems began. Phone would not come out of Odin mode. I did try to Odin the nc5 emergency no wipe and it failed changing the Odin screen to the one that snoopy described.
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Your firmware is mdk?....because if you not mdk you CANT use goo manger or twrp or cwm. ...you can only use safestrap....If you were mdk...and you went to nc5 you can never go back.
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Your firmware is mdk?....because if you not mdk you CANT use goo manger or twrp or cwm. ...you can only use safestrap....If you were mdk...and you went to nc5 you can never go back.
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Uh yeah I think that was my mistake. The attempt to flash twrp while on nc5 borked the phone.
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Uh yeah I think that was my mistake. The attempt to flash twrp while on nc5 borked the phone.
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yep..definitely the mistake
this thread and links would have helped you before you jumped off the cliff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
also odin is very touchy with using usb cables, usb ports and computers
Looks like you are trying to Odin to an image that was lower firmware than what your phone was on. You might want to try flashing the full wipe nc5 image that has been posted. I can't link to it now as I'm on my phone but if you Google Odin full wipe Verizon nc5 it should bring you to the proper xda thread to get the file.
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yep..definitely the mistake
this thread and links would have helped you before you jumped off the cliff
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Yep, from the thread you suggest.......... "The number one reason people brick their Verizon Galaxy S4 phones is due to attempts to flash recovery using Goo Manager, dd, and other tools without understanding when those will or won't work. The Verizon S4 is very locked down, and will reject such attempts in most cases."
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NC5 is in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
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Slowbalt said:
Looks like you are trying to Odin to an image that was lower firmware than what your phone was on. You might want to try flashing the full wipe nc5 image that has been posted. I can't link to it now as I'm on my phone but if you Google Odin full wipe Verizon nc5 it should bring you to the proper xda thread to get the file.
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So I followed what you said and ended up using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I did the full wipe version, and it was successful, however I still cannot boot. It will give me the samsung icon with the unlocked padlock, and then just go black, I still can boot into ODIN mode but not into recovery. Any idea what's going on?
jeffysonp said:
So I followed what you said and ended up using this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I did the full wipe version, and it was successful, however I still cannot boot. It will give me the samsung icon with the unlocked padlock, and then just go black, I still can boot into ODIN mode but not into recovery. Any idea what's going on?
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Try booting into stock recovery and do a Factory Data Reset and wipe cache then reboot.
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Also once you're back to stock run Tri Angle Away to get rid of that annoying CUSTOM screen at boot lol can't stand that thing and on my phone it can make getting into CWM a pain as well.
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Try booting into stock recovery and do a Factory Data Reset and wipe cache then reboot.
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I can't seem to get into stock recovery either. I tried re-flashing and I still get the same results, when I try to boot into recovery I get the Samsung logo with the unlocked padlock, and then it just shuts down. :/

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