Black screen after flashing stock ROM (Galaxy S4 INTL) - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everyone,
As the title says, I get a black screen after my Galaxy S4 boots up. It boots up like normal, but after the Samsung logo appears, my screen goes black and the only thing that is seen on it are two icons on the top right of the screen. I used Odin to flash the stock Android 5.0.1 firmware. I tried using Kies to restore the firmware, but it gives me a message saying that the initialisating isn't supported by GT-I9505. I've visited at least 10 different forums and they all tell me to flash the stock firmware again, which doesn't work. I should also note that my phone doesn't boot into recovery mode for some reason. It says in the top left corner that it's booting into recovery mode, but then it shuts itself off and on again, and just boots like normal.
Hope someone's got a solution to this..

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[Q] SIII will not boot

Hi
So I've had my Samsung SIII for just over 18 months, and it's all worked fine etc. I've never rooted it or anything.
But this morning it will not boot up. When I try to switch it on the start up sequence happens, but it gets stuck on the flashing Samsung splash screen. If I turn it off it just restarts and ends up back on that screen. The only way to stop it is to take the battery out.
I've tried starting it in recovery mode (power+home button+vol up), but the standing, open android just flashes and I end up with the android lay down with the red exclamation mark from there. It then loops between the two androids and the Samsung SIII start up logo screen. I have tried to press the volume buttons whilst on the red exclamation mark screen but cannot get to anywhere from it.
However, it will load the download mode (power+home button+ vol down) just fine.
I have looked all over but most people encountering anything similar have rooted their devices, which I have not.
Also, last week I lost all of my contacts which were stored on the device (I don't know why) but that might have something to do with it.
I don't particularly want to hard reset the phone and lose everything, but if it's the only solution I will do.
Thanks.
In download mode is the product number shown or a blank?
If it shows i9300 then you have a good chance of flashing either a full stock rom or a rescue firmware (see general forum) using odin. You will need to factory reset in recovery afterward, but your data is almost certainly unrecoverable.
If the product number is blank then you have partial SDS and require a new motherboard.
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rachypoo said:
Hi
So I've had my Samsung SIII for just over 18 months, and it's all worked fine etc. I've never rooted it or anything.
But this morning it will not boot up. When I try to switch it on the start up sequence happens, but it gets stuck on the flashing Samsung splash screen. If I turn it off it just restarts and ends up back on that screen. The only way to stop it is to take the battery out.
I've tried starting it in recovery mode (power+home button+vol up), but the standing, open android just flashes and I end up with the android lay down with the red exclamation mark from there. It then loops between the two androids and the Samsung SIII start up logo screen. I have tried to press the volume buttons whilst on the red exclamation mark screen but cannot get to anywhere from it.
However, it will load the download mode (power+home button+ vol down) just fine.
I have looked all over but most people encountering anything similar have rooted their devices, which I have not.
Also, last week I lost all of my contacts which were stored on the device (I don't know why) but that might have something to do with it.
I don't particularly want to hard reset the phone and lose everything, but if it's the only solution I will do.
Thanks.
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Do has boomboomer said above but as a last resort before flashing back to stock or a rescue firmware if you flash PhilZ recovery in download mode with odin.You then have a Aroma option in PhilZ recovery to browse and copy phone files so you may be able to recover some data pictures etc.
Please read PhilZ thread >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860 << and the special features thread about Aroma file manager in post #3
Please note use as a last resort to get your data back! and read everything! Also all this is presuming you can get into PhilZ recovery after flashing..
I'm having the same problem , been looking through lots of topics. When I switch on the phone it's not booting android guy lays on his back. Download mode and Android Recovery are in my range.
I've been trying to flash stock-firmware from sammobile.com with ODIN but no effect , I mean It all went OK in Odin Operation list than fially phone reset and PASS. But this android guy is still laying on his back and making fun of me xD
Before trying to get back to stock ROM, I've had rooted phone and installed RR with 4.4.2 for S3, now I don't have a clue what shall I do next ...
Any ideas ? (the noob[me] have asked )
Stuck on samsung logo
Hi my s3 got stuck in the boot samsung logo.
It happend after I went to CWM app and created partition from there.
After I reboot it , then it froze down there.
S3-rooted running cyanogen mod 10.2
Teamdaiwa said:
Hi my s3 got stuck in the boot samsung logo.
It happend after I went to CWM app and created partition from there.
After I reboot it , then it froze down there.
S3-rooted running cyanogen mod 10.2
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You buggered the partitions .
Remove partition .
SOLVED >>
I have solved my problem with this lying android guy on his back , after trying to get back stock. So the thing was on my phone there have been left the kernel from Resurection Remix , I have updated it to Custom Kernel from this topic
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563562
And my newest version of stock firmware is swimming very nice I hope This will help someone

[Q] Stuck on recovery boot screen

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-I747m unlocked and rooted. I was thinking that this was the same process as model i9300 but maybe not. I went through the steps of trying to install Cyanogenmod (cyanogenmod wiki for i9300) and got through most of it except got stuck on step 2 of the bottom section where it wants you to boot into the Clockwork recovery. All that showed on my phone was some blue text in the top left saying "Recovery Booting..." with the Samsung logo for about a second, then it would go black. I was still able to boot up normally so I decided to download ROM manager from the Playstore and see if I can boot to Clockwork that way. It rebooted the phone with the same blue text then went black again. No matter what I do now it only does this. I tried holding volume up + home + power and also tried volume down + home + power but I see the same screen with the blue text then black. I'm thinking that since I encrypted my phone via the Android OS a while back this might be preventing access to Clockwork. I forgot that I did so. Nothing happens when I plug it into the computer and nothing seems to happen when I plug it in when Odin is running. Any help to get this booted up in any would be appreciated.
Are you flashing correct rom? i9300 roms won't work on i747m and might even brick it. Might be better moving this to correct forum.
ghostofcain said:
Are you flashing correct rom? i9300 roms won't work on i747m and might even brick it. Might be better moving this to correct forum.
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I thought my I747 was the same as the i9300 but I guess not and that's probably where it went wrong. I just want the phone usable at this point.

[Q] TAB 10.1 Note 800 GT-N8000 boot hang on white screen.

Hi,
First thanks for joining me. My concern is about my Tab 10.1 Samsung GT-N8000 / Note800, my warranty got over 2 months back. I tried to start my tab one morning and it got stuck on Samsung logo, then I tried to get into programming mode by volume dn + power it gave me a screen downloading and is stuck on that since then, the status shows as below
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME GT-N8000
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO
CURRENT BINARY: SAMSUNG OFFICAL
SYSTEM STATUS: CUSTOM
With this the rest screen shows "Downloading....do not turn off target!!"
It remains stuck to this for days; on reboot a plain whit screen shows some times with colored dots and sometimes just white. I have gone to service centre they say it’s a mother board & screen issue to me its sounds senseless. I have never tried any update or ODIN please suggests I am stuck up.
Same issue here, if i try flashing a new version of android onto the device through Odin, I get a missing PIT file message. The phone wont connect through Kies either, just stays on connecting.

Galaxy S5 Won't Boot!

Last night I downloaded the latest CM13 for Feb. 14 on my phone and was going to update. After the download finished it gave me the option to reboot and update so I said Ok. Ever since then my phone hasn't booted up to anything. I try booting into recovery mode and download mode but all I get is the Galaxy S5 screen and then the Android logo with text under that reads "Installing System Update" but it flashes the logo. What I mean by that is the screen is black for about 10 seconds and then the logo and text just pop up for a second and back to the black screen. I did leave it alone for hours to see if maybe it updated or something but still nothing.
This is what pops up = imgur(dot)com/u6qOC6c
(Sorry, it wouldn't let me post links)
Is my phone bricked? Is there anyway to fix this issue?
Thanks.
Calm down, phones brick all the time. And yours isn't bricked. Anyway, put it in download mode and than flash a stock ROM back.
Than do all the process for installing Cyanogenmod again with a clean install. Good luck!

[Help] s6 edge froze even turned off

hi there, is there anyone experiencing the problem on my s6 edge sm-925i ksa,
problem:
it hangs as soon as samsung galaxy edge logo appears, sometimes it can go to samsung dim dim logo but still frozen and even when i charged it turned off after a minute or two it hang and not responsive unless i do the power + volume down button to force restart it. i cant even go to recovery mode because of that hangs.
troubleshooting:
i can flash new firmware via odin w/pit files.
downloaded the factory firmware via frija
i do flashing other firmwares but stills hangs on samsung logo..
i also did the erase nand in odin but still no success booting up
installed twrp but frozen after a minute on twrp
model:sm-925i
csc:ksa
hope someone can help me fix my phone
jmvitan said:
hi there, is there anyone experiencing the problem on my s6 edge sm-925i ksa,
problem:
it hangs as soon as samsung galaxy edge logo appears, sometimes it can go to samsung dim dim logo but still frozen and even when i charged it turned off after a minute or two it hang and not responsive unless i do the power + volume down button to force restart it. i cant even go to recovery mode because of that hangs.
troubleshooting:
i can flash new firmware via odin w/pit files.
downloaded the factory firmware via frija
i do flashing other firmwares but stills hangs on samsung logo..
i also did the erase nand in odin but still no success booting up
installed twrp but frozen after a minute on twrp
model:sm-925i
csc:ksa
hope someone can help me fix my phone
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After you flash stock firmware, the first boot can take 15-30 minutes so leave it a little while

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