Hello guys, I have a serious predicament that needs to be solved.
I haven't did anything major to my phone in years so the past couple days have been a nightmare. Ever since I did a wipe of cache partition after trying to get rid of this "unfortunately, contacts stopped working." message, it's sent my phone into a spiraling disaster. (I have been using stock 5.0 rooted rom for at least a year so idk why the sudden issues)
I've literally tried every method imaginable. I even tried flashing with different versions of Odin and still the exact same problems.
I can get my phone into DL mode easily but Recovery mode only works if I have the phone plugged in at this point (Actually, it seems like the only time when my phone wants to work)
Every time I'm done flashing, it'll load all the way up to the T-Mobile screen then restart the loop all over again :/
Really need help seeing as I need to get this situation handled before work today, thanks!
Nevermind, after more research, I decided to order a new battery and the problem is solved.
Bootloop solved with replacement battery
gkenga said:
Nevermind, after more research, I decided to order a new battery and the problem is solved.
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A replacement battery also solved my boot loop issue. Prior to replacement, it would boot to Galaxy S5 screen, and then reboot. Replaced battery and boots. Put the old battery back in, and it boot looped.
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i bought a phone off ebay in december. the phone was working well and then i decided to start installing different Roms on my phone. the phone was not s-off when i was installing these roms. about two weeks ago my phone just started to restart. it does not stay on for more than a minute before it restarts and i have no idea why it is happening. i would really appreciate any help in this matter because it is really frustrating. i think it is a software problem because the phone does not restart when it is in recovery mode or if it is in bootloader mode. if there is anything...anything at all you can do to help me it would be greatly appreciated.
hvagrantz said:
i bought a phone off ebay in december. the phone was working well and then i decided to start installing different Roms on my phone. the phone was not s-off when i was installing these roms. about two weeks ago my phone just started to restart. it does not stay on for more than a minute before it restarts and i have no idea why it is happening. i would really appreciate any help in this matter because it is really frustrating. i think it is a software problem because the phone does not restart when it is in recovery mode or if it is in bootloader mode. if there is anything...anything at all you can do to help me it would be greatly appreciated.
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It would nice if you put a title to your thread instead of just [Q].
Anyway, if you suspect its a software problem, why not just flash back to stock and see if it persists? If the problem is still there, then it's most likely a hardware issue. I would replace the battery first.
Sorry about that .. it was the first time i posted something and wasn't really sure what to do. and i replaced the battery and the problem is still there .. i flashed and it still restarted. the weird thing is that if i'm doing something it doesn't restart. like if i'm using the phone as a hotspot it doesn't restart. but as soon as i stop it restarts. or if i'm using the camera it doesn't restart.
Did you wipe/format everything before flashing/flashing back to stock? Are you on CWM or EXT4? Some more details would be helpful.
yes i did that. i used superwipe. i am also 4EX and i S-off the device also. i tried installing the stock rom but it didnt work. it is confusing because once i am in recovery the phone stays on. but as soon as i turn it on it just keeps restarting. the phone boots up and then restarts.
Hi there guys, In need of some help here! Had my S3 for 8 months now and its been fine, Never rooted, Always been on stock OS's from day one.. About a week ago I started to get random reboots and freezes, A battery pull would fix the issue for a while but then it would come back again, They became more and more frequent and then I did the latest update, 4.1.2 (I think) It worked fine for a day and then yesterday morning I had like one restart, After a battery pull it worked fine. Put it in in my pocket and carried on doing my work. When I next looked at it it was on the samsung boot screen, I thought it must be another random reboot, But this time it kept looping over and over, Makes the little jingle sound with the samsung logo and then repeats constantly.. I did a wipe data/cache from the recovery mode and that didn't change anything, I then flashed the latest unbranded UK OS via Odin, But that didn't do anything either, The only difference that made was that it gave me a false hope as when i booted it, It say 'Optimising Apps' an then went from 0 to 30 something but sadly, After that it began its looping of the samsung logo again. Anyone heard of a case like this? Where an unrooted phone 'bricks' itself? Could it be hardware?.. Hopefully someone can help.. I hope Samsung UK will fix this under warranty! Fingers crossed they will! Any help would be much much appreciated.. Thanks!
It sounds like a partial SDS hardware fault if you stayed on the previous UK ROM and didn't update to XXELLA until just a week ago, return it to Samsung for a new motherboard.
ELLA contained a fix which prevents SDS, but won't cure it if it's already happened.
JayS3 said:
Hi there guys, In need of some help here! Had my S3 for 8 months now and its been fine, Never rooted, Always been on stock OS's from day one.. About a week ago I started to get random reboots and freezes, A battery pull would fix the issue for a while but then it would come back again, They became more and more frequent and then I did the latest update, 4.1.2 (I think) It worked fine for a day and then yesterday morning I had like one restart, After a battery pull it worked fine. Put it in in my pocket and carried on doing my work. When I next looked at it it was on the samsung boot screen, I thought it must be another random reboot, But this time it kept looping over and over, Makes the little jingle sound with the samsung logo and then repeats constantly.. I did a wipe data/cache from the recovery mode and that didn't change anything, I then flashed the latest unbranded UK OS via Odin, But that didn't do anything either, The only difference that made was that it gave me a false hope as when i booted it, It say 'Optimising Apps' an then went from 0 to 30 something but sadly, After that it began its looping of the samsung logo again. Anyone heard of a case like this? Where an unrooted phone 'bricks' itself? Could it be hardware?.. Hopefully someone can help.. I hope Samsung UK will fix this under warranty! Fingers crossed they will! Any help would be much much appreciated.. Thanks!
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Which firmware are you using?
as Boomboomer said, if you never did a firmware upgrade before your last upgrade you are probably encountering issues with SDS. new motherboerd required
Good luck!
Hey guys,
So my problem started 2 days ago.I had lollipop from the archi weekly and the last update i suddenly got random reboots and later that day it started with a constant boot loop and if i get lucky i can start my phone for a minute and then again the same thing.So i had problems with going to recovery/download mode even there i got boot loops.However,i took another battery from a friend of mine and i managed to get in recovery and delete dalvik/cache.But didnt work.So i read and realized i had to install stock rom and i did now i am with jelly bean and even now i sometimes get boot loops and after a while everything is fine.So i have a coupe of questions:
1.Is it possible that the problem might come from the battery?
2.Even now with this rom my sim card is not working,i cant call anyone how can i fix it?
3.How to fix everything ?
Thank you.
Edit: i did also a factory reset.
1. A broken battery max causes random boots. A broken power-button too. Test it with your friend's battery.
2. You probably lost your IMEI.
when i write *#06# i have IMEI number so i guess this means i havent lost it?
Compare with IMEI on label behind battery. If it's the same, you win.
well is not the same so i dont win what does it mean?
It means, it's a factory-IMEI: worthless.
Perhaps this helps.
hello everyone, my stock s6 edge on rogers is stuck in a boot loop all of a sudden, fully stock and unmodded, running 5.0.2. i was just walking and listening to music through bluetooth headphones and all of a sudden it stopped, and i looked at my phone and it was rebooting. so i just waited and its still stuck in a boot loop after an hour. it gets to the lock screen sometimes, and then after like a second or 2 just reboots again. i have not tinkered or have done anything to my phone either, and had no issues with random reboots ever, so i have no idea what could have happened
some extra info, when it reboots it doesnt always go to the galaxy s6 edge screen, it sometimes just shows the samsung logo with the animation. i have also tried to wipe cache and that didnt work either. after a few reboots however the stock theme was applied at some point. also i tried booting into safe mode and that also didnt work.
i really dont want to wipe my phone, but i will if it is absolutely necessary. so if anyone has any other suggestions that i can try out it will be very much appreciated!
thanks!
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hello everyone, my stock s6 edge on rogers is stuck in a boot loop all of a sudden, fully stock and unmodded, running 5.0.2. i was just walking and listening to music through bluetooth headphones and all of a sudden it stopped, and i looked at my phone and it was rebooting. so i just waited and its still stuck in a boot loop after an hour. it gets to the lock screen sometimes, and then after like a second or 2 just reboots again. i have not tinkered or have done anything to my phone either, and had no issues with random reboots ever, so i have no idea what could have happened
some extra info, when it reboots it doesnt always go to the galaxy s6 edge screen, it sometimes just shows the samsung logo with the animation. i have also tried to wipe cache and that didnt work either. after a few reboots however the stock theme was applied at some point. also i tried booting into safe mode and that also didnt work.
i really dont want to wipe my phone, but i will if it is absolutely necessary. so if anyone has any other suggestions that i can try out it will be very much appreciated!
thanks!
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I have had said problem before under the same circumstances (although it was with a different phone)
Try using Odin to install the stock Firmware.
A thread explaining how is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If you don't want the firmware listed in that thread, download from Sammobile.
While some users say it does not wipe the phone, it wipes every time I use it
If this does not work, you should get a warranty replacement.
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I have had said problem before under the same circumstances (although it was with a different phone)
Try using Odin to install the stock Firmware.
A thread explaining how is right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/general/sm-g925f-s6-firmware-thread-t3078841
If you don't want the firmware listed in that thread, download from Sammobile.
While some users say it does not wipe the phone, it wipes every time I use it
If this does not work, you should get a warranty replacement.
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Thank you for the reply!
weird thing is it fixed itself .. few hours after it started it just booted back up and didnt reboot again, and has been running fine for the past couple hours. but if this happens again i will know what to try next time
Hey guys, not sure if there was another thread with this issue but I couldn't find it.
Yesterday at work my phone suddenly froze and then restarted into a bootloop and this is what I did:
I pulled the battery out for a good 10 minutes and tried it back again and it was the same thing again with the bootloop.
I tried to put it in Safe Mode and it started up and then after awhile it froze again and jumped back into the bootloop and wouldn't go back into Safe Mode again.
This time I tried clearing the cache and that didn't work.
Next thing I tried was to Factory Data Reset the phone and it came up after that where I had to go through the whole setup wizard and everything like it was a new phone again. But not long after the phone was running fine it started restarting every couple minutes or if I go in What's App or something else.
I figured that something is wrong with the system itself so I downloaded the 22A update for the VS990 on my laptop (where the version 11B was currently on the phone) to try and update it and honestly that was a bad move because when I tried to flash VIA LGUP, the phone restarted during the process and now I'm getting this on at the top left corner of the logo screen then it reboots continously:
Boot verification failed!!
- cause: MISMATCH_SIG_LEN
Can anyone please help me out, love this phone so much and not looking to get a new one or change it anytime soon :crying::crying:
Are you in warranty or have insurance with extended warranty? Sounds like you'll have to contact VZW and get a replacement. Hopefully you're covered.
Sent from my VS990 using Tapatalk
I'm really not sure as I bought the phone 2nd hand from Ebay, bought it in August so probably., so would have to contact the original owner and see what he has to say. Sigh only if I could get it to stay on the logo screen at least without restarting I could try flashing it again.