Samsung Galaxy S4

[Mr Feesh]

Yes.

Try this: with the usb cable plugged in, insert the battery while somehow still holding in down+home and pressing power. As soon as the screen goes black remove the battery.

You need to time this right before the loop starts.

Don't worry about power, the usb power will keep the phome going until you've flashed your new firmware.

Rinse and repeat until you get it to the download mode

You just goes into download mode, not safe mode

EDIT spelling error
meant yes just goes into download mode

 

[The_Ogre]

You just goes into download mode, not safe mode

Are you asking? In the affirmative, yes.

You need to have Odin, nothing else will work now.

 

[Mr Feesh]

Are you asking? In the affirmative, yes.

You need to have Odin, nothing else will work now.

meant yes ok, so need to put odin and download the latest android firmware from samobile?

downloading version 4.4.2 got the phone into the download mode, odin installed. so now its just wait and see

 

[The_Ogre]

Yesh. Give it a shot, you've got nothing to lose.

I managed to get it into download mode with the above method whe my wife's S3 was stuck in a boot loop.

No reason why it won't work on an S4

 

[Mr Feesh]

Yesh. Give it a shot, you've got nothing to lose.

I managed to get it into download mode with the above method whe my wife's S3 was stuck in a boot loop.

No reason why it won't work on an S4

downloaded the firmware from SAmobile which is an md5 file? odin says i need a PIT file? ideas?

EDIT - added it to the bootloader partition loading now

 

[The_Ogre]

Stop!

 

[The_Ogre]

Sorry, was walking when I made that last post

Leave any and ALL default settings as is. The only thing you need to do is click on the PDA button and select the .md5 file.

 

[Mr Feesh]

Sorry, was walking when I made that last post

Leave any and ALL default settings as is. The only thing you need to do is click on the PDA button and select the .md5 file.

using odin 3.09, no option for PDA...
its installing now..

EDIT. Didn't work, downloaded odin 3.07 now and it has the PDA option

take 2

 

[The_Ogre]

Its the second button. Most folks use 3.07

 

[Mr Feesh]

Its the second button. Most folks use 3.07

no luck it didn't work odin said pass so everything went fine.

will try download a different firmware version now

 

[The_Ogre]

Exactly what did you do. Step by step please

 

[Mr Feesh]

Exactly what did you do. Step by step please

http://forums.androidcentral.com/am...ide-samsung-how-flash-stock-rom-via-odin.html

followed this link, exactly and removed my phone once odin said pass, per the link
i removed the battery as soon as the phone went into download mode

 

[Mr Feesh]

just dropped it off at Samsung to get fixed. hopefully will have it back tomorrow.


just collected my phone not bad, 3 hours to fix it

 

[boxerulez]

cant even get it into safe mode? am i correct its volume down, home button and poweR?

It's volume up home and power on my devices.

 

[Sinbad]

Up for recovery, down for download

 

[Mr Feesh]

It's volume up home and power on my devices.

had tried this combo to but nothing happened, all fixed now tho

 

[Rickster]

Has anyones S4 started to bend as speculated?


I would like to get my mom one for her upgrade.

 

[KSINGH]

Has anyones S4 started to bend as speculated?


I would like to get my mom one for her upgrade.

Bend? Speculated by?

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Has anyones S4 started to bend as speculated?


I would like to get my mom one for her upgrade.

This isn't the iPhone 6, dude. You trollin?

 

[Rickster]

XDA forum user Phonage reports his Galaxy S4 bent when he put it in his front jeans pocket like always.

That statement.