i9505 Stuck in boot screen after cracked screen replacement

I have a Galaxy S4 (i9505) that had a cracked screen which rendered the phone unusable (it looked like a squid had squirted ink all over the screen from within, touch still worked, but I could barely see a thing), so I bought a replacement lcd/digitiser, etc, took the phone apart, replaced the screen, put everything back together and now...I cannot get past the boot screen.

I was previously running CM12 (some nightly build from a couple of months back) and had had no troubles with it at all.
I have ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.4.7 running as recovery and can flash, wipe, etc, but none of this works.
I've currently only tried wipe data/factory reset and re-flashing CM12 and CM11.

I'm considering flashing TouchWiz, full stock, to see if that works, but really...I hate TW so it's far from ideal.
Then again, having a broken phone is less ideal than TW, so I'll take anything at this point :)

Does anyone have any suggestions?
Have I messed something in the hardware that could cause this?

The fact that I can get to recovery and/or bootloader, says to me that things should be ok, but I'm quite confused.

Should I try flashing a stock ROM with ODIN instead?
Am I missing something simple?

Any help is most appreciated.

Patrick.

I9505 charging after root

Hi,I rooted my s4 and tripped Knox,I don't mind as I don't need it and then deleted all Knox folders installed su and twrp and a kitkat 4.4.4 ROM...problem is when I plug charger in when phone off it don't show its charging on the indicator and only charges when on....also when it boots it says not seanlinux enforcing and other stuff in white tx ubove that I don't get a chance to read,also when in download mode there is also all the white tx displayed,more than just the usual...could any give me some info on this please..thanks kindly.

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S4 LTE i9505 soft bricked!

Hi, Ive been stuck with this problem for about 3 days now. I have tried EVERYTHING possible and now I'm getting impatient. I've tried every advice on almost every forum or blog. But still cant seem to resolve the issue.

I was running echoe rom 5.1 and tried to flash cm 12 on it through philz recovery. It failed the first time but I was able to access philz. Then I tried to flash stock firmware through Odin and I dont know what happened, it failed and I got an error "Firmware upgrade failed and try recovering through kies...."

I tried kies, my device wasnt able to connect( I tried all the ports and cables I have) and even reinstalled kies just to check. No luck.

Then I killed all the kies processes and tried to flash a stock firmware, this time odin gave an error "PIT partition not found".

I have tried multiple PIT files for i9505 16gb with multiple stock roms on multiple versions of Odin (1.85, 3.07, 3.09, 3.10) some forums asked to tick 're-partition', some said to untick 'auto reboot', Ive tried all of them, still fails.

I can only access download mode on my phone right now, not philz recovery and neither stock android recovery.

my write protection is also enabled, I think this is the core issue, once the protection is disabled, PIT can re partition and flash a stock, and once a stock is flashed, I can flash any recovery and flash any custom ROM through that.

I have been flashing and rooting androids since the last 2 years and never encountered such a problem. Always found some solution online.

I would really appreciate if you guys could help with the problem. Thanks

S4 i9505 kernels

Hi all.so I'm used to the s3 and now I have the s4,running a.o.s.b kitkat 4.4.4 rom,can I use boeffla kernel on this as I like how I can configure the boeffla,or are there any others I can use...thanks all.

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i9505 vs i9506 - Which one should I buy?

Hello!
I am about to buy a Samsung Galaxy S4, but I have 2 options. For 190€ a normal i9505 (Black Mist) and 215€ for a black edition i9506 (the leather one).
They are both 16GB version so the only difference between them is the model no. and obviously the processor.
Considering the price difference and the hardware, I would buy the i9506 without a doubt! But... there's XDA and development...
I'm not here for that long to be able to tell if the i9506 gets about the same love as the i9505... Performance wise, how they compare to each other?

I want to be able to unlock the bootloader, install recovery, be a flashaholic like I am with my current Galaxy Nexus. I don't need to have like thousands of roms avaiable but I wanted at least the major ones (like CM, Omni, AOSP) to be avaiable and work without a problem. Do I still have that in the i9506? I'm seriously needing help with this, which one should I buy considering this community and kernel+rom avaiability?

[i9505] back button stopped working

hi, I have an i9505 which I recently restored to stock (I previously had cm12.1). I flashed germany 4.4.2 kitkat and it worked fine.
I did all the updates using OTA, which at the end updates the phone to 5.0.1. Now I have the latest version (XXUHOH2), but I noticed that the back button doesn't work anymore, it doesn't even light up when I press it. The menu button works fine instead. I factory restored the phone through official recovery but it didn't change anything. Is it possible that the back button suddenly stopped working after I updated to the latest version because of an hardware failure, or is it a software problem? The phone hasn't dropped off the table once, and even with the first lollipop update the button worked.

S4 i9505 stock KitKat firmware

Hi all, could anyone give me the stock KitKat btu firmware to flash through odin,as my phone is stock lollipop and I can't stand it,I've searched for 3 days and cannot find it,I've looked on sammobile and only see lollipop..thanks loads.[emoji3]

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S4 i9505 - gpe update to 5.1

hI I use the rom on my singnature and I get this : I must update or no ?

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i9505 question for storage in last ROM

my Engilish is not good.
i have i9505 galaxy S4 from Germany . and i make full update . and have baseband i9505XXUHOH2 .
and i make full restore. and look the picture this is normal ? 16GB ROM and 6.73gb rom only the system memory?
and i have only 8-9gb free..

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[Q] GT I9505 Overheat

Hi Guys,
Im got the Galaxy s4 I9505 Black Edition and my phone gets hot at the top of the screen, for example when i watching youtube videos or using the browser. It is really annoying so i want to ask u guys, is there a Custom ROM or a Kernel which avoid the overheat problem?
It will be really nice if someone could help me

King Regards

AT&T i9505?

I am in the UK, I bought an i9505 S4 cheap on fleabay. It was a new phone, it arrived and its AT&T Branded. Is this the same phone that is sold in the UK? Will the 4G bands etc work in the UK?

Replace audio input on my S4 I9505

Hello,

I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 I9505 and my audio input where I put my headphones is broken.

I have no experience in replacing some elements of a device and so, I would like to know if someone know how I can replace audio input of my S4 ? Is it possible ? If yes, some links where I can buy component ?

Thanks for your help and your feedbacks.

Sylvain

How to remove knox counter? (0x1) on i9505 (lollipop 5.0)

Triangle Away won't do jack. Do I downgrade to 4.2.2? Any solution?

do I need jfte or i9505 file when using clockwork mod?

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It's running lollipop oc1 and I have flash fire...

How to get xposed working on i9505

Hi I have a i9505 running the latest cm12.1 nightly and also the latest twrp recovery. I've flashed many different sdk versions but nothing works. After installing the xposed app and rebooting when I go to frameworks i get the message "Xposed is not yet compatible with android sdk version 22 or your processor architecture.