Samsung Galaxy s4 sgh-i337 boot recovery loop

[Android Central Question]

Hello,

I have an S4 from ATT and after it ran out of battery last night it is now booting directly to recovery mode.

When I plug the charger it wont show the battery charging icon, it just makes a short vibration every like 10 seconds and the screen remains black.

I removed the battery and put it back again and tried to press volume down + power button to access the other mode but it wont allow me.

Since It just allows me to access the recovery mode, I performed a wipe data reset and it when through successfully but when phone restarted it took me back to the recovery screen again.

What can I do to fix this?

 

[mustang7757]

Sounds like corrupt firmware , you'll need to flash through Odin. Did you try root or custom recovery on this ?


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[Xenos White]

No, I did not try to root or custom recovery. My phone is from ATT so it has the bootloader locked. Can I still flash it with Odin? is so, is there any tutorial on how to do it? Thank you

 

[mustang7757]

Hi welcome!

This is the steps if any question dont hesitate to ask .

https://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=499009

 

[Xenos White]

Hello again Mustang,
My issue now is that the phone does not want to go into download mode. I am trying the vol. down + Home + Pwr button combination and it's not working. Also just trying vol. down + Pwr button combination and nothing.
Is there anyway to do it without entering the download mode?
Thank you.

 

[mustang7757]

Hello again Mustang,
My issue now is that the phone does not want to go into download mode. I am trying the vol. down + Home + Pwr button combination and it's not working. Also just trying vol. down + Pwr button combination and nothing.
Is there anyway to do it without entering the download mode?
Thank you.

Hi, it needs download mode , it's the only way it can download the firmware . If you can't then try smart switch don't know if it will work for older Samsung device and choose software recovery.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Have you also tried a different battery? I wonder if the battery has failed, and can only give enough juice to keep the Recovery Menu on screen.