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    Samsung S4 stuck in Boot Loop. Suggestions please!

    thanks man for all your help. you're a rockstar :))))
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    Samsung S4 stuck in Boot Loop. Suggestions please!

    Okay, this is kinda unusual. My phone is working again. But I’m not sure how. These are the steps I took... I was trying to move all the photos from internal memory to SD card. This took a long time because I only had 10 seconds each time to quickly copy across before the phone restarted. Took...
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    Samsung S4 stuck in Boot Loop. Suggestions please!

    Yes, I wiped cache partition via System Recovery screen. Yes I've connected the phone before. I haven't tried yet.....what i'm doing now is moving important photos from phone memory to the SD card. seems to be working but very slow going. The apps i meant were those that came with the system.
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    Samsung S4 stuck in Boot Loop. Suggestions please!

    nahoku. this is totally useful and big props to you for writing it all out for me. i’m a real newb at this so its super helpful. props! it’s looking like i’m gonna do a factory reset via the phone. i’ve been waiting because i was trying to discover a way to get some photos that are important...
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    Samsung S4 stuck in Boot Loop. Suggestions please!

    nahoku. this is helpful, totally. thanks for writing it. it sounds kinda daunting. on the up side, it does mean i can get rid of all those apps that came preloaded. 1, whats the difference between flashing the phone and doing the 'master reset' I mentioned in the post above? Also, if I pay a...
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    Samsung S4 stuck in Boot Loop. Suggestions please!

    thanks nahoku. already tried without sim and SD, no difference. jc, i had to look up what you mean by Odin. I still don't fully understand. I was going to do a master reset as described here: https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-5744 would that not be enough? nahoku, I looked up reflash...
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    Samsung S4 stuck in Boot Loop. Suggestions please!

    nahoku thanks for the reply. I tried your suggestion now. battery recharge is fine, I charged it yesterday no prob. Now at 45% and charging fine. Switched on the phone with the charger plugged in, into safe mode. No difference.
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    Samsung S4 stuck in Boot Loop. Suggestions please!

    Hello android peeps. got a prob and maybe one of you can help me solve it. here's hoping! My S4 is stuck in boot loop. This happened two days ago, very suddenly. It will start as normal and then after 10 seconds restart. And so on in a continuous loop. A few points that may prove helpful...