I've try many times but can't get it to boot to recovery or download mode.
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I am getting the exact same screen...cant get it to recovery or download mode.
its not bricked, I had this many times while pulling the usb or battery while in odin. Plug in the usb and press and hold vol up and down and power. When the screen goes black let go of power while continuing to hold vol up and down. Should bring you back to download mode
I was able to get it into download mode and flash the rom. Thanks
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I was able to get it into download mode and flash the rom. Thanks
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How'd you get it to flash? I got that same screen but in ODIN it just sits at cache.rfs... nothing good happening after that. It is basically frozen.
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B
OMG I finally got it. I had to leave ODIN open after it stuck at file analysis. I then took out the battery of the phone and put it back into download mode. I click start in ODIN and thankfully... she's flashing back to stock 2.1. I had tried a million different ways... ODIN is not exceptionally stable. No bueno. I think I'm going to keep the stock Kernal cause this was scary... lol.
Regards,
B
I used odin too. Good to know your's working now
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I've try many times but can't get it to boot to recovery or download mode.
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I had the same problem.
What you have to do is run Odin with the usb connected to the phone, then you unplug and plug the usb back in, hold the vol - and + with the power button at the same time, once the screen goes black, release the power button, but keep holding the vol - and + buttons and Odin will recognize your phone. then the phone will be at the downloading screen
That's how it worked for me.
What did you do to get your phone in this state? Try to root ??
vibrantFTW said:
OMG I finally got it. I had to leave ODIN open after it stuck at file analysis. I then took out the battery of the phone and put it back into download mode. I click start in ODIN and thankfully... she's flashing back to stock 2.1. I had tried a million different ways... ODIN is not exceptionally stable. No bueno. I think I'm going to keep the stock Kernal cause this was scary... lol.
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B
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Yup. The key part is to leave ODIN open.
Please help! I have the same issue. I have been trying for hours with no luck.
I cannot seem to get into download mode. I have tried everything you guys suggested.
Mr_creeper_98 said:
I had the same problem.
What you have to do is run Odin with the usb connected to the phone, then you unplug and plug the usb back in, hold the vol - and + with the power button at the same time, once the screen goes black, release the power button, but keep holding the vol - and + buttons and Odin will recognize your phone. then the phone will be at the downloading screen
That's how it worked for me.
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thank you so much for this. you saved me!
dsint said:
Please help! I have the same issue. I have been trying for hours with no luck.
I cannot seem to get into download mode. I have tried everything you guys suggested.
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Only suggestion I can give is to keep trying, that's how I got my phone out of that dreaded state in the OP's pic.
Man I'm in the same boat. I tried the key combination many times before this. I was flashed bionix 1.2 w/OC and was using ROM Manager to revert back to my previous ROM which was stock and when it was done it rebooted and would stay stuck with the Samsung Vibrant screen. I ended upsing ADB to get it into download mode and the other modes but I tried to use ODIN to restore after it was in download mode and it just seemed stuck. How long does it take to usually load the kernel? Well it was taking so long so I just pulled the USB plug. After I did this I got that cellphone and computer icon. I've tried many times to get it into download mode or restore mode many times with the volume button and power button and haven't had any luck at all. I'll keep trying. I hope this really works.
I have tried every combo mentioned and a few others along with every button combination, I read it has to do with what rom you were using before the phone -> computer icon. I came from bionix 1.3, I would love any help to get this thing fixed before my wife finds out...
This happened to me earlier today instead pull the battery out and usb then put the battery back in open odin attatch the usb to the computer and then hold down volume up and volume down while plugging the usb to the phone finally and it worked might take a few tries and if odin doesn't recognize the phone unplug the usb and plug it back in if it's already in dl mode
if ur device is hardware locked, ur as well as bricked at this point, i cant get mine out
An easier way to get to download mode that I have been using. Have Odin open. Turn off the phone. Hold volume up and plug in the USB. Goes straight into download mode for me every time. Not sure if this will work with the hardware locked phones (I don't have a hardware locked phone - got it on launch day).
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ODIN is not exceptionally stable.
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Old thread, I know. Just my 2 cents. I only found this to be true of Odin v1.0 since v1.3 seems quite stable.
If your using odin and it hangs during flashing never pull the usb always pull the battery out first then the cable the phone will stay on when you pull the batterycuz the usb is giving it power but once the usb is pulled the phone is off and you won't be stuck with the dreaded phone ! Computer screen.
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So this phone has been sitting in my closet for over a month and want to try and find a way to get it back to working. I am pretty sure it happened flashing a euro ROM and it not recovering or I re-partitioned a 2.2 odin ROM (can't remember). I have tried every trick posted on this forum with no luck. Here is the way it boots the second I connect the USB to the phone and/or when trying to do the volume up/down and power button. I can access the phone view adb and tell it to reboot download, but just goes right back to recovery. I even tried pushing the update.zip but no luck as it can't mount e:/.....
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Now I remember a link to a Youtube video that actually fixed the vibrant I have now and for the life of me can't find the link. He did something different that the other 10002831 videos showing how to access download mode.
Anybody have advice or is this one truly BRICKED??
This is what un-bricked my Vibrant.
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Just follow the steps and it should fix your phone.
MrDragomir said:
This is what un-bricked my Vibrant.
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
Just follow the steps and it should fix your phone.
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Problem is it won't go into download mode.... the second the USB is plugged into the phone it boots into recovery.... I see the battery symbol for maybe a split second and it goes right into recovery; doesn't require any buttons to be pushed.
adb reboot download = reboots into recovery...
Have you tried reinstall packages and then trying to get into download mode?
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RickCain said:
Problem is it won't go into download mode.... the second the USB is plugged into the phone it boots into recovery.... I see the battery symbol for maybe a split second and it goes right into recovery; doesn't require any buttons to be pushed.
adb reboot download = reboots into recovery...
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I had a similar problem once. Here's what worked for me:
Take your battery out
Plug in USB cable
Hold both volume buttons
Put battery back in (while still holding the volume buttons)
I'm pretty sure that was it, but if not try fiddling with those steps a bit. The gist is that you should be holding the volume buttons when the battery goes in, which gets the phone into download mode right away.
Had a similar problem and that seemed to clear it up.
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crazygamer1 said:
I had a similar problem once. Here's what worked for me:
Take your battery out
Plug in USB cable
Hold both volume buttons
Put battery back in (while still holding the volume buttons)
I'm pretty sure that was it, but if not try fiddling with those steps a bit. The gist is that you should be holding the volume buttons when the battery goes in, which gets the phone into download mode right away.
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I have tried for a good five hours combined over a two day period and have come to the conclusion the buttons don't do much. The only thing I do know is the up and down are no reversed...
The only thing I don't get is some instructions say to hold the vol down, home, and power. I assume that is only for the EU versions as the home button on the vibrant is a soft key.
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Have you tried reinstall packages and then trying to get into download mode?
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can't reinstall packages when the phone doesn't see the sdcard.....
I just wish I could find that youtube video as they guy had a special way to getting into download mode that was different than any other one on the internet.
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can't reinstall packages when the phone doesn't see the sdcard.....
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with phone off, hold both vol +/- and plug in usb cable. that looks like a voodoo error where all ur data is on ext4 still...but yeah that will get u into download mode
jumaaneface said:
with phone off, hold both vol +/- and plug in usb cable. that looks like a voodoo error where all ur data is on ext4 still...but yeah that will get u into download mode
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Nada... just boots straight to recovery
The only way that i was able to get into download mode was to hold just volume down and power while the phone was off.
So pull battery.
Install battery.
Hold Volume down+Power button.
Then connect usb.
Or you can try to hold volume down+power button+plug in usb at the same time.
I tried every other way of getting into download mode but none worked.
Hope this some how helps you.
So, as long as the USB is plug in, the phone immediate enter recovery? Even when the phone was originally off, then the USB is plugged in later?
PaiPiePia said:
So, as long as the USB is plug in, the phone immediate enter recovery? Even when the phone was originally off, then the USB is plugged in later?
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Yes, the second the USB is connected it goes straight to that screen in the OP. I don't have the opportunity to hold the vol up/down as it boots instantly (and holding them prior to connecting the USB ends in the same recovery screen)....
I have since bought a new Vibrant but would like to get this one working so it can be sold....
Well I actually FIXED this phone!!!! I followed the below instructions in the past but failed to read it completely...... You must following step 4 to the tee and not press the re-install packages until you are constantly forcing the push from ADB. Needless to say it pushed the update file and then I removed the battery and instantly got into download mode and flashed back to stock.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
You need the Samsung USB driver and you can get it from Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
First Part
1. Download update.zip from the link below. This was post by another member.
The post is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
2. Place the update.zip in tools folder so you can push it into your phone by using adb command
3. Plug usb into the phone and your phone should be on the Android system recovery <2e>
4. Use your volume button to select reinstall package, don't press power button yet.
5. constant "adb push update.zip /sdcard" from computer , you will get permission denied.
6. While you are constantly pushing the adb command from computer. press the power button on the phone so it install update.zip from sdcard.
7. This is the part where it force adb push into sdcard without permission
8. once the update.zip install completed. unplug the usb cable from the phone and take the battery out.
9. put the battery back to the phone then press on both volume button.
10. While holding both volume button , plug in your usb cable and it will boot to download screen.
If you need use Odin to flash your phone to original stock rom. Go to the Second Part
5. constant "adb push update.zip /sdcard" from computer , you will get permission denied..... not sure what you mean by that thx
Try taking out the sim card while entering download mode, that's what did it for me, and don't make any odd facial expressions and keep a good posture. Gremlins...
Is your phone Loki? Use Odin. You'll be Thor!
Hey guys. Unfortunately, I am stuck on getting my Vibrant up and running. I've never had this issue until now. I am familiar with ODIN and all that is needed to restore back to stock. Everything has always gone smooth until this point. I was ODIN'ING back to stock, as usual, from a 2.2 ROM. I started the ODIN operation but then after 1 second or so, it showed that it failed. Then I unplugged it, like usual whenever it fails, and plugged it back in. And for some reason it couldn't read it. I've tried on two different computers already and it can't be read at all. Here's a picture that I found on a thread....BUT, instead of the phone and computer Icons being in the MIDDLE like normal, its on the TOP LEFT for some reason. I have no idea what is there to do now. Usually I am one to figure things out but I stumped right now. Please if there's any help I would really appreciate it! Am I gonna have to buy one of those JIGGS?
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did you change your bootloader?
just keep trying with odin
took me 2 hours of constant trying to get it to connect last time i soft bricked
Okay here is what you meed to do.
1. Take battery out of phone.
2. With battery still out, connect USB to CPU and put it in Vibrant
3. With battery still out, hold the two volume buttons.
4. With USB in amd fingers on both volume keys, put battery in.
5. Enjoy download mode.
Nope I wasn't messing with any bootloaders. I was just reverting back to stock.
Hmmm well my computers can't seem to read it at all :/. It doesn't seem like that will work....
ali1276 said:
Okay here is what you meed to do.
1. Take battery out of phone.
2. With battery still out, connect USB to CPU and put it in Vibrant
3. With battery still out, hold the two volume buttons.
4. With USB in amd fingers on both volume keys, put battery in.
5. Enjoy download mode.
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Yup I've tried that already and it still doesn't work. I am seriously stuck
MartinB6927 said:
Nope I wasn't messing with any bootloaders. I was just reverting back to stock.
Hmmm well my computers can't seem to read it at all :/. It doesn't seem like that will work....
Yup I've tried that already and it still doesn't work. I am seriously stuck
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Have you tried
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area
try it the other way, mine doesnt do it like the poster above said
open odin
plug usb into pc
hold volume buttons
plug usb in to the phone
nomadrider123 said:
Have you tried
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area
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@op Just so you know it will not show "download" on the phone. But odin will recognize it and you will be able to transfer to the phone as usual.
dbg17891 said:
@op Just so you know it will not show "download" on the phone. But odin will recognize it and you will be able to transfer to the phone as usual.
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it might sohw download, mine has before from that screen
nomadrider123 said:
Have you tried
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area
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Hmmm Ok I will give this a go when I get home in like 2 hours. Hopefully it works. If not I don't know what will . Everyone thanks for the help! Really appreciate it.
Just open odin, turn on your vibrant, and plug in the usB..Odin should recognize and you can odin back to stock.
I just tried it and it didn't work guys :/. I seriously think ODIN won't fix this... :/
MartinB6927 said:
I just tried it and it didn't work guys :/. I seriously think ODIN won't fix this... :/
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I had this problem before. What you need to do is, set Odin up with the 512 pit and JDF tar files. After that plug the usb cord into the computer but not the phone. Then pull the battery on the phone and wait about 10 to 15 seconds then,put it back in and push the power button. Hold the power button in until the phone to PC symbol pops up for the second time. As soon as it does plug the USB into the phone. A yellow com port should show up at this point. Your phone will still show the phone to PC symbol. This is normal. You can Odin back to stock,from that screen. Good luck. This always works for me.
Just had exactly the same problem with the Phone -> PC symbol in the top left screen. This happened after a segmentation fault in Heimdall during a bootloader flash, after which I removed the USB cable whilst in Download Mode. This was necessitated since Heimdall maintained that "Failed to detect compatible device".
I then pulled out my WinXP netbook in desperation to try Odin, but no joy, no device found.
I have a GB bootloader with Download mode remapped to VolumeTop + Power; so this is what got me into the good ol' yellow Download mode:
1) Plug OUT the USB
2) Turn on the device/ Possibly hold in until Phone -> PC pops up for a second time
3) Hold VolumeTop+Power in for 7+ seconds
4) Good Download mode should pop up
5) Attach USB cable, then the device should be seen.
Since you seem to have a Froyo Bootloader, you should do the VolumeTop+VolumeBottom+USB attach move.
It seems that if you persist and try different combinations of cable connects/restarts/button holds that it's going to budge eventually.
Let us know how it goes.
rivenward said:
Just had exactly the same problem with the Phone -> PC symbol in the top left screen. This happened after a segmentation fault in Heimdall during a bootloader flash, after which I removed the USB cable whilst in Download Mode. This was necessitated since Heimdall maintained that "Failed to detect compatible device".
I then pulled out my WinXP netbook in desperation to try Odin, but no joy, no device found.
I have a GB bootloader with Download mode remapped to VolumeTop + Power; so this is what got me into the good ol' yellow Download mode:
1) Plug OUT the USB
2) Turn on the device/ Possibly hold in until Phone -> PC pops up for a second time
3) Hold VolumeTop+Power in for 7+ seconds
4) Good Download mode should pop up
5) Attach USB cable, then the device should be seen.
Since you seem to have a Froyo Bootloader, you should do the VolumeTop+VolumeBottom+USB attach move.
It seems that if you persist and try different combinations of cable connects/restarts/button holds that it's going to budge eventually.
Let us know how it goes.
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HOLY JESUS DUDE!!! IT WORKED!!! . Sorry for the Smile spam lol. Damn thanks so much! It really worked. For some reason it went into Download mode with the GB Re-mapping method. Maybe cus I've been on GB before. It took me several trys to get it to ODIN successfully but it worked! Phones up and running again. To everyone else, thanks. I really appreciate it for trying to help me out. Yay
Hallo guys, i have some problem, its so serious.
when i try to flash GB Bootloader, and not succes !
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my vibrant stuck in bootloader, it saying "Vibrant" when i try to re-flash my vibrant, but the screen has change to "like phone not connect to pc" here is the picture
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please, or any way to manual factory reset? thx, sorry for my bad english
Akbaruz said:
Hallo guys, i have some problem, its so serious.
my vibrant stock in bootloader, it saying "Vibrant" when i try to re-flash my vibrant, but the screen has change to "like phone not connect to pc" here is the picture
and my phone doesnt want connect to PC, anyone help me?
please, or any way to manual factory reset? thx, sorry for my bad english
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Open odin in pc.remove the battery and re insert it.press volume up,down and power button together.the icon(icon indicating pc and phone) will disappear in a while.now unpress the power button while holding volume up and down together.phone should get in to download mode ..now you can odin back to jfd.
If the phone does not get into download mode by this method remove your batter.connect the phone to the pc.while holding the volume up and down buttons together re insert the battery.then the phone should go into the download mode.then you can coding back to jfd.good luck.
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nuwanmw1988 said:
Open odin in pc.remove the battery and re insert it.press volume up,down and power button together.the icon(icon indicating pc and phone) will disappear in a while.now unpress the power button while holding volume up and down together.phone should get in to download mode ..now you can odin back to jfd.
If the phone does not get into download mode by this method remove your batter.connect the phone to the pc.while holding the volume up and down buttons together re insert the battery.then the phone should go into the download mode.then you can coding back to jfd.good luck.
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I asume that you are on froyo bootloaders.
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nuwanmw1988 said:
Open odin in pc.remove the battery and re insert it.press volume up,down and power button together.the icon(icon indicating pc and phone) will disappear in a while.now unpress the power button while holding volume up and down together.phone should get in to download mode ..now you can odin back to jfd.
If the phone does not get into download mode by this method remove your batter.connect the phone to the pc.while holding the volume up and down buttons together re insert the battery.then the phone should go into the download mode.then you can coding back to jfd.good luck.
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still wont connect oops soryy, i was flash my phone with GB bootloader (before stuck on the bootloader), but unsucces, so its still in froyo bootloader (maybe), uh...
Akbaruz said:
still wont connect oops soryy, i was flash my phone with GB bootloader (before stuck on the bootloader), but unsucces, so its still in froyo bootloader (maybe), uh...
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Try re inserting the battery when connected to the pc while holding volume up and power.
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Try re inserting the battery when connected to the pc while holding volume up and power.
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It might work if you are in gb boot loaders.by the way I have also had the same problem three four times.but all the times I could odin back to stock jfd by using above methods.
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FYI - This happened to me and you can get it into download mode but it might not show the actual download screen. As soon as you plug it in you'll get the confirmation from ODIN that it is connected.
Akbaruz said:
still wont connect oops soryy, i was flash my phone with GB bootloader (before stuck on the bootloader), but unsucces, so its still in froyo bootloader (maybe), uh...
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But this happened to me when I was flashing ROMs.not when im flashing bootloaders.
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This happened to me so i bought a download jig on ebay for like 7 bucks and that fixed it.
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I have no idea what happenned but I am in a "boot loop" and have pulled battery and every other soulution i have seen does not work. I cannot get into anything. I cannot plug in and run ODIN or get to download or recovery screen.... Am I toast??? will Sprint do anything if I walk in as a dummy?? I am a dummy !!
JF
VansHighTops said:
I have no idea what happenned but I am in a "boot loop" and have pulled battery and every other soulution i have seen does not work. I cannot get into anything. I cannot plug in and run ODIN or get to download or recovery screen.... Am I toast??? will Sprint do anything if I walk in as a dummy?? I am a dummy !!
JF
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That doesn't sound good.
What were you trying to do when this happened?
What stage does your phone get to when trying to boot up (if you can use a camera to take a picture of it, that'd help out a lot)?
What does the phone say when you try booting into Download Mode or Recovery?
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topherk said:
That doesn't sound good.
What were you trying to do when this happened?
What stage does your phone get to when trying to boot up (if you can use a camera to take a picture of it, that'd help out a lot)?
What does the phone say when you try booting into Download Mode or Recovery?
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I cannot boot it gets the three lines of text Blue Red and Yellow
RECOVERY BOOTING
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
SET WARRANTY BIT : RECOVERY
Then it reboots again and again and again.... pulled battery and every other trick listed on the internet !!!
VansHighTops said:
I cannot boot it gets the three lines of text Blue Red and Yellow
RECOVERY BOOTING
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
SET WARRANTY BIT : RECOVERY
Then it reboots again and again and again.... pulled battery and every other trick listed on the internet !!!
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Well, none of those three items are inherently bad.. The "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" is common when using a custom recovery (like twrp). The "set warranty bit : recovery" is, unless I'm mistaken, just telling Knox that your phone has a "not stock" recovery (i.e. setting Knox to 0x1). That is normal when running a custom recovery.
When it is rebooting, can you hold down the power button to turn off the phone completely? Or does it not register the power button long enough to actually do anything?
When you take the battery out and put it back in, does the phone try to start up right away or do you have to press the power button in order to start it up?
Is that literally the only text you're seeing? I get a full debug screen before that information telling me how I restarted the phone (i.e. hard reset vs. soft reset) and if the reset was caused by an error... I caught a screen shot of it down below (sorry for the picture quality, the Asus TF101 isn't well-known for it's camera quality).
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Edit: Added less-potato-quality screenshot (still not great, though).
looks like you have the engineering bootloader correct? I would take out your usb plug then take the battery. wait a min or to.put it back in.hold volume down,home button,and power untill the phone vibrates then release the power button while still pressing the volume and home key.
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looks like you have the engineering bootloader correct? I would take out your usb plug then take the battery. wait a min or to.put it back in.hold volume down,home button,and power untill the phone vibrates then release the power button while still pressing the volume and home key.
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This what I had to then use Odin flash your recovery it worked for me
This happened to me. It it wouldn't boot up into recovery. The blue recovery booting words would come up and all that other stuff but then would quickly go to black screen and boot loop again so I couldn't get into recovery to do a restore or reset and couldn't even just power on the phone. The way I fixed it was 1 pulled battery 2 with battery out held down volume up, home and power button 3 while keeping these held down with one hand inserted battery with other hand. It was tricky but it let me go into down load mode where I re flashed my recovery and fixed the problem. Give it a try and I hope everything works out for you.
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Did ya fix it yet? @VansHighTops Just out of curiosity.
Hello, this is my first time posting here. If I should be posting somewhere else, please let me know. I'm having the same exact problem. I have KitKatKiller ROM installed. I opened up ROM manager and it said that my CWM recovery had an update so I updated it (no auto-reboot, I don't know if there should have been one) and then later on I rebooted because I updated xposed framework. Ever since then it has been just boot looping saying its going into recovery and that's it. I've tried all the above suggestions and nothing. Any more ideas?
EDIT: It just randomly started working. Sorry for crying wolf. (Note: It looped for about 30 minutes) Thank you all!
thatguy450 said:
Hello, this is my first time posting here. If I should be posting somewhere else, please let me know. I'm having the same exact problem. I have KitKatKiller ROM installed. I opened up ROM manager and it said that my CWM recovery had an update so I updated it (no auto-reboot, I don't know if there should have been one) and then later on I rebooted because I updated xposed framework. Ever since then it has been just boot looping saying its going into recovery and that's it. I've tried all the above suggestions and nothing. Any more ideas?
EDIT: It just randomly started working. Sorry for crying wolf. (Note: It looped for about 30 minutes) Thank you all!
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Never use Rom manager.
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Hi
My G9 Power is stock ROM and is just over 2 years old, It's running fairly standard stuff and isn't rooted. . Last night I was responding to a message when it shut down. It had plenty of charge, at least 60%.
Rebooting it just results in the boot looping - splash screen for a few minutes, then blank, then restart. I deliberately left it doing that all night to exhaust the battery, which happened earlier.
It is recognising a cable is plugged in but my memory tells me that a light comes on the say it's charging, which isn't happening now - but that may be because of the stage it's in in booting (though it doesn't come on when the phone is off either). There is no haptic feedback when I plug in the cable, or sound.
So while I'm no expert I have previously replaced ROMs on an old phone, so I thought of Recovery. I can get to the menu which includes recovery, which is headed (in red bold) AP Fastboot Flash mode (Secure). The options are Restart, Bootloader, Barcodes, Recovery and Start. Barcode shows me barcodes and start goes back into the loop but Recovery doesn't do anything at all.
How can I get round this as I can't use ADP unless it's in the recovery menu can I?
Or is it dead, terminally?
Any ideas appreciated...)
GeoffUK said:
Hi
My G9 Power is stock ROM and is just over 2 years old, It's running fairly standard stuff and isn't rooted. . Last night I was responding to a message when it shut down. It had plenty of charge, at least 60%.
Rebooting it just results in the boot looping - splash screen for a few minutes, then blank, then restart. I deliberately left it doing that all night to exhaust the battery, which happened earlier.
It is recognising a cable is plugged in but my memory tells me that a light comes on the say it's charging, which isn't happening now - but that may be because of the stage it's in in booting (though it doesn't come on when the phone is off either). There is no haptic feedback when I plug in the cable, or sound.
So while I'm no expert I have previously replaced ROMs on an old phone, so I thought of Recovery. I can get to the menu which includes recovery, which is headed (in red bold) AP Fastboot Flash mode (Secure). The options are Restart, Bootloader, Barcodes, Recovery and Start. Barcode shows me barcodes and start goes back into the loop but Recovery doesn't do anything at all.
How can I get round this as I can't use ADP unless it's in the recovery menu can I?
Or is it dead, terminally?
Any ideas appreciated...)
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Your best bet might be to follow Post #3 in this thread. You will likely lose anything that wasn't backed up. But it might be useful in salvaging your phone.
Instead of the link in that thread, you probably need the newest firmware from this: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/motorola/cebu/official/RETGB/ (I'm guessing you're in the UK, based on your username and the spelling of "recognising"). Extract the file and then run the commands from the first link.
You will need to have platform-tools installed.
Hope it helps.
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Extract the file and then run the commands from the first link.
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no, always take the flash commands out of flashfile.xml from insode the firmware zip.
@GeoffUK That would be my advice, too. Download the firmware and flash it. A bootloop is mostly related to a corrupt /data partition and flaahing the firmware will erase /data.
If you have any questions about it just ask.
or try this tool
Rescue and Smart Assistant (RSA) - Lenovo Support DE
support.lenovo.com
WoKoschekk said:
no, always take the flash commands out of flashfile.xml from insode the firmware zip.
@GeoffUK That would be my advice, too. Download the firmware and flash it. A bootloop is mostly related to a corrupt /data partition and flaahing the firmware will erase /data.
If you have any questions about it just ask.
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Thanks for this important correction.
Thanks for the prompt and useful reply.
I'd have quite happily tried the suggestion but I can't identify the correct file in the link https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/motorola/borneo/
Also, when I plug the phone into the PC there is not a glimmer of recognition on the PC (though the phone knows it's been connected) so I don't think it is sufficiently connected to do anything with - don't forget I cant boot to any menu, recovery or otherwise. I've tried different cables etc.
Lastly, I ran it down to zero battery yesterday. I don't think it is even charging as it was plugged in overnight and on the occasion I can get a display the battery state is showing 0% (i,e, when I first plug in the cable).
I'm not about to spend a lot of time or money trying to fix it but I have just ordered a new charging port dock as that was cheap enough and seems reasonably easy to replace.
I'll report back once that is done, meantime would appreciate any more thoughts people may have.
Thanks again.
GeoffUK said:
don't forget I cant boot to any menu, recovery or otherwise. I've tried different cables etc.
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But you can see a screen like this?
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Yes (sometimes)
This is the 'bootloader screen' or 'fastboot mode'. To open that screen:
device is powered off: hold Power+Vol- to boot into fastboot mode
device is powered on (but bootloops): hold Power+Vol- for 10-15 sec. to boot into fastboot mode
In that mode you can use the LMSA to flash a new firmware. In case it won't work you have the option to flash the firmware manually (with my help).
Hi, thanks for your patience.
I can get it to boot to the exact screen you show but it won't go any further, on any button press on the phone. I can scroll up and down from Start and see the other options but selecting any of them doesn't look like it does much. The PC doesn't seem to see the phone.
But I'd be happy trying anything!! I realise the phone contents are probably lost.
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Hi, thanks for your patience.
I can get it to boot to the exact screen you show but it won't go any further, on any button press on the phone. I can scroll up and down from Start and see the other options but selecting any of them doesn't look like it does much. The PC doesn't seem to see the phone.
But I'd be happy trying anything!! I realise the phone contents are probably lost.
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Once you're getting to that screen, that's a good sign. You need to leave it at that screen and then use Rescue and Smart Assistant (RSA) on your Windows computer to reinstall the firmware on your phone.
In fastboot mode you are able to flash a new firmware. Download the tool linked above and install it. You get instructions by the tool. Try it and for any questions write a post here.
RSA is running and I am logged in but it needs the IMEI which I don't have.
It does say if you know your phone supports Fastboot you can connect directly via Fastboot mode but it doesn't explain how.
Will the tool also link me to the right firmware?
OK, I found the original box which has the IMEI on.
I'm now downloading the firmware.
Well that completed successfully but I'm afraid it didn't fix the problem....
I don't think the phone is holding charge. It was still looping at the boot screen though it has now stopped doing that and is just blank. I'll leave it on charge overnight but I'm not expecting much!
I have the charge port part arriving in the next few days so I guess that's the next step.
Thanks for your help, I'm really grateful!
Still looping?
No, it's just dead. I think if I plugged it in it'd still be looping
sounds like a hardware issue...
Yep, new phone. I'll try this part I've ordered before giving up.
Thanks for all your help though.
no problem! I hope you will manage to fix the issue.