I was following the guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853950
And everything perfectly, but when I had to boot into recovery mode, the phone would not start up, at all. No combination of buttons works. I tried taking out the battery and still no luck. I've read up and down multiple threads here and nothing is working. This seems really difficult and I would much rather avoid bringing the phone back. None of the buttons are responsive... so I can't start it up. Any suggestions?
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I was following the guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853950
And everything perfectly, but when I had to boot into recovery mode, the phone would not start up, at all. No combination of buttons works. I tried taking out the battery and still no luck. I've read up and down multiple threads here and nothing is working. This seems really difficult and I would much rather avoid bringing the phone back. None of the buttons are responsive... so I can't start it up. Any suggestions?
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You tried flashing the wrong rom. That rom is for a bell i9000. I believe its a canadian version or whatnot. You need to odin back to the stock VIBRANT rom then start all over.
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Oh wow. Thanks man. Now I know the source of this problem. Can you tell me then how to go about doing that? Or rather, how can I even go flashing anything when my phone won't even start up...
oirsx2 said:
Oh wow. Thanks man. Now I know the source of this problem. Can you tell me then how to go about doing that? Or rather, how can I even go flashing anything when my phone won't even start up...
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You need to download the stock rom JFD.tar file and 512.pit file and odin back.
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Call me ignorant, but how do I go about applying any of those you mentioned, if my phone won't even start up? as in, it won't start up... i press power, nothing happens. just nothing...
oirsx2 said:
Call me ignorant, but how do I go about applying any of those you mentioned, if my phone won't even start up? as in, it won't start up... i press power, nothing happens. just nothing...
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Can you get into download mode. If so that's how.
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jrod33084 said:
Can you get into download mode. If so that's how.
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I actually can't. I wish I could. But I can't. The only option is making a jig, I think... but even some threads are saying it won't help in my case. So I'm not sure.
Jig won't help you at all because your phone won't turn on. Even when you charge it?
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I actually can't. I wish I could. But I can't. The only option is making a jig, I think... but even some threads are saying it won't help in my case. So I'm not sure.
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Holding both volume up and down buttons then plugging in usb doesn't work?
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None of the aforementioned methods worked. I'm gonna try to get it replaced. And hopefully next time I flash it, I'll read if it's the right version i'm flashing. Thanks for the help. A mod can resolve this.
I'm in the same boat as you......I did the exact same thing and now I'm screwed as well...
Did you get it fixed or are you going to try and get a new one?
The same thing happened to my phone. The really weird part is that my phone was updated using kies mini and not some hax rom or anything. Now i can't do anything to turn it back on.
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I downloaded the 2.3 rom on my tmobile vibrant. Well, i messed it up. It was for like international phones and stuff. So i decided to odin back to stock 2.2. It did it, but now my phone gives me a black screen and i cant do anything. It wont even turn on. Last time this happened i had to send my phone to samsung and get a new one. Someome please help, i dont want to wait for a new phone again.
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I downloaded the 2.3 rom on my tmobile vibrant. Well, i messed it up. It was for like international phones and stuff. So i decided to odin back to stock 2.2. It did it, but now my phone gives me a black screen and i cant do anything. It wont even turn on. Last time this happened i had to send my phone to samsung and get a new one. Someome please help, i dont want to wait for a new phone again.
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Are you able to get in download mode @ all ? ?
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Take out battery, run odin, plug usb into computer, plug usb into phone, hold volume up and down but not the power button, replace battery at same time as you hold the two buttons. You really can't kill this phone.
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get/make a jig as long as your battery still has juice this will force your phone into download mode, from there odin back to stock 2.1 (JFD) i have had the least issues when odining back to JFD
What is a jig? This is op on friends account
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What is a jig? This is op on friends account
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A usb jig is a micro usb connector with 301k ohm resistance e across two specific connections ( don't rmr which two connections) that rocks the phones circuitry into pushing the phone into download mode, if I recall correctly instructions on the formation of a jig can be found in the vibrant general section
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The guide on making a jig saids that it wont help me
I really need to get my phone in download mode.
Taking out the battery was no help
kevho00 said:
The guide on making a jig saids that it wont help me
I really need to get my phone in download mode.
Taking out the battery was no help
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it would help you get into download mode, but aside from that when you press the power button do you see the home keys turn on? if you do id imagine a jig would help. However if not even that helps you probably need to send the phone in.
No, not even the home keys light up.
Crap dont tell me i have to turn it in :/
you try the jig first, its like 5 dollars worth of parts and can only help. Give it a shot, who knows you may get lucky, it could also be that your battery is just drained try charging it in a friends vibe or captivate and see what happens. but at this point it sure looks like you might have to turn it in
This is the second time this happens to me.
Ill just tell Samsung that my phone wont turn on again. Thats what i did when i was rooted and decided to flash my phone to froyo via kies. I didnt get charged $400, so look like they never got it back on either.
did you end up sending it in? this exact same thing just happened to me
^ can you see Anything? Battery charging, cutting it on, trying recovery or download? If so, you are fine. If not, removebattery, wait a while, try again still nothing? Brick likely. What did you do, very hard to brick this phone.
just like the OP said. upgraded to 2.3..didnt like it, tried to go back to 2.2 using odin. it said passed! and has not booted up since..no d/l, no recovery, just black...no nothin
Are the buttons at the bottom lit? Or is it like your phone is just dead? If not the latter, try Eugene's froyo that doesn't brick.
it's like the phone is dead. i cant get anything
Doesn't sound good if you can't see anything. I've seen some say they've removed the battery avg let some time pass and then they were able to get it working, but that seems crazy to me.
unfortunately, i'm not one of those people. i left the battery out for 8+ hrs. and tried again..to no avail....
I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
That's exactly what I would do
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if you can get into download mode try reflashing the stock recovery found in the dev section then if you can get that fair try flashing the odin stock rom to see if it will boot
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
foxbat121 said:
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
foxbat121 said:
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
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he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
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If jig won't work, I'm pretty sure hardware button won't work either. It goes without saying that he probably already tried everything he could find.
edpsx said:
Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
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That's not guinea pig. He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
foxbat121 said:
Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
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Yeah I thought about doing that - worst case scenario they tell me I voided my warranty and give me the phone back and I can still try finding a jtag solution or do i have to face any other consequences including maybe never getting my phone back?
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He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
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That's my guess too. I screwed up badly. I would like to blame it on the late hour I did all that but it was just overexcited stupidity -_-
Try your buttons...
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
brojoe11 said:
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
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I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
cilmeron said:
I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
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I know on some phones that download mode can still be activated even if the screen isn't working properly and displaying it. I know many infuse users ran into problems and were still able to use Odin to flash stock and fix their phone. Try doing the hardware method of getting into download mode, and even though your screen doesn't show anything, it may still connect to Odin and you could try to flash back to stock.
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U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
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U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
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Actually, you can brick it to the point of needing JTAG repairs to restore your device. That being said, it's very very very hard to brick it. You have to do something like flash firmware for a completely wrong device and screw up your bootloaders in the process.
cilmeron said:
I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
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I've read some so my suggestion is this:
First make sure that you have the drivers installed for your phone. Then pull the battery wait for a few seconds. press the down button and then the power to go in download mode and hold them pressed for 20s. Now plug in the USB and press the volume up button. If Odin detects it you're good to go! If not... Well it's worth a shot
My theory is that even though the screen is blank, the hardware still boots properly. Just make sure your battery is somewhat charged. And also plug in the USB AFTER you "boot" in download mode.
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I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
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Everything here screams 'you should never attempt to modify your device again.'
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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Why don't you find Adam_Outler in the hardware hacking forum? Send your phone to him and he'll hopefully be able to create an unbrickable mod. Not only will you likely have a fixed phone but it will mean volumes for our community.
Note, you will be without a phone for a bit
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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It's not that, we've all made mistakes, but it's like this guy went out of his way to try to brick the phone. This isn't like "oh crap, I flashed the wrong radio"
He tried to flash a ROM from a different SoC and every fail-safe wouldn't let him do it. I'm surprised at how well the different programs tried to save his phone, then he actually went ADB and forced it onto his phone and then he unplugs during a flash.
It's like he drove his car without paying attention and hit a fence that prevents you from flying off a cliff, then he kept ramming his car into the fence, then took some C4, blew up the fence, drove off the cliff, then started yelling "help, I fell off the cliff"
N3RD420 said:
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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I'm confused, is there a CDMA Note? What do you mean "they won't know it's GSM"?
I am a "new" Vibrant owner. I bought some broken ones in an effort to fix them. My question is, if the phone is off and you plug it into a charger, is there an animation while the battery is charging?
Yep the battery refilling
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Ok so the phone isn't doing that. Any ideas? Also, when I have left it plugged in for a while and turn it on, it goes to the AT&T screen and doesn't move. Sometimes the phone will show that or the charging screen for three to five seconds and then start all over in a infinite loop.
Kinda lost on this thing right now.
Are you sure it's a vibrant and not the Atnt version?
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seedofchaos said:
Are you sure it's a vibrant and not the Atnt version?
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Sorry, what's the difference?
I mean it has a TMobile logo, and was sold to me in a TMobile box. The guts look the same so I don't know how to tell the difference
onlymojo said:
I mean it has a TMobile logo, and was sold to me in a TMobile box. The guts look the same so I don't know how to tell the difference
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it should start with a screen with Vibrant (and) Samsung screen, then a screen with animation that ends with a box with (magenta) Stick Together. That's tmobile phone. Besides, the phone should have Tmobile on its screen. That should be enough to be able to tell if it's tmobile Galaxy S or not.
onlymojo said:
I mean it has a TMobile logo, and was sold to me in a TMobile box. The guts look the same so I don't know how to tell the difference
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The phone was probably rooted and someone installed custom ROMs on it etc.
I'm sure if you search a bit here you can find guides on how to ODIN your phone. Do that method and it will reset your phone to STOCK settings, meaning how it was out of the box brand new. Read some up on ODIN'ing your phone because even though it IS a easy to do it, if you for example, put the wrong file to flash etc. You can potentially BRICK your phone, meaning unusable etc.
Read up, ask questions, then proceed to do it.
There are probably plenty of video guides as well.
xriderx66 said:
The phone was probably rooted and someone installed custom ROMs on it etc.
I'm sure if you search a bit here you can find guides on how to ODIN your phone. Do that method and it will reset your phone to STOCK settings, meaning how it was out of the box brand new. Read some up on ODIN'ing your phone because even though it IS a easy to do it, if you for example, put the wrong file to flash etc. You can potentially BRICK your phone, meaning unusable etc.
Read up, ask questions, then proceed to do it.
There are probably plenty of video guides as well.
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My computer isn't recognizing it so I am not sure if I can get it back or not. Might have to JTAG this thing. I try to put it in download mode but it won't go over so this is annoying.
ciditin said:
it should start with a screen with Vibrant (and) Samsung screen, then a screen with animation that ends with a box with (magenta) Stick Together. That's tmobile phone. Besides, the phone should have Tmobile on its screen. That should be enough to be able to tell if it's tmobile Galaxy S or not.
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K, well it says T mobile on the screen but when it boots up it says AT&T Worldphone. I can video it if you want to see it.
onlymojo said:
K, well it says T mobile on the screen but when it boots up it says AT&T Worldphone. I can video it if you want to see it.
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Can you go to Settings>About Phone
and list some things like
KERNEL
Android Version
Modem
also do you have a app named SUPERUSER on your phone?
Here I found you the ODIN thread i was talking about...
Lets get the first questions I asked out of the way, and then if its all fine then I think you should be good to stay as it is since if your TMOBILE service is connected and its all working, it shouldn't be a big deal, and if it is, we can easily get you on another FAST ROM which will most likely remove that ATT logo.
ODIN tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
xriderx66 said:
Can you go to Settings>About Phone
and list some things like
KERNEL
Android Version
Modem
also do you have a app named SUPERUSER on your phone?
Here I found you the ODIN thread i was talking about...
Lets get the first questions I asked out of the way, and then if its all fine then I think you should be good to stay as it is since if your TMOBILE service is connected and its all working, it shouldn't be a big deal, and if it is, we can easily get you on another FAST ROM which will most likely remove that ATT logo.
ODIN tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
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I can't get the phone to boot right now. It stays stuck on the AT&T Worldphone screen and won't go any further.
Edit: We don't have T Mobile in Canada. I was gonna try to fix it and use it here on one of our providers.
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I can't get the phone to boot right now. It stays stuck on the AT&T Worldphone screen and won't go any further.
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Oh! I mis understood.
Go to the Odin thread I linked to and follow the directions
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Oh! I mis understood.
Go to the Odin thread I linked to and follow the directions
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All the links are broken!
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Oh! I mis understood.
Go to the Odin thread I linked to and follow the directions
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Tracked down the files but can't get it into download mode. Jig time?
Seems that way. Jig it and put stock back then reroot
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onlymojo said:
Tracked down the files but can't get it into download mode. Jig time?
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How have you tried to go into Download mode?
1st:
Take out ALL things sim,sd,battery
Plug in a usb
hold both volume buttons WHILE putting in the battery
Then try that a few times, if it doesn't work... when its booting up, try to hold down power+volume up ( this is for GB bootloaders but just making sure previous owner didn't flash them)
Heres another guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
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How have you tried to go into Download mode?
1st:
Take out ALL things sim,sd,battery
Plug in a usb
hold both volume buttons WHILE putting in the battery
Then try that a few times, if it doesn't work... when its booting up, try to hold down power+volume up ( this is for GB bootloaders but just making sure previous owner didn't flash them)
Heres another guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
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Yeah, I tried every variation of holding down the volume/power keys and nothing. It either goes to the un-animated battery charging screen or an AT&T Worldphone logo and stops. Like I said, I would be more than happy to video it so you can see what it's doing.
I have the motorola photon 4g and I've yet to find a thread that says exactly what my phone is doing.
My phone has been stopping at the motorola screen and saying RSD protocol startup, none of my buttons are stuck and I've tried to put it in flashboot and it just wont do it. I've tried holding the volume up and power button and holding the power button and volume down. I jsut don't know what else to do.
The phone is completely stock, no roots or anything. I just want a working phone because I'd rather not switch back to an lg rumor touch.
What did you try to get it into Fastboot mode?
Edit: Never mind, I see you are running a separate thread on this one...
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What did you try to get it into Fastboot mode?
Edit: Never mind, I see you are running a separate thread on this one...
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I only tried because on all the many forums I've seen on various with people with similar issues with photons and oither droids, people were telling them to do a factory reset or bring it to flashboot, I just want my phone fixed.
You left out the part about dropping it in the toilet in this thread. It worked fine before that. So my guess its water damaged. You really dont need 2 threads for the same issue.
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Water damage or not, I'm still going to try and fix it. It obviously will turn on, I just need a way to either restart the phone or get it past that screen.
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I have the motorola photon 4g and I've yet to find a thread that says exactly what my phone is doing.
My phone has been stopping at the motorola screen and saying RSD protocol startup, none of my buttons are stuck and I've tried to put it in flashboot and it just wont do it. I've tried holding the volume up and power button and holding the power button and volume down. I jsut don't know what else to do.
The phone is completely stock, no roots or anything. I just want a working phone because I'd rather not switch back to an lg rumor touch.
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are you unable to boot into recovery?
If you are familiar flashing motorola with rsd lite then flash it with "(198_6)-1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US" sbf file via rsd lite, it will return back to stock.
there is a thread on xda.just explore....
caitybmccall said:
Water damage or not, I'm still going to try and fix it. It obviously will turn on, I just need a way to either restart the phone or get it past that screen.
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Water damaged or not you probably broke it by dropping it in the toilet...so..water damaged...get a replacement..
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are you unable to boot into recovery?
If you are familiar flashing motorola with rsd lite then flash it with "(198_6)-1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US" sbf file via rsd lite, it will return back to stock.
there is a thread on xda.just explore....
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I've looked for it a bunch and all the things I've seen on here don't give me the correct download and send me somewhere else.
caitybmccall said:
I've looked for it a bunch and all the things I've seen on here don't give me the correct download and send me somewhere else.
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=(198_6)-1FF-su...-1_SUN-198_6-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US
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na7q said:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=(198_6)-1FF-su...-1_SUN-198_6-CM-release-keys-signed-Sprint-US
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I've tried that before I even found this site, none of the downloads that I've found are correct and they download something completely opposite of what I want so that was no help honestly.
My phone has insurance, I'll just get a new one.
Thanks anyways.
caitybmccall said:
I've tried that before I even found this site, none of the downloads that I've found are correct and they download something completely opposite of what I want so that was no help honestly.
My phone has insurance, I'll just get a new one.
Thanks anyways.
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Stuck in a goddamn bootlook after SBF'ing at least 10 times. Any ideas how to fix this POS phone?
Bootloop is not reason for flashing sbf.
Wipe data!
MikeyLee said:
Stuck in a goddamn bootlook after SBF'ing at least 10 times. Any ideas how to fix this POS phone?
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Not a "pos phone". You need to read stickies, read threads and become familiar with your phone before modifying it. If done so you would know that SBFing would not cause a bootloop , you obviously chose to RSD in the first place for a reason.
Now, for the spoonfeed:
Try to boot into recovery, if you can, wipe data and do a factory reset. If you can't access recovery, make sure you have the latest drivers and try with multiple computers.
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So I have an AT&T LG Optimus G (E970). However, I found out that it's pre-release hardware (yes, it says "nOt foR sale***" on the side of the phone, but it was in a case), and I've bricked it trying to root it the standard way (using LGNPST), and it now boot loops 3 times before displaying "Security Error" under the LG logo. I can't get it back into download mode, nor does a factory hard reset (the only mode I can get it into) work.
A bit of background info:
The original firmware was E97009j. It was unable to download the OTA JB update. I tried to install that stock update through LGNPST since the phone couldn't be seen through ADB. From there I planned on rooting and everything else. Yes, I should have never tried messing with pre-release hardware, but in theory, since it was a review unit, the hardware itself should've been identical to what is sold in stores. Also, and more importantly, I didn't realize it was pre-release until after I bricked it.
Luckily this isn't my daily phone, but I'd like to get it fixed...
Possible way to get back into download mode.
Start with phone unplugged, and when it gets stuck on security error hold power button for 10 seconds to force reboot.
Then at very instant it powers off, but before it powers on hold volume up + volume down + power and plug in USB.
If you are able to get into download flash the teenybin alt. with lgnpst.
adfurgerson said:
Possible way to get back into download mode.
Start with phone unplugged, and when it gets stuck on security error hold power button for 10 seconds to force reboot.
Then at very instant it powers off, but before it powers on hold volume up + volume down + power and plug in USB.
If you are able to get into download flash the teenybin alt. with lgnpst.
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So that partially got me fixed. I was able to finally get it into download mode after trying your method about 4 times, and I did the teenybin deal. The "regular" teenybin didn't fix it, though it allowed it into download mode the proper way without trying more than once. I then did the alt teenybin, and when it rebooted, it showed a Google logo (instead of LG) with an unlocked icon at the bottom of the screen for about a second before the screen went black. Now I can't get it to turn on at all, though it could just need to be charged. When I plug it in, it shows a white battery icon with a lightning bolt for about 4 seconds before turning back off. I'll let it sit on the charger undisturbed for an hour or so and see what I can do then. As it stands right now, it won't go back into download mode or factory hard reset mode.
Out of curiosity, since I've flashed teenybin, my bootloader should be unlocked and I should have a recovery I can flash zips from now, right? I shouldn't have to jump through any more hoops with LGNPST or anything?
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Um, this phone will charge even in this state, right? The LED on the power button isn't lighting up, and I can only sometimes get it to show that battery icon...
YES!!!
I'm into recovery now! I'm going to flash CM10.1 and report back!
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I'm up and running now, though WiFi isn't working, nor is my earpiece on the phone. Though, the earpiece was an issue before I borked everything, so I'm pretty sure that's a broken bit of hardware there.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
chrisliphart said:
I'm into recovery now! I'm going to flash CM10.1 and report back!
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I'm up and running now, though WiFi isn't working, nor is my earpiece on the phone. Though, the earpiece was an issue before I borked everything, so I'm pretty sure that's a broken bit of hardware there.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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I am glad you got it fixed! Setting WiFi to 2.4 GHz only may work.
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I am glad you got it fixed! Setting WiFi to 2.4 GHz only may work.
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Wifi works under the stock AT&T JB firmware. Not sure why it didn't work under CM10.1 (it couldn't initialize it), but I'm good now. Thanks!
It may have been a radio issue, ROM zips don't include them. Teenybin would not have changed radio either, so you would still have had ICS radio.
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It may have been a radio issue, ROM zips don't include them. Teenybin would not have changed radio either, so you would still have had ICS radio.
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Ah, that makes total sense. I just got everything setup and signed in on this ROM, so I'm running a Titanium Backup now. I'll switch ROMs and see what happens. Thanks so much for your help.
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Yep, that did it. I didn't think to update the radios. I can't thank you enough, man. Aside from the earpiece issue (and I can just use a BT headset to get around it until I decide to pay to get it fixed), it's purring along now.
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chrisliphart said:
Ah, that makes total sense. I just got everything setup and signed in on this ROM, so I'm running a Titanium Backup now. I'll switch ROMs and see what happens. Thanks so much for your help.
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Yep, that did it. I didn't think to update the radios. I can't thank you enough, man. Aside from the earpiece issue (and I can just use a BT headset to get around it until I decide to pay to get it fixed), it's purring along now.
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Nice, glad you got it fixed. And thanks to adfurgerson for the assist.
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TangoXray said:
Nice, glad you got it fixed. And thanks to adfurgerson for the assist.
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Autoprime explained how to get into download to me on irc, I just relayed the answer. I was glad to help after having a hand in bricking it.
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Autoprime explained how to get into download to me on irc, I just relayed the answer. I was glad to help after having a hand in bricking it.
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Haha, it wasn't you who bricked it; it was me. Really, I should've just done TeenyBin when I first got it into download mode through LGNPST instead of trying to install a stock ROM to root. It really was a backwards way for me to accomplish what I wanted. You'd think that since I've had like 10 Android devices, all rooted and modded, I'd know better. lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41415103&postcount=248 It all worked out in the end.
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Haha, it wasn't you who bricked it; it was me. Really, I should've just done TeenyBin when I first got it into download mode through LGNPST instead of trying to install a stock ROM to root. It really was a backwards way for me to accomplish what I wanted. You'd think that since I've had like 10 Android devices, all rooted and modded, I'd know better. lol
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