my vibrant will not do anything... how do i know if i can fix it?
Use odin to restore it back to stock firmware
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-Pull out your battery, sd card, and sim card
-Press & hold volume up and down keys at the same time.
-While holding the volume keys, plug usb cord into your phone with other end plugged into your pc (computer).
-Still holding volume keys, now slip your battery into your phone.
-Its a little tricky but after a few attemps you should get your vibrant into download mode.
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Thanks for the help both in where to post and about the phone wont happen again sorry... just kinda wasn't thinking cause well i bricked my phone lol
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ok thanks to Doecheese i can get into download mode but i can't get past factoryfs when trying to flash it, i had the cyanogen-mod beta 3 on it before trying to flash and i have tried this like 10 times with it getting stuck every time, oh i have repartition checked to.
Which firmware are you using, jfd or ji6?
Probably ji6 if he odined back to stock. I think its the most common
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ok thanks to Doecheese i can get into download mode but i can't get past factoryfs when trying to flash it, i had the cyanogen-mod beta 3 on it before trying to flash and i have tried this like 10 times with it getting stuck every time, oh i have repartition checked to.
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I think it will help if you placed all the files on odin first and then but your phone into download mode. Sometimes it helps having all the files ready before you connect your phone to odin.
I had the same problem... (couldn't get past rfs in odin). It was my usb cord. The ones they give you with the phone don't last. I bought another one from best buy. Worked perfect.
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um i have tried my different ports and cords i am on this rom and cant get back to stock
the rom i am on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864809
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I Rooted my phone today and messed around with it a little and flashed Kingklick's Kernel, and while messing around with it I (Like an idiot) flashed JAC's Kernel right over it , But Im guessing this is what bricked it, it hung at the samsung galaxy S screen ... then I tryed flashing the Stock .tar file using Odin, but with no luck it boots up normally until after the Galaxy S boot screen and the screen goes black but the 4 touch buttons on the phone light up please help.
PS. I have been searching this forum for hours for a solution, and excuse me if this is in the wrong section I am new to XDA.
You didn't brick it. It's almost impossible to brick this phone. Just do a complete Factory flash with odin, 512 pit file, and tar file; then you should be ok
I think I did that and the same is still happening, but can you give me a link to the Complete Factory Flash, you are referring too because I tried both of the ones in the Vibrant Bible.
Try doing the Eugene's froyo that does not brick.. then install stock 2.1, you must have odin to do all this..
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Try doing the Eugene's froyo that does not brick.. then install stock 2.1, you must have odin to do all this..
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Okay I would try your idea , I have nothing to lose
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782027
Follow the steps in the first post. I just did the same thing lasdt night and this fixed it.
IT WORKED THANKS !!!!
Moderators, please close this thread as it is Solved
The same thing happened to me yesterday..flashed kk kernel over JACs OV/UV voodoo and soft bricked my phone. Nothing worked until I did flashed Eugenes froyo that won't brick and then flashed back to stock 2.1.
Worked perfectly! You can find everything you need in the vibrant bible..careful about posting stuff in the dev section like this...usually go to the Q&A or the V Bible. You can get a lot of flack from people for posting in the wrong forum. Just a little FYI, hope this helps and I'm sure the fix will work....like above said its almost impossible to brick this thing...
(knocks on wood)
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Pwn'd with the late reply. Glad it worked!
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Haha , thanks for the tips and as you can see I'm writing this on my vibrant :]
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Glad you got it working again!!
I was about to make a thread in Q&A because I'm having the same problem as the OP was having.
For the life of me I cannot get adb to recognize my Vibrant, also, when I try and put the phone into download mode I get nothing. Phone Will boot up, go through the bootanimation, and once I get to the home screen everything goes black with the capacitive keys lit up.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
On a side note: I had an Epic not too long ago and had nothing but problems with the Drivers. 32 bit.
Thanks in advance.
What I do to get into download mode is connect they phone to thee computer (while it is off) and wait until the battery meter comes on. Once the battery meter comes on I hold the volume up and down key and the power key until the battery meter goes away and comes back again(keep holding the keys) but right when the battery meter goes away again let go of the power button (but still hold the volume keys) and you should bee in download mode then you can let go of thee volume keys and run odin.
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dl mode
1 phone off
2 odin on
3 take out battery sim and memory card
4 plug usb in
5 hold down both volume keys down(only) while reinserting battery only
this works to get me into DL mode everytime.
Hope it works for you.
ok so i know how to do things on my vibrant but dont really know exactly how the phone does things (basically im a directions follower) so im going to try to be as precise as possible
my phone has been rooted for a while and ive been experimenting with a bunch of roms. i decided to flash TWs nero v3 w/voodoo and i was pretty sure id stick with that for a while but some of my games started having issues so i decided to flash the newest axura. now something told me that i needed to disable voodoo first and there is usually a voodoo submenu in CW recovery but there wasnt so i figured it was disabled already
so i flashed it and everything was going well untill my screen went blank
now my phone acts like there is no battery in it
ive tried any button combinations with charger in (wall or computer) or out.
no matter what my screen stays blank...plz help
im not exactly in a situation to just buy a new phone.
Unplug the phone from the charger. take your battery out for at least 15 seconds. plug the phone to your computer via usb. while holding both vol+/-, not power, put the battery back in. you should be in download mode.
use odin to flash a stock rom.
this all should work if you have the samsung drivers installed on your comp.
Go to this link it should help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737&highlight=bricked+phone
btw i followed what both above said and neither worked for me =/
thanx for ur suggestions though
Ive seen alot of these post lately and all were on nerov3 .
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Well I guess that your best bet would be modifying the usb charger with resistors. as stated in the link that jewbrad suggested. A similar thing happened to my phone when I tried to go back to stock from nero, but instead of a blank screen, I got a small icon of a pc and phone with a triangle in between. The method that I posted did the trick. Maybe you should try it again and check odin to see if it recognizes your device, even if the phone might look like its off.
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Have you tried having odin open on you pc and loaded with eugene's froyo that doesnt brick then with your phone turned off(pull the battery then put it back in) now hold the volume keys up and down at the same time then plug your usb cord that is plugged into your pc into your phone this should get you into downlod mode. If this workes flash it and let odin do its thing after its done running it will reboot and go to a recovery screen then it will try to boot up ounce you see the i9000 screen you can pull the battery again and get it back into download mode the same way you did before and then flash the stock vibrant rom tar file and pit. I dont know if this will work but it cant hurt I know how it is not having your phone working so hope this helps
Same thing happend to me.
Please let me know if you get it fixed.
I was on Nero V3 trying to reflash because GPS didn't work well.
i got in to boot loop so i tried to get back to stock and re-do it,
and this happened.
I took it tmobile and claimed the ota broke it..they sent me a new one
NVM!! link posted by jewbrad had No-Boot phone instruction, and it worked!!!
Oh lucky...I tried that n it failed
I was trying to revert my wifes phone to stock and odin would not work. I used heimdell with the wrong file. The phone now has a i9000 interface. I cant call or text because it wants a sim card which obviously is impossible. and I cant get it in download mode to put the Fascinate interface back on it. Im an idiot!
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I was trying to revert my wifes phone to stock and odin would not work. I used heimdell with the wrong file. The phone now has a i9000 interface. I cant call or text because it wants a sim card which obviously is impossible. and I cant get it in download mode to put the Fascinate interface back on it. Im an idiot!
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hey,
chill, user error happens. I know your wife probably can't see that right now but....
one time I did the same thing, sorta, and bricked and couldn't get into download mode. I couldn't get the phone to do anything, not even the charging animation. that is how you know its bricked.
it sat there unplugged and without a battery or sdcard for about 20 hours lifeless. I was in the process of ordering a new phone through insurance when I decided to hold my volume button down, plugged in and it was great!
once you get to this point, and you will if your phone is turning on at all its not bricked, then you will need to follow instructions for repartition like your coming off cm7mtd using a FULL BUILD like DI14 (I have a mesmerize so I'm not positive your full builds) with repartition checked using the atlas_2.2.pit file.
if that didn't work at all for you, there is a way to force download mode, using a homemade jig. google for galaxy s download mode jig if that's your only option.
good luck, and please do let us know how it goes for you. I've never used heimdall but its pretty similar to odin from what I've seen so that would probably work as well. if you're not sure if the rom you have for heimdall is a full build, open it with winrar/winzip our whatever and count how many files are inside, for me its 8 I think with full mesmerize build but we are missing one file that the fascinate build has I believe.
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perhaps if download mode is busted you could flash a fascinate rom after rooting and then boot to recovery and try flashing something a little closer to home like one of the pick n packs for the mesmerize...
but this would be one of the last things I would try, right before the homemade jig.
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Are you sure you're using the right button press for i9000? Like the guy above said try Vol button down and plug in.
hey guys
I have been using Siyah Kernel on my SGS2 for a wile now so I decided to put it on my brothers 1 day old SGS3 and when I try to flash it in CWR I got an errror saying zip could not be flashed and when I rebooted the phone all I got was a Black screen. I've tried everything but the phone wont boot and I cant get in to download mode or CWR.
Any one have any ideas before I go back to the store and play dumb ?
Use Odin and reflash your kernel of choice.
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hey guys.....
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Do you download from here: http://www.gokhanmoral.com/
For help: try reboot "bootloader"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684535
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x111 said:
Do you download from here: http://www.gokhanmoral.com/
For help: try reboot "bootloader"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684535
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ApophisXP said:
Use Odin and reflash your kernel of choice.
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I've tried everything but the phone wont boot and I cant get in to download mode or CWR.
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Thanks for the help, but as I said. I only get a black screen I cant get in to download mode or CWR.
If you can't go into download mode you won't be able to repair anything...
If you have an USB jig, it should work on S3 to go to download mode
I figured...
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If you can't go into download mode you won't be able to repair anything...
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Kinda sucks
My brother came home with the phone yesterday. I put CWR on it then rooted it and all was fine. I figure I could throw the siyah kernel on it and install a second rom for him to try out.... I have been doing this stuff on my SGS1 and SGS2 for years and never had this problem. But I guess that's it. I ordered a jig on ebay just in case they wont take the phone back at the store. I guess a mod can close this thread if there is nothing else to try.
Thanks for everyone's time....
Strange, the kernel and download mode are at completly different places.
Breaking the kernel, fine. But breaking downlad mode access?
It worked for others already, so please try:
- power off the phone
- remove usb-cable if attached
- pull battery for 30seconds
-press and hold vol-down and Home button. (the latter in the centre)
- press power until the logo appears
Does it still not go to download mode?
USB jigs are pretty easy to build yourself if you have ever used a soldering iron. So if you're like me, you won't wait for the ebay-seller to deliver =)
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I Have tried everything possible with the 3 button combo and cant get in to download mode. Pull battery for up to 5 minutes, USB in, USB out, everything I can think of. I cant even get to the LOGO. The red light might come on for a few seconds but nothing at all on the screen.
And all I did was:
Flash the CWR in download mode with odin, reboot(everything worked fine)
Flash su-root zip in CWR, rebooted(everything worked fine)
Made a Backup in CWR, rebooted(everything worked fine)
Flash SiyahKernel S3 zip in CWR, then got an error saying zip was not installed, rebooted and could not get boot logo, download or CWR
ask karnel maker just see weather he can help u out. as might be he knwing case of this ..
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Go to eBay and get yourself a USB jig. very cheap and will put your phone into download mode.
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It might be a stupid question but is there any charge in the battery?
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ApophisXP said:
Go to eBay and get yourself a USB jig. very cheap and will put your phone into download mode.
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I had one on the way 2 minutes after Couldn't get in download mode.
corrsea said:
It might be a stupid question but is there any charge in the battery?
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I have a dock charger for extra batteries and it shows full charge on the dock.
This same thing just happened to me.
I dont have internet at my house i only always use my phone. I read about the siyah kernal and decided to flash it this morning hoping that i could get hotspot to work. I did it through CW and now the screen just stays black. I got the same warning msg with a andy on his back and a red triangle. It was fine before and working normally. I had a stock firmware and the only thing that i changed about the phone was rooting it through odin. Now i'm screwed because i never had this issued with any phone and i'm tempted to take it back to best buy and blame them. I had soft bricked it about 4 days ago but i was able to fix it in a few mins after searching xda. When the phone is plugged in to the computer it does make a connection sound but the device name is not my phone. Someone point me in the right direction
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I dont have internet at my house i only always use my phone. I read about the siyah kernal and decided to flash it this morning hoping that i could get hotspot to work. I did it through CW and now the screen just stays black. I got the same warning msg with a andy on his back and a red triangle. It was fine before and working normally. I had a stock firmware and the only thing that i changed about the phone was rooting it through odin. Now i'm screwed because i never had this issued with any phone and i'm tempted to take it back to best buy and blame them. I had soft bricked it about 4 days ago but i was able to fix it in a few mins after searching xda. When the phone is plugged in to the computer it does make a connection sound but the device name is not my phone. Someone point me in the right direction
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as above. Jig to download mode. Then flash your kernel of choice via Odin.
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Maybe this will work out???
This is the one I'm looking at on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Aftermarket-D...cement/dp/B005UUCT0Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
I'm not new to flashing and root but i am new to samsung devices. I dont know what would be a good kernel nor how to use a usb jig.
I dont know what would be a good kernel
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That would actually be Siyah. But you don't seem to like it anymore after having it brick your phone *g*
nor how to use a usb jig.
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Pull the battery for 30 seconds, plug it back in. Then plug in to USB jig and within 5 seconds your phone has automatically turned on an gone to Download mode.
NOTE: Some suppliers sell ****ty Jigs with a too high tolerance value of the resistance. These DO NOT work on the S3 even if they worked on the S1/S2.
I had one on the way 2 minutes after Couldn't get in download mode.
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@goul0080: Please if possible measure the resistance between pin3 and pin5 of the Jig. It should be 301kOhm +- 1% tolerance. Anything between 1 and 5% may n or may not work.
If the phone still doesn't work you should check for a repair shop around you. They can use JTAG (direct access to the flash storage and other system compontents) to flash the ROM and you should be good to go again. Usually costs around 20$ afaik.
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This is the one I'm looking at on amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Aftermarket-D...cement/dp/B005UUCT0Y/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
I'm not new to flashing and root but i am new to samsung devices. I dont know what would be a good kernel nor how to use a usb jig.
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looks like mine didn't read it fully but yeah. Basically pull battery to make sure phone is off. Give it a few secs then stick battery back in. Then stick in the jig. Phone autoboots into download mode.
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hey guys
I have been using Siyah Kernel on my SGS2 for a wile now so I decided to put it on my brothers 1 day old SGS3 and when I try to flash it in CWR I got an errror saying zip could not be flashed and when I rebooted the phone all I got was a Black screen. I've tried everything but the phone wont boot and I cant get in to download mode or CWR.
Any one have any ideas before I go back to the store and play dumb ?
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Did u use the same Siyah Kernel SGS2 on SGS3 or u downloaded SGS3 Siyah Kernel
When I get the jig
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Did u use the same Siyah Kernel SGS2 on SGS3 or u downloaded SGS3 Siyah Kernel
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Read the subject of the post...
"Brick SGS3 SiyahKernel S3 (stable v1.2.6) help ?"
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@goul0080: Please if possible measure the resistance between pin3 and pin5 of the Jig. It should be 301kOhm +- 1% tolerance. Anything between 1 and 5% may n or may not work.
If the phone still doesn't work you should check for a repair shop around you. They can use JTAG (direct access to the flash storage and other system compontents) to flash the ROM and you should be good to go again. Usually costs around 20$ afaik.
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I don't have anything to measure the Ohm, sorry. Also the closest Phone repair shop is about 9 hours drive, no joke. I am on a island in Canada and I have to drive about an our just to get to a small crappy walmart haha.
I picked up a used i777 that was posted not to power on.replaced battery.it powered on.the phone is pretty beat up but it worked.problem was it had lock screen.so I wiped and reset.now it boots then immediately shuts down.does this in recovery also.can't get into download mode to reflash.
Phone appears to have kk6 is.couldn't unlock to check.any ideas on how to proceed or to look would be appreciated.
This still sounds to me like a battery issue (either bad battery, incorrect battery type, or insufficiently charged), if it is constantly rebooting even in download or recovery mode.
You have posted a question about AOCP's dialer. Have you gotten past this rebooting issue?
rbb1robert said:
I picked up a used i777 that was posted not to power on.replaced battery.it powered on.the phone is pretty beat up but it worked.problem was it had lock screen.so I wiped and reset.now it boots then immediately shuts down.does this in recovery also.can't get into download mode to reflash.
Phone appears to have kk6 is.couldn't unlock to check.any ideas on how to proceed or to look would be appreciated.
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Dailer for my every day phone.
Boot problem is on a phone I bought to repair.
The battery came out of a working i777 that had cm7/cm10/aocp kitkat.It worked fine on all ROMs flashed.And it was fully charged.
The phone boots fully into os or recovery.Then shuts down.Not boot
looping startup screen.
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Could this problem be brick bug?phone had lock screen before I wiped/reset.not sure what ROM.it was stock from what I could see.
won't boot into download mode.will boot into os and recovery but shuts down then goes into bootloop.
any way around this problem?may change out motherboard.
any comments or threads to check would be a help.thnx
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If you haven't seen it, here is the list of ways to get into download mode:
1. With the phone off and connected to the computer via USB cable, and battery installed, hold all three buttons, vol- vol+ pwr.
2. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- and vol+ (but not pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.
3. With the phone off and battery installed, hold vol- (but not vol+ or pwr) while plugging in the USB cable.
4. Attempt each of the above three options with the battery removed from the phone. The computer will supply the power to the phone.
5. Use Android Debug Bridge (adb) which will only work if USB debugging has been already turned on in Developer Options, since you can't boot into the system to turn it on. With the battery installed and the phone connected to the pc via USB cable, use the command "adb reboot download".
6. Use a USB jig. With the battery installed insert the USB jig into the USB connector of the phone. Some have reported that this method works when no other method would work.
It's strange that you can boot into recovery and not into download, so try all of these to see if you can get download mode some way.
I suppose it is possible that there is eMMC memory damage, but it would have to be only a very small segment of the memory for your symptoms. I'd be inclined to think the problem is not damaged memory, but I don't remember seeing those exact symptoms.
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Thnx for reply.I've tried all of the button methods.the jig I have has worked on several captivates and 4 other i777.but no luck with this phone.I tried it on my Dailey phone and it goes to download.so jig is good.I haven't done adb yet.will try that next.if that doesn't work,I have a parts phone that still has a motherboard.just hate not to be able to figure out problem.thnx again
Good news.as I stated in original post,this is a used phone I bought to repair.it had a cracked screen and was a little beat up.so I replaced screen and changed charge port.the bootloop continues but it will now go into download.at least now I can reflash and finish rehab.not sure which part allowed me to get to download mode,I would assume it was charge port.just goes to show that it isn't always 1 big issue.could be several smaller ones.thnx again
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OK.I've changed screen,charge port.got it into DL mode.flashed "back to stock w/root.
ITS STILL BOOTLOOPING.goes fully into os or recovery for about 10 to 12 seconds then shuts down and then loops.what am I missing?
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Could a bad power button cause this problem?anyway to check besides replace part?
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Could a bad power button cause this problem?anyway to check besides replace part?
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A bad power button can cause continuous or spontaneous rebooting while using the stock firmware. I don't know of a method to check that, without simply replacing the switch.
Is that switch replaceable or is it more feasible to replace motherboard?I can't tell if its soldered or plug in.
Can u direct me to a thread or website to find out more.thnx
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rbb1robert said:
Is that switch replaceable or is it more feasible to replace motherboard?I can't tell if its soldered or plug in.
Can u direct me to a thread or website to find out more.thnx
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It is not replaceable without purchasing expensive specialized hot air soldering equipment. I use a professional Hakko soldering station and I would not attempt it. The button, which is relatively small, must be de-soldered and replaced. It is so small that it does not even have leads, just soldering pads. You can watch a Youtube video of a technician replacing the power button on a T-Mobile S2.
A failed power button will not function at all. The most normal symptom is that the phone will spontaneously boot up when the battery is inserted. But as Cyril says, a failing power button can cause other symptoms.
Thnx to both of u for replies.
OK,where I'm at now.I used odin3 kk6 w/root.it worked!no more loop.I had used odin3 uch7 w/root.I've used that countless times with no trouble.don't know what happened this time.
I Odin dd kernel for recovery.flashed cm 7.2,then cm 10.1(upgrade recovery).i now have AOCP 7.2 kk.everything seems stable.I also did the superuser update before kk flash.
The only glitch there is that the dreaded yellow triangle(1900 ROM) is now there.it showed up after first flash with uch7(odin3).didn't go away after kk6(odin3).thought it would go away going back to stock?
oh well,that's for another day.thnx agin:thumbup:
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I'm having trouble getting rid of the yellow triangle.jig doesn't work.have flashed back to uchk7/root and kk6.neither one resets counter.maybe wrong bootloader?if I reflash i777 uchk7 secondary boot loader,will that allow jig to work?if so, is there a thread I can read up on?I read return to store/stock thread.need more info on flashing bootloaders.I know that's not the safest thing to do.
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To get rid of the triangle, you'll need to return to stock, then use the correct root/kernel method to avoid tripping the custom-binary monitor.
I suggest the latest stock distribution ( i777UCMD8 ) which can be found in the download repository (see creepyncrawly's sig).
Summary of the process:
Create a nandroid of your desired setup
Install stock android Firmware (via desktop Odin)
Install and use Framaroot (for root access)
Install mobile odin (and the i777 flash kernel)
Install custom kernel (via mobile Odin)
Restore nandroid (via custom kernel)
This process has been further detailed in another thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...to-restore-deleted-file-t2827622/post54521059
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I'm having trouble getting rid of the yellow triangle.jig doesn't work.have flashed back to uchk7/root and kk6.neither one resets counter.maybe wrong bootloader?if I reflash i777 uchk7 secondary boot loader,will that allow jig to work?if so, is there a thread I can read up on?I read return to store/stock thread.need more info on flashing bootloaders.I know that's not the safest thing to do.
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I'm having trouble getting rid of the yellow triangle.jig doesn't work.have flashed back to uchk7/root and kk6.neither one resets counter.maybe wrong bootloader?if I reflash i777 uchk7 secondary boot loader,will that allow jig to work?if so, is there a thread I can read up on?I read return to store/stock thread.need more info on flashing bootloaders.I know that's not the safest thing to do.
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Flashing the stock kernel (any version, Gingerbread to Jelly Bean,) will remove the yellow triangle boot screen. But flashing the stock kernel will not reset the flash counter. Using the jig will also not reset the flash counter. To reset the flash counter, you must use the Triangle Away application by Chainfire. I think that it only works when you have Ice Cream Sandwich installed on the phone, and you may need to use an earlier version. But does it really matter? It doesn't seem worth the trouble to me, since the phone is long out of warranty.
I will be selling phone after I'm finished repairing.That is why ID like to get triangle gone.
I flashed older version of bootloader and that seemed to work.It allowed jig to work.
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