My friend at school came to me with his dad's white galaxy s from vzw and said it wasn't working right. I took a look at it and it was on but not recognizing any movement from my fingers. It wouldn't swipe to unlock and when I tried to turn it off it wouldn't let me pick anything either.
I pulled the battery and when I hit the power nothing happened. Screen stayed off and only the buttons lit up. I've seen this happen with my dinc so I pulled the battery again and tried again with different combinations of holding the volume up/down and the power button. But still nothing.
I'm not really sure what to do with it, I'm more familiar with my htc phone so I came here for help. I don't think it's bricked since it was on when I first looked at it and now it won't boot to the os.
Let me know if you guys can help point me in the right direction, thanks.
Plug it into a wall charger, pull the battery and hold volume down for a moment, you should see a yellow triangle and a construction worker Android and it should say download, or download mode...if it does the phone is not bricked, but it may be in need of an update..you can try putting the battery in and holding up, down and power until you see the Samsung logo flash then release the power button but continue to hold volume up, and down...this will get you to the stock Android recovery screen..if the phone goes into download mode, and will boot into recovery, it can definitely be fixed.
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If it does go into download mode then you'll need to flash it back to stock using Odin.
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I just tried all your suggestions and nothing happens. Only the home/option/back/search buttons light up. I'm just going to give it back to him, thanks for the help guys.
Don't flash anything in case he has insurance or warranty on the sucker.
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First of all, I'm not sure if my Vibrant is "hardware-locked" or not - the battery has a date of 8/25/10 printed on it, the sticker behind the battery says "10.09." Either way, I cannot get into download mode. The phone was purchased 1 week ago today. I was simply attempting to disable the voodoo lag fix (using bionix 1.3 rom). I have tried every combination of getting the phone into download mode that I can find - is it possible? I sometimes think it's close to working because during the process a window on my computer pops up that says "hardware not installed correctly" which to me means that I was close. Someone please tell me if it's even possible to get my phone into download mode - it will start up, do the samsung galaxy animation, then go to black screen with the bottom buttons lit up. Thank you for any help you can provide - it makes me ill that I spent $500 on this 1 week ago and am now faced with a complete brick.
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First of all, I'm not sure if my Vibrant is "hardware-locked" or not - the battery has a date of 8/25/10 printed on it, the sticker behind the battery says "10.09." Either way, I cannot get into download mode. The phone was purchased 1 week ago today. I was simply attempting to disable the voodoo lag fix (using bionix 1.3 rom). I have tried every combination of getting the phone into download mode that I can find - is it possible? I sometimes think it's close to working because during the process a window on my computer pops up that says "hardware not installed correctly" which to me means that I was close. Someone please tell me if it's even possible to get my phone into download mode - it will start up, do the samsung galaxy animation, then go to black screen with the bottom buttons lit up. Thank you for any help you can provide - it makes me ill that I spent $500 on this 1 week ago and am now faced with a complete brick.
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Were you using one click root?
nomadrider123 said:
Were you using one click root?
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yes, when i rooted it, i used 1-click
Try this:
Take battery out
Put battery back in
DO NOT TURN ON PHONE!
Plug in USB
Wait for the green battery screen
Hold vol+ and vol- at the same time
Hold power
When the battery screen goes black, let go power ONLY.
I had a HW locked phone and this method allowed me to get into DL mode--still couldn't get into recovery, but at least I could use ODIN. Was a null point as the phone is bricked and a new one is on its way...
When you say a new one is on its way, did T-Mobile exchange it under warranty even though it was rooted?
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Try this:
Take battery out
Put battery back in
DO NOT TURN ON PHONE!
Plug in USB
Wait for the green battery screen
Hold vol+ and vol- at the same time
Hold power
When the battery screen goes black, let go power ONLY.
I had a HW locked phone and this method allowed me to get into DL mode--still couldn't get into recovery, but at least I could use ODIN. Was a null point as the phone is bricked and a new one is on its way...
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If the above doesn't work.
Plug in USB to PC only
Insure Phone is off
Hold in Vol + and -
Plug in USB to Phone Holding Vol + and -
Release Vol + and -
Walla you are in Download Mode
Neither of these methods worked. what are the chances of t-mobile performing an exchange for me if all else fails?
you could try this too, it worked for me.
remove battery and put it back in.
plug in usb
hold vol up, vol down and power button.
when you see the vibrant home screen, keep holding the three buttons until the screen turns dark.
let go the power button and vol up but keep vol down pressed, you should be in download mode.
hope this help.
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Since we all seem to have our own variations of this method, I can tell you the one that worked for me 99.99% of the time on the first try when I was stuck at the Phone ! Computer screen.
1) Remove battery
2) Hold Vol - and Power
3) Insert battery while holding these buttons
4) Plug in USB if it works.
Some have reported T-Mo swapping the device due to the inability to access download/recovery mode, but it doesn't seem to be something they will regularly do. Others have been successful by using the inaccurate GPS issue to get a replacement. Specifically by insisting it is not just inaccurate, but downright non-functional.
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When you say a new one is on its way, did T-Mobile exchange it under warranty even though it was rooted?
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Yea...I tried relashing the stock rom using ODIN--for 4 hours over and over. It said "successful" in ODIN, but the phone was toast (would go past S boot screen then nothing. Just walked into TMO, said it "just would not do anything" with a feigned puzzled look and after a amateur cursory inspection the rep. just did his thing on the computer and a new phone is being sent to my house via UPS.
gingerbread, ah finally, i start installing it on the PC, go to undo the super charger.
well, i didn't get that far. I got stumbled at *clicks power button, holds power button, begs power button to do something*
*rips battery out, puts back in, holds power button*, resultless
*puts charger in tries to start phone up, once with battery, once without*, resultless
*writes down time of death 4:00pm threw 7:00pm based on last call*
*starts crying, throws phone at wall* - > this is what i will do if i get an answer saying i'm stuck
MY DROID X2 IS DEAD(i think). well that's dandy
I ROOTED MY PHONE 2 days ago for bloatfreezer.
(i froze safe stuff like my Verizon and whatnot)
problem = IT'S ROOTED AND UNABLE TO TURN ON - > i know this sometimes voids warranty
{the green light comes on when charging, i just literally can't turn the phone on}
can i really just return it like this and demand a new one, -or if there's a fix-?
I'm extremely grateful to any advice/knowledge on what to do
Try powering up while holding the volume down button. Try it with the charger plugged in and without. If Fastboot appears at the top keep pressing volume down until you get to android recovery and press volume up to select it and try factory resetting. If it works you'll lose your data but at least you'll have a phone.
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Have you tried to SBF your phone? You might still be able to get it to connect to RSD.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1175300
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Try powering up while holding the volume down button. Try it with the charger plugged in and without. If Fastboot appears at the top keep pressing volume down until you get to android recovery and press volume up to select it and try factory resetting. If it works you'll lose your data but at least you'll have a phone.
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Yea try that first ^^^
Whole post doesn't make alot of sense you tried to install gingerbread from your computer?
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dead5hea i figured that wouldn't work at first, as when i plugged it into the charger it kept rebooting to the eye and then freezing even when i had the volume button down, but on vaguely the 20'th attempt it responded to it, i did a recovery and now everything is dandy *excluding the apps are gone but at least the contacts are on gmail*. I wondered if it was out of juice but it was 70% on recovery so who knows, i hope it doesn't happen again.
thanks bud =)
-not to be rude(kinda is anyway) thanks for nothing lancer, take a guess before a bump, i put the top in green and then the problem in caps to express that it was extra detail.
Hey guys, I think I've bricked my Touchpad beyond repair. I purchased it off Craigslist because I couldn't get one in the store, so there is no receipt and no hope of a warranty claim. Here's what I did:
I put it in developer mode and installed PreWare. I installed Chroid and played with that. When CM7 became available I installed that. Everything was running fine....so good that I decided to uninstall Chroid since I had a (nearly) fully functional Android build on my device. After the unistall, the device booted to a black screen with and triangle that had an exclamation point in the middle. I downloaded WebOS Doctor hoping to restore it but the device was not in USB mode. I powered it off holding home and power but it immediatly rebooted to the same screen. I tried it again and immediately held power and volume down when it powered off and again, it took me to the same screen. After about the 3rd/4th attempt, it powered off but powered on no more. I cannot power it on by hold power, power + volume down, power + home....anything.
I have a small bit of hope. When I plug it into my computer, the computer makes a noise which tells me that it sees the device however it doesn't install any drivers or show that it's installed as USB. WebOS Doctor does not see my device.
I've Googled and not found anyone restoring a device like this at this state but maybe, just maybe, it can be. Please help if you can! Thanks!
FYI - The battery was about 75-80% charged at the time of the bricking.
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I just got it back into the triangle/exclamation screen again. I'm afraid to power it back off. Any way to force boot into USB mode?
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Tried WebOS Doctor again and it saw my device. I may be ok. At 12% now.
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...I'm good. Wife says I don't have to sleep on the couch now!
Man, I paniced. I've modded a lot of devices but never had one completely die beyond powering it on (unless it has a removable battery).
Lol. Maybe you should have just trouble shot before you posted.
I be Tap'n that
It's Power + Volume Up for USB mode... not sure if that's a typo or you had the wrong key
Either way, good job getting it working lol.
Fwiw ymmv
There seems to be a built in emergency shut off. Hold the power button, volume up and press the center button ten times. The tablet will go into a powered off state. That from hp website. Holding the three together for 10 seconds seems to do the same. I have used both to recover from orange exclamation, cm7 issues, lost mmboot, clockwork.....
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Thanks for the info guys. I was pressing vol up and power (typo). It's nice to know alternate recovery methods as I do not plan to stop modding this device. I immediately reinstalled CM7 after recovering...lol.
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even if you don't have a receipt,all touchpads are still under warranty,they have not been out long enough to be out. of course if your touchpad is obviously bricked due to something you did,they might figure it out. (of course,that's easily cured by connecting the headphone Jack to the chases of an old cry monitor,and the USB port to the flyback. I can all but guarentee,they wont be able to.figure out what OS was on it. yea,its shady,but considering their excuse of the day from laptops is "water damage" ,even when you have a obviously defective screen,I think they have it coming,of course I fully expect them towards try to weasle out of any legitimate warranty claims on the touchpad anyway.)
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Fwiw ymmv
There seems to be a built in emergency shut off. Hold the power button, volume up and press the center button ten times. The tablet will go into a powered off state. That from hp website. Holding the three together for 10 seconds seems to do the same. I have used both to recover from orange exclamation, cm7 issues, lost mmboot, clockwork.....
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Thanks for this! This helped me out a lot! Mine had a bit of trouble turning back on, so I held power, volume up, and center for 10-15 seconds and it turned back on. YMMV I guess.
Hi all, I ordered a Samsung vibrant as is, and the only problem with it, is that the phone will not turn on. The description of the phone said that the bottom keys will turn on, but the phone it self will not when plugged in. Anybody know a method to fix this? Perhaps a certain firmware that can be flashed to it?
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Hi all, I ordered a Samsung vibrant as is, and the only problem with it, is that the phone will not turn on. The description of the phone said that the bottom keys will turn on, but the phone it self will not when plugged in. Anybody know a method to fix this? Perhaps a certain firmware that can be flashed to it?
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If the phone is still getting power then you may be able to fix it. You need to use odin to flash back to stock, here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028 ( click the link in steps 2-4). Note, since you can't see anything on you're screen you will have to try multiple times to get into download mode. The link will tell you how to get into download mode and for reference you most likely will have froyo boot loaders instead of gingerbread. I would just attempt to put the phone in download mode with the button combos and then hook your phone up to your pc, with odin already open. If the yellow com light comes on in odin then you are good to go, flash away.
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The easiest way to get into download mod is to:
1 remove the battery
2 plug your usb cable into your phone and computer
3 while holding the vol up replace your battery.
Doing this should put you right into download mode.
Figured it out
mylesmoney said:
Hi all, I ordered a Samsung vibrant as is, and the only problem with it, is that the phone will not turn on. The description of the phone said that the bottom keys will turn on, but the phone it self will not when plugged in. Anybody know a method to fix this? Perhaps a certain firmware that can be flashed to it?
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AH HA GOOD SIR i had my phone bricked at 12 and spent three hours finding it.. talk about loosing sleep. anyway i stumbled on a solution to a vibrant that wont turn on... in the fullest dark if you hold down the power can you see the screen aluminate a little bit? if so thats great! now take your battery out and put it back in. hold volume up and the power key and if some red letters appear you have now fixed the phone. pull the batttery out again and put it in hold the vol up down and power to go into download - use odin and VAWALA unbricked the phone. hope this helped! if not send me an email at [email protected] about complements, complaints, or questions id be happy to help.
Last night i fell asleep and my phone died all the way, and now when i plug it in all i get is a lg logo then it goes away and then a dark lit up screen. ive let it charge for awhile now and i still get nothing, i cant get into cwm either.. the phone is unlocked and rooted and im running the base rom. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Happened to me... leave it on the charger at least 3 hours and check it. The battery completely drains when you unplug the charger if you charged with the phone off. gl
Edit: If it still won't work, turn phone on and plug in charger.
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Happened to me... leave it on the charger at least 3 hours and check it. The battery completely drains when you unplug the charger if you charged with the phone off. gl
Edit: If it still won't work, turn phone on and plug in charger.
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This happened to me too. I completely drained the battery and it kept going into a loop (black screen, LG logo, battery screen). I left it plugged in and off and let it boot up.
FYI
This has happened to several people. I have confirmed through testing, even exchanging my phone 2 days ago that this is an issue created when unlocking the bootloader. Rooting does not cause it. Once the bootloader is unlocked, you can not get around this by re-locking the bootloader.
The workaround is simple. Either leave your phone on while it is charging or if you charge with phone off, unplug your charger and hit the power button- you will still see the charge animation running- this is what causes the battery to drain. All you have to do is power up the phone at least to boot then it is ok to turn off. You can confirm it worked by touching the power button again and not see the charge animation. Hope this helps.
Wow thanks so much for the reply and help! I've got it working now and I guess I'll just avoid it by not letting it die lol
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If you let it die all the way, its not a big deal. Plug it in, hold down the volume down button and the power button for 15 seconds, then it will work fine.
Threads like this makes this forum so great. Another potential problem to be avoided when using the phone.
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I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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Dude i had the same isse like your did, so i search everywhere and endup here. I'd try many think like you said, when holding volume+ and power there nothing heapen but volume down and power, or just hold the power buton there red light of front led is flashed, and ... is realy dead.
I can't go to any sevice central, coz my friend bring this telus P973 for me from another contry, and im living at the mountian lol. So im about to take it to nake and try to reset by reputing the batery. Devil beside me, i have 2 extra LG Lu6200 but 1 got broken the touch system, the other been death after i take a shower, Optimus G is using small sim and i'hv cuted it, there no other phone i can use that sim for tomorow, my girlfriend sending me some monney tomorow, and i have to meet my new boss and taking a new job that's make me traveling alot, and i don't have a laptop.
Don't know what to say when looking at the black cold silent phone i used to like most....
Some body, please help!