[Q] A bricked Fascinate - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So my girl had the Fascinate, she got an iPhone 4S and decided to factory reset her Fascinate. It was rooted, I have no clue what ROM she was running but after the factory reset the phone didn't want to boot up properly, all it does freeze on the Samsung screen. I tried the recovery mode, Volume Up + Home + Power button and all it does it turn the phone off and on, the Samsung screen just flashes on and off. Someone help me?

CasstroAlexx said:
So my girl had the Fascinate, she got an iPhone 4S and decided to factory reset her Fascinate. It was rooted, I have no clue what ROM she was running but after the factory reset the phone didn't want to boot up properly, all it does freeze on the Samsung screen. I tried the recovery mode, Volume Up + Home + Power button and all it does it turn the phone off and on, the Samsung screen just flashes on and off. Someone help me?
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Find my guide in the general section and follow section 4(going back to stock).

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S3 stuck in safe mode

My galaxy s3 has been stuck in safe mode for two days now which is frustrating as only the stock apps can be used. I have tried different solutions, which I list below.
How it happened.
I was initially on 4.1.1 and when I woke up I saw a notification to upgrade to 4.1.2, after that it did its thing and rebooted into safe mode.
solutions tried
1. Reboot - didnt work
2. take out battery for few minutes and reboot - didnt work
3. boot into stock recovery to try to factory reset phone, Volume button not working so cant select other option apart from reboot. - didnt work
4. Download stock rom from samfirmware and flash using odin - didnt work
5. Flash CWM using odin, didnt factory reset and flashed custom rom (omega). It boots into safe mode as well
6. Downloaded stock ics firmware, flashed using odin . it boots but stuck on samsung logo.
I dont know what else to do. Although am thinking downgrade the bootloader to one meant for ICS the try to flash to ICS stock rom again, would try this later in the day.
p.s Ignore more signature I own a galaxy s3 as well.
Switch off your phone..
Press the power button..
Once you see the logo screen press and hold the left capacitive button..
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zoot1 said:
Switch off your phone..
Press the power button..
Once you see the logo screen press and hold the left capacitive button..
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
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I already did that....still stuck in safe boot.
alphaola said:
I already did that....still stuck in safe boot.
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I think its:
Switch off your phone..
Press the back or cancel(left) button..
Once you see the logo screen press and hold the left capacitive button..
Hey,
I'm having the exact same issue with my note 2. Wondering if you found a solution.
Anybody can help with this? I am having the same issue
use search, asked and answered too many times
I did search..
I tried everything.
full wipe, cache, dalvik, factory reset and it keeps saying safe mode.
so please help
EDIT:
i just installed slim rom, and it keeps saying safe mode...
s3 safe mode
one way work for me..
1-turn off the phone
2- remove battery
3- short + and - in battery connector for few minute
4-insert battery and turn it on
alphaola said:
My galaxy s3 has been stuck in safe mode for two days now which is frustrating as only the stock apps can be used. I have tried different solutions, which I list below.
How it happened.
I was initially on 4.1.1 and when I woke up I saw a notification to upgrade to 4.1.2, after that it did its thing and rebooted into safe mode.
solutions tried
1. Reboot - didnt work
2. take out battery for few minutes and reboot - didnt work
3. boot into stock recovery to try to factory reset phone, Volume button not working so cant select other option apart from reboot. - didnt work
4. Download stock rom from samfirmware and flash using odin - didnt work
5. Flash CWM using odin, didnt factory reset and flashed custom rom (omega). It boots into safe mode as well
6. Downloaded stock ics firmware, flashed using odin . it boots but stuck on samsung logo.
I dont know what else to do. Although am thinking downgrade the bootloader to one meant for ICS the try to flash to ICS stock rom again, would try this later in the day.
p.s Ignore more signature I own a galaxy s3 as well.
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It's Volume button work fine??
The problem has nothing to do with reboot. As you can see have already mentioned reboot as part of the solutions I tried.
My device is fine with ICS firmwares but has issues with Jellybean (stock and modded rom including CM10.1). Currently am running ICS on it as thats the only way the phone works properly.
I installed 4.0.4 (XAALF2) via Odin, but it got stuck on samsung logo. Then turned it off and flashed CWM to do factory reset as the volume key doesnt work on stock recovery. After that everything worked fine. I was able to update to the latest 4.0.4 via OTA.
The problem is hardware, so you might want to contact Samsung.
I found some information about "Safe Mode".
It seems that every Android phone has a safemode.
"On Samsung’s devices, almost all users will be able to access Safe Mode with by pressing and holding the menu button during start up. If it’s a capacitive menu key, make sure to release and press again each time the LED under the key comes back on. You don’t want to miss the catch for Safe Mode because the button released itself."
Here is the link where i get the information: http://www.tested.com/tech/android/...ds-safe-mode-to-save-a-phone-from-boot-loops/
You can try it this way, maybe it will work.
Good luck.
Ic3y83 said:
I found some information about "Safe Mode".
It seems that every Android phone has a safemode.
"On Samsung’s devices, almost all users will be able to access Safe Mode with by pressing and holding the menu button during start up. If it’s a capacitive menu key, make sure to release and press again each time the LED under the key comes back on. You don’t want to miss the catch for Safe Mode because the button released itself."
Here is the link where i get the information: http://www.tested.com/tech/android/...ds-safe-mode-to-save-a-phone-from-boot-loops/
You can try it this way, maybe it will work.
Good luck.
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I think u missing the point, the phone works fine with 4.0.4 firrmwares, it only get stuck in safe mode when updated to Jellybean 4.1.1 and above. No amount of key combination, factory reset or even custom rom was able to fix the safe boot.
The best option is to send it back to samsung, its definitely hardware issue.
alphaola said:
I think u missing the point, the phone works fine with 4.0.4 firrmwares, it only get stuck in safe mode when updated to Jellybean 4.1.1 and above. No amount of key combination, factory reset or even custom rom was able to fix the safe boot.
The best option is to send it back to samsung, its definitely hardware issue.
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I'am sorry for misunderstanding u. I think you could be right. Maybe it is a hardware issue.
Don't forget to "unroot" and reset the "flash counters".
Greetz.
alphaola said:
My galaxy s3 has been stuck in safe mode for two days now which is frustrating as only the stock apps can be used. I have tried different solutions, which I list below.
How it happened.
I was initially on 4.1.1 and when I woke up I saw a notification to upgrade to 4.1.2, after that it did its thing and rebooted into safe mode.
solutions tried
1. Reboot - didnt work
2. take out battery for few minutes and reboot - didnt work
3. boot into stock recovery to try to factory reset phone, Volume button not working so cant select other option apart from reboot. - didnt work
4. Download stock rom from samfirmware and flash using odin - didnt work
5. Flash CWM using odin, didnt factory reset and flashed custom rom (omega). It boots into safe mode as well
6. Downloaded stock ics firmware, flashed using odin . it boots but stuck on samsung logo.
I dont know what else to do. Although am thinking downgrade the bootloader to one meant for ICS the try to flash to ICS stock rom again, would try this later in the day.
p.s Ignore more signature I own a galaxy s3 as well.
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i did a reboot and it removed the safe mode :good:
My personal experience, i overclocked my SGS3 with Boeffla kernel on ARHD then i got freeze screen and phone reebot into safe mode, I entered into recovery and reebot then everithing was fine again.
Safe mode occurs when something in the phone is not working properly , could be hardware or software, however, stuck on it is not a good signal.
my advice is to send the device to service.
Do not forget to reset flash counter via Triangle Away and flash stock factory firmware.
Good Luck! :good:
note 3 stuck in save mode window
This problem occurs after changing to a new simcard not already installed before in the device.
1. Power off the galaxy note 3.
2. Remove the micro simcard from the slot by sliding.
3. Power on the device without the simcard.
4. It will run in a normal mode, if so, this will actually diagnosed that there is a simcard defined by the administrator as default. In the security setting in setting menu and for protection against theft, the original simcard must be insert to unlock this choice of detection of any change in new simcard. New simcard is defined as strange and theft suspected.
I hope this make you reach some solution for your trouble.
S3 SAFE MODE issue
Plz help....
On my s3 i9300, its always on safe mode. Tried FACTORY DATA RESET. Still on safe mode. Other issue is that on power on and off, back LED turns on for few seconds. Also volume down not working. These issues started after s3 went on safe mode. Any sloution??
shoeb_v said:
Plz help....
On my s3 i9300, its always on safe mode. Tried FACTORY DATA RESET. Still on safe mode. Other issue is that on power on and off, back LED turns on for few seconds. Also volume down not working. These issues started after s3 went on safe mode. Any sloution??
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Same issue here, it is hardware
I went through a lot of threads and not one had a solution. So I will post here what worked for me.
Customer came to my store with Galaxy S3 (SPH-L710T) that was stuck in safe mode. I tried everything on this thread, nothing worked. Luckily I had a older Galaxy S3 (SPH-L710) with a broken screen, so I switched over the motherboard from the customer's phone to the old one - I did connect the customer's original LCD to the motherboard since my old phone had its LCD broken. Powered it on, no safe mode.
So at this point I just transferred the volume buttons flex cable to the customer's phone. Powered it on, no safe mode again.
Hope it helps someone!

[Q] My Galaxy S2 stopped during process of turning on, what's the main problem?

It's just repeating the process of showing Galaxy S2 sign and a tiny vibration again and again...What should I do?
No problem with battery.
how can i find its kernel version for rooting it again?
you have a bootloop.
try taking the battery out, waiting a moment and then inserting it. This is called a soft reset.
if that does not work, you need to go into recovery by pressing volume up + home key + power Nand then doing a factory reset.
Thanks Cosmic Blue, it works.
pull out battery, put back, go in recovery, delete cash, factory reset and should work
Yup!
Thanks a million all of you kind guys.
It's recovered to factory setting and the problem resolved.:victory:

[Q] Help! Samsung galaxy s3 blocked!!!

Hi guys
Basically new too the hold rooting phone and all that anyway I used Odin3 v1.85 too root the phone it all worked perfectly, and I was putting a theme onto my phone, and it had too reboot. and now will not get past the samsung logo ive tried litterally everything and really need an expert here who can talk me through what to do! What Ive done so far is re-rooted it with Odin pressing keys auto reboot and f. reset time, it said passed my phone still wont go passed the samsung screen, ive pressed home key, off key, and voume up and cleared and wiped everything and nothing has happend, and ive done the same pressing the down volume key and done more odin work on there. Nothing seems to be working! Please guys help:crying:
You will have to reflash your rom from scratch.
Wayne Tech Nexus
Or just do a factory reset
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or try to use Hard reset
PRESS AND HOLD VOLUME UP + Home Button + Power

[Q] Verizon Samsung Stratosphere Boot Loop

The phone is also known as Galaxy Metrix. It sticks in a loop, only ever showing the opening animation, never booting into android. I'm wondering if there's a way I can use the recovery mode to reset the phone to factory or reinstall a clean OS with my computer. I'm new to flashing and ODIN, so is there any easy way to accomplish this?
Mason
RuneMason1 said:
The phone is also known as Galaxy Metrix. It sticks in a loop, only ever showing the opening animation, never booting into android. I'm wondering if there's a way I can use the recovery mode to reset the phone to factory or reinstall a clean OS with my computer. I'm new to flashing and ODIN, so is there any easy way to accomplish this?
Mason
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press power button volume up and home button same time for 20 to 30 second you will see recovery wipe data and cache and reboot
The only home button is on the sliding keyboard, is that the one you mean?
I just tried it. It just kept going between the charging screen and the Samsung logo. I can get into Odin mode though, volume down and power button.

SM-G750A Bootloop

Good day everyone. My sm-g750a is currently in a boot loop. The screen was going bad and the digitizer was not responding as well but apart from that the phone was in good condition. I noticed that even when the phones' screen wouldn't come on and digitizer not working, when i turn on the phone it would vibrate. A few days ago while taking the phone apart to make sure the screen really is bad and digitizer isn't working. i noticed that when i turned it on it wouldn't vibrate. I have changed the screen and then i noticed it stuck on a boot loop. It has never done this before and i have no idea why it is doing this now. After this incident,
when i press volume down + power + home; i can go into download mode and i can flash a new rom (i have always used stock rom on this phone). Pressing volume up + power + home; nothing happens. I can't go into recovery mode to wipe the cache or factory reset the phone. I tried connecting it to Samsung Kies but it was just loading. Any help will be appreciated. If i have to pay to get it resolved (micro soldering) i might have no choice. But the most important lesson is too always backup your files and not end up like me ; ;
Thank you

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